Author/Editor: Julian T Chow.

Release Date:January, 2020

Guyana’s residential real estate prices have been rising, particularly in the capital city Georgetown, following the discovery of oil in 2015. In line with the growing demand for housing, more...

Author/Editor: Julian T Chow.

Release Date:December, 2019

Belize’s tourism sector has witnessed impressive growth in recent years with overnight tourist arrivals registering double digit annual growth rates since 2016. To guide the development of the more...

Author/Editor: Julian T Chow, Florence Jaumotte, Seok G Park, Yuanyan S Zhang.

Release Date:September, 2016

The recent strong, sustained appreciation of the U.S. dollar raises questions about possible financial spillover effects for emerging markets and developing countries. This report finds that, unlike more...

Author/Editor: Julian T. S. Chow.

Release Date:September, 2015

In recent years, firms in emerging market countries have increased borrowing, particularly in foreign currency, owing to easy access to global capital markets, prolonged low interest rates and good more...

Author/Editor: Julian T. S. Chow, Florence Jaumotte, Seok Gil Park, Yuanyan Sophia Zhang.

Release Date:July, 2015

The recent strong, sustained appreciation of the U.S. dollar raises questions about possible financial spillover effects for emerging markets and developing countries. This report finds that, unlike more...

Author/Editor: Julian T. S. Chow, Jay Surti.

Release Date:October, 2011

This paper assesses proposals to redefine the scope of activities of systemically important financial institutions. Alongside reform of prudential regulation and oversight, these have been offered as more...