Volume/Issue: 2016/1
Series: Staff Discussion Notes
Author(s):
Mai Farid
,
Michael Keen
,
Michael Papaioannou
,
Ian Parry
,
Catherine Pattillo
, and
Anna Ter-Martirosyan
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
11
January
2016
ISBN: 9781513506562
This paper discusses the implications of climate change for fiscal, financial, and macroeconomic policies. Most pressing is the use of carbon taxes (or equivalent trading systems) to implement the emissions mitigat...
Volume/Issue: 2016/1
Series: Staff Discussion Notes
Author(s):
Mai Farid
,
Michael Keen
,
Michael Papaioannou
,
Ian Parry
,
Catherine Pattillo
, and
Anna Ter-Martirosyan
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
11
January
2016
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781513506562.006
ISBN: 9781513506562
This paper discusses the implications of climate change for fiscal, financial, and macroeconomic policies. Most pressing is the use of carbon taxes (or equivalent trading systems) to implement the emissions mitigat...
Series: Books
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Date:
01
March
2015
ISBN: 9781138825369
Key Messages for Policymakers
A clear and preferably simple policy objective is important for both design and effective administration of a carbon...
Series: Books
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Date:
01
March
2015
ISBN: 9781138825369
Key Messages for Policymakers
This chapter examines the pros and cons of using a carbon tax to help finance corporate tax reform. We find:...
Series: Books
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Date:
01
March
2015
ISBN: 9781138825369
Key Messages for Policymakers
A unilateral carbon tax could hurt the international competitiveness of U.S. firms, and resulting production shifts c...
Series: Books
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Date:
01
March
2015
ISBN: 9781138825369
Key Messages for Policymakers
The United States faces substantial and unsustainable medium- and long-term budget deficits, which will require a com...
Series: Books
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Date:
01
March
2015
ISBN: 9781138825369
Key Messages for Policymakers
According to the most recent Energy Modeling Forum (EMF 24), U.S. CO2 emissions are projected to be 2 percent below 2...
Series: Books
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Date:
01
March
2015
ISBN: 9781138825369
Key Messages for Policymakers
Carbon pricing policies are substantially more effective at reducing energy-related CO2 emissions than most other cli...
Series: Books
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Date:
01
March
2015
ISBN: 9781138825369
Key Messages for Policymakers
A key element of sustaining a meaningful reduction in greenhouse gas emissions among a coalition of willing countries...
Series: Books
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Date:
01
March
2015
ISBN: 9781138825369
Although the future extent and effects of global climate change remain uncertain, the expected damages are not zero, and risks of serious environmental and macroeconomic consequences rise with rising atmosph...
Series: Books
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Date:
01
March
2015
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781138825369.071
ISBN: 9781138825369
Although the future extent and effects of global climate change remain uncertain, the expected damages are not zero, and risks of serious environmental and macroeconomic consequences rise with increasing atmospheri...
Series: Books
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Date:
01
March
2015
ISBN: 9781138825369
Although the future extent and effects of global climate change remain uncertain, the expected damages are not zero, and risks of serious environmental and macroeconomic consequences rise with increasing atmospheri...
Series: Books
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Date:
01
March
2015
ISBN: 9781138825369
Although the future extent and effects of global climate change remain uncertain, the expected damages are not zero, and risks of serious environmental and macroeconomic consequences rise with increasing atmospheri...
Series: Books
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Date:
01
March
2015
ISBN: 9781138825369
Key Messages for Policymakers
Even if a carbon tax were introduced, motor fuels in the United States would still be undercharged on average from th...
Series: Books
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Date:
01
March
2015
ISBN: 9781138825369
Key Messages for Policymakers
A carbon tax (taken by itself) will likely impose a small but significant long-term drag on the economy....
Series: Books
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Date:
01
March
2015
ISBN: 9781138825369
Key Messages for Policymakers
A carbon tax creates long-run incentives for innovation and is expected to be the most efficient instrument available...
Series: Books
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Date:
01
March
2015
ISBN: 9781138825369
Key Messages for Policymakers
A carbon tax would raise significant revenues and effectively reduce U.S. carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions but may run...
Series: Books
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Date:
01
March
2015
ISBN: 9781138825369
Key Messages for Policymakers
The distributional effect, or economic incidence, of a carbon tax is the combination of the ways a carbon tax affects...
Series: Books
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Date:
01
March
2015
ISBN: 9781138825369
Key Messages for Policymakers
In the context of a future carbon tax or market-based trading system, advanced energy technologies offer the opportun...
Volume/Issue: 2010/06
Series: IMF Staff Position Notes
Author(s):
Catherine Pattillo
, and
Hugh Bredenkamp
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
25
March
2010
ISBN: 9781462386864
This note outlines a scheme for mobilizing financing to help developing countries confront the challenges posed by climate change. The idea is to create a 'Green Fund' with the capacity to raise resources on a scal...
Volume/Issue: 2010/06
Series: IMF Staff Position Notes
Author(s):
Catherine Pattillo
, and
Hugh Bredenkamp
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
25
March
2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781462386864.004
ISBN: 9781462386864
This note outlines a scheme for mobilizing financing to help developing countries confront the challenges posed by climate change. The idea is to create a 'Green Fund' with the capacity to raise resources on a scal...
Series: Other Official Rpts and Docs
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: The World Bank
Publication Date:
08
April
2008
ISBN: 9780821373842
The world has made steady progress toward meeting the numerical targets for the human development Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Achievements have been impressive in some cases, and even in countries t...
Series: Other Official Rpts and Docs
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: The World Bank
Publication Date:
08
April
2008
ISBN: 9780821373842
Achieving environmental sustainability underpins progress on many of the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs). If forests are lost, soils degraded, fisheries depleted, waters polluted...
Series: Other Official Rpts and Docs
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: The World Bank
Publication Date:
08
April
2008
ISBN: 9780821373842
Sustainable management of global environmental resources—the earth’s climate, ocean fisheries, and biodiversity—is essential to achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and...
Series: Other Official Rpts and Docs
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: The World Bank
Publication Date:
08
April
2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9780821373842.019
ISBN: 9780821373842
Global Monitoring Report 2008, the fifth in an annual series, is essential reading for those who wish to follow the global development agenda and debate in 2008. The year marks the midpoint toward the 2015 deadline...
Series: Other Official Rpts and Docs
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: The World Bank
Publication Date:
08
April
2008
ISBN: 9780821373842
Global Monitoring Report 2008, the fifth in an annual series, is essential reading for those who wish to follow the global development agenda and debate in 2008. The year marks the midpoint toward the 2015 deadline...
Series: Other Official Rpts and Docs
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: The World Bank
Publication Date:
08
April
2008
ISBN: 9780821373842
Global Monitoring Report 2008, the fifth in an annual series, is essential reading for those who wish to follow the global development agenda and debate in 2008. The year marks the midpoint toward the 2015 deadline...
Series: Other Official Rpts and Docs
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: The World Bank
Publication Date:
08
April
2008
ISBN: 9780821373842
World trade has been expanding rapidly, and trends in trade policy have continued to be in the direction of fewer barriers to trade.
1...
Series: Other Official Rpts and Docs
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: The World Bank
Publication Date:
08
April
2008
ISBN: 9780821373842
Millennium Development Goals at Midpoint: Where Are We?
At midpoint between the adoption of the MDGs in 2000 and their target date in 2015, the review of progress gives a mixed pictu...
Series: Other Official Rpts and Docs
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: The World Bank
Publication Date:
08
April
2008
ISBN: 9780821373842
A Framework for Monitoring Environmental Sustainability
MDG 7 is simply stated: ensure environmental sustainability. However, the idea of environmental sustainability goes beyond the...
Series: Other Official Rpts and Docs
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: The World Bank
Publication Date:
08
April
2008
ISBN: 9780821373842
The past year has seen a continuation of a trend of diminishing importance of the international financial institutions (IFIs) in terms of their net financial flows. The multilateral...
Series: Other Official Rpts and Docs
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: The World Bank
Publication Date:
08
April
2008
ISBN: 9780821373842
Declaring a “development emergency,” a host of world leaders meeting in Davos, Switzerland, in January 2008 issued an MDG Call to Action to help the world get back on track to meet...
Series: Other Official Rpts and Docs
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: The World Bank
Publication Date:
08
April
2008
ISBN: 9780821373842
The global aid landscape is undergoing profound changes in the way aid is financed and delivered. The new aid architecture is marked by the emergence of global funds and nontraditional bilateral donors; a gr...
Series: Other Official Rpts and Docs
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: The World Bank
Publication Date:
08
April
2008
ISBN: 9780821373842
Following a long uninterrupted period of strong global expansion, world economic growth has begun to moderate in response to the continuing financial market turbulence that started in August 2007. Although d...
Series: Annual Report of the Executive Board
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
September
1953
ISBN: 9781616351656
...
Series: Annual Report of the Executive Board
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
September
1953
ISBN: 9781616351656
The Fund is prepared to consider requests by members for stand-by arrangements designed to give assurance that, during a fixed period of time, transactions up to a specified amount will be made whenever a me...
Series: Annual Report of the Executive Board
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
September
1953
ISBN: 9781616351656
May 5, 1953
Sir:
The Fund has made a detailed study concerning retention quotas and other similar practices pursuant to the resolution passed at the Seventh Session of the Board of Governor...
Series: Annual Report of the Executive Board
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
September
1953
ISBN: 9781616351656
(In millions of U. S. dollars)
Country
Currency Purchased by Member Against Own Currency...
Series: Annual Report of the Executive Board
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
September
1953
ISBN: 9781616351656
QUOTA
VOTES
Member
Amount(000,000’s)...
Series: Annual Report of the Executive Board
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
September
1953
ISBN: 9781616351656
Letter of Transmittal
July 1, 1953
My dear Mr. Chairman:
In accordance with Section 20 (b) of the By-Laws of the Fund, I have the honor to submit for the consideration of the Board...
Series: Annual Report of the Executive Board
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
September
1953
ISBN: 9781616351656
Changes in the membership of the Board of Governors between May 1, 1952 and April 30, 1953 have been as follows:
Fermin Silveira Zorzi, Governor for Uruguay, died in May 1952.
Nicolas Vega...
Series: Annual Report of the Executive Board
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
September
1953
ISBN: 9781616351656
Director
Alternate
Casting...
Series: Annual Report of the Executive Board
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
September
1953
ISBN: 9781616351656
Changes in the membership of the Executive Board between May 1, 1952 and April 30, 1953 have been as follows:
Sir George Bolton resigned as Executive Director for the United Kingdom, May 19, 1952....
Series: Annual Report of the Executive Board
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
September
1953
ISBN: 9781616351656
Letter of Transmittal
July 1, 1953
My dear Mr. Chairman:
The administrative budget of the Fund for the Fiscal Year ending April 30, 1954, as approved by the Board of Executive Dire...
Series: Annual Report of the Executive Board
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
September
1953
ISBN: 9781616351656
CURRENCIES OF METROPOLITAN AREAS
Member
Currency
Par ValuesIn Terms of Gold...
Series: Annual Report of the Executive Board
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
September
1953
ISBN: 9781616351656
Despite the downward trend in world trade that became evident early in 1952, the world payments position for the year as a whole showed a much better balance than in 1951. The progress toward a better balanc...
Series: Annual Report of the Executive Board
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
September
1953
ISBN: 9781616351656
The persistent tendency toward a surplus in the United States balance of payments has been one of the main preoccupations in the field of international finance since the end of World War II. According to the...
Series: Annual Report of the Executive Board
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
September
1953
ISBN: 9781616351656
Monetary Policy
The improvement in the general payments position described in the preceding chapters was in large measure the result of the return to active monetary policies. This m...
Series: Annual Report of the Executive Board
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
September
1953
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781616351656.011
ISBN: 9781616351656
This paper reviews key findings of the IMF's Annual Report for the fiscal year ended April 30, 1953. The report highlights that despite the downward trend in world trade that became evident early in 1952, the world...
Series: Annual Report of the Executive Board
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
September
1953
ISBN: 9781616351656
This paper reviews key findings of the IMF's Annual Report for the fiscal year ended April 30, 1953. The report highlights that despite the downward trend in world trade that became evident early in 1952, the world...
Series: Annual Report of the Executive Board
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
September
1953
ISBN: 9781616351656
This paper reviews key findings of the IMF's Annual Report for the fiscal year ended April 30, 1953. The report highlights that despite the downward trend in world trade that became evident early in 1952, the world...
Series: Annual Report of the Executive Board
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
September
1953
ISBN: 9781616351656
Much attention has been paid in recent years to the question whether foreign exchange reserves are adequate either to permit the removal of trade and exchange restrictions imposed for balance of payments pur...
Series: Annual Report of the Executive Board
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
September
1953
ISBN: 9781616351656
Par Values in 1952-53
An initial par value of 4.20 Deutsche Marks per U.S. dollar for the currency of the Federal Republic of Germany was agreed by the Fund on February 2, 1953. This...
Series: Annual Report of the Executive Board
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
September
1953
ISBN: 9781616351656
Membership and Organization
Japan became a member of the Fund on August 13, 1952, with a quota of $250 million; the Federal Republic of Germany on August 14, 1952, with a quota of $3...
