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  • Macroeconomic Policies and Poverty

    Edited by Ashoka Mody, Catherine Pattillo ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy
    In this volume, world-renowned contributors, including Martin Ravallion, Michael Kremer and Robert Townsend, deal with the institutional characteristics of poverty resulting from the time pattern of aid, the nature of financial systems and the political economy of budgetary decisions. Going beyond the traditional literature on poverty, this original book deals with themes of broad interest to both ... Read more

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  • Anticipating Balance of Payments Crises--The Role of Early Warning Systems

    by Catherine Ms. Pattillo, Andrew Mr. Berg, Gian-Maria Mr. Milesi-Ferretti, Eduardo Mr. Borensztein ...
    Series Book 186 - Occasional Papers
    Recent years have witnessed an increase in the frequency of currency and balance of payments crises in developing countries. More important, the crises have become more virulent, have caused widespread disruption to other developing countries, and have even had repercussions on advanced economies. To predict crises, their causes must be clearly understood. Two competing strands of theories are ... Read more

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  • Monetary Union in West Africa (ECOWAS)

    by Catherine Ms. Pattillo, Paul Mr. Masson ...
    Series Book 204 - Occasional Papers

    $11.99 CAD

  • From Ambition to Execution

    by Stefania Fabrizio, Catherine Pattillo, Adrian Peralta-Alva, Andrea Presbitero, Baoping Shang, Geneviève Verdier, Marie-Thérèse Camilleri, Kazuaki Washimi ...
    The formal launch of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) sets the global development agenda through 2030, placing significant emphasis on promoting social and environmental sustainability alongside economic growth and poverty reduction. Meeting the SDGs will require actions across a wide range of areas by both national governments and the international community. This paper examines the types ... Read more

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  • Second-Generation Fiscal Rules

    Balancing Simplicity, Flexibility, and Enforceability

    by Luc Eyraud, Xavier Debrun, Andrew Hodge, Victor Duarte Lledo, Catherine A Pattillo ...
    Fiscal rule frameworks have evolved significantly in response to the global financial crisis. Many countries have reformed their fiscal rules or introduced new ones with a view to enhancing the credibility of fiscal policy and providing a medium-term anchor. Enforcement and monitoring mechanisms have also been upgraded. However, these innovations have made the systems of rules more complicated to ... Read more

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  • Sub-Saharan Africa: Financial Sector Challenges

    by Anne Ms. Gulde, Kevin Carey, Smita Ms. Wagh, Jakob Mr. Christensen, Catherine Ms. Pattillo ...
    Financial sectors in low-income sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are among the world's least developed. In fact, assets in most low-income African countries are smaller than those held by a single medium-sized bank in an industrial country. The absence of deep, efficient financial markets seriously challenges policy making, hinders poverty alleviation, and constrains growth. This book argues that building ... Read more

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  • Sustaining and Accelerating Pro-Poor Growth in Africa

    by Kevin Carey, Sanjeev Mr. Gupta, Catherine Ms. Pattillo ...
    Growth in sub-Saharan Africa has recently shown signs of improvement, but is still short of levels needed to attain the Millennium Development Goals. Economists have placed increasing emphasis on understanding the policies that promote sustained jumps in medium-term growth, and the paper applies this approach to African countries. The evidence presented finds an important growth-supporting role ... Read more

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  • Commodity Price Volatility and Inclusive Growth in Low-Income Countries

    by Rabah Mr. Arezki, Catherine Ms. Pattillo, Marc Mr. Quintyn, Min Zhu ...
    In the years following the global financial crisis, many low-income countries experienced rapid recovery and strong economic growth. However, many are now facing enormous difficulties because of rapidly rising food and fuel prices, with the threat of millions of people being pushed into poverty around the globe. The risk of continued food price volatility is a systemic challenge, and a failure in ... Read more

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  • Financing the Response to Climate Change (EPub) (PDF Download)

    by Hugh Mr. Bredenkamp, Catherine Ms. Pattillo ...
    Series Book 2010 - IMF Staff Position Notes
    This note outlines a scheme for mobilizing financing to help developing countries confront the challenges posed by climate change. The idea is to create a “Green Fund” with the capacity to raise resources on a scale commensurate with the Copenhagen Accord ($100 billion a year by 2020). By providing a unified resource mobilization framework, with up-front agreement on burdensharing and the capacity ... Read more

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  • Is the Glass Half Empty Or Half Full?

    Issues in Managing Water Challenges and Policy Instruments

    by Kalpana Ms. Kochhar, Catherine Ms. Pattillo, Yan Ms. Sun, Nujin Mrs. Suphaphiphat, Andrew Swiston, Robert Mr. Tchaidze, Benedict Mr. Clements, Stefania Ms. Fabrizio, Valentina Flamini, Laure Ms. Redifer, Harald Mr. Finger ...
    Series Book 15 - IMF Staff Discussion Notes
    This paper examines water challenges, a growing global concern with adverse economic and social consequences, and discusses economic policy instruments. Water subsidies provided through public utilities are estimated at about $456 billion or 0.6 percent of global GDP in 2012. The paper suggests that getting economic incentives right, notably by reforming water pricing, can go a long way towards ... Read more

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  • Urban Labor Markets in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Edited by Philippe De Vreyer, Francois Roubaud ...
    Series series Africa Development Forum
    Although labor is usually the unique asset upon which poor people can make a living, little is known about the functioning of labor markets in Sub-Saharan Africa. The purpose of this volume is to contribute to the building of knowledge in this area. In this book, the authors use a unique set of identical and simultaneous labor force surveys conducted in seven capitals of Western Africa, as well as ... Read more

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  • Globalisation and Poverty

    Channels and Policy Responses

    Edited by Maurizio Bussolo, Jeffery I Round ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Globalisation
    The consequences of globalization for the world's poor are uncertain and fierce rhetoric is dividing its supporters and detractors.The channels of effect of essentially macroeconomic shocks on the microeconomic position of individuals and households in poor countries are many and various. This book addresses three core issues: 1) what are the main channels of effect? 2) what are the lessons to be ... Read more

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