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Agriculture and development: The principal theme of the World Development Report 1982 »
Source: Finance & Development, September 1982
Volume/Issue: 19/3
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 September 1982
ISBN: 9781616353506
Keywords: monetary fund, surface mail, inflation, reserve tranche
This paper highlights that there has been remarkable agricultural growth over the past three decades. Growth has been twice as rapid as in any previous period. Output has been fueled largely by developing countries...
Annex I »
Source: The Economy of the Middle East and North Africa in 1997
Series: Books
Author(s): Mohamed El-Erian , and Susan Fennell
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 11 November 1997
ISBN: 9781557757111
Keywords: oil prices, oil exporters, stock market, crude oil, natural gas
MENA at a Glance Coverage. The MENA region is defined to encompass the economies of the Arab League (Algeria, Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon,...
Appendix. Illustrative Labor Market Scenarios in GCC Countries, 1995-2010 »
Source: Financial Systems and Labor Markets in the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries
Series: Books
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 11 November 1997
ISBN: 9781557757128
Keywords: labor market, employment, labor force, financial institutions, financial systems
Supply of Labor The supply for labor is projected on the basis of the World Bank estimates of working age population (World Development Indicators CD-ROM, 1997) and staff estimates o...
Bank activity: New borrowing and lending policies »
Source: Finance & Development, September 1982
Volume/Issue: 19/3
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 September 1982
ISBN: 9781616353506
Keywords: monetary fund, surface mail, inflation, reserve tranche
This paper highlights that there has been remarkable agricultural growth over the past three decades. Growth has been twice as rapid as in any previous period. Output has been fueled largely by developing countries...
Book notices »
Source: Finance & Development, September 1982
Volume/Issue: 19/3
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 September 1982
ISBN: 9781616353506
Keywords: monetary fund, surface mail, inflation, reserve tranche
This paper highlights that there has been remarkable agricultural growth over the past three decades. Growth has been twice as rapid as in any previous period. Output has been fueled largely by developing countries...
'But we are different!' »
Source: 'But we are different!' : 12 Common Weaknesses in Banking Laws, and What to Do About Them
Volume/Issue: 2015/200
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Wouter Bossu , and Dawn Chew
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 10 September 2015
ISBN: 9781513586458
Keywords: Banking Regulation, Policy Analysis, banking, laws, bank, banks, Government Policy and Regulation, Corporation and Securities Law, Regulated Industries and Administrative Law,
Well-designed banking laws are critical for regulating the market access and operations of banks, as well as their removal from the market in case of failure. While at a financial policy level there is a broad cons...
Comparing the Employment-Output Elasticities of Expatriates and Nationals in the Gulf Cooperation Council »
Source: Comparing the Employment-Output Elasticities of Expatriates and Nationals in the Gulf Cooperation Council
Volume/Issue: 2015/191
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Alberto Behar
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 18 August 2015
ISBN: 9781513573885
Keywords: Employment Elasticities, Labor Market Adjustment Costs, GCC, Gulf Cooperation Council, labor market, labor, private sector, unemployment, Labor Economics: General, Labor Economics Policies
We estimate the elasticity of private-sector employment to non-oil GDP in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) for GCC nationals and expatriates using a Seemingly Unrelated Error Correction (SUREC) model. Our results...
The Cost of Private Debt Over the Credit Cycle »
Source: The Cost of Private Debt Over the Credit Cycle
Volume/Issue: 2010/283
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Eugen Tereanu , Johanna Francis , and Dilek Aykut
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 December 2010
ISBN: 9781455210909
Keywords: debt flows, credit spreads, syndicated lending, credit cycles, bond, private debt, bonds, private debt flows, bond issuance, Global Outlook
We identify global and regional fluctuations in international private debt flows to emerging and developing countries using data on cross border loans and international bond issuance over 1993 -2009. We estimate th...
Credit Constraints, Political Instability, and Capital Accumulation »
Source: Credit Constraints, Political Instability, and Capital Accumulation
Volume/Issue: 2013/246
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Risto Herrala , and Rima Turk Ariss
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 16 December 2013
ISBN: 9781484303085
Keywords: credit constraints, political unrest, MENA countries, equity capital, real interest rate, equity ratio, capital goods, General,
We investigate the complex interactions between credit constraints, political instability, and capital accumulation using a novel approach based on Kiyotaki and Moore's (1997) theoretical framework. Drawing on a un...
Desynchronized »
Source: Desynchronized : The Comovement of Non-Hydrocarbon Business Cycles in the GCC
Volume/Issue: 2011/286
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Serhan Cevik
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 December 2011
ISBN: 9781463927202
Keywords: Business cycles, business cycle synchronization, band-pass filter, concordance, business cycle, correlation, correlations
This paper investigates the empirical characteristics of business cycles and the extent of cyclical comovement in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, using various measures of synchronization for non-hydr...