New Releases for Occasional Papers

7 Occasional Papers of 213 New Releases


Assessing Reserve Adequacy in Low-Income Countries

Author/Editor: V Crispolti, Era Dabla-Norris, Jun Il Kim, Kazuko Shirono, George C Tsibouris.

Release Date:March, 2013

Low-income countries routinely experience exogenous disturbances—sharp swings in the terms of trade, export demand, natural disasters, and volatile financial flows—that contribute to higher more...



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The Challenge of Public Pension Reform in Advanced and Emerging Economies

Author/Editor: Benedict J Clements, David Coady, Frank Eich, Sanjeev Gupta, Alvar Kangur, Baoping Shang, Mauricio Soto.

Release Date:January, 2013

Pension reform is high on the policy agenda of many advanced and emerging market economies. In advanced economies the challenge is generally to contain future increases in public pension spending as more...



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The Early Warning Exercise: Assessing Risks and Vulnerabilities in the Global Economy

Release Date:July, 2012

One of the G-20's first reactions to the financial crisis that erupted by late 2008 was to task the IMF and the Financial Stability Board (FSB) with establishing a joint Early Warning Exercise (EWE). more...



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ASEAN Chronicles: Trade Exposure, Regional Integration, and Global Rebalancing

Author/Editor: Sanjay Kalra.

Release Date:December, 2011

Since the Asian crisis of the late 1990s, many well-documented trends have irrevocably altered the global economy-the rise of China, the relative decline of Japan, and the consumption boom in the more...



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External Performance in Low-Income Countries

Author/Editor: Alessandro Prati, Luca Antonio Ricci, Lone Engbo Christiansen, Stephen Tokarick, Thierry Tressel.

Release Date:March, 2011

Assessments of exchange rate misalignments and external imbalances for low-income countries are challenging because methodologies developed for advanced and emerging economies cannot be automatically more...



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Making Fiscal Decentralization Work: Cross-Country Experiences

Author/Editor: Annalisa Fedelino.

Release Date:October, 2010

The question of what makes fiscal decentralization work is faced by many policymakers around the world. This book draws on both the relevant literature and policy and technical advice provided by the more...



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Exchange Rate Regimes and the Stability of the International Monetary System

Author/Editor: Jonathan David Ostry, Charalambos G. Tsangarides, Atish R. Ghosh .

Release Date:March, 2010

The member countries of the International Monetary Fund collaborate to try to assure orderly exchange arrangements and promote a stable system of exchange rates, recognizing that the essential more...



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