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2 Results of the Uruguay Round »
Source: The Uruguay Round and the Arab Countries
Series: Books
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 20 June 1996
ISBN: 9781557754974
Keywords: trade in services, international trade, market access, national treatment, round agreement
This chapter describes the principal results of the GATT’s eighth round of negotiations, launched in Punta del Este, Uruguay, in September 1986, and concluded in Marrakesh, Moroc...

7 Trade in Services, the GATS, and the Arab Countries »
Source: The Uruguay Round and the Arab Countries
Series: Books
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 20 June 1996
ISBN: 9781557754974
Keywords: trade in services, international trade, market access, national treatment, round agreement
In September 1986, governments embarked on the longest and most ambitious multilateral trade negotiations held under the auspices of the GATT. They concluded the negotiations on...

IMF Executive Board »
Source: IMF Survey Supplement 2003
Volume/Issue: 32/3
Series: IMF Survey
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 09 September 2003
ISBN: 9781451951172
Keywords: technical assistance, financial sector, debt, economic recovery, interest
The Web edition of the IMF Survey is updated several times a week, and contains a wealth of articles about topical policy and economic issues in the news. Access the latest IMF research, read interviews, and listen...

IMF quotas »
Source: IMF Survey Supplement 2003
Volume/Issue: 32/3
Series: IMF Survey
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 09 September 2003
ISBN: 9781451951172
Keywords: technical assistance, financial sector, debt, economic recovery, interest
The Web edition of the IMF Survey is updated several times a week, and contains a wealth of articles about topical policy and economic issues in the news. Access the latest IMF research, read interviews, and listen...

Exchange Rate Arrangements and Monetary Policy »
Source: Finance & Development, March 1989
Volume/Issue: 26/1
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 January 1989
ISBN: 9781451952988
Keywords: trade liberalization, exchange rate, balance of payments, real exchange rate, liberalization policies
For the latest thinking about the international financial system, monetary policy, economic development, poverty reduction, and other critical issues, subscribe to Finance & Development (F&D). This lively quarterly...

Letters »
Source: Finance & Development, March 1989
Volume/Issue: 26/1
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 January 1989
ISBN: 9781451952988
Keywords: trade liberalization, exchange rate, balance of payments, real exchange rate, liberalization policies
For the latest thinking about the international financial system, monetary policy, economic development, poverty reduction, and other critical issues, subscribe to Finance & Development (F&D). This lively quarterly...

Economic aid reconsidered A fresh look at development aid: Major findings of a Development Committee task force »
Source: Finance & Development, March 1986
Volume/Issue: 23/1
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 March 1986
ISBN: 9781616353643
Keywords: external financing, external debt, debt problems, domestic savings, world economy
This paper examines adjustment, growth, and the IMF's role. Under the Baker plan, the IMF would continue to play a central role in dealing with the economic imbalances and the debt problems that countries face, a r...

Selected WTO Rules and Some Implications for Fund Policy Advice »
Source: Selected WTO Rules and Some Implications for Fund Policy Advice
Volume/Issue: 1996/23
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Thierry Buchs
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 March 1996
ISBN: 9781451921113
Keywords: export subsidies, export performance, trade-related investment, trade-related investment measures, transition economies
The paper surveys six WTO agreements selected on the basis of their potential relevance for Fund-supported programs, namely Customs Valuation, Subsidies, Safeguards, Antidumping, Trade-Related Investment Measures,...

Are Africa’s Currency Unions Good for Trade? »
Source: IMF Staff Papers, Volume 56, No. 4
Volume: 56
Series: IMF Staff Papers
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 04 November 2009
ISBN: 9781589069107
Keywords: sovereign default, sovereign debt, external debt, sovereign defaults, current account
This paper empirically evaluates four types of costs that may result from an international sovereign default: reputational costs, international trade exclusion costs, costs to the domestic economy through the finan...

Sources of Economic Growth »
Source: Sources of Economic Growth : An Extensive Growth Accounting Exercise
Volume/Issue: 1999/77
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Abdelhak Senhadji
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 June 1999
ISBN: 9781451849974
Keywords: growth accounting, TFP, production function, growth rate, equations, cointegration
A growth accounting exercise is conducted for 88 countries for 1960-94 to examine the source of cross-country differences in total factor productivity (TFP) levels. Two differences distinguish this analysis from th...