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Central America: Economic Progress and Reforms »
Source: Central America : Economic Progress and Reforms
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s): Dominique Desruelle , and Alfred Schipke
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 24 November 2008
ISBN: 9781589067653
Keywords: customs, social spending, common, customs union, capital markets
Central America has made substantial progress in recent years in moving economic reforms forward and deepening regional and global integration. As result of these efforts, the region has experienced higher growth,...

AmÉrica Central: Progreso econÓmico y reformas »
Source: América Central : Progreso económico y reformas
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s): Dominique Desruelle , and Alfred Schipke
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 25 March 2009
Language: Spanish
ISBN: 9781589067974
América Central ha logrado importantes avances en los últimos años al impulsar reformas económicas y profundizar la integración regional y mundial. Como resultado de estos esfuerzos, la región ha logrado aumentar e...

Capítulo 5: La posición fiscal: Perspectivas y opciones de ajuste »
Source: Centroamérica, Panamá y la República Dominicana : Desafíos tras la crisis mundial de 2008-09
Series: Books
Author(s): Marco Pinon , Alejandro Lopez Mejia , M. (Mario) Garza , and Fernando Delgado
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 11 December 2012
Language: Spanish
ISBN: 9781475513134
Apoyándose en una posición fiscal relativamente sólida lograda tras un período de consolidación, la región de Centroamérica, Panamá y la República Dominicana (CAPRD) hizo frente a la crisis mundial de 2008–0...

Chapter 5: The Fiscal Position: Prospects and Options for Adjustment »
Source: Central America, Panama, and the Dominican Republic : Challenges Following the 2008-09 Global Crisis: Challenges Following the 2008-09 Global Crisis
Series: Books
Author(s): Marco Pinon , Alejandro Lopez Mejia , M. (Mario) Garza , and Fernando Delgado
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 16 July 2012
ISBN: 9781616353780
Keywords: debt, inflation, monetary policy, interest, central bank
Taking advantage of a relatively solid fiscal position following a period of consolidation, the Central America, Panama, and the Dominican Republic (CAPDR) region responded to the 2008–09 global...

chapter 6 Financial Sector Development: Equity and Private Debt Markets1 »
Source: Central America : Economic Progress and Reforms
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s): Dominique Desruelle , and Alfred Schipke
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 24 November 2008
ISBN: 9781589067653
Keywords: customs, social spending, common, customs union, capital markets
Introduction...

Chapter 7 Lessons and Recommendations »
Source: IEO Report on the Evaluation of the Financial Sector Assessment Program
Series: Independent Evaluation Office Reports
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Independent Evaluation Office
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 02 May 2006
ISBN: 9781589065086
Keywords: financial sector, financial stability, financial system, financial systems, standards
Our overall assessment is that the FSAP represents a distinct improvement in the IMF’s ability to conduct financial sector surveillance and in understanding the important interlinkages between financial sect...

Capítulo 6. Desarrollo del sector financiero: Mercados de acciones y deuda privada1 »
Source: América Central : Progreso económico y reformas
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s): Dominique Desruelle , and Alfred Schipke
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 25 March 2009
Language: Spanish
ISBN: 9781589067974
Introducción...

Exchange Rate Flexibility and Credit during Capital Inflow Reversals »
Source: Exchange Rate Flexibility and Credit during Capital Inflow Reversals : Purgatory…not Paradise
Volume/Issue: 2014/61
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Nicolas Magud , and Esteban Vesperoni
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 16 April 2014
ISBN: 9781475543735
Keywords: reversals, macro-prudential, exchange rate, exchange rate regimes, exchange rate flexibility, flexible exchange rate, exchange rate regime, Open Economy Macroeconomics,
We document the behavior of macro and credit variables during episodes of capital inflows reversals in economies with different degrees of exchange rate flexibility. We find that exchange rate flexibility is associ...

Measuring the Informal Economy in Latin America and the Caribbean »
Source: Measuring the Informal Economy in Latin America and the Caribbean
Volume/Issue: 2008/102
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Guillermo Javier Vuletin
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 April 2008
ISBN: 9781451869637
Keywords: Informal economy, latent variable, equation, correlation, surveys, social security schemes,
This paper estimates the size of the informal economy for 32 mainly Latin American and Caribbean countries in the early 2000s. Using a structural equation modeling approach, we find that a stringent tax system and...

Remittances, Financial Development, and Growth »
Source: Remittances, Financial Development, and Growth
Volume/Issue: 2005/234
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Marta Ruiz-Arranz , and Paola Giuliano
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 December 2005
ISBN: 9781451862539
Keywords: financial development, growth, system GMM, impact of remittances, migration, remittance, statistics, Economic Growth of Open Economies,
There has been little systematic empirical study on the relationship between remittances and growth. This paper attempts to examine this relationship. Using a newly constructed crosscountry of data series for remit...