Documents et rapports
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A primer on the MFA maze (anglais)
It is generally agreed that the arrangements that have regulated trade in textiles and clothing have slowed the natural shift in comparative advantage from industrial countries to developing countries...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS1088 Date du document: 28 février 1993 Auteur: Faini, Riccardo,de Melo, Jaime,Takacs, Wendy
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Fiscal issues in adjustment : an introduction (anglais)
Adjustment to the macroeconomic crises of the eighties was least successful on the fiscal front. The authors, in this introduction to a symposium on fiscal issues in adjustment, summarize the issues raised...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS724 Date du document: 31 juillet 1991 Auteur: Faini, Riccardo,de Melo, Jaime
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Adjustment, investment, and the real exchange rate in developing countries (anglais)
At the center of the controversy about effectiveness of "adjustment with growth" loan packages from the IMF and the World Bank has been the heavy emphasis on real exchange rate depreciation as a way to...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS473 Date du document: 31 août 1990 Auteur: Faini, Riccardo,de Melo, Jaime
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Growth oriented adjustment programs : a statistical analysis (anglais)
After the fall in average per capita GDP growth that took place in the 1980s, adjustment lending programs supported by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (WB) were launched in response...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS426 Date du document: 30 juin 1990 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Faini, Riccardo,de Melo, Jaime,Senhadji-Semlali,
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Differentiating cyclical and long-term income elasticities of import demand (anglais)
Determining how imports react to cyclical and secular (long term) factors has been a recurrent theme in the empirical trade literature. The evidence suggests that cyclical income elasticities of import...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS197 Date du document: 31 mai 1989 Auteur: Clavijo, Fernando,Faini, Riccardo
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Import demand in developing countries (anglais)
As a less restrictive trade regime is associated with greater responsiveness to economic incentives, econometric evidence that does not allow for the impact of import controls cannot be used reliably to...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS122 Date du document: 30 novembre 1988 Auteur: Faini, Riccardo,Pritchett, Lant,Clavijo, Fernand