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Opportunity for All : Promoting Growth and Inclusiveness in the Middle East and North Africa

Author/Editor: Catriona Purfield, Harald Finger, Karen Ongley, Benedicte Baduel, Carolina Castellanos, Gaelle Pierre, Vahram Stepanyan, Erik Roos.

Release Date:July, 2018

This publication brings together a set of IMF papers that prepared as backgrounds for the various sessions of the conference and will help put into broader dissemination channels the results of this more...



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Adjustment Under a Currency Peg : Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania During the Global Financial Crisis 2008-09

Author/Editor: Catriona Purfield, Christoph B Rosenberg.

Release Date:September, 2010

The paper traces the Baltics’ adjustment strategy during the 2008-09 global financial crisis. The abrupt end to the externally-financed domestic demand boom triggered a severe output collapse, more...



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India : Asset Prices and the Macroeconomy

Author/Editor: Catriona Purfield.

Release Date:September, 2007

This paper examines rising asset prices in India. For the most part, asset prices in India reflect structural factors but the risk of a correction cannot be ruled out. However, at this juncture more...



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Asian Equity Markets : Growth, Opportunities, and Challenges

Author/Editor: Charles Frederick Kramer, Catriona Purfield, Hiroko Oura, Andreas Jobst.

Release Date:December, 2006

Asian equity markets have grown significantly in size since the early 1990s, driven by strong international investor inflows, growing regional financial integration, capital account liberalization, more...



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India Goes Global : Its Expanding Role in the Global Economy

Author/Editor: Catriona Purfield, Jerald Alan Schiff.

Release Date:August, 2006

In the past few years, India has emerged as a global economic power. It is one of the world’s fastest-growing economies, the leading outsourcing destination, and a favorite of international more...



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Mind the Gap—Is Economic Growth in India Leaving Some States Behind?

Author/Editor: Catriona Purfield.

Release Date:April, 2006

This paper examines how growth has varied across India's states. It finds that (i) the income gap between rich and poor states has widened; (ii) rich and faster-growing states have been more more...



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Managing Revenue Volatility in a Small Island Economy : The Case of Kiribati

Author/Editor: Catriona Purfield.

Release Date:August, 2005

The formulation of fiscal policy in Kiribati faces unusual challenges. Kiribati's revenue base is among the most volatile in the world, and it possesses sizeable financial assets. Drawing on lessons more...



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The Challenge of Fiscal Adjustment in a Democracy : The Case of India

Author/Editor: Ricardo Hausmann, Catriona Purfield.

Release Date:September, 2004

India's fiscal problem has deep roots in its federal fiscal system, where multiple players find it difficult to coordinate adjustment. The size and closed nature of the Indian economy, aided by its more...



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The Decentralization Dilemma in India

Author/Editor: Catriona Purfield.

Release Date:February, 2004



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Fiscal Adjustment in Transition Countries : Evidence From the 1990's

Author/Editor: Catriona Purfield.

Release Date:February, 2003

In the 1990s, transition countries underwent large adjustments to address fiscal imbalances. This paper examines whether the factors identified in the literature on advanced economies, the size and more...



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