 | A Template for Analyzing and Projecting Labor Market Indicators Author/Editor: Ralph Chami. Release Date:September, 2012 This note is a reference guide for the unemployment template, an econometric tool that allows researchers to analyze and project labor market indicators for any country with sufficient data coverage. more...
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 | Remittances Channel and Fiscal Impact in the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia Author/Editor: Yasser Abdih, Adolfo Barajas, Ralph Chami, Christian Ebeke. Release Date:April, 2012 This paper identifies a remittances channel that transmits exogenous shocks, such as business cycles in remittance-sending countries, to the public finances of remittance-receiving countries. Using 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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| Recent Credit Stagnation in the Mena Region : What to Expect? What Can Be Done? Author/Editor: Ralph Chami, Raphael A Espinoza, Adolfo Barajas, Heiko Hesse. Release Date:September, 2010 This paper examines the recent credit slowdown among Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) countries from three analytical angles. First, it finds that, similar to other regions and to its past 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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| The Global Financial Crisis and Workers' Remittances to Africa: What's the Damage? Author/Editor: Ralph Chami, Adolfo Barajas, Anjali Garg, Connel Fullenkamp. Release Date:January, 2010 Using data on the distribution of migrants from Africa, GDP growth forecasts for host countries, and after estimating remittance multipliers in recipient countries, this paper estimates the impact of more...
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| Fiscal Sustainability in Remittance-Dependent Economies Author/Editor: Ralph Chami, Yasser Abdih, Amine Mati, Michael T. Gapen. Release Date:September, 2009 We investigate the impact of remittances on public debt sustainability and detail how the traditional debt-to-GDP ratio can be modified to create a more accurate representation of debt sustainability more...
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| Do Workers’ Remittances Promote Economic Growth? Author/Editor: Michael T. Gapen, Ralph Chami, Peter Montiel, Adolfo Barajas, Connel Fullenkamp. Release Date:July, 2009 Over the past decades, workers' remittances have grown to become one of the largest sources of financial flows to developing countries, often dwarfing other widely-studied sources such as private more...
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| A Framework for Financial Market Development Author/Editor: Ralph Chami, Sunil Sharma, Connel Fullenkamp. Release Date:July, 2009 The paper proposes a framework for examining the process of financial market development. The framework, consistent with the functional view of financial system design, is anchored in studying the more...
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| Remittances : An Automatic Output Stabilizer? Author/Editor: Dalia Hakura, Ralph Chami, Peter Montiel. Release Date:April, 2009 Remittance flows appear to be falling worldwide for the first time in decades as a result of the ongoing financial turmoil. It is suspected that the drop in remittance income into developing and more...
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