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1. Le cadre de viabilité de la dette appliqué aux pays à faible revenu

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Low-income countries continue to face significant challenges in meeting their vast development needs while maintaining a sustainable debt position, even after many of these countries have benefited from substantial debt relief. These challenges are further exacerbated by changes in the financial landscape, including the emergence of new creditors and investors, the use of more complex financing vehicles, and the development of domestic markets. The joint World Bank/IMF debt sustainability framework is well placed to help address these challenges and reduce the risks of renewed episodes of debt distress. This paper explains the analytical underpinnings of the framework and the means to ensure its full effectiveness

Beddies, Christian H.; Barkbu, Bergljot; Beddies, Christian H.; Le Manchec, Marie-Helene;
2009
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2. Growth and Poverty Reduction in Armenia : Achievements and Challenges

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Since 2000, Armenia's economic performance has been remarkable. Real economic growth has averaged 11 percent a year, annual inflation has averaged 3 percent, and poverty and inequality have fallen. The country has outperformed other low-income countries including other members of the Commonwealth of Independent States. This is particularly impressive given the geographical location of Armenia, the closure of two critical borders, and occasional political turmoil. The key factors behind Armenia's economic performance are prudent monetary and fiscal policies, liberal trade and foreign exchange regimes, rapid and relaively well-sequenced structural reforms, and support from the Armenian diaspora. In addition, the implementation of a poverty reduction strategy since 2002 has complemented the effect of economic growth on reducing poverty. This book assesses the country's economic transformation during the last 10 years and discusses the challenges to sustaining these successes

Beddies, Christian H.; Beddies, Christian H.; Gelbard, E.; Iradian, Garbis; MacHugh, James; Redifer, Laure;
2005
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3. The Gambia : ex-post assessment of longer-term program engagement ; an update

Beddies, Christian H.; Vermeulen, Ruud; Takahashi, Keiko;
2011
Type: Graue Literatur; Non-commercial literature;
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4. The Debt Sustainability Framework for Low-Income Countries

Barkbu, Bergljot; Manchec, Marie-Helene Le; Beddies, Christian H.;
2009
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5. The Debt Sustainability Framework for Low-Income Countries

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Low-income countries continue to face significant challenges in meeting their vast development needs while maintaining a sustainable debt position, even after many of these countries have benefited from substantial debt relief. These challenges are further exacerbated by changes in the financial landscape, including the emergence of new creditors and investors, the use of more complex financing vehicles, and the development of domestic markets. The joint World Bank/IMF debt sustainability framework is well placed to help address these challenges and reduce the risks of renewed episodes of debt distress. This paper explains the analytical underpinnings of the framework and the means to ensure its full effectiveness

Barkbu, Bergljot Bjørnson; Barkbu, Bergljot Bjørnson; Beddies, Christian H.; Le Manchec, Marie-Hélène;
2009
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Citations: 2 (based on OpenCitations) Cited By

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6. Selected issues concerning monetary policy and institutional design for central banks : a review of theories

Beddies, Christian H.;
2000
Type: Arbeitspapier; Working Paper; Graue Literatur; Non-commercial literature;
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7. Selected Issues Concerning Monetary Policy and Institutional Design for Central Banks : A Review of Theories

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In the past decades, much work has been geared toward solving the problem of time inconsistency in monetary policy and analyzing the coordination problem between fiscal and monetary policy. This paper provides a review of the theoretical background to these theories, while also focusing on their inherent problems. It concludes that while the literature makes a strong case for central bank independence, more work should be done in the area of determining the desirable degree of independence with a view to the interplay between fiscal and monetary policy

Beddies, Christian H.; Beddies, Christian H.;
2000
Type: Arbeitspapier; Working Paper;
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Citations: 2 (based on OpenCitations) Cited By

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8. Investment, capital accumulation, and growth : some evidence from The Gambia 1964 - 98

Beddies, Christian H.;
1999
Type: Arbeitspapier; Working Paper; Graue Literatur; Non-commercial literature;
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9. Investment, Capital Accumulation, and Growth : Some Evidence From the Gambia 1964-1998

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This paper considers the potential variables that have determined economic growth in The Gambia during 1964–98. The results indicate that The Gambia’s aggregate production function exhibits increasing returns to scale, thus supporting the endogenous growth-type model. The impact of private investment—and thus private capital accumulation—on output is large and significant. Furthermore, increases in public investment boost output substantially. Finally, the effects associated with human capital accumulation are positive and statistically significant. The paper also estimates a series on total factor productivity growth that indicates that The Gambia was able to use its resources more efficiently

Beddies, Christian H.; Beddies, Christian H.;
1999
Type: Arbeitspapier; Working Paper;
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Citations: 13 (based on OpenCitations) Cited By

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10. Monetary Policy and Public Finances : Inflation Targets in a New Perspective

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This paper considers the interaction between the private sector, the monetary authority, and the fiscal authority, and concludes that unrestricted central bank independence may not be an optimal way to collect seigniorage revenues or stabilize supply shocks. Moreover, the paper shows that the implementation of an optimal inflation target results in optimal shares of government finances—seigniorage, taxes, and the spending shortfall—from society’s point of view but still involves suboptimal stabilization. Even if price stability is the sole central bank objective, a positive inflation target has important implications for the government’s finances, as well as for stabilization

Beddies, Christian H.; Beddies, Christian H.;
1999
Type: Arbeitspapier; Working Paper;
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Citations: 1 (based on OpenCitations) Cited By

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