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    Currency crises and the real economy: the role of banks

    International Monetary Fund, 2001
    The article indicates that:typically, analysis of currency crisis emphasise the trade-off between high interest rates and the political costs of devaluing. Usually the debate is framed in terms of a devaluation versus a recession. This is not necessarily valid in the presence of weak banking sector.
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    Measures to limit the offshore use of currencies: pros and cons

    International Monetary Fund, 2001
    This article investigates the benefits of limiting the offshore use of national currencies. Such policies have been favourable to Singapore, who have have been concerned that large offshore markets in their currencies could induce greater volatility in capital flows and exchange rates and make it harder for the government to control the money supply.
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    Structural adjustment and intersectoral shifts in Tanzania: a computable general equilibrium analysis

    International Food Policy Research Institute, 2001
    This study analyzes the effect of stabilization and structural adjustment policies on overall economic growth, sectoral performance, welfare,and income distribution in Tanzania. It reviews policy programs implemented and economic performance achieved since the beginning of the reforms, highlighting economic fluctuations under changing political conditions.
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    Money, politics, and a future for the international financial system

    World Bank, 2001
    This article discusses the different kinds of regulatory frameworks that exist for financial systems and a scenario for development of the world financial system that assumes a market solution.
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    Interpreting real exchange rate movements in transition economies

    International Monetary Fund, 2001
    This paper investigates why several transition economies have experienced strong real exchange rate appreciations.
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    Negative alchemy?: corruption, compositions of capital flows, and currency crises

    Center for International Development, Harvard University, 2001
    This article discusses the relationship between crony capitalism and self-fulfilling expectations by international creditors.
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    The Mexican Peso Crisis? How Much Did We Know? When Did We Know It?

    National Bureau of Economic Research, USA, 1997
    The Mexican crisis of 1994 raised throughout the world a number of questions about the sustainability -- and even the merits -- of the market oriented reform process in Latin America and other regions. Understanding how events unfolded in Mexico during the early 1990s continues to be fundamentally important to assess the mechanics of currency crises.
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    Domestic causes of currency crises: policy lessons for crisis avoidance

    OECD Development Centre, 1998
    The recent currency crises in Latin America and Asia have hit countries with strong macroeconomic fundamentals but weak domestic financial systems. Private capital flows, attracted by disorderly financial liberalisation and exchange rate pegs, reversed abruptly when financial-sector weaknesses became apparent.
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    Real exchange rate stabilisation and managed floating: exchange rate policy in India, 1993-1999

    Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, 2000
    The paper examines the exchange rate management strategy of the Indian central bank after the shift to a floating exchange rate regime in 1993. A policy reaction function tests for its intervention behaviour and finds significant effort to lean against the wind during 1993-99.
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    The exchange rate and the interest rate differential in Kenya: a monetary and fiscal policy dilemma

    Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2000
    The paper analyses the relationship between the real exchange rate and the real interest rate differential on one hand and the implications they have on portfolio capital flows on the other.

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