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Islamic Republic of Mauritania : Technical Assistance Report-Report on the External Sector Statistics Technical Assistance Mission (March 19-30, 2018) »

Volume/Issue: 2018/356

Series: IMF Staff Country Reports

Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Statistics Dept.

Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

Publication Date: 16 January 2019

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484388709.002

ISBN: 9781484388709

With the support of the IMF's Middle East and Central Asia Department (MCD), and at the request of the Central Bank of Mauritania (BCM), the IMF's Statistics Department (STA) mission visited Nouakchott from March 1...

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Finland : Selected Issues »

Volume/Issue: 2019/8

Series: IMF Staff Country Reports

Author(s): International Monetary Fund. European Dept.

Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

Publication Date: 15 January 2019

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484393550.002

ISBN: 9781484393550

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Finland : 2018 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Finland »

Volume/Issue: 2019/7

Series: IMF Staff Country Reports

Author(s): International Monetary Fund. European Dept.

Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

Publication Date: 15 January 2019

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484393482.002

ISBN: 9781484393482

Recent growth has been healthy, and the unemployment rate has fallen to its lowest level since 2011. However, some underlying weaknesses remain. The rate in which new jobs are created and the 'churn' of workers rel...

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The Impact of Bailouts on the Probability of Sovereign Debt Crises: Evidence from IMF-Supported Programs »

Volume/Issue: 2019/2

Series: IMF Working Papers

Author(s): Hippolyte Balima , and Amadou Sy

Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

Publication Date: 11 January 2019

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484393413.001

ISBN: 9781484393413

Keywords: IMF-supported programs, sovereign debt defaults, entropy balancing.

This paper studies the role of IMF-supported programs in mitigating the likelihood of subsequent sovereign defaults in borrowing countries. Using a panel of 106 developing countries from 1970 to 2016 and an entropy...

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A Governance Dividend for Sub-Saharan Africa? »

Volume/Issue: 2019/1

Series: IMF Working Papers

Author(s): Amine Hammadi , Marshall Mills , Nelson Sobrinho , Vimal Thakoor , and Ricardo Velloso

Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

Publication Date: 11 January 2019

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484354872.001

ISBN: 9781484354872

Keywords: Corruption, Governance, Institutions, Economic Growth.

Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) tend to lag those in most other regions in terms of governance and perceptions of corruption. Weak governance undermines economic performance through various channels, includin...