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Cover IMF Staff Country Reports
Mexico: Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
This Selected Issues paper shows that upgrading basic public infrastructure, and road infrastructure, raises productivity among firms, not only for large companies but also for Mexico’s large number of small and micro firms. This finding suggests that greater government spending on road infrastructure will support efforts to raise productivity and growth over the medium term. Mexico’s infrastructure quality has been on a steady decline. World Economic Forum indicators of perceived infrastructure quality show Mexico broadly in line with—or even outperforming—its emerging market and regional peers. Infrastructure quality and access are likely to weaken further at current investment rates. Spending trends compare particularly poorly to investment needs in the case of roads investment. According to the Global Competitiveness Index, the perceived quality of Mexico’s transportation infrastructure is broadly in line with peers. The note provides evidence of the role of infrastructure investment in boosting productivity.
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ISCR; CR; firm; Mexico; cost; micro firm; cost cap; spending efficiency; firm productivity; firm's locality; physical capital; IMF FAD Expenditure Assessment Tool; Total expenditures; Education spending; Social protection spending; Capital spending; Global
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IMF Research Bulletin, September 2016
International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
The September 2016 issue of the IMF Research Bulletin includes the following two Research Summaries: “A New Look at Bank Capital” (by Jihad Dagher, Giovanni Dell’Ariccia, Luc Laeven, Lev Ratnovski, and Hui Tong) and “Does Growth Create Jobs?: Evidence for Advance and Developing Economies (by Zidong An, Nathalie Gonzalez Prieto, Prakash Loungani, and Saurabh Mishra). The Q&A article by Rabah Arezki discusses “Seven Questions on Rethinking the Oil Market in the Aftermath of the 2014-16 Price Slump.” A listing of recent IMF Working Papers, Staff Discussion Notes, and Recommended Readings from IMF Publications are also included. Readers can also find an announcement on the 2016 Annual Research Conference and links to top cited 2015 articles in the IMF Economic Review.
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IRB; IMF research bulletin; href; Journal citation report; Policy response; journal website; paperback ISBN 978-1-49832-468-7; research journal; Mundell-Fleming Lecture; Banking crises; Oil prices; Oil; Capital adequacy requirements; Global; Eastern Europe; Sub-Saharan Africa; Middle East and Central Asia; Asia and Pacific
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IMF Survey, Volume 34, Issue 07
International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
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 to podcasts given by top IMF economists on important issues in the global economy. www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/survey/so/home.aspx
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SV; SDR interest rate; Group of Seven finance ministers; IMF quota; IMF finance department; growth facility; IMF publication service; Oil prices; Poverty reduction; Oil consumption; Debt relief; Global; Sub-Saharan Africa; Africa; Asia and Pacific; Central America
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IMF Survey, Volume 33, Issue 02
International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
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 to podcasts given by top IMF economists on important issues in the global economy. www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/survey/so/home.aspx
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SV; IMF mission; growth facility; IMF managing director Köhler; fund Facility; PRGF arrangement; IMF survey; Financial sector stability; Oil; SDR interest rate; Asia and Pacific; Global; Europe; East Asia; Eastern Europe; South Asia
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Finance & Development, June 1986
International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
The global trade negotiations and use of fiscal measures to stimulate savings in developing countries are discussed. The four main elements of the global trading system likely to be at issue in the new round include nondiscrimination and the distinction between border and nonborder measures. Capital markets in developing countries are small, and the scope for diversification of financial institutions and financial instruments or assets is limited. The distinction between border and nonborder measures is blurred in the increased international concern with so-called unfair trade practices.
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FD; F&D; market; interest rate; value; country; price; budget deficit-interest rate connection; textbook free trade; trade theory; value of the currency; currency price; Real interest rates; Natural gas sector; Oil; General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade; Oil prices; Global; Sub-Saharan Africa; West Africa; Africa; Eastern Europe; Asia and Pacific
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Finance & Development, June 1979
International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
This paper highlights that in the first quarter of 1979, the IMF took further steps to enhance its ability to promote orderly world economic growth with reasonable price stability as a means of achieving a stable system of exchange rates. It adopted several measures designed to make the special drawing right the principal reserve asset in the world monetary system. The Interim Committee reaffirmed these aims, expressing broad support for measures that the IMF’s Executive Board has adopted, or is actively considering, in furthering these goals.
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FD; F&D; Annual Meetings of the bank; series of article; country; Robert S. McNamara; challenge of poverty; peoples of the developing countries; IDA credit; money creation-inflation spiral process; full-employment labor force; Potential output; Inflation; Income; Oil; Africa; Asia and Pacific; South America; Global; South Asia