Series: Books
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
15
March
1991
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781557751874.071
ISBN: 9781557751874
The condition of banking systems in developing countries strongly influences the design and effectiveness of economic adjustment policies. Bank portfolio weakness can limit the flexibility of interest rate policy,...
Series: Books
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
15
March
1991
ISBN: 9781557751874
The condition of banking systems in developing countries strongly influences the design and effectiveness of economic adjustment policies. Bank portfolio weakness can limit the flexibility of interest rate policy,...
Series: Books
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
15
March
1991
ISBN: 9781557751874
Between 1981 and the middle of 1987, the Philippine economy faced a major crisis in the financial sector. Three commercial banks, 128 rural banks, and 32 thrift institutions failed, and 2 other private banks...
Series: Books
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
15
March
1991
ISBN: 9781557751874
This chapter is one in a series of examinations of experiences with financial crises in different countries. Although each of these experiences reflects country-specific factors, each also provides general b...
Volume/Issue: 2003/6
Series: IMF Policy Discussion Papers
Author(s):
Natalia Tamirisa
,
Alexander Lehmann
, and
Jaroslaw Wieczorek
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
December
2003
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781451972207.003
ISBN: 9781451972207
This paper reviews the characteristics of international trade in services and of the World Trade Organization’s General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) framework, which was established to regulate it....
Volume/Issue: 2006/229
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Romain Ranciere
, and
Olivier Jeanne
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
October
2006
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781451864892.001
ISBN: 9781451864892
We present a model of the optimal level of international reserves for a small open economy that is vulnerable to sudden stops in capital flows. Reserves allow the country to smooth domestic absorption in response t...
Volume/Issue: 2003/6
Series: IMF Policy Discussion Papers
Author(s):
Natalia Tamirisa
,
Alexander Lehmann
, and
Jaroslaw Wieczorek
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
December
2003
ISBN: 9781451972207
This paper reviews the characteristics of international trade in services and of the World Trade Organization’s General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) framework, which was established to regulate it....
Series: Books
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
15
March
1991
ISBN: 9781557751874
This chapter examines recent experiences with banking crises in seven countries—Argentina, Chile, Malaysia, Philippines, Spain, Thailand, and Uruguay—focusing on the linkages between macroeconomic conditions...
Series: Books
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
15
March
1991
ISBN: 9781557751874
In 1982, a severe crisis emerged in the Uruguayan financial sector. This crisis undermined the country’s financial stability and had far-reaching implications for the banking structure and the real economy i...
Series: Books
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
15
March
1991
ISBN: 9781557751874
In the mid-1970s, the Government of Chile undertook a comprehensive program of economic liberalization. A central component of this program, particularly after 1977, was a drastic overhaul and deregulation o...
