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Malawi: 2012 Article IV Consultation and Request for a New Arrangement Under the Extended Credit Facility »
Source: Malawi : 2012 Article IV Consultation and Request for a New Arrangement Under the Extended Credit Facility: Staff Report; Staff Supplements; Public Information Notice and Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Malawi.
Volume/Issue: 2012/221
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 03 August 2012
ISBN: 9781475506112
Keywords: foreign exchange, exchange rate, exchange rate regime, floating exchange rate, floating exchange rate regime
The Malawian economy is slowly recovering, thanks to corrective measures such as the floating exchange rate regime and liberated current account transactions. Stringent fiscal discipline, restrained monetary polici...
In Finance, Size Matters: The “Systemic Scale Economies” Hypothesis »
Source: IMF Staff Papers, Volume 51, No. 1
Volume: 51
Series: IMF Staff Papers
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 20 April 2004
ISBN: 9781589063228
Keywords: expenditure, bribe, government expenditure, bribes, Banks and banking, Special Drawing Rights (SDR), Capital Stock, Cointegration, Demand (economic Theory), Empirical Methods
This first issue of Volume 51 for 2004 includes a new paper by Peter B. Clark and Jacques J. Polak, along with a tribute from the Editor to Mr. Polak in honor of his 90th birthday. This issue also launches a new fe...
Trade Openness and Volatility »
Source: Trade Openness and Volatility
Volume/Issue: 2008/146
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Andrei Levchenko , and Julian Di Giovanni
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 June 2008
ISBN: 9781451870046
Keywords: Output Volatility, Specialization, Comovement, Sector-Level Data, trade openness, aggregate volatility, correlation, equation, output growth,
This paper examines the mechanisms through which output volatility is related to trade openness using an industry-level panel dataset of manufacturing production and trade. The main results are threefold. First, se...
Inequality, Gender Gaps and Economic Growth »
Source: Inequality, Gender Gaps and Economic Growth : Comparative Evidence for Sub-Saharan Africa
Volume/Issue: 2016/111
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Dalia Hakura , Mumtaz Hussain , Monique Newiak , Vimal Thakoor , and Fan Yang
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 08 June 2016
ISBN: 9781484382349
Keywords: Income inequality, gender inequality, economic growth, and sub-Saharan Africa
A growing body of empirical evidence suggests that inequality-income or gender related-can impede economic growth. Using dynamic panel regressions and new time series data, this paper finds that both income and gen...
A Governance Dividend for Sub-Saharan Africa?1 »
Source: A Governance Dividend for Sub-Saharan Africa?
Volume/Issue: 2019/1
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Amine Hammadi , Marshall Mills , Nelson Sobrinho , Vimal Thakoor , and Ricardo Velloso
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 11 January 2019
ISBN: 9781484354872
Keywords: Zambia, Zimbabwe, Congo, Democratic Republic of the, Congo, Republic of, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) tend to lag those in most other regions in terms of governance and perceptions of corruption. Weak governance undermines economic performance through various channels, includin...
3. Inequality and Economic Outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa »
Source: Regional Economic Outlook, October 2015 : Sub-Saharan Africa
Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 27 October 2015
ISBN: 9781513597331
Keywords: Sub-Saharan Africa; commodity exporters; oil-exporting countries; competitiveness; trade integration; income inequality; gender inequality
Box 3.1), this chapter considers factors behind high levels of inequality and how they differ from the experience in other parts of the world, and discusses policy options for reducing inequalit...
Back Matter »
Source: Internationaler Währungsfonds Jahresbericht 2009 : Fighting the Global Crisis
Series: Annual Report of the Executive Board
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 06 October 2009
Language: German
ISBN: 9781589068841
Keywords: financial stability, financial sector, balance of payments, financial system, poverty reduction, financial markets, financial statements, monetary union, expenditures, commodity prices
The IMF's 2009 Annual Report chronicles the response of the Fund's Executive Board and staff to the global financial crisis and other events during financial year 2009, which covers the period from May 1, 2008, thr...