Taxation
- G-20 Mutual Assessment Process—alternative policy scenarios
- International Monetary Fund , 2010
- This report provides analysis of alternative policy scenarios to achieve strong, sustainable and balanced growth based on G-20 frameworks submitted for the Mutual Assessment Process. The paper illu...
- Exiting from crisis intervention policies
- International Monetary Fund , 2010
- As the financial crisis winds down, policymakers need to formulate and begin to implement strategies for exiting from crisis related intervention policies. This paper identifies broad principles fo...
- Social security reforms in Colombia: striking demographic and fiscal balances
- S. Clavijo / International Monetary Fund , 2009
- Colombia established pension benefits in 1967, through the creation of the public Pay-as-You-Go System (PAYGO). However, this system quickly dissolved into a crisis as a result of low participation ra...
- Evaluation of technical assistance to post-conflict countries-Mozambique and Rwanda
- A. Burgi-Schmelz (ed) / International Monetary Fund , 2009
- This evaluation of technical assistance (TA) in statistics covers two post-conflict countries, namely, Mozambique and Rwanda during the period 2000–08. The evaluation is based on missions to ...
- The fund’s facilities and financing framework for low-income countries
- International Monetary Fund , 2009
- The review of the Internation Monetary Fund’s facilities and financing framework for low-income countries (LICs) is part of a broader review of the Fund’s facilities. This paper assesse...
- The implications of the global financial crisis for low-income countries
- P. Gamo / International Monetary Fund , 2009
- The global financial crisis has spread rapidly since the fall of 2008, leading to a global downturn of uncertain severity and duration. The impact of financial sector turmoil on real activity has beco...
- The tasks ahead
- O.J. Blanchard / International Monetary Fund , 2008
- Global economic prospects have deteriorated further as the current global financial crisis took a sharp turn for the worse. The crisis has undermined consumer and business confidence, triggering a sha...
- Food and fuel prices - recent developments, macroeconomic impact, and policy responses
- International Monetary Fund , 2008
- This report provides a first broad assessment of the impact of the surge in food and fuel prices on the balance of payments, budgets, prices, and poverty of a large sample of countries. It reviews cou...
- The recent financial turmoil—initial assessment, policy lessons, and implications for Fund surveillance
- International Monetary Fund , 2008
- Against the background of current financial turmoils, immediate policy responses should aim to manage and mitigate the systemic costs of the present crisis. However, important systemic reforms will al...
- Trade adjustment and human capital investments: evidence from Indian tariff reform
- E.V. Edmonds;N. Pavcnik;P. Topalova / International Monetary Fund , 2008
- This paper addresses the question about the influence of trade policy on schooling and child labor decisions in low income countries in the context of India's 1991 tariff reforms. In the 1990s, rural ...
