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Informal Funds Transfer Systems : An Analysis of the Informal Hawala System »
Book
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s): Mohammed El Qorchi , Samuel Maimbo , and John Wilson
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 18 August 2003
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781589062269.084
ISBN: 9781589062269
Keywords: Financial systems, banking, remittance, remittances, foreign exchange, banking sector
Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, there has been increased public interest in informal funds transfer (IFT) systems. This paper examines the informal hawala system, an IFT system found predominantl...

Capital Controls : Country Experiences with Their Use and Liberalization »
Book
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s): Akira Ariyoshi , Andrei Kirilenko , Inci Ötker , Bernard Laurens , Jorge Canales Kriljenko , and Karl Habermeier
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 17 May 2000
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781557758743.084
ISBN: 9781557758743
Keywords: capital inflows, exchange rate, capital controls, capital flows, foreign exchange
This paper examines country experiences with the use and liberalization of capital controls to develop a deeper understanding of the role of capital controls in coping with volatile capital flows, as well as the is...

Fund-Supported Programs, Fiscal Policy, and Income Distribution »
Book
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 15 September 1986
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9780939934645.084
ISBN: 9780939934645
Keywords: taxation, expenditure, salaries, subsidies, income distribution
This is the third in a group of three papers dealing with various aspects of Fund-supported adjustment programs....