Author/Editor: Nkunde Mwase, Yongzheng Yang.

Release Date: March, 2012

Flows of development financing from the BRICs (Brazil, Russia, India, and China) to low income countries (LICs) have surged in recent years. Unlike aid from traditional donors, BRICs (excluding more...

Author/Editor: Chikako Baba, Annamaria Kokenyne.

Release Date: December, 2011

This paper estimates the effectiveness of capital controls in response to inflow surges in Brazil, Colombia, Korea, and Thailand in the 2000s. Controls are generally associated with a decrease in more...

Author/Editor: Nkunde Mwase.

Release Date: November, 2011

BRICs development financing flows have increased significantly and are expected to become more prominent in the post-crisis era. We investigate the potential implications on the country-allocation of more...

Release Date: November, 2007

This exclusive CD from the IMF reports on performance and perspectives for thirty-one selected countries visited in 2006/07 under Article IV of the IMF's Articles of Agreement. Each report includes more...

Author/Editor: Kevin Barnes, Ali M. Mansoor, Benjamin H. Cohen, Shinji Takagi.

Release Date: September, 2003

This report evaluates the role of the IMF in three capital account crises, in Indonesia (1997-98), Korea (1997-98), and Brazil (1998-99), and the lessons to be drawn from the experience. It also more...