ABSTRACT from the Foreword Despite unprecedented global economic growth, 1.1 billion people continue to live in extreme poverty and more than 850 million people suffer from chronic hunger while ecosystems are...
Posted on: January 14, 2008During the holiday season, we know that many national, regional, and local media focus attention on less-fortunate Americans and the efforts to help them through charities, food banks, and other...
Posted on: December 29, 2007IMF Working Paper No. 07/279: Financial Globalization and Monetary Policy Author/Editor: Devereux, Michael B.; Sutherland, Alan What does financial globalization imply for the design of monetary policy? Does the case for price...
Posted on: December 24, 2007IMF Working Paper No. 07/285: The Monetary Transmission Mechanism in Egypt Author/Editor: Al-Mashat, Rania; Billmeier, Andreas This paper examines the monetary transmission mechanism in Egypt against the background of the central bank's...
Posted on: December 24, 2007European Environmental Agency Technical report No 13/2007: Climate change: the cost of inaction and the cost of adaptation The report, Climate change: the cost of inaction and the cost of adaptation,...
Posted on: December 24, 2007IMF Country Report 07/380 Full Text
Posted on: December 16, 2007Challenges and Opportunities from Financial Globalization for Fund Managers and Policy Makers in the Asia-Pacific Region Remarks Takatoshi Kato, Deputy Managing Director International Monetary Fund On December 12, 2007 at The Business Forum,...
Posted on: December 16, 2007IMF Country Report for Lebanon No 07/382 December 2007 Full Text
Posted on: December 16, 2007IMF Working Paper No. 07/275: How Well Do Aggregate Bank Ratios Identify Banking Problems? Authors: Cihák, Martin ; Schaeck, Klaus The paper provides an empirical analysis of aggregate banking system ratios during...
Posted on: December 12, 2007Towards an innovation strategy Angel Gurría Secretary-General of the OECD Published: November 2007 The history of human progress is also a history of innovation, and OECD countries have been rediscovering what this means for...
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