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On the First-Round Effects of International Food Price Shocks: the Role of the Asset Market Structure
Portillo, Rafael; Zanna, Luis-Felipe - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2015
We develop a tractable small open-economy model to study the first-round effects of international food price shocks in developing countries. We define first-round effects as changes in headline inflation that, holding core inflation constant, help implement relative price adjustments. The model...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242189
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Financial Decisions and Investment Outcomes in Developing Countries: The Role of Institutions
Turk, Rima - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2015
This paper analyzes how differences in legal origin, judicial efficiency, and investor protection affect firm leverage and earnings volatility across developing countries. Using a large number of developing countries, four main findings are highlighted. First, firms in civil legal origin...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242231
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Debt Sustainability, Public Investment, and Natural Resources in Developing Countries: the DIGNAR Model
Melina, Giovanni; Yang, Shu-Chun S.; Zanna, Luis-Felipe - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014
the debt sustainability and macroeconomic effects of public investment plans in resource-abundant developing countries … floors, respectively—are then triggered to maintain debt sustainability. The paper illustrates how the model can be … particularly useful to assess debt sustainability in countries that borrow against future resource revenues to scale up public …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011123850
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Niger; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013
Niger understands the need to adopt a long-term strategy capable of optimizing natural and human resources to promote sustainable economic and social development and inclusive growth. The government has renewed planning efforts in the preparation of three principal strategic documents. These...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011243080
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Togo: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper-Joint Staff Advisory Note
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011243683
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Mali; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013
Mali’s territorial integrity is threatened, questioning its internal capacity to face challenges and especially to ensure the physical safety of goods and individuals. The government is committed to implement all measures to overcome this situation. More specifically, it will increase...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244637
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The Kyrgyz Republic: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245329
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Vietnam; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper: Annual Progress Report
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006
Vietnam has adopted effective policies and measures to accelerate its economic growth rate and reduce poverty while sustaining economic reform, and trying to achieve goals and targets that are set in the Five-year Socio-economic Development Plan 2001–05. The annual progress report, named...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245365
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Lao People’s Democratic Republic; Second Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008
This paper focuses on Second Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper for Lao People’s Democratic Republic. The economic sectors have undergone significant restructuring. This restructuring has been concentrated on production capacities, quality and efficiency, thus contributing to economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245536
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Togo: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245797