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January 6, 2002
Rashmikant Patel |
Reduce Your Credit Card Debt Why not look at your present debt situation and develop a systematic debt reduction plan?   |
Finance & Development
September 1, 2001
Sanjeev Gupta |
Debt Relief and Public Health Spending in Heavily Indebted Poor Countries The Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative, launched in 1996, was the first comprehensive effort by the international community to reduce the external debt of the world's poorest countries... |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2000
Masood Ahmed & Hugh Bredenkamp |
Supporting Poverty Reduction in Low-Income Developing Countries: The International Community's Response Despite developing countries' improved economic growth rates during the 1990s, poverty has remained firmly entrenched. How can developing countries, international financial institutions, and developed countries work together more effectively to reduce the incidence of poverty? |
Finance & Development
March 1, 2000
James M. Boughton |
Michel Camdessus at the IMF: A Retrospective It may be some years until a definitive assessment of Michel Camdessus's unprecedented 13 years as Managing Director can be made. In this article, the IMF's Historian provides a preliminary evaluation. |
Finance & Development
June 1, 2005
Raghuram Rajan |
Straight Talk Debt Relief and Growth In a number of developed countries, debt relief for low-income countries has become an important political issue. Here's how to craft an optimal debt relief proposal. |
Finance & Development
March 1, 2001
Flemming Larsen |
The IMF's Dialogue with Nongovernmental Organizations The IMF is responding to questions about its role in today's world economy by reaching out to civil society at large and to nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in particular... |
Finance & Development
June 1, 2002
Catherine Pattillo |
External Debt and Growth Reasonable levels of external debt that help finance productive investment may be expected to enhance growth, but beyond certain levels additional indebtedness may reduce growth. An IMF study estimates two critical turning points. |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2002
Inutu Lukonga |
Riding Out the Storm Dealing with financial crises more effectively |
Finance & Development
September 2009
Edward Gemayel & Samar Maziad |
Delivering on Change The IMF has created a new support framework for the world's low-income countries. |
Finance & Development
June 1, 2002
Masood Ahmed |
Building Consensus on Poverty Reduction One hundred eighty-nine countries came together at the United Nations Millennium Summit and pledged to act individually and collectively to make the Millennium Development Goals a reality. |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2006
Ambroise Fayolle |
Out of the Trap Given that fragile states face urgent and specific needs, the framework created by donors to support them is both too slow and not comprehensive enough. Closer coordination between all actors, including the IMF, should be a priority in fragile states. |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2001
Nsouli & Le Gall |
The New International Financial Architecture and Africa African countries have made progress on various elements of the new architecture, but more work is needed---in particular, to enhance transparency and accountability, implement standards and codes, and strengthen financial systems. |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2006
Paul Toungui |
Spend Now or Save? Africa's oil-producing countries, including Gabon, must decide how to manage windfall oil revenues to increase economic growth potential while simultaneously saving for future shocks. |
Finance & Development
June 1, 2001 |
Bulletin IMFC Meeting Endorses IMF Crisis Prevention Efforts... IMF in the process of change... The IMF's Role in Poverty Reduction... IMF Acts to Streamline and Focus Conditionality... |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2006
Bio-Tchane & Christensen |
Right Time for Africa Africa needs to build on its recent success to catch up. A forward-looking reform agenda should aim to maintain macroeconomic stability, improve the business climate, promote trade, and, most important, strengthen fiscal institutions. |
Finance & Development
June 1, 2001
Gabrielle Lipworth & Jens Nystedt |
Crisis Resolution and Private Sector Adaptation The effect on existing debt of recent restructurings and rollovers is somewhat ambiguous and depends on whether positive news about individual instruments' recovery values outweighs negative news about the costs of default on them... |
Finance & Development
September 2008
Masood Ahmed |
The Next Frontier Low-income countries gain ground in a globalized world, but they still face major challenges. |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2001 |
Bulletin Kohler Calls For Coordinated International Response in Wake of September 11 Attacks... IMF Releases Reduced World Economic Outlook Projections... External Financing for IMF Technical Assistance... |
Finance & Development
June 1, 2002
Michael Kremer & Seema Jayachandran |
Odious Debt Many developing countries are carrying debt incurred by rulers who borrowed without the people's consent and used the funds either to repress the people or for personal gain. A new approach is warranted to prevent dictators from running up debts and looting their countries. |
Finance & Development
March 2006 |
Letters to the Editor Aid recipients must be more accountable... Why not limit new borrowing?... Redesigning aid... |
Finance & Development
March 1, 2001
Alvin D.L. Hilaire |
Economic Stabilization in the Caribbean Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago simultaneously tackled serious economic difficulties in the early 1990s. The results of their adjustment programs demonstrate that fiscal reform, supported by other policies, may be the key to achieving a sustainable recovery... |
Finance & Development
March 1, 2002
Robert Hecht |
Making AIDS Part of the Global Development Agenda AIDS is not just a health issue but a development problem that must be addressed at the global level. As countries increasingly recognize the need to incorporate strategies for tackling AIDS in their national policy frameworks, they are looking at new national poverty reduction plans... |
Finance & Development
March 1, 2002
James M. Boughton |
Globalization and the Silent Revolution of the 1980s During the 1980s, the economic policymakers of many countries underwent a dramatic change in thinking. How beneficial has this 'silent revolution' been, and what can policymakers and the international community do now to broaden and secure the gains it has brought? |
Finance & Development
June 1, 2005
Peter Heller |
Back to Basics -- Fiscal Space: What It Is and How to Get It Although the term is new, the concept is not. It has long been an element of sound fiscal analysis. And the challenge of creating fiscal space is one that has always confronted governments and their advisors, including international financial institutions like the IMF. |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2002
Keller et al. |
The Bottom Line Weaknesses in public and private sector balance sheets could be the sign of a crisis in the making. |
Finance & Development
March 1, 2002 |
In brief Sovereign debt bankruptcy rules... New round of trade talks... Financing for Development conference... |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2002
Christina Daseking |
Debt: How Much Is Too Much? As part of the work on vulnerability indicators, economists are looking at what level of debt is sustainable for an economy and how much is too much. |
Finance & Development
June 1, 2007
Ulrich Jacoby |
Getting Together China is itself a developing country, but it is also fast becoming a major player in the development of sub-Saharan Africa. |
Finance & Development
March 1, 2003 |
Letters to the Editor Poverty debate... IMF loans to autocratic regimes... Measuring potential debt... Odious debt... etc. |
IDB America
May/Jun 2000
Roger Hamilton |
Donors debate debt relief proposals Capital increase for Investment Corporation also finalized at Bank's New Orleans annual meeting |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2002
Goldsbrough et al. |
Prolonged Use of IMF Loans How much of a problem is it? |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2000
Ernesto Hernandez-Cata |
Raising Growth and Investment in Sub-Saharan Africa: What Can Be Done? Sub-Saharan Africa must increase economic growth to reduce poverty and improve living standards. This article discusses some obstacles to growth in the region, as well as some policy actions that would improve its prospects. |
BusinessWeek
October 13, 2003
Stan Crock |
Iraqi Debt: Fast-Track the Restructuring The staggering load must be lightened, and quickly, to ensure a recovery |
The Motley Fool
March 9, 2004
Dave Braze |
9 Ways to Pay Off Debt You can dig yourself out of the quicksand. |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2001
Sergio Pereira Leite |
Human Rights and the IMF Human rights and macroeconomic stability are far from incompatible. Rather, they both play crucial roles in the fight against poverty. By supporting sound economic policies and encouraging constructive dialogue within civil society, the IMF contributes to human rights. |
Finance & Development
March 1, 2001
William P. Mako |
Corporate Restructuring in East Asia: Promoting Best Practices A number of East Asian corporations, saddled with debt, nearly collapsed during the financial crisis of 1997. Many have managed to avoid both repayment and restructuring, however, and remain overly indebted and invested in unprofitable businesses... |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2000
Dadush, Dasgupta, & Ratha |
The Role of Short-Term Debt in Recent Crises The 1990s witnessed a boom in short-term lending by international banks to developing countries that lasted until Asia's financial crisis erupted in 1997. By 1997, nearly 60 percent of all outstanding international bank claims on developing countries had a remaining maturity of less than one year. |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2000 |
Bulletin Pressing Issues of Globalization and Poverty Reduction Are Focus of 2000 IMF--World Bank Annual Meetings... Horst Kohler's Vision for the IMF... Research at the IMF... |
Finance & Development
June 1, 2005
dos Santos |
Brazil's Remarkable Journey Latin America's largest economy is finally reaping the benefits of reforms. |
Finance & Development
September 1, 2002 |
Letters to the editor Financial crises hit poor harder... Developing country debt... Poverty reduction... |
FDIC FYI
September 17, 2003
Susan Burhouse |
Evaluating the Consumer Lending Revolution Consumer balance sheets have become stretched by large amounts of new consumer and mortgage debt. This rapid increase in consumer spending and borrowing raises important questions about the sustainability of current debt loads and the vulnerability of the consumer sector to economic shocks. |
Finance & Development
December 2011
Nozaki et al. |
Are the Critics Right? A new study finds that public education and health spending get a boost when low-income countries receive IMF financial support |
Finance & Development
March 1, 2001
Suhas Ketkar & Dilip Ratha |
Securitization of Future Flow Receivables: A Useful Tool for Developing Countries During financial crises, developing countries cannot obtain low-cost, long-term loans. Securitization of future flow receivables can help investment-grade public and private sector entities in these countries raise funds in international capital markets... |
The Motley Fool
July 15, 2004 |
When Debt Is Good vs. Bad Debt on a company's balance sheet can have two sides. Companies that can grow without using debt or issuing extra stock are in a more powerful position than others. Still, you needn't balk at the first sight of debt. Just evaluate it carefully. |
Finance & Development
September 1, 2002
Kenneth S. Rogoff |
Straight talk Moral Hazard in IMF Loans: How Big a Concern? |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2001
Mohamed Daouas |
Africa Faces Challenges of Globalization |
The Motley Fool
June 8, 2004 |
Enterprise Value Explained Don't neglect debt and cash when determining a company's price tag. |
Finance & Development
June 2009
John Lipsky |
Preparing for a Postcrisis World Assessing the IMF's role in the future international financial architecture |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2000
Caroline M. Robb |
How the Poor Can Have a Voice in Government Policy Development thinking has changed significantly in recent years. Policymakers have recognized the ability of the poor to make a valuable contribution to the analysis of poverty and are consulting them directly. This new participatory approach has resulted in a broader definition of poverty and better-informed public policies that are more responsive to the needs of the poor. |
The Motley Fool
December 15, 2006
Katrina Chan |
9 Ways to Pay Off Debt Debt hovers like a carrion bird over a dying beast, often costing you more than 18% compounded monthly, month in and month out. You can't wish it away, but you can pay it down with determination. |
