Volume/Issue: 2016/65
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Olumuyiwa Adedeji
,
Jana Gieck-Bricco
, and
Vera Kehayova
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
16
March
2016
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781513596013.001
ISBN: 9781513596013
The exposure of low-income countries to natural disasters has a significant impact on food production and food security. This paper provides a framework for assessing a country's vulnerability to food crisis in the...
Volume/Issue: 2016/65
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Olumuyiwa Adedeji
,
Jana Gieck-Bricco
, and
Vera Kehayova
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
16
March
2016
ISBN: 9781513596013
The exposure of low-income countries to natural disasters has a significant impact on food production and food security. This paper provides a framework for assessing a country's vulnerability to food crisis in the...
Volume/Issue: 2016/10
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
08
January
2016
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781513539065.002
ISBN: 9781513539065
This Selected Issues paper examines the macroeconomic and fiscal implications of natural gas project for Mozambique. Results, which are based on the IMF Fiscal Analysis of Resource Industries model, suggest that, b...
Volume/Issue: 2016/10
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
08
January
2016
ISBN: 9781513539065
This Selected Issues paper examines the macroeconomic and fiscal implications of natural gas project for Mozambique. Results, which are based on the IMF Fiscal Analysis of Resource Industries model, suggest that, b...
Volume/Issue: 2016/10
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
08
January
2016
ISBN: 9781513539065
This Selected Issues paper examines the macroeconomic and fiscal implications of natural gas project for Mozambique. Results, which are based on the IMF Fiscal Analysis of Resource Industries model, suggest that, b...
Volume/Issue: 2016/10
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
08
January
2016
ISBN: 9781513539065
This Selected Issues paper examines the macroeconomic and fiscal implications of natural gas project for Mozambique. Results, which are based on the IMF Fiscal Analysis of Resource Industries model, suggest that, b...
Volume/Issue: 2016/10
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
08
January
2016
ISBN: 9781513539065
This Selected Issues paper examines the macroeconomic and fiscal implications of natural gas project for Mozambique. Results, which are based on the IMF Fiscal Analysis of Resource Industries model, suggest that, b...
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s):
Carlo Sdralevich
,
Randa Sab
,
Younes Zouhar
, and
Giorgia Albertin
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
09
July
2014
ISBN: 9781498350433
In this chapter, we develop a rigorous and detailed approach to the problem of identifying the potential determinants of a successful subsidy reform. Our analysis builds on the exis...
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s):
Carlo Sdralevich
,
Randa Sab
,
Younes Zouhar
, and
Giorgia Albertin
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
09
July
2014
ISBN: 9781498350433
Main Lessons and Takeaways
In this paper, we have reviewed subsidy reform in many countries in the world with particular attention to the reforms recently undertaken in the Middle Ea...
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s):
Carlo Sdralevich
,
Randa Sab
,
Younes Zouhar
, and
Giorgia Albertin
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
09
July
2014
ISBN: 9781498350433
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is going through a period of unprecedented change.
1
Political transitions—ranging in intensity from...
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s):
Carlo Sdralevich
,
Randa Sab
,
Younes Zouhar
, and
Giorgia Albertin
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
09
July
2014
ISBN: 9781498350433
This chapter will cover topics of particular importance to the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), based on recent reform experiences: best practices in social safety nets, impact...
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s):
Carlo Sdralevich
,
Randa Sab
,
Younes Zouhar
, and
Giorgia Albertin
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
09
July
2014
ISBN: 9781498350433
In the past three years, subsidy reform in Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries has received a new impulse, for two main reasons.
1
First,...
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s):
Carlo Sdralevich
,
Randa Sab
,
Younes Zouhar
, and
Giorgia Albertin
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
09
July
2014
ISBN: 9781498350433
The Cost and Role of Subsidies in the Middle East and North Africa Countries
Subsidies are common in many developing and emerging countries; they are particularly pervasive in the Mi...
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s):
Carlo Sdralevich
,
Randa Sab
,
Younes Zouhar
, and
Giorgia Albertin
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
09
July
2014
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781498350433.087
ISBN: 9781498350433
In the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries price subsidies are common, especially on food and fuels. However, these are neither well targeted nor cost effective as a social protection tool, often benefiti...
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s):
Carlo Sdralevich
,
Randa Sab
,
Younes Zouhar
, and
Giorgia Albertin
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
09
July
2014
ISBN: 9781498350433
In the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries price subsidies are common, especially on food and fuels. However, these are neither well targeted nor cost effective as a social protection tool, often benefiti...
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s):
Carlo Sdralevich
,
Randa Sab
,
Younes Zouhar
, and
Giorgia Albertin
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
09
July
2014
ISBN: 9781498350433
In the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries price subsidies are common, especially on food and fuels. However, these are neither well targeted nor cost effective as a social protection tool, often benefiti...
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s):
Alexei Kireyev
, and
Gaston Mpatswe
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
22
October
2013
ISBN: 9781484379660
Senegal’s recent growth performance from the perspective of its poverty-reducing and distributional characteristics has been mixed. Poverty has fallen in the last two decades, although poverty r...
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s):
Alexei Kireyev
, and
Gaston Mpatswe
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
22
October
2013
ISBN: 9781484379660
Senegal’s growth was relatively strong during 1995–2005, but the more recent growth performance has been disappointing. A number of structural obstacles will need to be addressed to put Senegal...
Volume: 13
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s):
Alexei Kireyev
, and
Gaston Mpatswe
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
22
October
2013
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484379660.087
ISBN: 9781484379660
Senegal's growth has been sluggish in recent years with implications for poverty reduction. Average growth was relatively strong in 1995-2005 and accompanied by a large drop in poverty incidence. Due partly to a se...
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s):
Alexei Kireyev
, and
Gaston Mpatswe
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
22
October
2013
ISBN: 9781484379660
Senegal's growth has been sluggish in recent years with implications for poverty reduction. Average growth was relatively strong in 1995-2005 and accompanied by a large drop in poverty incidence. Due partly to a se...
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s):
Alexei Kireyev
, and
Gaston Mpatswe
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
22
October
2013
ISBN: 9781484379660
Senegal's growth has been sluggish in recent years with implications for poverty reduction. Average growth was relatively strong in 1995-2005 and accompanied by a large drop in poverty incidence. Due partly to a se...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Benedict Clements
,
David Coady
,
Stefania Fabrizio
,
Sanjeev Gupta
,
Trevor Alleyne
, and
Carlo Sdralevich
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
13
September
2013
ISBN: 9781475558111
This appendix describes the data sources and methodologies used for the estimation of subsidies for petroleum products, coal, natural gas, and electricity.
Pretax Subsidies...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Benedict Clements
,
David Coady
,
Stefania Fabrizio
,
Sanjeev Gupta
,
Trevor Alleyne
, and
Carlo Sdralevich
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
13
September
2013
ISBN: 9781475558111
This appendix describes the methodologies used to provide calculations of the impact of energy subsidy reform on CO2 emissions, SO2 emissions, and other local pollutants. Here we consider a scenario in which...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Benedict Clements
,
David Coady
,
Stefania Fabrizio
,
Sanjeev Gupta
,
Trevor Alleyne
, and
Carlo Sdralevich
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
13
September
2013
ISBN: 9781475558111
Petroleum Product Subsidies
Turkey
Context
Prior to reforms, the Turkish petroleum sector was dominated by state-o...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Benedict Clements
,
David Coady
,
Stefania Fabrizio
,
Sanjeev Gupta
,
Trevor Alleyne
, and
Carlo Sdralevich
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
13
September
2013
ISBN: 9781475558111
Petroleum Product Subsidies
Indonesia
Context
Reforming fuel subsidies has been a persistent policy challenge. The...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Benedict Clements
,
David Coady
,
Stefania Fabrizio
,
Sanjeev Gupta
,
Trevor Alleyne
, and
Carlo Sdralevich
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
13
September
2013
ISBN: 9781475558111
Petroleum Product Subsidies
Brazil
Context
Brazil’s economic performance in the prereform era of the 1980s was cha...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Benedict Clements
,
David Coady
,
Stefania Fabrizio
,
Sanjeev Gupta
,
Trevor Alleyne
, and
Carlo Sdralevich
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
13
September
2013
ISBN: 9781475558111
Petroleum Product Subsidies
Islamic Republic of Iran
Context
Subsidy reform has been on the policy agenda since th...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Benedict Clements
,
David Coady
,
Stefania Fabrizio
,
Sanjeev Gupta
,
Trevor Alleyne
, and
Carlo Sdralevich
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
13
September
2013
ISBN: 9781475558111
Petroleum Product Subsidies
Ghana
Context
Ghana is a country of over 24 million people, rich in natural resources,...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Benedict Clements
,
David Coady
,
Stefania Fabrizio
,
Sanjeev Gupta
,
Trevor Alleyne
, and
Carlo Sdralevich
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
13
September
2013
ISBN: 9781475558111
Definition and Measurement
Energy subsidies comprise both consumer and producer subsidies. Consumer subsidies arise when the prices paid by consumers, including both firms (intermedi...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Benedict Clements
,
David Coady
,
Stefania Fabrizio
,
Sanjeev Gupta
,
Trevor Alleyne
, and
Carlo Sdralevich
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
13
September
2013
ISBN: 9781475558111
The recent surge in international energy prices, combined with incomplete pass-through to domestic prices, has prompted calls to phase out energy subsidies.
1
International energy...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Benedict Clements
,
David Coady
,
Stefania Fabrizio
,
Sanjeev Gupta
,
Trevor Alleyne
, and
Carlo Sdralevich
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
13
September
2013
ISBN: 9781475558111
How Subsidies Depress Growth
Energy subsidies depress growth through a number of channels. The effects of subsidies on growth go beyond their adverse impact on fiscal balances and pu...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Benedict Clements
,
David Coady
,
Stefania Fabrizio
,
Sanjeev Gupta
,
Trevor Alleyne
, and
Carlo Sdralevich
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
13
September
2013
ISBN: 9781475558111
Overview
This chapter provides insights from country case studies to identify ingredients for successful subsidy reform. The country case studies include both successful and unsucces...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Benedict Clements
,
David Coady
,
Stefania Fabrizio
,
Sanjeev Gupta
,
Trevor Alleyne
, and
Carlo Sdralevich
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
13
September
2013
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781475558111.071
ISBN: 9781475558111
Energy subsidies are aimed at protecting consumers, however, subsidies aggravate fiscal imbalances, crowd out priority public spending, and depress private investment, including in the energy sector. This book prov...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Benedict Clements
,
David Coady
,
Stefania Fabrizio
,
Sanjeev Gupta
,
Trevor Alleyne
, and
Carlo Sdralevich
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
13
September
2013
ISBN: 9781475558111
Energy subsidies are aimed at protecting consumers, however, subsidies aggravate fiscal imbalances, crowd out priority public spending, and depress private investment, including in the energy sector. This book prov...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Benedict Clements
,
David Coady
,
Stefania Fabrizio
,
Sanjeev Gupta
,
Trevor Alleyne
, and
Carlo Sdralevich
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
13
September
2013
ISBN: 9781475558111
Energy subsidies are aimed at protecting consumers, however, subsidies aggravate fiscal imbalances, crowd out priority public spending, and depress private investment, including in the energy sector. This book prov...
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s):
Trevor Alleyne
, and
Mumtaz Hussain
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
12
August
2013
ISBN: 9781484366547
The most sustainable schemes for domestic pricing of petroleum products would be either full liberalization or transparent and simple automatic adjustment mechanisms for administered prices. Coady and others...
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s):
Trevor Alleyne
, and
Mumtaz Hussain
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
12
August
2013
ISBN: 9781484366547
This apppendix summarizes the results of a survey on fuel and electricity subsidies in sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries based on the responses to a questionnaire circulated to International Monetary Fund...
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s):
Trevor Alleyne
, and
Mumtaz Hussain
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
12
August
2013
ISBN: 9781484366547
Ghana
33
Context
Ghana is a country of over 24 million people, rich in natural resources, including arab...
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s):
Trevor Alleyne
, and
Mumtaz Hussain
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
12
August
2013
ISBN: 9781484366547
Kenya
40
Context
With an expanding economy (Table 6), Kenya has experienced a substantial increase in en...
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s):
Trevor Alleyne
, and
Mumtaz Hussain
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
12
August
2013
ISBN: 9781484366547
Introduction
SSA faces chronic power problems, including insufficient generation capacity, low access, poor reliability, and high costs and tariffs. The combined power generation cap...
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s):
Trevor Alleyne
, and
Mumtaz Hussain
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
12
August
2013
ISBN: 9781484366547
Recent Developments in Fuel Pricing and Fiscal Implications
1
International oil and oil products prices rose sharply in 2003–2012 in tw...
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s):
Trevor Alleyne
, and
Mumtaz Hussain
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
12
August
2013
ISBN: 9781484366547
Although the economics make a compelling case for subsidy reform, experience shows that political constraints have often prevented or derailed reform. Understanding the political economy behind stalled refor...
Volume: 12
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s):
Trevor Alleyne
, and
Mumtaz Hussain
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
12
August
2013
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484366547.087
ISBN: 9781484366547
The reform of energy subsidies is an important but challenging issue for sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries. There is a relatively large theoretical and empirical literature on this issue. While this paper relies...
Volume: 13
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s):
Trevor Alleyne
, and
Mumtaz Hussain
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
12
August
2013
ISBN: 9781484366547
The reform of energy subsidies is an important but challenging issue for sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries. There is a relatively large theoretical and empirical literature on this issue. While this paper relies...
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s):
Trevor Alleyne
, and
Mumtaz Hussain
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
12
August
2013
ISBN: 9781484366547
The reform of energy subsidies is an important but challenging issue for sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries. There is a relatively large theoretical and empirical literature on this issue. While this paper relies...
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s):
Trevor Alleyne
, and
Mumtaz Hussain
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
12
August
2013
ISBN: 9781484366547
...
Volume/Issue: 2010/05
Series: IMF Staff Position Notes
Author(s):
John Piotrowski
,
David Coady
,
Justin Tyson
,
Rolando Ossowski
,
Robert Gillingham
, and
Shamsuddin Tareq
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
25
February
2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781455239108.004
ISBN: 9781455239108
Petroleum product subsidies have again started to increase with the rebound in international prices. This note reviews recent developments in subsidy levels and argues that reforming the policy framework for settin...
Volume/Issue: 2010/05
Series: IMF Staff Position Notes
Author(s):
John Piotrowski
,
David Coady
,
Justin Tyson
,
Rolando Ossowski
,
Robert Gillingham
, and
Shamsuddin Tareq
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
25
February
2010
ISBN: 9781455239108
Petroleum product subsidies have again started to increase with the rebound in international prices. This note reviews recent developments in subsidy levels and argues that reforming the policy framework for settin...
Volume/Issue: 2009/280
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
14
September
2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781451820232.002
ISBN: 9781451820232
Jersey has put in place a comprehensive and robust Antimoney Laundering/Combating the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) legal framework with a high level of compliance with almost all aspects of the Financial Action...
Volume/Issue: 2009/282
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
14
September
2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781451820256.002
ISBN: 9781451820256
This paper examines the Financial System Stability Assessment on Jersey. Most banks in Jersey are branches or subsidiaries of large international groups, to which they provide financing. This close relationship red...
Volume/Issue: 2009/280
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
14
September
2009
ISBN: 9781451820232
Jersey has put in place a comprehensive and robust Antimoney Laundering/Combating the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) legal framework with a high level of compliance with almost all aspects of the Financial Action...
Volume/Issue: 2009/282
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
14
September
2009
ISBN: 9781451820256
This paper examines the Financial System Stability Assessment on Jersey. Most banks in Jersey are branches or subsidiaries of large international groups, to which they provide financing. This close relationship red...
Volume/Issue: 2009/280
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
14
September
2009
ISBN: 9781451820232
Jersey has put in place a comprehensive and robust Antimoney Laundering/Combating the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) legal framework with a high level of compliance with almost all aspects of the Financial Action...
Volume/Issue: 2009/280
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
14
September
2009
ISBN: 9781451820232
Jersey has put in place a comprehensive and robust Antimoney Laundering/Combating the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) legal framework with a high level of compliance with almost all aspects of the Financial Action...
Volume/Issue: 2006/2
Series: IMF Policy Discussion Papers
Author(s):
Stéphane Cossé
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
March
2006
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781451972535.003
ISBN: 9781451946123
There has been a growing recognition of the importance of transparency for economic growth and social development in oil producing countries. This paper analyzes transparency issues in Cameroon's oil sector. It sho...
Volume/Issue: 2006/2
Series: IMF Policy Discussion Papers
Author(s):
Stéphane Cossé
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
March
2006
ISBN: 9781451946123
There has been a growing recognition of the importance of transparency for economic growth and social development in oil producing countries. This paper analyzes transparency issues in Cameroon's oil sector. It sho...
Volume/Issue: 2003/364
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
25
November
2003
ISBN: 9781451814217
The financial services sector plays a dominant role in the economy of Guernsey. The report is organized in two volumes. Volume I provides the findings and the Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes (ROSCs...
Volume/Issue: 2003/364
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
25
November
2003
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781451814217.002
ISBN: 9781451814217
The financial services sector plays a dominant role in the economy of Guernsey. The report is organized in two volumes. Volume I provides the findings and the Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes (ROSCs...
Volume/Issue: 2003/368
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
25
November
2003
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781451814255.002
ISBN: 9781451814255
This review of financial sector regulation and supervision in Jersey in the context of the offshore financial center assessment program contains technical advice and recommendations. The report provides a general o...
Volume/Issue: 2003/369
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
25
November
2003
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781451814262.002
ISBN: 9781451814262
This report reviews the assessment of Jersey's compliance with the Basel core principles for effective banking supervision based on the Core Principles. It provides a detailed assessment of the antimoney laundering...
Volume/Issue: 2003/368
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
25
November
2003
ISBN: 9781451814255
This review of financial sector regulation and supervision in Jersey in the context of the offshore financial center assessment program contains technical advice and recommendations. The report provides a general o...
Volume/Issue: 2003/369
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
25
November
2003
ISBN: 9781451814262
This report reviews the assessment of Jersey's compliance with the Basel core principles for effective banking supervision based on the Core Principles. It provides a detailed assessment of the antimoney laundering...
Volume/Issue: 2002/13
Series: IMF Policy Discussion Papers
Author(s):
Clinton Shiells
,
John Dodsworth
, and
Paul Mathieu
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
December
2002
ISBN: 9781451968958
This paper explores from a regional perspective the distorted nature of trade in energy products within the CIS countries. The persistence of pricing distortions, barter arrangements, and discriminatory access to p...
Volume/Issue: 2002/13
Series: IMF Policy Discussion Papers
Author(s):
Clinton Shiells
,
John Dodsworth
, and
Paul Mathieu
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
December
2002
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781451968958.003
ISBN: 9781451968958
This paper explores from a regional perspective the distorted nature of trade in energy products within the CIS countries. The persistence of pricing distortions, barter arrangements, and discriminatory access to p...
Series: Economic Issues
Author(s):
John Norregaard
, and
Valerie Reppelin
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
09
March
2001
ISBN: 9781589060005
In December 1997, 160 nations meeting in Kyoto, Japan agreed to cut back emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. While ratified by only a very small number of countries so far, the “Kyoto Pro...
Series: Economic Issues
Author(s):
John Norregaard
, and
Valerie Reppelin
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
09
March
2001
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781589060005.051
ISBN: 9781589060005
Explores different ways of controlling pollution through -green-taxes or permits, and evaluates their advantages and disadvantages. While many countries use environmental taxes, interest in tradable permits is grow...
Series: Economic Issues
Author(s):
John Norregaard
, and
Valerie Reppelin
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
09
March
2001
ISBN: 9781589060005
Explores different ways of controlling pollution through -green-taxes or permits, and evaluates their advantages and disadvantages. While many countries use environmental taxes, interest in tradable permits is grow...
Series: Economic Issues
Author(s):
John Norregaard
, and
Valerie Reppelin
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
09
March
2001
ISBN: 9781589060005
Explores different ways of controlling pollution through -green-taxes or permits, and evaluates their advantages and disadvantages. While many countries use environmental taxes, interest in tradable permits is grow...
Series: Books
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
30
August
1996
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781557756060.071
ISBN: 9781557756060
The coordinated Portfolio Investment Survey Guide is provided to assist balance of payments compilers in the conduct of an internationally coordinated survey of security holdings being conducted under the auspices...
Series: Books
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
30
August
1996
ISBN: 9781557756060
The coordinated Portfolio Investment Survey Guide is provided to assist balance of payments compilers in the conduct of an internationally coordinated survey of security holdings being conducted under the auspices...
Series: Books
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
30
August
1996
ISBN: 9781557756060
The coordinated Portfolio Investment Survey Guide is provided to assist balance of payments compilers in the conduct of an internationally coordinated survey of security holdings being conducted under the auspices...
Series: Books
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
30
August
1996
ISBN: 9781557756060
Survey Background
The Coordinated Portfolio Investment Survey (CPIS) was undertaken in response to recommendations contained in the Report on the Measurement of International Capital...
Series: Books
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
30
August
1996
ISBN: 9781557756060
TABLE II.1
PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF EQUITY SECURITIES AT END-DECEMBER 1997
(in millions of US dollars)
C...
Series: Books
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
30
August
1996
ISBN: 9781557756060
ARGENTINA’S PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT ASSETS AT END-DECEMBER 1997
(in millions of US dollars)
Country of Nonresident I...
Series: Books
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
30
August
1996
ISBN: 9781557756060
Argentina
Institutions Responsible for Data Collection and Compilation
CPIS data were compiled and estimated by the National Directorate of Internation...
Volume/Issue: 1995/7
Series: IMF Policy Discussion Papers
Author(s):
Mahmood Khan
, and
Mohsin Khan
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
April
1995
ISBN: 9781451971248
Agriculture remains the dominant sector in the economies of most Sub-Saharan African countries. However, the experience of agricultural growth in the region stands in sharp contrast to the robust performance of agr...
Volume/Issue: 1995/7
Series: IMF Policy Discussion Papers
Author(s):
Mahmood Khan
, and
Mohsin Khan
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
April
1995
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781451971248.003
ISBN: 9781451971248
Agriculture remains the dominant sector in the economies of most Sub-Saharan African countries. However, the experience of agricultural growth in the region stands in sharp contrast to the robust performance of agr...
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s):
Steven Phillips
, and
Vincent Koen
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
15
March
1993
ISBN: 9781557752956
Income and production developments in the Russian Federation began to diverge conspicuously in the late 1980s, when increases in the measured real wage significantly outstripped gains in measured productivit...
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s):
Steven Phillips
, and
Vincent Koen
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
15
March
1993
ISBN: 9781557752956
Price reforms in Russia were carried out in several steps. Partial liberalization measures coupled with administrative price increases caused a sizable jump in producer prices in January 1991, and a comparab...
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s):
Steven Phillips
, and
Vincent Koen
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
15
March
1993
ISBN: 9781557752956
An important phenomenon of the late 1980s was the growth of nominal incomes and wages considerably in excess of price increases or any conceivable advances in labor productivity. The ensuing growing macroeco...
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s):
Steven Phillips
, and
Vincent Koen
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
15
March
1993
ISBN: 9781557752956
The emergence of substantial open inflation in 1991, the surge in measured real incomes in that year, the anticipated price jumps of April 1991 and January 1992, and the fall in measured real incomes in 1992...
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s):
Steven Phillips
, and
Vincent Koen
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
15
March
1993
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781557752956.084
ISBN: 9781557752956
Prices in the Russian Federation have been decontrolled in several steps since early 1991, after decades of near fixity. This paper documents and analyzes the behavior of prices, income, consumption, and savings be...
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s):
Steven Phillips
, and
Vincent Koen
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
15
March
1993
ISBN: 9781557752956
Prices in the Russian Federation have been decontrolled in several steps since early 1991, after decades of near fixity. This paper documents and analyzes the behavior of prices, income, consumption, and savings be...
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s):
Steven Phillips
, and
Vincent Koen
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
15
March
1993
ISBN: 9781557752956
Table 1.
Industrial Producer Price Index
(Monthly percentage change unless otherwise specified)...
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s):
Steven Phillips
, and
Vincent Koen
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
15
March
1993
ISBN: 9781557752956
In considering the aftermath of price liberalization in Russia, a number of essential points emerge from an analysis of the data available for 1992. Some of these findings raise questions of interpretation a...
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s):
Naheed Kirmani
,
Lorenzo Pérez
,
Shailendra Anjaria
, and
Zubair Iqbal
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
25
November
1982
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781557750600.084
ISBN: 9781557750600
This paper contains further work by the Fund staff on trade issues and developments following the pattern of the surveys prepared in 1978 and 1981, mainly focusing on commercial policies of the major trading nation...
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s):
Naheed Kirmani
,
Lorenzo Pérez
,
Shailendra Anjaria
, and
Zubair Iqbal
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
25
November
1982
ISBN: 9781557750600
This paper contains further work by the Fund staff on trade issues and developments following the pattern of the surveys prepared in 1978 and 1981, mainly focusing on commercial policies of the major trading nation...
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s):
Naheed Kirmani
,
Lorenzo Pérez
,
Shailendra Anjaria
, and
Zubair Iqbal
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
25
November
1982
ISBN: 9781557750600
This paper contains further work by the Fund staff on trade issues and developments following the pattern of the surveys prepared in 1978 and 1981, mainly focusing on commercial policies of the major trading nation...
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s):
Naheed Kirmani
,
Lorenzo Pérez
,
Shailendra Anjaria
, and
Zubair Iqbal
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
25
November
1982
ISBN: 9781557750600
This paper contains further work by the Fund staff on trade issues and developments following the pattern of the surveys prepared in 1978 and 1981,
1...
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s):
Naheed Kirmani
,
Lorenzo Pérez
,
Shailendra Anjaria
, and
Zubair Iqbal
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
25
November
1982
ISBN: 9781557750600
Changing Trade Trends and Patterns
Since 1973, the growth of international trade has been slower and more uneven than in the previous two decades, and there have been significant shi...
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s):
Naheed Kirmani
,
Lorenzo Pérez
,
Shailendra Anjaria
, and
Zubair Iqbal
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
25
November
1982
ISBN: 9781557750600
This section reviews the principal trends in the evolution of international trade in manufactures, discusses briefly some estimates of levels of protection, and describes recent tra...
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s):
Naheed Kirmani
,
Lorenzo Pérez
,
Shailendra Anjaria
, and
Zubair Iqbal
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
25
November
1982
ISBN: 9781557750600
This section discusses, somewhat extensively, the principal trends in international agricultural trade, agricultural policy objectives and instruments employed in major trading nati...
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s):
Naheed Kirmani
,
Lorenzo Pérez
,
Shailendra Anjaria
, and
Zubair Iqbal
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
25
November
1982
ISBN: 9781557750600
With the conclusion of the Tokyo Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations (MTN) in 1979, tariff reductions and a wide-ranging set of new rules governing international trade came int...
Volume/Issue: 7/1
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
March
1970
ISBN: 9781616352974
This paper discusses achievement and failure of science in increasing world animal production. The paper highlights that the application of modern animal production technology is virtually confined to Western Europ...
Volume/Issue: 7/1
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
March
1970
ISBN: 9781616352974
This paper discusses achievement and failure of science in increasing world animal production. The paper highlights that the application of modern animal production technology is virtually confined to Western Europ...
Volume/Issue: 7/1
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
March
1970
ISBN: 9781616352974
This paper discusses achievement and failure of science in increasing world animal production. The paper highlights that the application of modern animal production technology is virtually confined to Western Europ...
Volume/Issue: 7/1
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
March
1970
ISBN: 9781616352974
This paper discusses achievement and failure of science in increasing world animal production. The paper highlights that the application of modern animal production technology is virtually confined to Western Europ...
Volume/Issue: 7/1
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
March
1970
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781616352974.022
ISBN: 9781616352974
This paper discusses achievement and failure of science in increasing world animal production. The paper highlights that the application of modern animal production technology is virtually confined to Western Europ...
Volume/Issue: 7/1
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
March
1970
ISBN: 9781616352974
This paper discusses achievement and failure of science in increasing world animal production. The paper highlights that the application of modern animal production technology is virtually confined to Western Europ...
Volume/Issue: 7/1
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
March
1970
ISBN: 9781616352974
This paper discusses achievement and failure of science in increasing world animal production. The paper highlights that the application of modern animal production technology is virtually confined to Western Europ...
