Volume/Issue: 2014/205
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Evridiki Tsounta
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
14
November
2014
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781498304719.001
ISBN: 9781498304719
Following very strong growth during the period 2000-12, emerging market economies (EMEs) experienced a slowdown in the last couple of years. This paper examines the supply-side drivers of the strong growth performa...
Volume/Issue: 2012/49
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Era Dabla-Norris
,
Raphael Espinoza
, and
Sarwat Jahan
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
February
2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781463937102.001
ISBN: 9781463937102
This paper documents the expanding economic linkages between low-income countries (LICs) and a narrow group of "Emerging Market leaders" that have become major players in regional and global trade and financial flo...
Volume/Issue: 2012/59
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Nicola Spatafora
,
Rahul Anand
, and
Saurabh Mishra
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
February
2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781463937775.001
ISBN: 9781463937775
A new dataset on export sophistication reveals that in many countries the importance of modern services, and the sophistication of manufactured and service exports, has increased over time. However, this trend was...
Volume/Issue: 2011/208
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Arvind Virmani
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
August
2011
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781463902186.001
ISBN: 9781463902186
The paper examines the principles on which a reform of a Quota based global economic institution like the IMF must be based, taking account of both the relative economic power of countries and the need for voice an...
Volume/Issue: 2006/252
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Anoop Singh
, and
Martin Cerisola
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
November
2006
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781451865127.001
ISBN: 9781451865127
This paper looks at the historical lessons that might serve to entrech Latin America's newly resurgent growth phase. It briefly reviews the post-World War II experiences in Latin America and Asia, focusing on the c...
Volume/Issue: 2004/74
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas
, and
Olivier Jeanne
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
May
2004
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781451849622.001
ISBN: 9781451849622
Standard theoretical arguments tell us that countries with relatively little capital benefit from financial integration as foreign capital flows in and speeds up the process of income convergence. We show in a cali...
Volume/Issue: 2003/72
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Anne Epaulard
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
April
2003
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781451849363.001
ISBN: 9781451849363
This paper investigates the link between macroeconomic performance and the change in the poverty rate among 47 episodes of growth and 52 episodes of economic downturn in developing and transition economies. We show...
Volume/Issue: 2003/30
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Andrew Berg
, and
Anne Krueger
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
February
2003
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781451844931.001
ISBN: 9781451844931
This survey of the recent literature asks: how important is trade policy for poverty reduction? We consider the effects of openness on poverty in two components: the effect of openness on average income growth, and...