subscription information please read this page before ordering a subscription from us publications are sent by ordinary surface mail and require 2 to 4 weeks for delivery within the continental united states and 6 to 16 weeks for delivery elsewhere depending on geographic location faster delivery can be arranged at an additional cost the usual mailing dates of imf serial publications are as follows balance of payments statistics yearbook january of the following year i.e 2008 edition is available january 2009 direction of trade statistics march june september and december direction of trade statistics yearbook september of the current year finance and development quarterly publication global financial stability report two issues a year government finance statistics yearbook january of the following year i.e 2008 edition is available january 2009 imf staff papers four issues per year imf survey twelve issues per year international financial statistics fifth day of each month internati
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books current developments in monetary and financial law volume 5 the main theme of volume 5 in this series is law and financial stability.the chapters cover topics that enhance the reader s understanding of financial stability as well as the many instruments available to promote it the contributors discuss and analyze a range of issues such as competing responsibilities of central banks and the institutional responses to past episodes of instability the reasons for and against regulating hedge funds and derivatives and the methods available for doing so and the contributions of deposit insurance schemes payments systems and securities settlement systems towards achieving financial stability the relationship between laws proscribing money laundering and the financing of terrorism and the goal of financial stability is also discussed the chapters in this edited volume are based on presentations from the tenth biennial seminar for legal advisors of central banks and member countries orga
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books postconflict economics in sub-saharan africa lessons from the democratic republic of the congo edited by jean a.p clément the democratic republic of the congo is making significant strides on both the political and economic fronts to extricate itself from one of the bloodiest wars in african history this remarkable turnaround offers other countries and the international community valuable lessons in preventing conflict and in coping with postconflict recovery this book also provides a summary of the most recent research on conflict an analysis of the causes of conflicts in africa and an outline of their key economic characteristics $28.00 english © 2005 viii 327 pp paperback isbn 1-58906-252-3 stock#pcesea poverty and social impact analysis how does the imf s economic advice affect societies edited by robert gillingham the poverty reduction and growth facility prgf is used by the imf to provide support for countries implementation of their poverty reduction and growth strategie
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copublications india s and china s recent experience with reform and growth by david g cowen and wanda s tseng china and india already rank among the world s largest economies and each is moving rapidly toward the center stage of the global economy in this process different priorities have been placed on economic reforms over the past two decades china taking a more outward strategy and india until recently a more inward one can they continue to rank among the fastest expanding economies this volume addresses the issue highlighting what has worked and what more needs to be done to ensure sustained rapid economic growth and poverty reduction addressing the two countries recent experiences with growth and reform this book provides important insights for other developing economies published by palgrave-macmillan us$39.95 £22.99 © 2007 336 pp paperback isbn 0-230-54281-6 us$100.00 £70.00 © 2006 496 pp hardback isbn 1-4039-4351-6 www.imfbookstore.org procyclicality of financial systems i
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manuals and guides financial intelligence units an overview by the staffs of the international monetary fund and the world bank over the past decade and more the need for a modern antimoneylaundering strategy has become widely accepted internationally depriving criminal elements of the proceeds of their crimes has increasingly been seen as an important tool to combat drug trafficking and more recently as a critical element in fighting organized crime corruption and the financing of terrorism and maintaining the integrity of financial markets the first few financial intelligence units fius were established in the early 1990s in response to the need for countries to have a central agency to receive analyze and disseminate financial information to combat money laundering over the ensuing period the number of fius has continued to increase reaching 84 in 2003 this handbook responds to the need for information on fius it provides references to the appropriate financial action task force f
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statistical data international financial statistics ifs online the imf s principal statistical publication international financial statistics ifs online is the standard source of international statistics on all aspects of international and domestic finance for most countries ifs online reports balance of payments international liquidity money and banking current data on exchange rates interest rates prices production international transactions government accounts national accounts and population updated monthly the online ifs database contains · approximately 55,000 time series covering 190 countries and areas including all series appearing on the ifs country pages · deep time series ranging from 1950s for many imf member countries · exchange rate series for all imf member countries plus selected other areas · selected aggregates of key variables in ifs world tables ifs is used throughout the world by governments academics and commercial and financial organizations online the informati
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occasional papers labor market performance in transition the experience of central and eastern european countries by jerald alan schiff philippe egoumé-bossogo miho ihara tetsuya konuki and kornélia krajnyák more than a decade after the start of the transition process unemployment rates remain in the double digits in a number of central and eastern european countries that unemployment rates have failed to decline even in countries experiencing good growth is puzzling in this paper the authors examine three interrelated questions how has the transition from central planning to market economies affected labor market performance how have labor market institutions and policies influenced developments why have regional differences in unemployment persisted the authors take an eclectic methodological approach construction of a new data set and a simple analytical model econometric estimation and case studies they find that faster -performing countries have better unemployment records that la
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policy discussion papers formerly papers on policy analysis assessment this series comprises staff studies in the area of policy design and research the papers are normally prepared in nontechnical language and aimed primarily at operational staff involved in mission work and persons outside the imf interested in policy issues policy discussion papers can be found in full text on the imf website www.imf.org the papers can be printed out as portable document format pdf files using adobe acrobat reader software available free pdp/06/2 strengthening transparency in the oil sector in cameroon why does it matter by stéphane cossé pdp/06/1 vanishing contagion by tatiana didier paolo mauro and sergio l schmukler 2004 pdp/04/5 banking reform in the lower mekong countries by olaf unteroberdoerster pdp/04/4 pension reform investment restrictions and capital markets by jorge e roldos pdp/04/3 issues in the establishment of asset management companies by steven a seelig stefan n ingves and dong h
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miscellaneous publications the global economic and financial impact of an avian flu pandemic and the role of the imf this paper prepared by a working group of imf staff provides a preliminary assessment of the risks and potential impact to the global economy and financial system from a possible avian flu pandemic discusses the imf s role in helping member countries prepare their economic and financial systems for such a pandemic and summarizes common elements of business continuity planning in the financial sector free english © 2006 30 pp paperback stock#gefiea free arabic © 2006 30 pp paperback stock#gefiaa free russian © 2006 30 pp paperback stock#gefira www.imfbookstore.org imf technical assistance transferring knowledge and best practice an introductory guide to the imf s technical assistance providing technical assistance to member countries particularly developing countries and countries in transition is at the core of the imf s mission technical assistance which includes train
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title index a accountability arrangements for financial sector regulators 57 adopting the euro in central europe challenges of the next step in european integration 51 africa in the doha round dealing with preference erosion and beyond 56 annual report of the executive board financial year 2008 3 annual report on exchange arrangements and exchange restrictions 2008 6 articles of agreement of the international monetary fund 3 www.imfbookstore.org conquering fear of floating australia s successful adaptation to a flexible exchange rate 56 considerations in the choice of the appropriate discount rate for evaluating sovereign debt restructuring 56 consumer price index manual theory and practice 31 controlled capital account liberalization:a proposal 56 coordinated portfolio investment survey guide 32 country insurance the role of domestic policies 46 current developments in monetary and financial law volume 5 10 d debt-related vulnerabilities and financial crises an application of the bala
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international monetary fund publications catalog 2008-09
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