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Cover IMF Staff Country Reports
German-Central European Supply Chain-Cluster Report: Staff Report, First Background Note, Second Background Note, Third Background Note
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
This paper discusses key findings of the Cluster Report on German-Central European Supply Chain (GCESC). Since the 1990s, a GCESC has evolved, manufacturing goods for export to the rest of the world. Reflecting this, bilateral trade linkages between Germany and the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and the Slovak Republic (CE4) have expanded rapidly. Participation in the GCESC has led to technology transfers to CE4 countries and accelerated income convergence. Export growth in knowledge-intensive sectors has been particularly rapid in the CE4. It is also observed that complementarities between supply chain activities and domestic production have led to greater synchronization of the business cycle among GCESC countries.
Keywords:
ISCR; CR; GDP; CE4 FDI; Germany; CE4 Countries Based; banking; trade linkage; stock position; exports to Germany; FDI stock; aggregate demand demand shock; safe haven status; Exports; Foreign direct investment; Financial statements; Spillovers; Stocks; Global; Asia and Pacific; Europe
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External Evaluation of the Independent Evaluation Office
International Monetary Fund
We have been asked by the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund to undertake an external review of the activities of its Independent Evaluation Office (IEO). This is the second such evaluation in the IEO’s twelve year history. The first review, led by Karin Lissakers (the “Lissakers Report”), was presented to the Board in 2006. That report considered the extent to which the Office had succeeded during its first five years of operation in fulfilling its mandates and made recommendations to enhance its role within the IMF’s institutional architecture. Our report thus focuses on IEO activities since 2006. As set out in the terms of reference of our Panel (see Appendix I), the central objective of this report is to evaluate how well the IEO has met its institutional mandates. The terms of reference, while not constraining the range of issues we could consider, also asks that we “assess the IEO’s effectiveness along several dimensions, including: (i) the appropriateness of evaluation topics; (ii) the independence of the IEO; (iii) the cost-effectiveness of the IEO and its operations; and (iv) the appropriateness and adequacy of the evaluation process including, but not limited to, how IEO recommendations are endorsed by the Board and implemented.”
Keywords:
PP; panel; IEO report; Independent Evaluation Office executive board meeting; staff; IEO; Board discussion; IEO recommendation; externally-recruited IEO staff; Comparative advantage; International reserves; Civil society; Global
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Evidence on Productivity, Comparative Advantage, and Networks in the Export Performance of Firms
Mr. Luca A Ricci
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Mr. Federico Trionfetti
This paper tests the effect of comparative advantage, size, and networking on the firm probability of exporting. The closest theoretical framework is the one of Bernard, Redding, and Schott (2007), with firm heterogeneity across countries and industries. We use a recently assembled multi-country multi-industry firm level dataset, and construct original measures of comparative advantage. The results show that firms are more likely to export if they belong to the comparative advantage industry, if they enjoy a higher productivity, or if they benefit from foreign, domestic, or communication networks.
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