Structural Reforms And Macroeconomic Performance Initial Considerations For The Fund

Author : International Monetary Fund
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
ISBN 13 : 1498344119
Total Pages : 64 pages
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Download or read book Structural Reforms and Macroeconomic Performance - Initial Considerations for the Fund written by International Monetary Fund and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2015-10-14 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Structural policies have become a prominent feature of today’s macroeconomic policy discussion. For many countries, lackluster economic growth and high unemployment cloud the outlook. With fewer traditional policy options, policymakers are increasingly focused on the complementary role of structural policies in promoting more durable job-rich growth. In particular, the G20 has emphasized the essential role of structural reforms in ensuring strong, sustainable and balanced growth. Against this backdrop, the 2014 Triennial Surveillance Review (TSR) called for further work to enhance the Fund’s ability to selectively provide more expert analysis and advice on structural issues, particularly where there is broad interest among member countries. The purpose of this paper is to engage the Board on staff’s post-TSR work toward strengthening the Fund’s capacity to analyze and, where relevant, offer policy advice on macro-relevant structural issues.

Author : International Monetary Fund
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
ISBN 13 : 1498344100
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Structural Reforms and Macroeconomic Performance - Country Cases written by International Monetary Fund and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2015-10-14 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a companion piece to the Board paper on Structural Reforms and Macroeconomic Performance: Initial Considerations for the Fund, this paper presents a selection of case studies on the structural reform experiences of member countries. These papers update the Board on work since the Triennial Surveillance Review toward strengthening the Fund’s capacity to analyze and, where relevant, offer policy advice on macro-relevant structural issues. The paper builds on the already considerable analytical work underway across the Fund, setting out considerations to support a more strategic approach going forward.

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Author : Mr. Jochen R. Andritzky
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
ISBN 13 : 1513572695
Total Pages : 56 pages
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Download or read book How to Gain the Most from Structural Conditionality of IMF-Supported Programs written by Mr. Jochen R. Andritzky and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2021-05-13 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Structural conditionality of IMF-supported programs is designed to support structural reforms by countries borrowing from the IMF. Taking stock of program conditions and their implementation, this paper finds that conditionality focuses on fiscal, monetary and financial issues—areas where IMF expertise is strong—and shies away from structural areas such as labor or product market reforms. Hence, tackling deep-rooted structural issues during IMF-supported programs often remained elusive. To ensure countries gain most from IMF conditionality, the paper outlines an evaluation matrix for prioritizing and designing structural reforms, and applies it to case studies.

Author : Mr.Jonathan David Ostry
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 64 pages
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Download or read book Structural Reforms and Economic Performance in Advanced and Developing Countries written by Mr.Jonathan David Ostry and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2009-10-15 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on a new dataset covering reforms of domestic product markets, international trade, the domestic financial sector, and the external capital account, this book examines the impact on economic performance in 91 countries of policies designed to increase the role of market forces and competition. Such policies, known as structural reforms, have been broadly pursued by the country groupings analyzed in this study since 1970, but individual country experiences have differed. Real and financial reforms have, for example, boosted income growth widely. Financial reforms have also raised growth through several channels, including lower domestic credit constraints and larger FDI inflows. The growth effects of financial and real reforms reflect a more favorable assessment of the future profitability and solvency of domestic firms in most countries, as embodied in credit ratings. Growth effects, however, differ significantly across countries depending on the reform sequencing strategy adop

Author : Ms.Lusine Lusinyan
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
ISBN 13 : 1475530862
Total Pages : 59 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Assessing the Macroeconomic Impact of Structural Reforms The Case of Italy written by Ms.Lusine Lusinyan and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2013-01-24 with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wide-ranging structural reforms are underway in Italy, aimed at addressing key bottlenecks in the product and labor markets. Our analysis, based on the IMF‘s Global Integrated Monetary and Fiscal model (GIMF), attempts to quantify the potential gains to the economy from a comprehensive package of structural reforms. We find that these gains can be sizeable. While in most cases, the reforms go in the right direction, their impact would depend on effective and timely implementation. In some areas, especially in the labor market, reforms would benefit from further strengthening. The priorities should be to strengthen competition in the non-tradable sector and make the labor market more efficient and inclusive, supported by growth-friendly fiscal reforms.

Author : Zsuzsa Munkacsi
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
ISBN 13 : 1484302109
Total Pages : 54 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Structural Reform Packages, Sequencing, and the Informal Economy written by Zsuzsa Munkacsi and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2017-05-26 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper explores the macroeconomic impacts of labor and product market deregulation using a small open-economy model with formal and informal markets. We examine both the long-run effects and the transition towards the post-reform equilibrium, while our main focus are reform packages and sequencing. The unofficial sector is a major determinant of the sign, and, in particular, the magnitude of responses. South Africa, an emerging country, is considered when Bayesian estimating the model. Regarding the long run, both labor and product market reforms considerably increase output, although labor market reforms are more successful in decreasing unemployment. Nevertheless, there are short-term costs, for example, a decrease in household consumption, net exports or output, or a decrease in competition. Combining reforms, especially with product market deregulation, are good at reducing short-term costs. Finally, concerning the speed of adjustment, it is usually better to start with a labor market reform.

Author : Mr.Alexander Culiuc
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
ISBN 13 : 1484314247
Total Pages : 51 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Structural Reforms and External Rebalancing written by Mr.Alexander Culiuc and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2017-08-07 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Empirical research on structural reforms has focused primarily on their impact on growth and productivity. Yet an often-invoked rationale for structural reforms is their impact on external adjustment. This paper finds little evidence that structural reforms improve the current account in the short run, but they can increase the responsiveness and resilience of the economy to external shocks. In particular, elasticities of exports with respect to the real effective exchange rate increase with some structural indicators, suggesting that structural reforms facilitate the reallocation of resources to the tradable sector in response to a negative external shock. The paper concludes that structural reforms, while not having an immediate positive impact on the current account balance, can be an important complement to traditional macroeconomic adjustment.

Author : International Monetary Fund
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
ISBN 13 : 1451837119
Total Pages : 26 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Republic of Tajikistan written by International Monetary Fund and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2006-02-17 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper discusses Ex Post Assessment of Longer-Term Program Engagement for the Republic of Tajikistan. The assessment reveals that Tajikistan’s macroeconomic performance during 1998–2005 has been robust, albeit with occasional lapses. Economic growth during this period has far exceeded program projections, but inflation performance has been at times volatile, and often overshot program targets. Macroeconomic stabilization was mainly driven by a strong fiscal consolidation. In contrast, monetary policy has occasionally undermined inflation performance. Initial progress in implementing structural reforms was uneven.

Author : Lone Engbo Christiansen
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
ISBN 13 : 1451918453
Total Pages : 55 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Growth and Structural Reforms written by Lone Engbo Christiansen and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2009-12-01 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper presents a simultaneous assessment of the relationship between economic performance and three groups of economic reforms: domestic finance, trade, and the capital account. Among these, domestic financial reforms, and trade reforms, are robustly associated with economic growth, but only in middle-income countries. In contrast, we do not find any systematic positive relationship between capital account liberalization and economic growth. Moreover, the effect of domestic financial reforms on economic growth in middle-income countries is explained by improvements in measured aggregate TFP growth, not by higher aggregate investment. We present evidence that variation in the quality of property rights helps explain the heterogeneity of the effectiveness of financial and trade reforms in developing countries. The evidence suggests that sufficiently developed property rights are a precondition for reaping the benefits of economic reform. Our results are robust to endogeneity bias and a number of alternative specifications.