 | Are We Heading for Another Debt Crisis in Low-Income Countries? Debt Vulnerabilities: Today vs the pre-HIPC Era Author/Editor: Chuku Chuku, Prateek Samal, Joyce Saito, Dalia S Hakura, Marcos d Chamon, Martin D Cerisola, Guillaume Chabert, Jeromin Zettelmeyer. Release Date:April, 2023 There are growing concerns that 25 years after the launch of the HIPC debt relief initiative, many low-income countries are again facing high debt vulnerabilities. This paper compares debt more...
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| Inequality, Gender Gaps and Economic Growth : Comparative Evidence for Sub-Saharan Africa Author/Editor: Dalia S Hakura, Mumtaz Hussain, Monique Newiak, Vimal Thakoor, Fan Yang. Release Date:June, 2016 A growing body of empirical evidence suggests that inequality—income or gender related—can impede economic growth. Using dynamic panel regressions and new time series data, this paper finds that more...
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| Public Investment in a Developing Country Facing Resource Depletion Author/Editor: Adrian Alter, Matteo Ghilardi, Dalia Hakura. Release Date:November, 2015 This paper analyzes the tradeoffs between savings, debt and public investment in the Republic of
 Congo, a developing country with looming oil exhaustibility concerns. Our results highlight more...
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| The Role of Bank Capital in Bank Holding Companies' Decisions Author/Editor: Adolfo Barajas, Thomas F. Cosimano, Dalia Hakura, Sebastian Roelands. Release Date:March, 2015 This paper examines the role of bank capital in decision-making by bank holding companies
(BHCs) in the United States. Following Chami and Cosimano’s (2001) call option more...
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 | Sustaining more Inclusive Growth in the Republic of Congo Author/Editor: Dalia S Hakura, Adrian Alter, Matteo Ghilardi, Rodolfo Maino, Cameron McLoughlin, Maximilien Queyranne. Release Date:February, 2015 The Republic of Congo has seen dramatic improvement in its debt situation since 2010, following debt relief through the IMF and World Bank Heavily Indebted Poor Countries/Multilateral Debt Relief more...
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 | The Exchange Rate Pass -Through to Import and Export Prices: The Role of Nominal Rigidities and Currency Choice Author/Editor: Ehsan U. Choudhri, Dalia Hakura. Release Date:September, 2012 Using both regression- and VAR-based estimates, the paper finds that the exchange rate pass-through to import prices for a large number of countries is incomplete and larger than the pass-through to more...
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| Bank Behavior in Response to Basel III : A Cross-Country Analysis Author/Editor: Thomas F. Cosimano, Dalia Hakura. Release Date:May, 2011 This paper investigates the impact of the new capital requirements introduced under the Basel III framework on bank lending rates and loan growth. Higher capital requirements, by raising banks’ more...
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| Workers' Remittances and the Equilibrium Real Exchange Rate : Theory and Evidence Author/Editor: Ralph Chami, Adolfo Barajas, Peter Montiel, Dalia Hakura. Release Date:December, 2010 This paper investigates the impact of workers’ remittances on equilibrium real exchange rates (ERER) in recipient economies. Using a small open economy model, it shows that standard Dutch Disease more...
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| Recoveries in the Middle East, North Africa, and Pakistan : Have Macroeconomic Policies Been Effective? Author/Editor: Francesco Grigoli, Dalia Hakura. Release Date:May, 2010 This paper identifies and documents the properties of output gap recessions and recoveries in the Middle East, North Africa, and Pakistan (MENAP) during the 1980 to 2008 period. It goes on to more...
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| U.S. Bank Behavior in the Wake of the 2007–2009 Financial Crisis Author/Editor: Dalia Hakura, Ralph Chami, Thomas F. Cosimano, Adolfo Barajas. Release Date:May, 2010 The paper examines the slowdown of lending by large U.S. banks over the period 2007Q3 - 2009Q2, focusing on: (i) whether capital or liquidity was the binding constraint; (ii) factors influencing more...
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