 | Financial Inclusion in Asia-Pacific Author/Editor: Elena Loukoianova, Yongzheng Yang, Si Guo, Leni Hunter, Sarwat Jahan, Fazurin Jamaludin, Umang Rawat, Johanna Schauer, Piyaporn Sodsriwiboon, Yiqun Wu. Release Date:September, 2018 Asia has made significant progress in financial inclusion, but both its across-country and intra-country disparities are among the highest in the world. The gaps between the rich and the poor, rural more...
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 | China's Impacts on SSA through the Lens of Growth and Exports Author/Editor: Yibin Mu, Chu Wang, Dong Frank Wu. Release Date:December, 2017 The analysis of China’s impacts on the 44 SSA countries reveals that: (i) after joining the
WTO in 2001, China has started to impact significantly on SSA growth: one-percent increase
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| Strengthening Fiscal Frameworks and Improving the Spending Mix in Small States Author/Editor: Ezequiel Cabezon, Patrizia Tumbarello, Yiqun Wu. Release Date:June, 2015 Reflecting diseconomies of scale in providing public goods and services, recurrentspending in small states typically represents a large share of GDP. For some small states,this limits the fiscal more...
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| Enhancing Macroeconomic Resilience to Natural Disasters and Climate Change in the Small States of the Pacific Author/Editor: Ezequiel Cabezon, Leni Hunter, Patrizia Tumbarello, Kazuaki Washimi, Yiqun Wu. Release Date:June, 2015 Natural disasters and climate change are interrelated macro-critical issues affecting allPacific small states to varying degrees. In addition to their devastating human costs, theseevents damage more...
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| Bank Ownership and Credit Growth in Emerging Markets During and After the 2008–09 Financial Crisis — A Cross-Regional Comparison Author/Editor: Guodong Chen, Yi Wu. Release Date:September, 2014 This paper examines bank credit growth in emerging markets before, during, and after the 2008-09 financial crisis using bank-level data, focusing on the role of bank ownership. Credit growth by more...
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| Pacific Island Countries: In Search of a Trade Strategy Author/Editor: Hong Chen, Lanieta Rauqeuqe, Shiu raj Singh, Yiqun Wu, Yongzheng Yang. Release Date:August, 2014 International trade is vital for economic prosperity in Pacific island countries, but their trade performance has been weak over the past decade with the exception of resource-rich countries. Small more...
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| Asia and Pacific Small States Monitor, August 2014 Release Date:August, 2014 This issue of the Asia & Pacific Small States Monitor focuses on the challenges facing Asia and Pacific small states associated with natural disasters and climate change. Most tourism-oriented more...
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| Asia and Pacific: Small States Monitor, April 2014: Volume 1, Issue 1 : Small States Monitor, April 2014: Volume 1, Issue 1 Release Date:April, 2014 The work on the small states is an important component of the IMF's global policy agenda. Among the 36 member countries covered by the IMF Asia and Pacific Department (APD), 13 countries are more...
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| What Explains Movements in the Peso/Dollar Exchange Rate? Author/Editor: Yi Wu. Release Date:July, 2013 This paper examines the factors affecting the weekly peso/dollar exchange rate movements between 1999 and 2013 using an error correction model. The model fits the historical data well. While copper more...
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| Resilience and Growth in the Small States of the Pacific Author/Editor: Patrizia Tumbarello, Ezequiel Cabezon, Yiqun Wu. Release Date:May, 2013 The small states of the Asia and Pacific region face unique challenges in raising their growth potential and living standards relative to other small states due to their small populations, more...
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