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Credibility and Crisis Stress Testing

Author/Editor: Li L Ong, Ceyla Pazarbasioglu.

Release Date: August, 2013

Price: $18.00

Credibility is the bedrock of any crisis stress test. The use of stress tests to manage systemic risk was introduced by the U.S. authorities in 2009 in the form of the Supervisory Capital Assessment more...



Country Transparency and the Global Transmission of Financial Shocks

Author/Editor: Luis Brandao Marques, R G Gelos, Natalia Melgar.

Release Date: July, 2013

Price: $20.00

This paper considers the role of country-level opacity (the lack of availability of information) in amplifying shocks emanating from financial centers. We provide a simple model where, in the more...



Public Financial Management and Its Emerging Architecture

Author/Editor: M Cangiano, Teresa R Curristine, Michel Lazare.

Release Date: April, 2013

Price: $38.00

The first two decades of the twenty-first century have witnessed an influx of innovations and reforms in public financial management. The current wave of reforms is markedly different from those in more...



Liquidity and Transparency in Bank Risk Management

Author/Editor: Lev Ratnovski.

Release Date: January, 2013

Price: $18.00

Banks may be unable to refinance short-term liabilities in case of solvency concerns. To manage this risk, banks can accumulate a buffer of liquid assets, or strengthen transparency to communicate more...



Indonesia: Detailed Assessment of Observance of IMF Code of Good Practices on Transparency in Monetary and Financial Policies

Release Date: July, 2012

Price: $18.00

Qatar: Staff Report for the 2011 Article IV Consultation

Release Date: January, 2012

Price: $18.00

Clarity of Central Bank Communication About Inflation

Author/Editor: Ales Bulir, Martin Cihák, David-Jan Jansen.

Release Date: January, 2012

Price: $18.00

This paper examines whether the clarity of central bank communication about inflation has changed with the economic environment. We use readability statistics and content analysis to study the more...



Angola - Fifth Review Under the Stand-By Arrangement, Request for Waiver of Applicability of Performance Criteria, and Request for Modification of Performance Criteria - Staff Report; Supplement; Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Angola.

Release Date: December, 2011

Price: $18.00

Sweden: Financial Sector Assessment Program Update - Technical Note on Contingency Planning, Crisis Management and Bank Resolution

Release Date: September, 2011

Price: $18.00

Ireland: Third Review Under the Extended Arrangement - Staff Report; Letter of Intent; Memorandum of Economic and Financial Policies; Technical Memorandum of Understanding; Letter of Intent and Memorandum of Understanding on Specific Economic Policy Conditionality (College of Commissioners);Staff Supplement; Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion.

Release Date: September, 2011

Price: $18.00

Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China: Financial Sector Stability Assessment

Release Date: August, 2011

Price: $18.00

In recent years, the IMF has released a growing number of reports and other documents covering economic and financial developments and trends in member countries. Each report, prepared by a staff more...



Mauritius : Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability (PEFA) Assessment

Release Date: August, 2011

Price: $18.00

In recent years, the IMF has released a growing number of reports and other documents covering economic and financial developments and trends in member countries. Each report, prepared by a staff more...



Democratic Republic of the Congo: Third Review of the Three-Year Arrangement Under the Extended Credit Facility, Financing Assurances Review, and Request for Modification of Performance Criteria - Staff Report and Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion

Release Date: July, 2011

Price: $18.00

Angola: Fourth Review Under the Stand-By Arrangement, Request for Waivers of Nonobservance of Performance Criteria, Request for Waivers of Applicability of Performance Criteria, and Request for Modification of Performance Criteria.

Release Date: February, 2011

Price: $18.00

Trade and the Crisis: Protect or Recover

Author/Editor: Mika Saito, Christian Henn, Rob Gregory, Bradley J McDonald.

Release Date: April, 2010

Price: $0.00

The pace of trade reforms waned from the mid-2000s as protectionist sentiment began to increase. With the onset of the global financial crisis, reform progress not only halted but began to reverse. more...



Zimbabwe:2009 Article IV Consultation-Staff Report; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Zimbabwe

Release Date: May, 2009

Price: $20.00

Economic and social indicators in Zimbabwe worsened significantly in 2008. Real GDP is estimated to have fallen by about 14 percent in 2008 owing to economic disruptions caused by hyperinflation and more...



India : Selected Issues

Release Date: February, 2008

Price: $18.00

This paper presents background information to the assessment of competitiveness and exchange rate policy in India, as well as challenges to monetary policy from financial globalization. This paper more...



Central African Republic : Enhanced Initiative for Heavily Indebted Poor Countries: Decision Point Document

Release Date: January, 2008

Price: $18.00

This paper presents an assessment of the Central African Republic’s (C.A.R) qualifications for assistance under the Enhanced HIPC Initiative. Stronger policy implementation has helped the more...



Cameroon : Fourth Review Under the Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility, Request for Waiver of Performance Criterion, and Financing Assurances Review: Staff Report; Staff Statement; Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Cameroon

Release Date: January, 2008

Price: $18.00

Cameroonian monetary developments in the first half of 2007 continued to be driven by high oil prices while inflation declined. Fiscal performance in the first half of 2007 was broadly satisfactory, more...



Vietnam : 2007 Article IV Consultation-Staff Report; Staff Supplement and Statement; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Vietnam

Release Date: December, 2007

Price: $18.00

This 2007 Article IV Consultation highlights that Vietnam has recorded continued strong economic performance since the conclusion of the last Article IV Consultation. GDP growth rose to 8.2 percent more...



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