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On the Buyability of Voting Bodies; IMF Working Paper No. 07/165...On the Buyability of Voting Bodies; IMF Working Paper No. 07/165 Summary: We study vote buying by competing interest groups in a variety of electoral and contractual settings. While increasing the...
Posted on: January 1, 2009 -
Real Effects of Common Currencies in East Asia ; IMF Working...
Real Effects of Common Currencies in East Asia ; IMF Working Paper No. 07/166 Summary: Since the 1997 Asian currency crisis, new interest has emerged in the formation of a common...
Posted on: January 1, 2009 -
Globalization and Income Inequality: A European Perspective; IMF Working Paper No....
Globalization and Income Inequality: A European Perspective; IMF Working Paper No. 07/169: Full Text
Posted on: January 1, 2009 -
Seventh Review of the IMF's Data Standards Initiatives
IMF Policy Paper: Seventh Review of the Fund's Data Standards Initiatives Studies of the financial crises in the 1990s concluded that, at least in part, they derived from data deficiencies. Following...
Posted on: December 31, 2008 -
Greenhouse gas emission trends and projections in Europe 2008
European Environment Agency Report: Greenhouse gas emission trends and projections in Europe 2008 Summary: This report presents an assessment of the current and projected progress of EU Member States, EU candidate...
Posted on: December 29, 2008 -
Secretary General of OIC receives Koyre Medal of History
The Paris-based International Academy of History of Sciences awarded Alexandre Koyré Medal, a distinction award granted once every two years since 1968, to Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, Secretary General of the...
Posted on: December 22, 2008 -
IMF Urges World Leaders to Counter Global Slowdown
IMF Survey: IMF Urges World Leaders to Counter Global Slowdown Summary: IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn urges leaders of the G-20 industrialized and developing economies to take action to help counter...
Posted on: December 4, 2008 -
Determinants of Sovereign Spreads in Emerging Markets
IMF Working Paper No. 08/259: Is it (Still) Mostly Fiscal? Determinants of Sovereign Spreads in Emerging Markets Author/Editor: Baldacci, Emanuele; Gupta, Sanjeev; Mati, Amine Summary: Using a panel of 30 emerging...
Posted on: December 4, 2008 -
OECDs Two-pillar action plan for economic recovery
OECD Report: Two-pillar action plan Author/Editor: Angel Gurría, Secretary-General Summary: OECD will work with governments in a two-strand approach to develop policies for tighter financial market oversight and risk management, and for...
Posted on: December 4, 2008 -
OECD: A long recession: Managing the global financial crisis and...
OECD Report: A long recession: Managing the global financial crisis and economic downturn Author/Editor: Klaus Schmidt-Hebbel, Chief Economist, OECD Summary: Many OECD economies are in or are on the verge of a protracted...
Posted on: December 4, 2008