POVERTY AND HARDSHIP AFFECT TENS OF MILLIONS OF AMERICANS

During 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, 2007

Financial Globalization and Monetary Policy

IMF 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, 2007

The Monetary Transmission Mechanism in Egypt

IMF 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, 2007

Counting the cost of climate change

European 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, 2007

Country Report Egypt, 13 December 2007

IMF Country Report 07/380 Full Text

Posted on: December 16, 2007

Challenges and Opportunities from Financial Globalization for Fund Managers and Policy...

Challenges 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, 2007

Country Report for Lebanon

IMF Country Report for Lebanon No 07/382 December 2007  Full Text

Posted on: December 16, 2007

How Well Do Aggregate Bank Ratios Identify Banking Problems?

IMF 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, 2007

Towards an Innovation Strategy

Towards 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...

Posted on: December 8, 2007

How long will the dollar remain the world's premier currency?

Losing faith in the greenback Nov 29th 2007 From The Economist print edition How long will the dollar remain the world's premier currency? THE long-run value of all paper currencies is zero. That...

Posted on: December 7, 2007