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June 1, 2001
Timothy Lane & Steven Phillips |
IMF Financing and Moral Hazard Although it has been argued that IMF financing may create moral hazard, it is not easy to find clear evidence of such an effect. If the extent of IMF-induced moral hazard were known, any costs would have to be weighed against the possible benefits of IMF financing... |
Finance & Development
June 1, 2002
Liam Ebrill |
The Allure of the Value-Added Tax The VAT began life in developed countries of Europe and Latin America but, over the past 25 years, has been adopted by a vast number of developing and transition countries. A recent IMF study concludes that the VAT can be a good way to raise resources and modernize the overall tax system. |
Finance & Development
June 1, 2001
Gabrielle Lipworth & Jens Nystedt |
Crisis Resolution and Private Sector Adaptation The effect on existing debt of recent restructurings and rollovers is somewhat ambiguous and depends on whether positive news about individual instruments' recovery values outweighs negative news about the costs of default on them... |
CIO
July 15, 2002
Michael Goldberg |
Value Added, Value Subtracted By July 2003, if the European Union's finance ministers have their way, Internet sales of digital goods and services to European shoppers will be subject to a value-added tax (VAT). |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2002
Inutu Lukonga |
Riding Out the Storm Dealing with financial crises more effectively |
Finance & Development
March 1, 2000
James M. Boughton |
Michel Camdessus at the IMF: A Retrospective It may be some years until a definitive assessment of Michel Camdessus's unprecedented 13 years as Managing Director can be made. In this article, the IMF's Historian provides a preliminary evaluation. |
Finance & Development
March 1, 2000
Sean Hagan |
Promoting Orderly and Effective Insolvency Procedures Insolvency laws are still viewed by many merely as mechanisms for cleaning up economic trash. However, they play a far more important role. If effectively designed and implemented, they can boost confidence in an economy, thereby fostering growth and helping to prevent or resolve financial and economic crises. |
Finance & Development
September 2008 |
Book Reviews Michael Tomz takes a look at the history of debt default in his latest book... Douglas Wass brings back unhappy memories in the his latest book The Making of British Macro-Economic Policy and the 1976 IMF Crisis... etc. |
Bank Director
1st Quarter 2009
L. William Seidman |
It Will Get Better--But Not Soon The good news is that oil is under $50 a barrel. The bad news is the recession is going to get worse before it gets better. |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2001
Ahmed, Lane & Schulze-Ghattas |
Refocusing IMF Conditionality Shortly after he assumed office as Managing Director of the IMF in May 2000, Horst Kohler launched a reform of the conditionality associated with its lending. What lies behind this change in approach, and what prospects does it have for strengthening implementation of reforms in the IMF's member countries? |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2001 |
New Book Features IMF's Role in Combating the Global Debt Crisis James M. Boughton's book Silent Revolution: The International Monetary Fund, 1979-1989. |
Finance & Development
March 1, 2003 |
Letters to the Editor Poverty debate... IMF loans to autocratic regimes... Measuring potential debt... Odious debt... etc. |
Finance & Development
June 1, 2002
Mohsin S. Khan & Sunil Sharma |
Reconciling Conditionality and Country Ownership For the international community, one of the biggest challenges is how to reconcile the need for more country ownership of adjustment and reform programs with the need for conditions on IMF loans. |
BusinessWeek
May 26, 2011
Tom Keene |
Tom Keene Talks to MIT's Simon Johnson The MIT economics professor talks about crises, central banks, and moral hazard. |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2002
Goldsbrough et al. |
Prolonged Use of IMF Loans How much of a problem is it? |
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Timothy M. Otte |
The "Moral Hazard" Within Subprime Lending Step away from the morally hazardous situation that caused the current credit crunch and consider these consumer product stocks to protect your portfolio. |
BusinessWeek
September 27, 2004
Rich Miller |
A To-Do List For The IMF For starters, get tough on rich nations and give Asia a greater say. The trouble, experts say, is that the IMF's influence with industrial nations is basically limited to jawboning. |
Finance & Development
June 1, 2001 |
Bulletin IMFC Meeting Endorses IMF Crisis Prevention Efforts... IMF in the process of change... The IMF's Role in Poverty Reduction... IMF Acts to Streamline and Focus Conditionality... |
BusinessWeek
April 22, 2010
Christopher Power |
Strange Encounter: The IMF and Athens Former International Monetary Fund officers say what they would do if they were put in charge of the Greek problem. |
Registered Rep.
December 6, 2007
David A. Geracioti |
Uncle Sam To The Rescue! Is the government creating a moral hazard? |
U.S. Banker
June 2010
Robert Bliss |
It's the Interconnectedness, Stupid The IMF s reform ideas contained in its Global Financial Stability report evaluate the complexities of international risk that U.S. regulatory proposals ignore. |
Finance & Development
March 1, 2000 |
Books Devil Take the Hindmost: A History of Financial Speculation... The Lexus and the Olive Tree... Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty... The Future of the Electronic Marketplace... The Weightless World: Strategies for Managing the Digital Economy... Historical Dictionary of the International Monetary Fund, Second Edition... |
