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IMF-Supported Programs in Low Income Countries
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 64

IMF-Supported Programs in Low Income Countries

This paper studies the short and longer-term impact of IMF engagement in Low-Income Countries (LICs) over nearly three decades. In contrast to earlier studies, we focus on a sample composed exclusively of LICs and disentangle the different effects of IMF longer-term engagement and short-term financing using a propensity score matching approach to control for selection bias. Our results indicate that longer-term IMF support (at least five years of program engagement per decade) helped LICs sustain economic growth and boost resilience by building fiscal buffers. Interestingly, the size of IMF financing has no significant impact on economic growth, possibly pointing to the prominent role of IMF policy advice and institutional capacity building in the context of longer-term engagement. We also present evidence that the short-term IMF engagement through augmentations of existing programs or short-term and emergency facilities is positively associated with a wide range of macroeconomic outcomes. Notably, the IMF financial support has the greatest impact on short-term growth when LICs are faced with substantial macroeconomic imbalances or exogenous shocks.

The Refugee Surge in Europe
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 50

The Refugee Surge in Europe

Against the background of political turmoil in the Middle-East, Europe faces an unprecedented surge in asylum applications. In analyzing the economic impact of this inflow, this paper draws from the experience of previous economic migrants and refugees, mindful of the fact that the characteristics of economic migrants can be different from refugees. In the short-run, additional public expenditure will provide a small positive impact on GDP, concentrated in the main destination countries of Germany, Sweden and Austria. Over the longer-term, depending on the speed and success of the integration of refugees in the labor market, the increase in the labor force can have a more lasting impact on g...

The Economic Impact of IMF-Supported Programs in Low-Income Countries
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 60

The Economic Impact of IMF-Supported Programs in Low-Income Countries

This paper aims to assess the economic impact of the IMF’s support through its facilities for low-income countries. It relies on two complementary econometric analyses: the first investigates the longer-term impact of IMF engagement—primarily through successive medium-term programs under the Extended Credit Facility and its predecessors (and more recently the Policy Support Instrument)—on economic growth and a range of other indicators and socioeconomic outcomes; the second focuses on the role of IMF shock-related financing—through augmentations of Extended Credit Facility arrangements and short-term and emergency financing instruments—on short-term macroeconomic performance.

Managing Commodity Booms in Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 40

Managing Commodity Booms in Sub-Saharan Africa

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2007
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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NBER Reporter
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 520

NBER Reporter

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2005
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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The Refugee Surge in Europe
  • Language: en

The Refugee Surge in Europe

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: Unknown
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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List of Shipowners
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 952

List of Shipowners

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1979
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Register of Ships: Subsidiary Sections
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 312

Register of Ships: Subsidiary Sections

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1981
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Emigration and Its Economic Impact on Eastern Europe
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 48

Emigration and Its Economic Impact on Eastern Europe

This paper analyses the impact of large and persistent emigration from Eastern European countries over the past 25 years on these countries’ growth and income convergence to advanced Europe. While emigration has likely benefited migrants themselves, the receiving countries and the EU as a whole, its impact on sending countries’ economies has been largely negative. The analysis suggests that labor outflows, particularly of skilled workers, lowered productivity growth, pushed up wages, and slowed growth and income convergence. At the same time, while remittance inflows supported financial deepening, consumption and investment in some countries, they also reduced incentives to work and led to exchange rate appreciations, eroding competiveness. The departure of the young also added to the fiscal pressures of already aging populations in Eastern Europe. The paper concludes with policy recommendations for sending countries to mitigate the negative impact of emigration on their economies, and the EU-wide initiatives that could support these efforts.

Opportunity for All
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 123

Opportunity for All

This publication brings together a set of IMF papers that prepared as backgrounds for the various sessions of the conference and will help put into broader dissemination channels the results of this important conference. An official IMF publication is well disseminated into academic and institutional libraries and book channels. The IMF metadata will also make the conference papers more discoverable online.