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  • The State of World Agriculture 2007 FAO Report

    ABSTRACT from the Foreword Despite unprecedented global economic growth, 1.1 billion people continue to live in extreme poverty and more than 850 million people suffer from chronic hunger while ecosystems are...

    Posted on: January 14, 2008
  • POVERTY AND HARDSHIP AFFECT TENS OF MILLIONS OF AMERICANS

    During the holiday season, we know that many national, regional, and local media focus attention on less-fortunate Americans and the efforts to help them through charities, food banks, and other...

    Posted on: December 29, 2007
  • Financial Globalization and Monetary Policy

    IMF Working Paper No. 07/279: Financial Globalization and Monetary Policy Author/Editor: Devereux, Michael B.; Sutherland, Alan   What does financial globalization imply for the design of monetary policy? Does the case for price...

    Posted on: December 24, 2007
  • The Monetary Transmission Mechanism in Egypt

    IMF Working Paper No. 07/285: The Monetary Transmission Mechanism in Egypt Author/Editor: Al-Mashat, Rania; Billmeier, Andreas This paper examines the monetary transmission mechanism in Egypt against the background of the central bank's...

    Posted on: December 24, 2007
  • Counting the cost of climate change

    European Environmental Agency Technical report No 13/2007: Climate change: the cost of inaction and the cost of adaptation The report, Climate change: the cost of inaction and the cost of adaptation,...

    Posted on: December 24, 2007
  • Country Report Egypt, 13 December 2007

    IMF Country Report 07/380 Full Text

    Posted on: December 16, 2007
  • Challenges and Opportunities from Financial Globalization for Fund Managers and Policy...

    Challenges and Opportunities from Financial Globalization for Fund Managers and Policy Makers in the Asia-Pacific Region Remarks Takatoshi Kato, Deputy Managing Director International Monetary Fund On December 12, 2007 at The Business Forum,...

    Posted on: December 16, 2007
  • Country Report for Lebanon

    IMF Country Report for Lebanon No 07/382 December 2007  Full Text

    Posted on: December 16, 2007
  • How Well Do Aggregate Bank Ratios Identify Banking Problems?

    IMF Working Paper No. 07/275: How Well Do Aggregate Bank Ratios Identify Banking Problems? Authors: Cihák, Martin ; Schaeck, Klaus  The paper provides an empirical analysis of aggregate banking system ratios during...

    Posted on: December 12, 2007
  • Towards an Innovation Strategy

    Towards an innovation strategy Angel Gurría Secretary-General of the OECD Published:  November 2007 The history of human progress is also a history of innovation, and OECD countries have been rediscovering what this means for...

    Posted on: December 8, 2007