Volume/Issue: 2014/6
Series: Staff Discussion Notes
Author(s):
Luis Cubeddu
,
Alexander Culiuc
,
Ghada Fayad
,
Yuan Gao
,
Kalpana Kochhar
,
Annette Kyobe
,
Ceyda Oner
,
Roberto Perrelli
,
Sarah Sanya
,
Evridiki Tsounta
, and
Zhongxia Zhang
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
12
June
2014
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781498327664.006
ISBN: 9781498327664
After a short-lived slowdown in the immediate aftermath of the global financial crisis and a swift rebound, emerging markets (EM) are now entering a period of slower growth. In fact, growth is now lower than the po...
Series: World Economic Outlook
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
08
April
2014
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484308349.081
ISBN: 9781484308349
Global activity has broadly strengthened and is expected to improve further in 2014-15, according to the April 2014 WEO, with much of the impetus for growth coming from advanced economies. Although downside risks h...
Volume/Issue: 2014/35
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Oumar Diallo
, and
Sampawende Tapsoba
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
14
February
2014
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484306598.001
ISBN: 9781484306598
This paper assesses the extent to which Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)'s business cycle is synchronized with that of the rest of the world (RoW). Findings suggest that SSA's business cycle has not only moved in the same...
Volume/Issue: 2013/123
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Patrizia Tumbarello
,
Ezequiel Cabezon
, and
Yiqun Wu
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
22
May
2013
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484339190.001
ISBN: 9781484339190
The small states of the Asia and Pacific region face unique challenges in raising their growth potential and living standards relative to other small states due to their small populations, geographical isolation an...
Volume/Issue: 2013/109
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Sebastian Sosa
,
Evridiki Tsounta
, and
Hye Kim
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
15
May
2013
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484326855.001
ISBN: 9781484326855
A favorable external environment coupled with prudent policies fostered output growth in most of Latin America during the last decade. But, what were the drivers of this strong growth performance from the supply si...
Volume/Issue: 2013/104
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Yongzheng Yang
,
Hong Chen
,
Shiu raj Singh
, and
Baljeet Singh
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
09
May
2013
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484399040.001
ISBN: 9781484399040
This study aims to test within a relatively homogeneous group of small states what differentiates the growth performance of Pacific island countries (PICs) from their peers. We find that PICs are disadvantaged by d...
Volume/Issue: 2013/89
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
28
March
2013
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484344477.002
ISBN: 9781484344477
Panama's extensive trade and financial linkages make it vulnerable to adverse external shocks, and this would have a sizable impact on Panama's real activity. In the absence of monetary policy, macroprudential poli...
Volume/Issue: 2013/71
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Shekhar Aiyar
,
Romain Duval
,
Damien Puy
,
Yiqun Wu
, and
Longmei Zhang
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
20
March
2013
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484330647.001
ISBN: 9781484330647
The “middle-income trap” is the phenomenon of hitherto rapidly growing economies stagnating at middle-income levels and failing to graduate into the ranks of high-income countries. In this study we ex...
Volume/Issue: 2013/31
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Jorge Canales Kriljenko
,
Farayi Gwenhamo
, and
Saji Thomas
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
31
January
2013
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781475522419.001
ISBN: 9781475522419
Spillovers from South Africa into the other members of the Souther Africa Customs Union (known as the BLNS for Botstwana, Lesotho, Namibia, and Swaziland) are substantial reflecting sizeable real and financial inte...
Volume/Issue: 2013/29
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Era Dabla-Norris
, and
Narapong Srivisal
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
30
January
2013
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781475543988.001
ISBN: 9781475543988
This paper examines the impact of financial depth on macroeconomic volatility using a dynamic panel analysis for 110 advanced and developing countries. We find that financial depth plays a significant role in dampe...
