Release Date:August, 2012

Morocco’s track record of sound economic policies helped it withstand the recent economic crisis and regional social events. High oil prices have contributed to a build-up of fiscal and external more...

Release Date:July, 2012

In April 2009, the Boards of Executive Directors of the International Development Association (IDA) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) agreed that Côte d'Ivoire had met the requirements for more...

Author/Editor: Thomas William Dorsey, Mika Saito, Armine Khachatryan, Irena Asmundson, Ioana Niculcea.

Release Date:January, 2011

Global merchandise trade sharply declined in late 2008 and early 2009, and some press and financial market reports assigned a large role for the decline to trade finance. However, the available more...

Author/Editor: Thomas William Dorsey, Zuzana Brixiova, Sukhwinder Singh, Helaway Tadesse.

Release Date:February, 2008

This paper reviews trends in capital flows and capital-like flows such as official grants and remittances to low-income countries over the period 1981-2006. The survey reveals a broadbased increase more...

Author/Editor: Benedict J Clements, Gabriela Inchauste, Nita Thacker, Thomas William Dorsey, Shamsuddin Tareq, Emanuele Baldacci, Sanjeev Gupta, Mark W Plant.

Release Date:September, 2002

In late 1999 the IMF established the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) to integrate the objectives of poverty reduction and growth more fully into its operations for the poorest countries, more...