Title: Mali - Third Review Under the Three-Year Arrangement Under the Extended Credit Facility and Request for a Modification of Performance Criteria - Staff Report; Joint IMF/IDA Debt Sustainability Analysis; Press Release; and Statement by the Executive Director for Mali
Series: Country Report No. 10/64
Date: March 17, 2010
Subject(s): Mali

Title: Iraq: Staff Report for the 2009 Article IV Consultation and Request for Stand-By Arrangement
Series: Country Report No. 10/72
Date: March 16, 2010
Subject(s): Announcements | Article IV consultation reports | Central bank policy | Debt restructuring | Debt sustainability analysis | Economic indicators | Exchange rate policy | Fiscal policy | Fiscal reforms | Governance | Oil prices | Oil sector | Political economy | Staff Reports | Stand-by arrangement requests | Iraq

Title: Mexico: Selected Issues Paper
Series: Country Report No. 10/70
Date: March 16, 2010
Subject(s): Banking sector | Economic growth | Financial crisis | Fiscal policy | Fiscal reforms | Global Financial Crisis 2008-2009 | Government expenditures | Labor markets | Labor productivity | Selected issues | Wages | Mexico

Title: Republic of San Marino: Selected Issues
Series: Country Report No. 10/66
Date: March 15, 2010
Subject(s): Banks | Central bank policy | Cross country analysis | Currency boards | Dollarization | Economic indicators | Financial risk | Financial sector | Fiscal policy | Liquidity management | Pension funds | Pension reforms | Selected issues | San Marino

Title: Belgium: 2009 Article IV Consultation - Staff Report; and Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion
Series: Country Report No. 10/63
Date: March 15, 2010
Subject(s): Article IV consultation reports | Bank credit | Bank supervision | Banks | Capital | Credit risk | Economic indicators | Economic recession | Financial sector | Fiscal consolidation | Fiscal policy | Fiscal reforms | Public information | Staff Reports | Belgium

Title: Qatar: Statistical Appendix
Series: Country Report No. 10/62
Date: March 11, 2010
Subject(s): Balance of payments | Banking sector | Commercial banks | Economic indicators | Exports | Gross domestic product | Imports | Oil exports | Oil production | Statistical annexes | Qatar

Title: Czech Republic: Staff Report for the 2010 Article IV Consultation
Series: Country Report No. 10/60
Date: March 4, 2010
Subject(s): Article IV consultation reports | Banking sector | Capital markets | Economic indicators | Fiscal policy | Fiscal reforms | Governance | Inflation targeting | Monetary policy | Pension reforms | Public information | Spillovers | Staff Reports | Value added tax | Czech Republic

Title: Morocco: 2009 Article IV Consultation - Staff Report; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Morocco
Series: Country Report No. 10/58
Date: March 2, 2010
Subject(s): Article IV consultation reports | Banking sector | Basel Core Principles | Economic growth | Economic indicators | Fiscal policy | Fiscal reforms | Flexible exchange rate policy | Government expenditures | Monetary policy | Public information | Staff Reports | Tax reforms | Trade liberalization | Morocco

Title: Tax Revenue Response to the Business Cycle
Author/Editor: Sancak, Cemile ; Velloso, Ricardo ; Xing, Jing
Series: Working Paper No. 10/71
Date: March 1, 2010

Title: Public Expenditures on Social Programs and Household Consumption in China
Author/Editor: Baldacci, Emanuele ; Callegari, Giovanni ; Coady, David ; Kumar, Manmohan S. ; Tommasino, Pietro ; Woo, Jaejoon ; Ding, Ding
Series: Working Paper No. 10/69
Date: March 1, 2010
Subject(s): China, People's Republic of

Title: Competition and Firm Productivity: Evidence from Firm-Level Data
Author/Editor: Ospina, Sandra ; Schiffbauer, Marc
Series: Working Paper No. 10/67
Date: March 1, 2010

Title: The Short-Run Macroeconomics of Aid Inflows: Understanding the Interaction of Fiscal and Reserve Policy
Author/Editor: Berg, Andrew ; Mirzoev, Tokhir ; Portillo, Rafael ; Zanna, Luis-Felipe
Series: Working Paper No. 10/65
Date: March 1, 2010

Title: Financial Liberalization, Structural Change, and Real Exchange Rate Appreciations
Author/Editor: Urrutia, Carlos ; Meza, Felipe
Series: Working Paper No. 10/63
Date: March 1, 2010
Subject(s): Economic models | Exchange rate appreciation | Government expenditures | Import tariffs | Mexico | Production growth | Real effective exchange rates | Reserves accumulation | Terms of trade | Trade liberalization | Workers remittances

Title: Oman: Banking Sector Resilience
Author/Editor: Bologna, Pierluigi ; Prasad, Ananthakrishnan
Series: Working Paper No. 10/61
Date: March 1, 2010
Subject(s): Banking sector | Capital | Central bank policy | Corporate sector | Credit risk | Financial crisis | Financial risk | Financial systems | Global Financial Crisis 2008-2009 | Liquidity management | Oman | Profit margins

Title: Caribbean Bananas: The Macroeconomic Impact of Trade Preference Erosion
Author/Editor: Mlachila, Montfort ; Cashin, Paul ; Haines, Cleary
Series: Working Paper No. 10/59
Date: March 1, 2010
Subject(s): Agricultural exports | Agricultural production | Agricultural trade | Bananas | Caribbean | Economic models | Export prices | Terms of trade | Trade liberalization | Trade policy | Trade preferences

Title: Asset Booms and Structural Fiscal Positions: The Case of Ireland
Author/Editor: Kanda, Daniel
Series: Working Paper No. 10/57
Date: March 1, 2010
Subject(s): Asset prices | Business cycles | Economic growth | Economic models | Fiscal analysis | Fiscal policy | Government expenditures | Housing prices | Ireland | National income | Revenues | Taxes

Title: FX Swaps: Implications for Financial and Economic Stability
Author/Editor: Barkbu, Bergljot ; Ong, Li L.
Series: Working Paper No. 10/55
Date: March 1, 2010
Subject(s): Balance of payments | Banks | Capital | Central bank role | Credit demand | Credit risk | Currency swaps | Economic stabilization | Exchange rates | Financial institutions | Financial stability | Liquidity management | Reserves | Stabilization measures

Title: International Commodity Price Shocks, Democracy, and External Debt
Author/Editor: Arezki, Rabah ; Bruckner, Markus
Series: Working Paper No. 10/53
Date: March 1, 2010
Subject(s): Commodity prices | Debt management | Economic models | External debt | External shocks | Fiscal policy | Government expenditures | International capital markets | Political economy | Revenue mobilization

Title: Romania: Financial Sector Stability Assessment
Series: Country Report No. 10/47
Date: February 26, 2010
Subject(s): Access to capital markets | Bank supervision | Banks | Basel Core Principles | Corporate sector | Credit risk | Financial sector | Financial soundness indicators | Financial stability | Household credit | Insurance | Liquidity management | Pensions | Securities markets | Romania

Title: Bangladesh: 2009 Article IV Consultation - Staff Report; Staff Supplement; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion
Series: Country Report No. 10/55
Date: February 25, 2010
Subject(s): Article IV consultation reports | Bank supervision | Banking sector | Economic indicators | Energy prices | Excess liquidity | Fiscal policy | Fiscal reforms | Public enterprises | Public information | Public sector | Staff Reports | Tax administration | Tax reforms | Bangladesh

Title: Petroleum Product Subsidies: Costly, Inequitable, and On the Rise
Author/Editor: Coady, David ; Gillingham, Robert ; Ossowski, Rolando ; Piotrowski, John M. ; Tareq, Shamsuddin ; Tyson, Justin
Series: Staff Position Note No. 2010/05
Date: February 25, 2010
Subject(s): Commodity price fluctuations | Cross country analysis | Fiscal reforms | Governance | Oil exporting countries | Oil product prices | Oil subsidies | Price stabilization | Public information | Trade liberalization | Transparency

Title: Republic of the Marshall Islands: 2009 Article IV Consultation - Staff Report; a Public Information Notice; and a Statement by the Executive Director of the Republic of Marshall islands on the Executive Board Discussion.
Series: Country Report No. 10/51
Date: February 24, 2010
Subject(s): Article IV consultation reports | Bank supervision | Banking sector | Currency pegs | Economic indicators | Fiscal policy | Fiscal reforms | Public information | Public sector | Staff Reports | Tax administration | Tax reforms | Marshall Islands

Title: Romania: Second and Third Reviews under the Stand-By Arrangement, Request Rephasing and Waiver of Nonobservance of Performance Criterion; Statement by the IMF Staff Representative; and Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion.
Series: Country Report No. 10/49
Date: February 23, 2010
Subject(s): Announcements | Bank restructuring | Banking sector | Economic growth | Economic indicators | Fiscal policy | Fiscal reforms | Inflation targeting | Monetary policy | Performance criteria waivers | Phasing of purchases | Reserves accumulation | Staff Reports | Stand-by arrangement reviews | Romania

Title: Samoa: Request for Disbursement Under the Rapid-Access Component of the Exogenous Shocks Facility - Staff Report; Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Samoa
Series: Country Report No. 10/46
Date: February 19, 2010
Subject(s): Access to Fund general resources | Announcements | Balance of payments need | Debt sustainability analysis | Economic growth | Economic indicators | Emergency assistance | Exogenous Shocks Facility | Fiscal management | Fiscal policy | Fiscal reforms | Monetary policy | Private sector | Staff Reports | Samoa

Title: Suriname: 2009 Article IV Consultation--Staff Report; Statement by the Staff Representative; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director
Series: Country Report No. 10/44
Date: February 19, 2010
Subject(s): Article IV consultation reports | Bank supervision | Banking sector | Debt sustainability | Economic indicators | External debt | Fiscal policy | Mining sector | Monetary policy | Public debt | Public information | Public investment | Staff Reports | Tax administration | Suriname

Title: Capital Inflows: The Role of Controls
Author/Editor: Ostry, Jonathan David ; Ghosh, Atish R. ; Habermeier, Karl Friedrich ; Chamon, Marcos ; Qureshi, Mahvash Saeed ; Reinhardt, Dennis B. S.
Series: Staff Position Note No. 2010/04
Date: February 19, 2010
Subject(s): Banking sector | Capital controls | Capital inflows | Cross country analysis | Exchange rate appreciation | Financial crisis | Fiscal policy | Global Financial Crisis 2008-2009 | Monetary policy | Reserves accumulation

Title: Qatar: 2009 Article IV Consultation-Staff Report; and Public Information Notice
Series: Country Report No. 10/41
Date: February 17, 2010
Subject(s): Article IV consultation reports | Bank supervision | Banking sector | Currency pegs | Economic growth | Economic indicators | External debt | Fiscal policy | Fiscal reforms | Liquidity management | Monetary policy | Monetary unions | Public information | Staff Reports | Qatar

Title: Afghanistan: Joint Staff Advisory Note
Series: Country Report No. 10/39
Date: February 12, 2010
Subject(s): Annual reviews | Data quality assessment framework | Development strategy | Education | Governance | Health care | Infrastructure | Mining sector | Political economy | Private sector | Social safety nets | Statistics | Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of

Title: Mauritius: 2009 Article IV Consultation - Staff Report; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Mauritius
Series: Country Report No. 10/37
Date: February 12, 2010
Subject(s): Article IV consultation reports | Balance of payments statistics | Bank supervision | Debt sustainability | Economic growth | Economic indicators | External financing | Financial sector | Fiscal policy | Monetary policy | Private sector | Public debt | Public information | Staff Reports | Mauritius

Title: Rethinking Macroeconomic Policy
Author/Editor: Blanchard, Olivier J. ; Dell'Ariccia, Giovanni ; Mauro, Paolo
Series: Staff Position Note No. 2010/03
Date: February 12, 2010
Subject(s): Bank credit | Bank regulations | Bank supervision | Central bank role | Economic policy | Economic stabilization | Financial crisis | Financial intermediation | Fiscal policy | Global Financial Crisis 2008-2009 | Inflation targeting | Interest rate policy | Liquidity management | Monetary policy

Title: Haiti: Sixth Review Under the Extended Credit Facility, Request for Waiver of Performance Criterion, and Augmentation of Access - Staff Report; Staff Statements; Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Haiti.
Series: Country Report No. 10/35
Date: February 4, 2010
Subject(s): Access to Fund general resources | Announcements | Balance of payments need | Concessional aid | Economic growth | Economic indicators | Emergency assistance | Extended arrangement reviews | Extended Credit Facility | External financing | Performance criteria waivers | Staff Reports | Haiti

Title: Simulating Inflation Forecasting in Real-Time: How Useful Is a Simple Phillips Curve in Germany, the UK, and the US?
Author/Editor: Clausen, Bianca ; Clausen, Jens R.
Series: Working Paper No. 10/52
Date: February 1, 2010
Subject(s): Cross country analysis | Economic forecasting | Economic growth | Germany | Gross domestic product | Inflation | United Kingdom | United States

Title: On the Solvency of Nations: Are Global Imbalances Consistent with Intertemporal Budget Constraints?
Author/Editor: Durdu, Ceyhun Bora ; Mendoza, Enrique G. ; Terrones, Marco
Series: Working Paper No. 10/50
Date: February 1, 2010
Subject(s): Balance of payments positions | Cross country analysis | Current account | Debt sustainability | Developed countries | Economic models | Emerging markets | International financial system | Time series

Title: The Empirics of Exchange Rate Regimes and Trade: Words vs. Deeds
Author/Editor: Qureshi, Mahvash Saeed ; Tsangarides, Charalambos G.
Series: Working Paper No. 10/48
Date: February 1, 2010
Subject(s): Bilateral trade | Currency pegs | Economic models | Exchange rate regimes | Exchange rate variability | International trade | Monetary unions

Title: The Composition and Cyclical Behavior of Trade Flows in Emerging Economies
Author/Editor: De Bock, Reinout
Series: Working Paper No. 10/46
Date: February 1, 2010
Subject(s): Balance of trade | Business cycles | Capital goods | Consumption | Cross country analysis | Economic models | Emerging markets | Exports | Imports | International trade | Productivity

Title: Lessons and Policy Implications from the Global Financial Crisis
Author/Editor: Claessens, Stijn ; Dell'Ariccia, Giovanni ; Igan, Deniz ; Laeven, Luc
Series: Working Paper No. 10/44
Date: February 1, 2010
Subject(s): Asset prices | Bank regulations | Bank supervision | Central bank role | Financial crisis | Financial sector | Fiscal policy | Fiscal reforms | Global Financial Crisis 2008-2009 | International financial system | Intervention | Liquidity management | Price increases | Stabilization measures

Title: Informal Labour and Credit Markets: A Survey
Author/Editor: Batini, Nicoletta ; Young-Bae, Kim ; Levine, Paul ; Lotti, Emanuela
Series: Working Paper No. 10/42
Date: February 1, 2010
Subject(s): Access to capital markets | Credit | Developing countries | Economic models | Emerging markets | Labor markets | Monetary policy | Private sector

Title: Risk and the Corporate Structure of Banks
Author/Editor: Dell’Ariccia, Giovanni ; Marquez, Robert
Series: Working Paper No. 10/40
Date: February 1, 2010
Subject(s): Capital | Corporate governance | Credit risk | Economic models | Financial risk | Foreign direct investment | International banking | International banks | Political economy

Title: Cross-Border Investment in Small International Financial Centers
Author/Editor: Lane, Philip R. ; Milesi-Ferretti, Gian Maria
Series: Working Paper No. 10/38
Date: February 1, 2010
Subject(s): Asset management | Banking | Capital flows | Cross country analysis | Financial institutions | Foreign direct investment | International financial system

Title: Monetary Policy Transmission in Mauritius Using a VAR Analysis
Author/Editor: Tsangarides, Charalambos G.
Series: Working Paper No. 10/36
Date: February 1, 2010
Subject(s): Central bank policy | Consumer price indexes | Economic models | Interest rate increases | Mauritius | Monetary policy | Monetary policy instruments | Monetary transmission mechanism | Price adjustments

Title: The Global Integrated Monetary and Fiscal Model (GIMF) – Theoretical Structure
Author/Editor: Kumhof, Michael ; Laxton, Douglas ; Muir, Dirk ; Mursula, Susanna
Series: Working Paper No. 10/34
Date: February 1, 2010
Subject(s): Banking sector | Central banks | Corporate sector | Cross country analysis | Economic integration | Economic models | Fiscal policy | Monetary policy | Private consumption | Private investment | Private savings | Private sector

Title: Optimal Monetary Policy with Overlapping Generations of Policymakers
Author/Editor: Shamloo, Maral
Series: Working Paper No. 10/32
Date: February 1, 2010
Subject(s): Economic models | Governance | Monetary authorities | Monetary policy | Russian Federation

Title: Constraints on Growth in the MENA Region
Author/Editor: Bhattacharya, Rina ; Wolde, Hirut
Series: Working Paper No. 10/30
Date: February 1, 2010
Subject(s): Access to capital markets | Corruption | Cross country analysis | Economic growth | Economic models | Governance | Infrastructure | Labor markets | Labor supply | Middle East | North Africa | Private sector | Skilled labor | Trade liberalization

Title: Fiscal Policy in Oil Producing Countries During the Recent Oil Price Cycle
Author/Editor: Villafuerte, Mauricio ; Lopez-Murphy, Pablo
Series: Working Paper No. 10/28
Date: February 1, 2010
Subject(s): Business cycles | Commodity price fluctuations | Cross country analysis | Fiscal policy | Fiscal sustainability | Nonoil sector | Oil prices | Oil producing countries | Oil production | Oil revenues

Title: Republic of Belarus: Third Review Under the Stand-By Arrangement - Staff Report;Staff Statement; Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; Statement by the Executive Director
Series: Country Report No. 10/31
Date: February 1, 2010
Subject(s): Announcements | Banking sector | Credit policy | Current account deficits | Economic growth | Economic indicators | Fiscal policy | Fiscal reforms | Interest rates | Monetary policy | Privatization | Public enterprises | Staff Reports | Stand-by arrangement reviews | Belarus

Title: Togo: Joint Staff Advisory Note on the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (2009-11)
Series: Country Report No. 10/30
Date: January 29, 2010
Subject(s): Agricultural sector | Economic growth | Education | Fiscal policy | Fiscal reforms | Governance | HIV and AIDS | Human capital | Inflation | Infrastructure | Millennium Development Goals | Natural resources | Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers | Social safety nets | Togo

Title: Maldives: 2009 Article IV Consultation - Staff Report; Staff Supplements; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Maldives
Series: Country Report No. 10/28
Date: January 28, 2010
Subject(s): Announcements | Article IV consultation reports | Balance of payments need | Bank supervision | Banking sector | Economic growth | Economic indicators | Exchange rate policy | Fiscal policy | Fiscal reforms | Political economy | Public information | Revenue measures | Staff Reports | Maldives

Title: Kenya: Staff Report for the 2009 Article IV Consultation
Series: Country Report No. 10/26
Date: January 27, 2010
Subject(s): Article IV consultation reports | Banking sector | Economic growth | Economic indicators | Economic recovery | External shocks | Fiscal policy | Fiscal reforms | Legislation | Monetary policy | Political economy | Public information | Spillovers | Staff Reports | Kenya

Title: Norway: Staff Report for the 2009 Article IV Consultation
Series: Country Report No. 10/24
Date: January 27, 2010
Subject(s): Article IV consultation reports | Bank credit | Banking sector | Corporate sector | Economic indicators | Economic recovery | External debt | Fiscal policy | Monetary policy | Pension reforms | Private sector | Public information | Real estate prices | Staff Reports | Norway

Title: Approaches to Corporate Debt Restructuring in the Wake of Financial Crises
Author/Editor: Laryea, Thomas
Series: Staff Position Note No. 2010/02
Date: January 26, 2010
Subject(s): Asset management | Bank restructuring | Banking sector | Bankruptcy | Corporate governance | Corporate sector | Debt restructuring | Debt strategy | External debt | Financial crisis | Global Financial Crisis 2008-2009 | Intervention | Legislation

Title: Islamic Republic of Afghanistan: Sixth Review Under the Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility, Request for Waiver of Nonobservance of a Performance Criterion, Modification and Performance Criteria, and Rephasing and Extension of the Arrangement
Series: Country Report No. 10/22
Date: January 21, 2010
Subject(s): Announcements | Banking sector | Economic indicators | Fiscal policy | Fiscal reforms | Governance | HIPC Initiative | Monetary policy | Performance criteria waivers | Political economy | Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility | Public enterprises | Staff Reports | Tax administration | Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of

Title: Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia: Selected Issues for the 2009 Article IV Consultation
Series: Country Report No. 10/20
Date: January 21, 2010
Subject(s): Business cycles | Cross country analysis | Economic models | Fiscal policy | Monetary policy | Reserves adequacy | Revenues | Selected issues | Macedonia, former Yugoslav Republic of

Title: Portugal: Staff Report; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Portugal
Series: Country Report No. 10/18
Date: January 20, 2010
Subject(s): Banks | Economic growth | Economic indicators | Economic recovery | Financial sector | Fiscal consolidation | Fiscal policy | Fiscal reforms | Public information | Revenue measures | Staff Reports | Portugal

Title: Republic of Belarus: Selected Issues
Series: Country Report No. 10/16
Date: January 15, 2010
Subject(s): Current account | Demand | Economic growth | Economic models | Exchange rate adjustments | External sector | Monetary policy | Selected issues | Belarus

Title: Sierra Leone: Fifth Review Under the Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility, Request for Waiver of Nonobservance of Performance Criterion, Request for Modification of Performance Criteria, and Financing Assurances Review
Series: Country Report No. 10/15
Date: January 14, 2010
Subject(s): Announcements | Bank supervision | Banking sector | Economic indicators | Fiscal policy | Fiscal reforms | Foreign exchange auctions | Monetary policy | Performance criteria modifications | Performance criteria waivers | Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility | Staff Reports | Tax collection | Sierra Leone

Title: Senegal: Fourth Review Under the Policy Support Instrument and Second Review Under the Exogenous Shocks Facility-Staff Report; Press Release.
Series: Country Report No. 10/13
Date: January 12, 2010
Subject(s): Announcements | Credit expansion | Economic growth | Economic indicators | Economic recovery | Energy sector | Exogenous Shocks Facility | Fiscal policy | Fiscal reforms | Monetary policy | Policy Support Instrument | Staff Reports | Senegal

Title: Armenia: Report on Observance of Standards and Codes-FATF Recommendations for Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism
Series: Country Report No. 10/8
Date: January 11, 2010
Subject(s): Anti-money laundering | Banking sector | Combating the financing of terrorism | Financial institutions | Financial sector | Governance | International cooperation | Legislation | Nonbank financial sector | Private sector | Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes

Title: Republic of Mozambique: Financial Sector Assessment program--Financial System Stability Assessment
Series: Country Report No. 10/12
Date: January 8, 2010
Subject(s): Bank restructuring | Bank soundness | Bank supervision | Banking sector | Basel Core Principles | Capital markets | Central banks | Financial Sector Assessment Program | Financial system stability assessment | Liquidity management | Monetary policy | Payment systems | Risk management | Mozambique

Title: Burkina Faso: Staff Report for 2009 Article IV Consultation, Fifth Review Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility, and Requests for Augmentation of Access and Modification of Performance Criteria
Series: Country Report No. 10/7
Date: January 7, 2010
Subject(s): Access to Fund general resources | Announcements | Article IV consultation reports | Economic growth | Economic indicators | Fiscal policy | Fiscal reforms | Monetary policy | Performance criteria modifications | Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility | Public information | Staff Reports | Burkina Faso

Title: Kingdom of Lesotho: 2008 Article IV Consultation--Staff Report; Staff Supplement;Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by theExecutive Director for the Kingdom of Lesotho
Series: Country Report No. 10/5
Date: January 7, 2010
Subject(s): Article IV consultation reports | Banking sector | Bilateral trade | Commercial banks | Economic growth | Economic indicators | Fiscal management | Fiscal policy | Human capital | Monetary policy | Private sector | Public information | South Africa | Staff Reports | Lesotho

Title: Seychelles: Third Review Under the Stand-By Arrangement, Financing Assurances Review, Cancellation of the Stand-By-Arrangement, and Request for an Extended Arrangement-Staff Report; Staff Statement, Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Seychelles
Series: Country Report No. 10/3
Date: January 5, 2010
Subject(s): Announcements | Debt restructuring | Economic growth | Economic indicators | Economic reforms | Extended arrangement requests | Fiscal policy | Floating exchange rates | Monetary policy | Public debt | Staff Reports | Stand-by arrangement cancellations | Stand-by arrangement reviews | Tax reforms | Seychelles

Title: Macrofinancial Linkages of the Strategic Asset Allocation of Commodity-Based Sovereign Wealth Funds
Author/Editor: Brown, Aaron ; Papaioannou, Michael G. ; Petrova, Iva
Series: Working Paper No. 10/9
Date: January 1, 2010
Subject(s): Access to capital markets | Capital flows | Corporate sector | Credit risk | Cross country analysis | Emerging markets | External financing | International capital markets | Private sector | Risk management | Sovereign debt | Sovereign wealth funds | Asset management | Budgets | Central banks | Commodities | Commodity prices | Economic models | Exchange rate regimes | Investment policy | Monetary policy | Resource allocation

Title: What Level of Public Debt Could India Target?
Author/Editor: Topalova, Petia ; Nyberg, Dan
Series: Working Paper No. 10/7
Date: January 1, 2010
Subject(s): Cross country analysis | Debt management | Debt sustainability | Fiscal consolidation | Fiscal policy | India | Public debt | Risk management

Title: The Impact Of The Global Crisis on Canada: What Do Macro-Financial Linkages Tell Us?
Author/Editor: Duttagupta, Rupa ; Barrera, Natalia
Series: Working Paper No. 10/5
Date: January 1, 2010
Subject(s): Bank credit | Canada | Credit controls | Economic forecasting | Economic growth | Economic models | External sector | Financial crisis | Global Financial Crisis 2008-2009 | Gross domestic product | Monetary policy | Spillovers

Title: Investment by Large Firms in Argentina
Author/Editor: Piris, Alvaro
Series: Working Paper No. 10/3
Date: January 1, 2010
Subject(s): Argentina | Bank credit | Capital | Corporate sector | Economic models | Economic recovery | Financial crisis | Fiscal policy | Interest rates | Investment | Real effective exchange rates

Title: International Pricing of Emerging Market Corporate Debt: Does the Corporate Matter?
Author/Editor: Keller, Sonja ; Mody, Ashoka
Series: Working Paper No. 10/26
Date: January 1, 2010
Subject(s): Asset prices | Bond markets | Bonds | Corporate sector | Credit risk | Emerging markets | External borrowing | International capital markets | Investment | Risk premium

Title: The Global Financial Crisis and Workers' Remittances to Africa: What's the Damage?
Author/Editor: Barajas, Adolfo ; Chami, Ralph ; Fullenkamp, Connel ; Garg, Anjali
Series: Working Paper No. 10/24
Date: January 1, 2010
Subject(s): Africa | Capital flows | Cross country analysis | Economic forecasting | Economic growth | Financial crisis | Global Financial Crisis 2008-2009 | Migration | Workers remittances

Title: The Location of Domestic and Foreign Production Affiliates by French Multinational Firms
Author/Editor: Mayer, Thierry ; Méjean, Isabelle ; Nefussi, Benjamin
Series: Working Paper No. 10/22
Date: January 1, 2010
Subject(s): Economic models | Foreign direct investment | France | Industrial investment | Industrial production | Manufacturing sector | Productivity | Transnational corporations

Title: Dissecting Taylor Rules in a Structural VAR
Author/Editor: Choi, Woon Gyu ; Wen, Yi
Series: Working Paper No. 10/20
Date: January 1, 2010
Subject(s): Economic models | Economic stabilization | External shocks | Inflation targeting | Interest rate policy | Monetary policy | Productivity | Stabilization measures

Title: The Outlook for Financing Japan’s Public Debt
Author/Editor: Tokuoka, Kiichi
Series: Working Paper No. 10/19
Date: January 1, 2010
Subject(s): Aging | Bond markets | Bonds | Budget deficits | Cross country analysis | Debt management | Financial sector | Fiscal consolidation | Japan | Private investment | Private savings | Private sector | Public debt

Title: Inflation in Tajikistan: Forecasting Analysis and Monetary Policy Challenges
Author/Editor: Alturki, Fahad ; Vtyurina, Svetlana
Series: Working Paper No. 10/17
Date: January 1, 2010
Subject(s): Banking sector | Credit | Demand for money | Dollarization | Economic forecasting | Economic models | Exchange rates | Inflation | Interest rates | Monetary policy | Money supply | Reserve requirements | Tajikistan

Title: Estimating Poland's Potential Output: A Production Function Approach
Author/Editor: Epstein, Natan P. ; Macchiarelli, Corrado
Series: Working Paper No. 10/15
Date: January 1, 2010
Subject(s): Business cycles | Economic models | Employment | Poland | Production growth | Productivity | Unemployment

Title: Canada's Potential Growth: Another Victim of the Crisis?
Author/Editor: Estevão, Marcello M. ; Tsounta, Evridiki
Series: Working Paper No. 10/13
Date: January 1, 2010
Subject(s): Canada | Capital accumulation | Economic growth | Financial crisis | Global Financial Crisis 2008-2009 | Gross domestic product | Labor productivity | Productivity | Unemployment

Title: After the Crisis: Lower Consumption Growth but Narrower Global Imbalances?
Author/Editor: Mody, Ashoka ; Ohnsorge, Franziska
Series: Working Paper No. 10/11
Date: January 1, 2010
Subject(s): Aging | Business cycles | Consumption | Cross country analysis | Current account | Economic growth | Economic models | Economic recovery | Financial crisis | Global Financial Crisis 2008-2009 | Group of seven | Private sector | Savings | Unemployment

Title: Post-Crisis Bank Behavior: Lessons from Mercosur
Author/Editor: Sanya, Sarah O. ; Mlachila, Montfort
Series: Working Paper No. 10/1
Date: January 1, 2010
Subject(s): Argentina | Bank credit | Banking crisis | Brazil | Commercial banks | Credit restraint | Credit risk | Economic models | Excess liquidity | Paraguay | Private sector | Profits | Uruguay

Title: United Republic of Tanzania: Sixth Review Under the Policy Support Instrument, First Review Under the Exogenous Shocks Facility, and Request for a Modification of Performance/Assessment Criterion-Staff Report and Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion
Series: Country Report No. 09/336
Date: December 30, 2009
Subject(s): Announcements | Bank supervision | Budgets | Economic growth | Economic indicators | Exogenous Shocks Facility | Financial management | Fiscal policy | Government expenditures | Monetary policy | Performance criteria waivers | Policy Support Instrument | Staff Reports | Value added tax | Tanzania

Title: Bhutan: 2009 Article IV Consultation-Staff Report; Staff Supplement; and Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion
Series: Country Report No. 09/334
Date: December 30, 2009
Subject(s): Article IV consultation reports | Bank supervision | Banking sector | Currency pegs | Economic growth | Economic indicators | Fiscal policy | Monetary policy | Political economy | Private sector | Public information | Reserves | Staff Reports | Bhutan

Title: Liberia: Third Review Under the Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility, Request for Waiver and Modification of Performance Criteria, and Financing Assurances Review - Staff Report; Informational Annex; and Press Release
Series: Country Report No. 09/332
Date: December 30, 2009
Subject(s): Announcements | Debt strategy | Economic indicators | Fiscal policy | Fiscal reforms | Foreign exchange reserves | HIPC Initiative | Monetary policy | Performance criteria modifications | Performance criteria waivers | Political economy | Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility | Public information | Staff Reports | Liberia

Title: Georgia: Fourth Review Under the Stand-By Arrangement and Request for Modification of Performance Criterion
Series: Country Report No. 09/331
Date: December 23, 2009
Subject(s): Balance of payments | Banking sector | Budget deficits | Budgetary policy | Exchange rate policy | External financing | Fiscal policy | Foreign exchange auctions | Inflation targeting | Monetary policy | Performance criteria modifications | Stand-by arrangement reviews | Georgia

Title: Global Imbalances: In Midstream?
Author/Editor: Blanchard, Olivier J. ; Milesi-Ferretti, Gian Maria
Series: Staff Position Note No. 2009/29
Date: December 22, 2009
Subject(s): Asset prices | Capital flows | Capital markets | Cross country analysis | Current account deficits | Current account surpluses | Financial crisis | Fiscal policy | Global Financial Crisis 2008-2009 | International financial system | Private investment | Private savings