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Le conseil d’administration du FMI prolonge de six mois supplémentaires I’allégement immédiat du service de la dette du Mali »

Source: Mali : Request for Second Tranche of Debt Service Relief Under the Catastrophe Containment and Relief Trust-Press Release; and Staff Report

Volume/Issue: 2021/003

Series: IMF Staff Country Reports

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

Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

Publication Date: 26 January 2021

Language: French

ISBN: 9781513567662

Keywords: Debt service, Debt relief, Public debt, COVID-19 , Health care, ISCR, CR, IMF lending tracker, tranche of debt service relief, eligible debt service

The COVID-19 pandemic and the August 2020 coup d'état have disrupted more than half a decade of strong economic performance, during which growth averaged 5 percent.1 Growth is projected to decline from 5 percent to...

Mali: Demande de la Deuxième Tranche de L’Allègement du Service de la Dette au Titre du Fonds Fiduciaire D’Assistance et de Riposte Aux Catastrophes—Communiqué de Presse et Rapport des Services du FMI »

Source: Mali : Request for Second Tranche of Debt Service Relief Under the Catastrophe Containment and Relief Trust-Press Release; and Staff Report

Volume/Issue: 2021/003

Series: IMF Staff Country Reports

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

Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

Publication Date: 26 January 2021

Language: French

ISBN: 9781513567662

Keywords: Debt service, Debt relief, Public debt, COVID-19 , Health care, ISCR, CR, IMF lending tracker, tranche of debt service relief, eligible debt service

The COVID-19 pandemic and the August 2020 coup d'état have disrupted more than half a decade of strong economic performance, during which growth averaged 5 percent.1 Growth is projected to decline from 5 percent to...

IMF Executive Board Extends Immediate Debt Service Relief for Mali for Another Six Months »

Source: Mali : Request for Second Tranche of Debt Service Relief Under the Catastrophe Containment and Relief Trust-Press Release; and Staff Report

Volume/Issue: 2021/003

Series: IMF Staff Country Reports

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

Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

Publication Date: 05 January 2021

ISBN: 9781513565996

Keywords: Debt service, Debt relief, Public debt, COVID-19 , Health care, ISCR, CR, IMF lending tracker, tranche of debt service relief, eligible debt service

The COVID-19 pandemic and the August 2020 coup d'état have disrupted more than half a decade of strong economic performance, during which growth averaged 5 percent.1 Growth is projected to decline from 5 percent to...

Mali: Request for Second Tranche of Debt Service Relief Under the Catastrophe Containment and Relief Trust—Press Release; and Staff Report »

Source: Mali : Request for Second Tranche of Debt Service Relief Under the Catastrophe Containment and Relief Trust-Press Release; and Staff Report

Volume/Issue: 2021/003

Series: IMF Staff Country Reports

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

Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

Publication Date: 05 January 2021

ISBN: 9781513565996

Keywords: Debt service, Debt relief, Public debt, COVID-19 , Health care, ISCR, CR, IMF lending tracker, tranche of debt service relief, eligible debt service

The COVID-19 pandemic and the August 2020 coup d'état have disrupted more than half a decade of strong economic performance, during which growth averaged 5 percent.1 Growth is projected to decline from 5 percent to...

A Framework for Estimating Health Spending in Response to COVID-19 »

Source: A Framework for Estimating Health Spending in Response to COVID-19

Volume/Issue: 2020/145

Series: IMF Working Papers

Author(s): Paolo Dudine , Klaus-Peter Hellwig , and Samir Jahan

Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

Publication Date: 24 July 2020

ISBN: 9781513550220

Keywords: Low-income developing countries, Health care spending, Health care, Public health, Health policy, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Health Spending, SIR, WP

We estimate the additional health spending necessary to treat COVID-19 patients. We expand a Susceptible Infected Recovered model to project the number of people requiring hospitalization, use information about hea...

IMF Executive Board Approves Immediate Debt Service Relief for 25 Eligible Low-Income Countries »

Source: Catastrophe Containment And Relief Trust-Approval Of Grant Assistance For Debt Service Relief

Volume: 20

Series: Policy Papers

Author(s): International Monetary Fund

Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

Publication Date: 15 April 2020

ISBN: 9781513540603

Keywords: Debt service, Debt relief, Balance of payments need, Public health, Balance of payments, PP, executive board, tranches, grant support, global pandemic

This paper proposes that the Executive Board determine that the global COVID-19 pandemic constitutes a Qualifying Public Health Disaster (QPHD) under the Catastrophe Containment (CC) Window of the Catastrophe Conta...

IMF Policy Paper: Catastrophe Containment and Relief Trust—Approval of Grant Assistance for Debt Service Relief »

Source: Catastrophe Containment And Relief Trust-Approval Of Grant Assistance For Debt Service Relief

Volume: 20

Series: Policy Papers

Author(s): International Monetary Fund

Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

Publication Date: 15 April 2020

ISBN: 9781513540603

Keywords: Debt service, Debt relief, Balance of payments need, Public health, Balance of payments, PP, executive board, tranches, grant support, global pandemic

This paper proposes that the Executive Board determine that the global COVID-19 pandemic constitutes a Qualifying Public Health Disaster (QPHD) under the Catastrophe Containment (CC) Window of the Catastrophe Conta...

Catastrophe Containment and Relief Trust: Policy Proposals and Funding Strategy »

Source: Catastrophe Containment and Relief Trust : Policy Proposals and Funding Strategy

Volume: 20

Series: Policy Papers

Author(s): International Monetary Fund

Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

Publication Date: 02 April 2020

ISBN: 9781513539454

Keywords: Debt service, Debt relief, Balance of payments need, Balance of payments, Debt service payments, PP, global pandemic, executive board, pandemic, proposed decision

In direct response to the COVID-19 crisis the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Executive Board has adopted some immediate enhancements to its Catastrophe Containment and Relief Trust (CCRT) to enable the Fund to p...

Catastrophe Containment and Relief Trust: Policy Proposals and Funding Strategy—Proposed Decision »

Source: Catastrophe Containment and Relief Trust : Policy Proposals and Funding Strategy

Volume: 20

Series: Policy Papers

Author(s): International Monetary Fund

Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

Publication Date: 02 April 2020

ISBN: 9781513539454

Keywords: Debt service, Debt relief, Balance of payments need, Balance of payments, Debt service payments, PP, global pandemic, executive board, pandemic, proposed decision

In direct response to the COVID-19 crisis the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Executive Board has adopted some immediate enhancements to its Catastrophe Containment and Relief Trust (CCRT) to enable the Fund to p...

IMF Enhances Debt Relief Trust to Enable Support for Eligible Low-Income Countries in the Wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic »

Source: Catastrophe Containment and Relief Trust : Policy Proposals and Funding Strategy

Volume: 20

Series: Policy Papers

Author(s): International Monetary Fund

Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

Publication Date: 02 April 2020

ISBN: 9781513539454

Keywords: Debt service, Debt relief, Balance of payments need, Balance of payments, Debt service payments, PP, global pandemic, executive board, pandemic, proposed decision

In direct response to the COVID-19 crisis the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Executive Board has adopted some immediate enhancements to its Catastrophe Containment and Relief Trust (CCRT) to enable the Fund to p...

Manufacturing Jobs and Inequality: Why is the U.S. Experience Different? »

Source: Manufacturing Jobs and Inequality: Why is the U.S. Experience Different?

Volume/Issue: 2019/191

Series: IMF Working Papers

Author(s): Natalija Novta , and Evgenia Pugacheva

Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

Publication Date: 13 September 2019

ISBN: 9781498320450

Keywords: Agriculture, Capital income, Cross country analysis, Data analysis, Demographic indicators, Disposable income, Economic indicators, Economic sectors, Economies, Education

We examine the extent to which declining manufacturing employment may have contributed to increasing inequality in advanced economies. This contribution is typically small, except in the United States. We explore t...

Fiscal Buffers for Natural Disasters in Pacific Island Countries1 »

Source: Fiscal Buffers for Natural Disasters in Pacific Island Countries

Volume/Issue: 2019/152

Series: IMF Working Papers

Author(s): Hidetaka Nishizawa , Scott Roger , and Huan Zhang

Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

Publication Date: 12 July 2019

ISBN: 9781498320801

Keywords: Access to foreign markets, Accounting, Accounting standards, Agriculture, Aid flows, Balance of payments, Bank deposits, Bank financing, Banks, Bonds

Pacific island countries (PICs) are vulnerable severe natural disasters, especially cyclones, inflicting large losses on their economies. In the aftermath of disasters, PIC governments face revenue losses and spend...

The Impact of Community Based Health Insurance Schemes on Out-of-Pocket Healthcare Spending: Evidence from Rwanda1 »

Source: The Impact of Community Based Health Insurance Schemes on Out-of-Pocket Healthcare Spending: Evidence from Rwanda

Volume/Issue: 2019/38

Series: IMF Working Papers

Author(s): Andinet Woldemichael , Daniel Gurara , and Abebe Shimeles

Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

Publication Date: 22 February 2019

ISBN: 9781484398074

Keywords: Consumer price indexes, Demographic indicators, Health insurance, Poverty, Health care, Healthcare spending, low-income, Rwanda, out-of-pocket, treatment effect

Achieving universal health coverage, including financial risk protection and access to quality essential health-care services, is one of the main Sustainable Development Goals. In low-income countries, innovative a...

IMF Establishes a Catastrophe Containment and Relief Trust to Enhance Support for Eligible Low Income Countries Hit by Public Health Disasters »

Source: Proposal to Enhance Fund Support for Low-Income Countries Hit by Public Health Disasters

Volume/Issue: 2015/007

Series: Policy Papers

Author(s): International Monetary Fund

Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

Publication Date: 31 January 2015

ISBN: 9781498344937

Keywords: Debt relief, Emergency assistance, Emergency financing mechanism, External shocks, Fund facilities, Low-income developing countries, Poverty Reduction and Growth Trust, Balance of payments, Public health, Low income countries

The Fund's existing facilities for low-income countries (LICs) provide a vehicle for the speedy provision of financial assistance to member countries hit by natural disasters, either through the Rapid Credit Facili...

Proposal to Enhance Fund Support for Low Income Countries Hit by Public Health Disasters »

Source: Proposal to Enhance Fund Support for Low-Income Countries Hit by Public Health Disasters

Volume/Issue: 2015/007

Series: Policy Papers

Author(s): International Monetary Fund

Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

Publication Date: 31 January 2015

ISBN: 9781498344937

Keywords: Debt relief, Emergency assistance, Emergency financing mechanism, External shocks, Fund facilities, Low-income developing countries, Poverty Reduction and Growth Trust, Balance of payments, Public health, Low income countries

The Fund's existing facilities for low-income countries (LICs) provide a vehicle for the speedy provision of financial assistance to member countries hit by natural disasters, either through the Rapid Credit Facili...

Proposal to Enhance Fund Support for Low-Income Countries Hit by Public Health Disasters—Proposed Modifications »

Source: Proposal to Enhance Fund Support for Low-Income Countries Hit by Public Health Disasters

Volume/Issue: 2015/007

Series: Policy Papers

Author(s): International Monetary Fund

Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

Publication Date: 31 January 2015

ISBN: 9781498344937

Keywords: Debt relief, Emergency assistance, Emergency financing mechanism, External shocks, Fund facilities, Low-income developing countries, Poverty Reduction and Growth Trust, Balance of payments, Public health, Low income countries

The Fund's existing facilities for low-income countries (LICs) provide a vehicle for the speedy provision of financial assistance to member countries hit by natural disasters, either through the Rapid Credit Facili...

Demand Patterns in France, Germany, and Belgium »

Source: Demand Patterns in France, Germany, and Belgium : Can We Explain the Differences?

Volume/Issue: 2014/165

Series: IMF Working Papers

Author(s): Igor Lebrun , and Esther Perez Ruiz

Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

Publication Date: 12 September 2014

ISBN: 9781498309462

Keywords: growth, demand patterns, private consumption, disposable income, household income, income growth, cost of capital, General, General,

The need to revive Euro area growth highlights the importance of the evolution of domestic and external demand in the core. This paper puts recent demand patterns in France, Germany, and Belgium into historical per...

Health Spending in Japan »

Source: Health Spending in Japan : Macro-Fiscal Implications and Reform Options

Volume/Issue: 2014/142

Series: IMF Working Papers

Author(s): Masahiro Nozaki , Kenichiro Kashiwase , and Ikuo Saito

Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

Publication Date: 04 August 2014

ISBN: 9781498365277

Keywords: long-term care, health care, capita health spending, budget caps, General, Health Insurance, Public and Private,

Health spending has risen rapidly in Japan. We find two-thirds of the spending increase over 1990-2011 resulted from ageing, and the rest from excess cost growth. The spending level will rise further: ageing alone...

Managing Credit Bubbles »

Source: Managing Credit Bubbles

Volume/Issue: 2014/95

Series: IMF Working Papers

Author(s): Alberto Martin , and Jaume Ventura

Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

Publication Date: 09 June 2014

ISBN: 9781498307666

Keywords: rollover crises, secondary markets, crowding, capital stock, capital income, credit constraint, credit market, International Lending and Debt Problems, Financial Aspects of Economic Integration, Open Economy Macroeconomics

We study a dynamic economy where credit is limited by insufficient collateral and, as a result, investment and output are too low. In this environment, changes in investor sentiment or market expectations can give...

Dismal Employment Growth in EU Countries: The Role of Corporate Balance Sheet Repair and Dual Labor Markets »

Source: IMF Research Bulletin, March 2014

Volume/Issue: 15/1

Series: IMF Research Bulletin

Author(s): International Monetary Fund

Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

Publication Date: 26 March 2014

ISBN: 9781484346266

Keywords: public health, public health spending, health expenditure, health spending, public spending, emerging economies, developing economies, life expectancy, dual labor markets, European Union countries

The Research Summaries in the March 2014 Research Bulletin focus on efficiency of health expenditure (Francesco Grigoli and Javier Kapsoli) and employment growth in European Union countries (Bas B. Bakker and Li Ze...

IMF Economic Review »

Source: IMF Research Bulletin, March 2014

Volume/Issue: 15/1

Series: IMF Research Bulletin

Author(s): International Monetary Fund

Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

Publication Date: 26 March 2014

ISBN: 9781484346266

Keywords: public health, public health spending, health expenditure, health spending, public spending, emerging economies, developing economies, life expectancy, dual labor markets, European Union countries

The Research Summaries in the March 2014 Research Bulletin focus on efficiency of health expenditure (Francesco Grigoli and Javier Kapsoli) and employment growth in European Union countries (Bas B. Bakker and Li Ze...

IMF Working Papers »

Source: IMF Research Bulletin, March 2014

Volume/Issue: 15/1

Series: IMF Research Bulletin

Author(s): International Monetary Fund

Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

Publication Date: 26 March 2014

ISBN: 9781484346266

Keywords: public health, public health spending, health expenditure, health spending, public spending, emerging economies, developing economies, life expectancy, dual labor markets, European Union countries

The Research Summaries in the March 2014 Research Bulletin focus on efficiency of health expenditure (Francesco Grigoli and Javier Kapsoli) and employment growth in European Union countries (Bas B. Bakker and Li Ze...

Q&A: Seven Questions on Financial Interconnectedness »

Source: IMF Research Bulletin, March 2014

Volume/Issue: 15/1

Series: IMF Research Bulletin

Author(s): International Monetary Fund

Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

Publication Date: 26 March 2014

ISBN: 9781484346266

Keywords: public health, public health spending, health expenditure, health spending, public spending, emerging economies, developing economies, life expectancy, dual labor markets, European Union countries

The Research Summaries in the March 2014 Research Bulletin focus on efficiency of health expenditure (Francesco Grigoli and Javier Kapsoli) and employment growth in European Union countries (Bas B. Bakker and Li Ze...

Recommended Readings from the IMF Bookstore »

Source: IMF Research Bulletin, March 2014

Volume/Issue: 15/1

Series: IMF Research Bulletin

Author(s): International Monetary Fund

Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

Publication Date: 26 March 2014

ISBN: 9781484346266

Keywords: public health, public health spending, health expenditure, health spending, public spending, emerging economies, developing economies, life expectancy, dual labor markets, European Union countries

The Research Summaries in the March 2014 Research Bulletin focus on efficiency of health expenditure (Francesco Grigoli and Javier Kapsoli) and employment growth in European Union countries (Bas B. Bakker and Li Ze...

Research Summaries: Waste Not, Want Not: Understanding the Efficiency of Health Expenditure »

Source: IMF Research Bulletin, March 2014

Volume/Issue: 15/1

Series: IMF Research Bulletin

Author(s): International Monetary Fund

Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

Publication Date: 26 March 2014

ISBN: 9781484346266

Keywords: public health, public health spending, health expenditure, health spending, public spending, emerging economies, developing economies, life expectancy, dual labor markets, European Union countries

The Research Summaries in the March 2014 Research Bulletin focus on efficiency of health expenditure (Francesco Grigoli and Javier Kapsoli) and employment growth in European Union countries (Bas B. Bakker and Li Ze...

Staff Discussion Notes »

Source: IMF Research Bulletin, March 2014

Volume/Issue: 15/1

Series: IMF Research Bulletin

Author(s): International Monetary Fund

Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

Publication Date: 26 March 2014

ISBN: 9781484346266

Keywords: public health, public health spending, health expenditure, health spending, public spending, emerging economies, developing economies, life expectancy, dual labor markets, European Union countries

The Research Summaries in the March 2014 Research Bulletin focus on efficiency of health expenditure (Francesco Grigoli and Javier Kapsoli) and employment growth in European Union countries (Bas B. Bakker and Li Ze...

Canada: Staff Report for the 2013 Article IV Consultation »

Source: Canada : 2013 Article IV Consultation

Volume/Issue: 2014/27

Series: IMF Staff Country Reports

Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.

Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

Publication Date: 03 February 2014

ISBN: 9781616355906

Keywords: Canada, mortgage, mortgage insurance, mortgages, mortgage insurers, private mortgage

This Informational Annex highlights the Canadian authorities' free-floating exchange rate regime. The exchange rate regime is free from exchange restrictions and multiple currency practices. The Canadian authoritie...

Canada: Staff Report for the 2013 Article IV Consultation—Informational Annex »

Source: Canada : 2013 Article IV Consultation

Volume/Issue: 2014/27

Series: IMF Staff Country Reports

Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.

Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

Publication Date: 03 February 2014

ISBN: 9781616355906

Keywords: Canada, mortgage, mortgage insurance, mortgages, mortgage insurers, private mortgage

This Informational Annex highlights the Canadian authorities' free-floating exchange rate regime. The exchange rate regime is free from exchange restrictions and multiple currency practices. The Canadian authoritie...

IMF Executive Board Concludes 2013 Article IV Consultation with Canada »

Source: Canada : 2013 Article IV Consultation

Volume/Issue: 2014/27

Series: IMF Staff Country Reports

Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.

Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

Publication Date: 03 February 2014

ISBN: 9781616355906

Keywords: Canada, mortgage, mortgage insurance, mortgages, mortgage insurers, private mortgage

This Informational Annex highlights the Canadian authorities' free-floating exchange rate regime. The exchange rate regime is free from exchange restrictions and multiple currency practices. The Canadian authoritie...

Statement by the IMF Staff Representative on Canada, January 29, 2014 »

Source: Canada : 2013 Article IV Consultation

Volume/Issue: 2014/27

Series: IMF Staff Country Reports

Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.

Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

Publication Date: 03 February 2014

ISBN: 9781616355906

Keywords: Canada, mortgage, mortgage insurance, mortgages, mortgage insurers, private mortgage

This Informational Annex highlights the Canadian authorities' free-floating exchange rate regime. The exchange rate regime is free from exchange restrictions and multiple currency practices. The Canadian authoritie...

The Euro Area Crisis »

Source: The Euro Area Crisis : Need for a Supranational Fiscal Risk Sharing Mechanism?

Volume/Issue: 2013/198

Series: IMF Working Papers

Author(s): Davide Furceri , and Aleksandra Zdzienicka

Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

Publication Date: 25 September 2013

ISBN: 9781484334201

Keywords: risk sharing, consumption smoothing, fiscal union, moral hazard, banking crises, moral hazard problems, private consumption, Financial Aspects of Economic Integration, Open Economy Macroeconomics,

The aim of this paper is to assess the effectiveness of risk sharing mechanisms in the euro area and whether a supranational fiscal risk sharing mechanism could insure countries against very severe downturns. Using...

Waste Not, Want Not »

Source: Waste Not, Want Not : The Efficiency of Health Expenditure in Emerging and Developing Economies

Volume/Issue: 2013/187

Series: IMF Working Papers

Author(s): Francesco Grigoli , and Javier Kapsoli

Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

Publication Date: 28 August 2013

ISBN: 9781484364260

Keywords: Health expenditure, efficiency, emerging economies, developing economies, public health, health spending, public expenditure, public health spending, Health Production: Nutrition, Mortality

Public health spending is low in emerging and developing economies relative to advanced economies and health outputs and outcomes need to be substantially improved. Simply increasing public expenditure in the healt...

Two Sides of the Same Coin? Rebalancing and Inclusive Growth in China »

Source: Two Sides of the Same Coin? Rebalancing and Inclusive Growth in China

Volume/Issue: 2013/185

Series: IMF Working Papers

Author(s): Il Lee , Murtaza Syed , and Xin Wang

Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

Publication Date: 27 August 2013

ISBN: 9781484386576

Keywords: China, China, People's Republic of, Economic growth, Economic models, Economic reforms, Excess liquidity, Income distribution, Inclusive growth, Monetary policy, Poverty

This paper uses the Shapley Value decomposition technique to assess the factors behind the rise of inequality in China. It finds that, in many ways, inequality may have been an inevitable by-product of China's inve...

China’s Path to Consumer-Based Growth »

Source: China's Path to Consumer-Based Growth : Reorienting Investment and Enhancing Efficiency

Volume/Issue: 2013/83

Series: IMF Working Papers

Author(s): Il Lee , Murtaza Syed , and Liu Xueyan

Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

Publication Date: 29 March 2013

ISBN: 9781484309353

Keywords: China, Economic growth, Investment, Private consumption, Regional economics, Rebalancing, household income, consumption growth, consumption function, consumption over time

This paper proposes a possible framework for identifying excessive investment. Based on this method, it finds evidence that some types of investment are becoming excessive in China, particularly in inland provinces...

Small Island States in the Pacific »

Source: Small Island States in the Pacific : the Tyranny of Distance

Volume/Issue: 2012/223

Series: IMF Working Papers

Author(s): Chris Becker

Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

Publication Date: 01 September 2012

ISBN: 9781475510263

Keywords: microstate, economies of scale, geographic isolation, economic outcomes, per capita income, neighboring countries, transport costs, Measurement and Analysis of Poverty, Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development, Economic Development: Regional

This paper seeks to document key characteristics of small island states in the Pacific. It restricts itself to a limited number of indicators which are macro-orientated - population, fertility of land, ability to t...

United States »

Source: United States : Selected Issues

Volume/Issue: 2012/214

Series: IMF Staff Country Reports

Author(s): International Monetary Fund

Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

Publication Date: 02 August 2012

ISBN: 9781475504910

Keywords: income growth, disposable income, income households, income groups, household income

This Selected Issues paper for the United States discusses the microeconomics of the country-household wealth and savings. Households' consumption-saving decisions have an important bearing on the U.S. economic out...

United States: Selected Issues »

Source: United States : Selected Issues

Volume/Issue: 2012/214

Series: IMF Staff Country Reports

Author(s): International Monetary Fund

Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

Publication Date: 02 August 2012

ISBN: 9781475504910

Keywords: income growth, disposable income, income households, income groups, household income

This Selected Issues paper for the United States discusses the microeconomics of the country-household wealth and savings. Households' consumption-saving decisions have an important bearing on the U.S. economic out...

United States: Selected Issues »

Source: United States : Selected Issues

Volume/Issue: 2012/214

Series: IMF Staff Country Reports

Author(s): International Monetary Fund

Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

Publication Date: 02 August 2012

ISBN: 9781475504910

Keywords: income growth, disposable income, income households, income groups, household income

This Selected Issues paper for the United States discusses the microeconomics of the country-household wealth and savings. Households' consumption-saving decisions have an important bearing on the U.S. economic out...

United States: Selected Issues »

Source: United States : Selected Issues

Volume/Issue: 2012/214

Series: IMF Staff Country Reports

Author(s): International Monetary Fund

Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

Publication Date: 02 August 2012

ISBN: 9781475504910

Keywords: income growth, disposable income, income households, income groups, household income

This Selected Issues paper for the United States discusses the microeconomics of the country-household wealth and savings. Households' consumption-saving decisions have an important bearing on the U.S. economic out...

United States: Selected Issues »

Source: United States : Selected Issues

Volume/Issue: 2012/214

Series: IMF Staff Country Reports

Author(s): International Monetary Fund

Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

Publication Date: 02 August 2012

ISBN: 9781475504910

Keywords: income growth, disposable income, income households, income groups, household income

This Selected Issues paper for the United States discusses the microeconomics of the country-household wealth and savings. Households' consumption-saving decisions have an important bearing on the U.S. economic out...

United States: Selected Issues »

Source: United States : Selected Issues

Volume/Issue: 2012/214

Series: IMF Staff Country Reports

Author(s): International Monetary Fund

Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

Publication Date: 02 August 2012

ISBN: 9781475504910

Keywords: income growth, disposable income, income households, income groups, household income

This Selected Issues paper for the United States discusses the microeconomics of the country-household wealth and savings. Households' consumption-saving decisions have an important bearing on the U.S. economic out...

United States: Selected Issues »

Source: United States : Selected Issues

Volume/Issue: 2012/214

Series: IMF Staff Country Reports

Author(s): International Monetary Fund

Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

Publication Date: 02 August 2012

ISBN: 9781475504910

Keywords: income growth, disposable income, income households, income groups, household income

This Selected Issues paper for the United States discusses the microeconomics of the country-household wealth and savings. Households' consumption-saving decisions have an important bearing on the U.S. economic out...

Public Expenditure in the Slovak Republic »

Source: Public Expenditure in the Slovak Republic : Composition and Technical Efficiency

Volume/Issue: 2012/173

Series: IMF Working Papers

Author(s): Francesco Grigoli

Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

Publication Date: 01 July 2012

ISBN: 9781475505214

Keywords: technical efficiency, expenditure, public expenditure, health expenditure, expenditures, health expenditures, Slovakia,

Good practice suggests that budget allocations should reflect spending priorities and that spending should provide cost-effective delivery of public goods and services. This paper analyzes the composition of public...

Quality of Government and Living Standards »

Source: Quality of Government and Living Standards : Adjusting for the Efficiency of Public Spending

Volume/Issue: 2012/182

Series: IMF Working Papers

Author(s): Francesco Grigoli , and Eduardo Ley

Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

Publication Date: 01 July 2012

ISBN: 9781475505306

Keywords: System of National Accounts, Efficiency, Living Standards, national accounts, public spending, input-output, health care, Publicly Provided Goods: General, Public Economics: Miscellaneous Issues: General, Social Security and Public Pensions

It is generally acknowledged that the government's output is difficult to define and its value is hard to measure. The practical solution, adopted by national accounts systems, is to equate output to input costs. H...