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Cambodia: Staff Report for the 2004 Article IV Consultation
International Monetary Fund
Cambodia’s 2004 Article IV Consultation reports that the macroeconomic performance has been generally good, reflecting both favorable external developments and prudent fiscal policy. Exports soared following a bilateral trade agreement with the United States, and large aid inflows helped finance domestic investment and spurred construction activities. Prudent fiscal policy has been the key to ensuring price stability. Overall GDP growth has been robust mainly because of a strong rebound in agricultural production.
Keywords:
ISCR; CR; IMF executive board reviews progress report; government; Cambodia's NPRS.; reform agenda; poverty reduction strategy paper; Cambodia's NPRS; NPRS target; Poverty reduction strategy; East Asia; Asia and Pacific
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India: Recent Economic Developments and Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund
India rebounded strongly from its 1991 balance-of-payments crisis, aided by structural reforms and other policy adjustments. The government has sought to reinvigorate the process of structural and fiscal reform. The paper examines trends in interstate differences in rural poverty; reviews India's postal saving system and possible reform issues; describes and evaluates the current system of pensions and provident funds, and discusses reform options. The paper also briefly reviews the structure of and recent developments in the Indian foreign exchange market.
Keywords:
ISCR; CR; India; GDP; exchange rate; deposit; U.S. dollar; dollar rate; chapter IX; private sector; reform issue; Commercial banks; Pensions; Public sector; Global; Africa; Asia and Pacific; Western Europe
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A Better World for All
Progress Toward the International Development Goals
International Monetary Fund

Abstract

This paper focuses on goal setting for development of the world. The paper highlights that the goals come from the agreements and resolutions of the world conferences organized by the United Nations in the first half of the 1990s. The paper focuses on seven goals that cover poverty, education, gender equality, infant and child mortality, maternal mortality, reproductive health, and environment. Each of the seven goals addresses an aspect of poverty. The paper also emphasizes that these goals should be viewed together because they are mutually reinforcing.

Keywords:
BOOK; enrolment rate; enrolment; child mortality; Reduce infant mortality; health personnel; family planning programme; secondary school enrolment; Health care; Poverty reduction; Africa; Global; East Asia; Sub-Saharan Africa; South Asia
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Philippines: Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund
This Selected Issues paper reviews the economic development in the Philippines during the 1990s. Growth, which virtually came to a halt in the early 1990s, picked up in 1993 and accelerated steadily to almost 7 percent by end-1996, fueled by an expansion in exports and investment. At the same time, the fiscal position strengthened, inflation was successfully brought down to single digits, and with large capital inflows, particularly in 1996, gross international reserves rose to record levels. This reversal of economic fortunes was largely the result of major reforms undertaken in the past decade.
Keywords:
ISCR; CR; poverty incidence; cost of capital; government expenditure; income distribution; Gini coefficient; distribution in the Philippines; Inflation targeting; Inflation; Personal income; Income distribution; East Asia
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Poverty, Income Distribution, and Economic Policy in the Philippines
Mr. Philip R. Gerson
Income distribution in the Philippines is highly uneven, and poverty rates are higher than in other ASEAN countries. In addition, although the poverty rate has declined over time, the rate of decline has been lower than in other countries, and income inequality has been persistent. These facts are due to historically slow economic growth, owing in part to poor policies, as well as to past failures to reduce structural impediments to a more equal distribution of income. Despite reforms in recent years, it will likely take some time to erase the effects of past policies.
Keywords:
WP; poverty incidence; government expenditure; cost of capital; poverty rate; Poverty; Income Distribution; Philippines; land reform; distribution in the Philippines; increase equity; Personal income; East Asia