Author/Editor: Timothy Hills, Huy Nguyen, Randa Sab.

Release Date:January, 2021

This study focuses on identifying the main factors that influenced country-specific and aggregate demand for IMF concessional financing between 1986 and 2018 and makes within-period and out-of-period more...

Author/Editor: Constance de Soyres, Anna Rogantini Picco, Randa Sab.

Release Date:February, 2019

This paper focuses on the debt build-up that frontier low-income developing countries (LIDCs) have faced since 2012. First, it documents a 20-percentage point increase in the external and government more...

Author/Editor: Carlo A Sdralevich, Randa Sab, Younes Zouhar, Giorgia Albertin.

Release Date:July, 2014

In the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries price subsidies are common, especially on food and fuels. However, these are neither well targeted nor cost effective as a social protection tool, more...

Author/Editor: Randa Sab.

Release Date:June, 2014

Using narrative-based country-case studies, war episodes in the Middle East were examined to assess their economic impact on conflict and neighboring economies. The paper found that conflicts led to more...

Author/Editor: Reda Cherif, Fuad Hasanov.

Release Date:January, 2012

Policymakers in oil-exporting countries confront the question of how to allocate oil revenues among consumption, saving, and investment in the face of high income volatility. We study this allocation more...

Author/Editor: Tushar Poddar, Hasmik Khachatryan, Randa Sab.

Release Date:February, 2006

This paper examines monetary transmission in Jordan using the vector autoregressive approach. We find that the real 3-month CD rate, the Central Bank's operating target, affects bank retail rates and more...

Author/Editor: Jeffrey R Franks, Randa Sab, Valerie Mercer-Blackman, Roberto Benelli.

Release Date:September, 2005

Following some historical background, this paper describes how corruption is manifested in Paraguay. The paper distinguishes between factors that explain the growth performance of Paraguay since 1960 more...

Author/Editor: Susan Creane, Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak, Randa Sab, Rishi Goyal.

Release Date:September, 2003

In this study, the authors assess financial sector development in the MENA regionand propose several policy measures, which include reinforcing the institutional environment and promoting nonbank more...

Author/Editor: Randa Sab, Stephen C Smith.

Release Date:March, 2001

In the growth literature, evidence on income convergence is mixed. In the development literature, health and education indicators are also often used. This study examines whether health and education more...