Author/Editor: Anil Ari, David Bartolini, Vizhdan Boranova, Gabriel Di Bella, Kamil Dybczak, Keiko Honjo, Raju Huidrom, Andreas Jobst, Nemanja Jovanovic, Ezgi O Ozturk, Laura Papi, Sergio Sola, Michelle Stone, Petia Topalova.

Release Date:September, 2020

CESEE countries lag in terms of infrastructure compared to the EU15, and deficient infrastructure is often cited as a constraint to growth and convergence. Investing in infrastructure is therefore an more...

Author/Editor: Raju Huidrom, Nemanja Jovanovic, Carlos Mulas-Granados, Laura Papi, Faezeh Raei, Emil Stavrev, Philippe Wingender.

Release Date:June, 2019

Europe is deeply integrated into global value chains and recent trade tensions raise the question of how European economies would be affected by the introduction of tariffs or other trade barriers. more...

Author/Editor: Charalambos Christofides, Atish R Ghosh, Uma Ramakrishnan, Alun H Thomas, Laura Papi, Juan Zalduendo, Jun Il Kim.

Release Date:September, 2005

This collection of papers examines IMF-supported programs over the period 1995-2000 in both middle-income and low-income countries. In order to seek insights from a comparison across different types more...

Author/Editor: Laura Papi, G C Lim.

Release Date:December, 1997

High and variable inflation has been a central feature of the Turkish economy since the 1970s. This paper seeks to shed some light on the determinants of inflation in Turkey by analyzing price more...

Author/Editor: Laura Papi.

Release Date:June, 1994

This paper analyzes the consequences of a shift from a floating to a pegged exchange rate regime on the actual and expected inflation rate, in an environment of asymmetric information. Policymaking more...