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5 Agendas for the Bretton Woods Institutions »
Introduction Abdlatif Y. Al-Hamad remarked that, as an observer and practitioner in the field of development for more than 30 years, he wondered whether the agenda fo...
Are Business Cycles Different in Asia and Latin America? »
Source: Are Business Cycles Different in Asia and Latin America?
Author(s): Alexander Hoffmaister , and Jorge Roldos
Keywords: exchange rate, real exchange rate, terms of trade, exchange rate fluctuations, nominal exchange rate
This paper compares business cycles in Asia and in Latin America using structural vector autoregression analysis with panel data. The evidence for countries in these regions suggests that (i) the main source of out...
Background Document 5: A Review of IMF Exchange Rate Surveillance in 30 Economies, 1999–2005 »
Source: IEO Evaluation of Exchange Rate Policy
Series: Independent Evaluation Office Reports
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Independent Evaluation Office
Keywords: exchange rate, exchange rate policy, exchange rate regime, exchange rate regimes, exchange rates
1. This background document presents a summary of major findings from the IEO's in-depth review of IMF exchange rate surveillance in 30 economies, which was designed to supplement the full review of document...
Background Document 7: Assessing the Effectiveness and Impact of IMF Exchange Rate Surveillance »
1. This background document presents a framework for assessing the effectiveness and impact of IMF exchange rate surveillance and related IMF advice and provides the basis for some of the conclusions drawn i...
Background Document 4: Characteristics of IMF Exchange Rate Surveillance: A Full Review of Country Documents »
1. This background document describes how exchange rate issues were treated in the last two Article IV consultations of the 1999–2005 period. 1 For this purpose, the IEO reviewed...
Background Document 2: Executive Board Guidance on Exchange Rate Surveillance, 1999–2005 »
1. Beyond Article IV itself, the 1977 Surveillance Decision, as amended, remains the foundation of modern IMF exchange rate surveillance. Over the period 1999–2005, however, the Executive Board provided addi...
Background Document 6: IEO Survey of the Authorities and Staff »
1. This background document summarizes the results from the IEO survey of country authorities and IMF staff. The first section sets out the methodology. The second section summarizes the main survey find-ing...
Background Document 8: List of Interviewees »
International and Regional Organizations Bank for Internati...
Background Document 1: Principles and Procedures of IMF Exchange Rate Surveillance »
The Legal Foundation of IMF Surveillance 1. One of the key purposes in establishing the IMF was to promote "exchange stability" through a system of pegged but adjustable exchange rat...