Author/Editor: Bergljot Barkbu, Jesmin Rahman, Rodrigo O. Valdes.

Release Date:June, 2012

Staff Discussion Notes showcase the latest policy-related analysis and research being developed by individual IMF staff and are published to elicit comment and to further debate. These papers are more...

Author/Editor: G. Terrier, Rodrigo O. Valdes, Camilo Ernesto Tovar Mora, Jorge A. Chan-Lau, Carlos Fernandez Valdovinos, Mercedes Garcia-Escribano, Carlos I. Medeiros, Man-Keung Tang, Mercedes Vera Martin, W. Christopher Walker.

Release Date:July, 2011

This paper reviews policy tools that have been used and/or are available for policy makers in the region to lean against the wind and review relevant country experiences using them. The instruments more...