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January 2014 |
New from the IMF—free extract from an important
new book on Jobs and Growth in Europe now available in the IMF
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Jobs and Growth: Supporting the European Recovery
How can Europe continue its recovery in a sustainable way and avoid past mistakes? What are the most promising areas of reform that will allow Europe’s diverse regions to compete globally? By what means can policymakers successfully tackle persistently high unemployment in some of its member states?
What are the key factors needed to lead Europe out
of its crisis by seizing its growth potential and creating new jobs? The
analytical work by IMF staff identifies the challenges to boosting growth and
employment over the medium-term and describes a roadmap for policymakers for tackling
them. The focus is on the implications of deleveraging for growth, on labor
markets, and on how structural reforms can help countries to find new sources
of growth, including by tapping into international supply chains.
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2013 Fall Catalog
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Caribbean Renewal: Tackling Fiscal and Debt Challenges
Caribbean economies face high and rising debt-to-GDP ratios that jeopardize prospects for medium-term debt sustainability and growth. This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the challenges of fiscal consolidation and debt reduction in the Caribbean. It examines the problem of high debt in the region and discusses policy options for improving debt sustainability, including fiscal consolidation, robust growth, and structural reforms. The book concludes that the region needs a broad and sustained package of reforms to reduce debt ratios to more manageable levels and strengthen economic resilience.
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New Statistical Manuals and Guides |
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The Special Data Dissemination Standard Plus: Guide for Adherents and Users
The IMF launched the Data Standards Initiatives to enhance member countries’ data transparency and to promote their development of sound statistical systems. Under the Data Standards Initiatives, the IMF established the Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS) in 1996 to provide guidance to countries that have or seek access to capital markets to disseminate key data so that users in general, and financial market participants in particular, have adequate information to assess the economic situations of individual countries. In February 2012, the IMF Executive Board approved the establishment of the SDDS Plus as a third tier of the Fund’s Data Standards Initiatives to address data gaps revealed during the global crisis.
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The Special Data Dissemination Standard: Guide for Subscribers and Users
The need for data standards was highlighted by the financial crises of the mid-1990s, in which information deficiencies were seen to play a role. Under the data standards initiatives, the IMF established the Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS) in 1996 to provide guidance to countries that have or seek access to capital markets to disseminate key data. The SDDS not only prescribes that subscribers disseminate certain data categories, but also prescribes that subscribers disseminate the relevant metadata to promote public knowledge and understanding of their compilation practices with respect to the required data categories.The SDDS Plus is open to all SDDS subscribers and is aimed at economies with systemically important financial sectors.
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The General Data Dissemination System: Guide for Participants and Users
The purpose of this Guide is to explain the nature and objectives of the General Data Dissemination System (GDDS), to describe its operation, and to provide practical guidance to International Monetary Fund (IMF) member countries on participation in the system. The GDDS provides members with a basic framework for a broader national statistical development strategy. It covers a set of statistics recognized to be essential for all countries for policymaking and analysis in an environment that increasingly requires relevant, comprehensive, accurate, and timely statistics available to the general public. The GDDS addresses the full range of issues critical for compiling and disseminating data and making explicit plans for improvement to align national procedures with best practices. In February 2012, at the time of the Eighth Review of the Fund's Data Standards Initiatives, the Executive Board decided to leverage the plans for improvement by focusing further and prioritizing the delivery of technical assistance in statistics.
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Recently Published
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Annual Report on Exchange Arrangements and Exchange Restrictions Subscription (CD ROM)
The AREAER provides a description of the foreign exchange arrangements, exchange and trade systems, and capital controls of all IMF member countries. It also provides information on the operation of foreign exchange markets and controls on international trade. It describes controls on capital transactions and measures implemented in the financial sector, including prudential measures. In addition, it reports on exchange measures imposed by member countries for security reasons. The Overview describes in detail how the general trend toward foreign exchange liberalization continued during 2012, alongside a strengthening of the financial sector regulatory framework.The Overview in print and online, and the detailed information for each of the 191 member countries and territories is included on a CD that accompanies the printed summary and in an online database, AREAER Online. It is searchable by year, country, and category of measure and allows cross country comparisons for time series.
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