Release Date:July, 2024

This paper examines the significance and impact of broad-based and industrial policies on economic diversification in developing economies, supported by a literature review, case studies, and IMF more...

Author/Editor: Corinne C Delechat, Monique Newiak, Rui Xu, Fan Yang, Goksu Aslan.

Release Date:March, 2018

Using a broad set of macroeconomic country characteristics to supplement a new and comprehensive micro-level dataset for 140 countries, we identify structural factors, policies, and individual more...

Author/Editor: Corinne Delechat, John Clark JR, Pranav Gupta, Malangu Kabedi-Mbuyi, Mesmin Koulet-Vickot, Carla Macario, Toomas Orav, Manuel Rosales, Rene Tapsoba, Dmitry Zhdankin, Susan Yang.

Release Date:February, 2015

Like other fragile sub-Saharan African countries, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone are seeking to harness their natural resource potential in the context of ambitious development more...

Author/Editor: Corinne C Delechat, Camila Henao Arbelaez, Priscilla S Muthoora, Svetlana Vtyurina.

Release Date:December, 2012

Banks’ liquidity holdings are comfortably above legal or prudential requirements in most Central American countries. While good for financial stability, high systemic liquidity may nonetheless more...