Title: Malawi: First Review Under the Extended Credit Facility Arrangement, Request for
Series: Country Report No. 13/119
Date: May 20, 2013

Title: "Near-Coincident" Indicators of Systemic Stress
Author/Editor: Arsov, Ivailo ; Canetti, Elie ; Kodres, Laura ; Mitra, Srobona
Series: Working Paper No. 13/115
Date: May 17, 2013

Title: Jamaica: Request for an Arrangement Under the Extended Fund Facility
Series: Country Report No. 13/126
Date: May 17, 2013

Title: Belgium: Financial System Stability Assessment
Series: Country Report No. 13/124
Date: May 17, 2013

Title: Republic of San Marino: 2013 Article IV Consultation
Series: Country Report No. 13/122
Date: May 17, 2013

Title: External Liabilities and Crises
Author/Editor: Catão, Luis ; Milesi-Ferretti, Gian-Maria
Series: Working Paper No. 13/113
Date: May 16, 2013
Subject(s): External debt | Financial crisis | Current account | Foreign exchange | Foreign direct investment | Economic models

Title: The Anatomy of the VAT
Author/Editor: Keen, Michael
Series: Working Paper No. 13/111
Date: May 16, 2013
Subject(s): Value added tax | Tax revenues | Tax rates

Title: The Welfare Implications of Services Liberalization in a Developing Country: Evidence from Tunisia
Author/Editor: Jouini, Nizar ; Rebei, Nooman
Series: Working Paper No. 13/110
Date: May 15, 2013
Subject(s): Services sector | Tunisia | Euro Area | Trade liberalization | Developing countries | Nontariff barriers | Economic models

Title: Export Quality in Developing Countries
Author/Editor: Henn, Christian ; Papageorgiou, Chris ; Spatafora, Nicola
Series: Working Paper No. 13/108
Date: May 15, 2013
Subject(s): Exports | Developing countries | Manufacturing sector | Agricultural commodities | Agricultural exports | Cross country analysis

Title: Capital Account Policies in Chile Macro-financial considerations along the path to liberalization
Author/Editor: Carriere-Swallow, Yan ; Garcia-Silva, Pablo
Series: Working Paper No. 13/107
Date: May 14, 2013

Title: Chad: 2012 Article IV Consultation - Staff Report, Informational Annex, Debt Sustainability Analysis, Public Information Notice
Series: Country Report No. 13/87
Date: May 14, 2013

Title: New Zealand: 2013 Article IV Consultation
Series: Country Report No. 13/117
Date: May 14, 2013
Subject(s): Article IV consultation reports | Economic recovery | Fiscal policy | Current account deficits | External debt | Savings | Debt sustainability | Housing | Banking sector | Monetary policy | Economic indicators | Public information notices | Staff Reports | New Zealand

Title: Republic of Estonia: 2013 Article IV Consultation
Series: Country Report No. 13/114
Date: May 13, 2013
Subject(s): Article IV consultation reports | Economic growth | Fiscal policy | Labor markets | Unemployment | Human capital | Inflation | Banking sector | Economic indicators | Staff Reports | Public information notices | Estonia

Title: What Is in Your Output Gap? Unified Framework & Decomposition into Observables
Author/Editor: Andrle, Michal
Series: Working Paper No. 13/105
Date: May 10, 2013
Subject(s): Production | Economic growth | Economic models

Title: Nigeria: 2012 Article IV Consultation
Series: Country Report No. 13/116
Date: May 10, 2013
Subject(s): Article IV consultation reports | Economic growth | Fiscal policy | Government expenditures | Nonoil sector | Monetary policy | Reserves | Sovereign wealth funds | Millennium Development Goals | Economic indicators | Debt sustainability analysis | Staff Reports | Public information notices | Nigeria

Title: The Pacific Speed of Growth: How Fast Can It Be and What Determines It?
Author/Editor: Yang, Yongzheng ; Chen, Hong ; Singh, Shiu raj ; Singh, Baljeet
Series: Working Paper No. 13/104
Date: May 9, 2013
Subject(s): Economic growth | Pacific Island Countries | Investment | Exports | Small states | Economic models

Title: Survey of Reserve Managers: Lessons from the Crisis
Author/Editor: Morahan, Aideen ; Mulder, Christian
Series: Working Paper No. 13/99
Date: May 8, 2013
Subject(s): Central banks | Reserves | Risk management | Asset management

Title: Balance Sheet Strength and Bank Lending During the Global Financial Crisis
Author/Editor: Kapan, Tümer ; Minoiu, Camelia
Series: Working Paper No. 13/102
Date: May 8, 2013
Subject(s): Global Financial Crisis 2008-2009 | Banks | Loans | Liquidity | Banking sector | Financial crisis | Economic models

Title: Measuring Competitiveness: Trade in Goods or Tasks?
Author/Editor: Bayoumi, Tamim ; Saito, Mika ; Turunen, Jarkko
Series: Working Paper No. 13/100
Date: May 8, 2013
Subject(s): Global competitiveness | Emerging markets | International trade | Real effective exchange rates | Economic models

Title: Mali: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
Series: Country Report No. 13/111
Date: May 8, 2013
Subject(s): Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers | Political economy | Economic growth | Sustainable development | Governance | Agricultural sector | Education | Health care | HIV and AIDS | Gender equality | Public investment | Infrastructure | Environment | Mali

Title: Uruguay: Selected Issues
Series: Country Report No. 13/109
Date: May 8, 2013
Subject(s): Inflation targeting | Monetary policy | Foreign direct investment | Capital inflows | Selected issues | Uruguay

Title: Republic of Kosovo: Third Review Under the Stand-By Arrangement and Request for Waiver of Nonobservance of Criterion
Series: Country Report No. 13/113
Date: May 7, 2013
Subject(s): Stand-by arrangement reviews | Fiscal policy | Government expenditures | Transport | Private sector | Global competitiveness | Monetary policy | Bank supervision | Economic indicators | Debt sustainability analysis | Performance criteria waivers | Staff Reports | Press releases | Kosovo

Title: Monetary Policy in Emerging Markets: Taming the Cycle
Author/Editor: McGettigan, Donal ; Moriyama, Kenji ; Noah Ndela Ntsama, Jean ; Painchaud, Francois ; Qu, Haonan ; Steinberg, Chad
Series: Working Paper No. 13/96
Date: May 3, 2013
Subject(s): Monetary policy | Emerging markets | Chile | Inflation targeting | Business cycles

Title: International Evidence on Government Support and Risk Taking in the Banking Sector
Author/Editor: Marques, Luís ; Correa, Ricardo ; Sapriza, Horacio
Series: Working Paper No. 13/94
Date: May 2, 2013
Subject(s): Banking sector | Bank supervision | Bank regulations | Risk management

Title: Searching for the Finance-Growth Nexus in Libya
Author/Editor: Cevik, Serhan ; Rahmati, Mohammad
Series: Working Paper No. 13/92
Date: May 1, 2013
Subject(s): Development | Libya | Economic growth | Nonoil sector | Financial intermediation | Production growth | Financial systems | Economic models | Time series

Title: Niger: Joint Staff Advisory Note on the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
Series: Country Report No. 13/106
Date: April 30, 2013
Subject(s): Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers | Economic growth | Fiscal policy | Fiscal consolidation | Social safety nets | Fiscal reforms | Agricultural sector | Manufacturing sector | Transport | Education | Health care | HIV and AIDS | Governance | Niger

Title: Niger: 2013 First Review Under the Three-Year Arrangement Under the Extended Credit facility and Request for a Waiver of Nonobservance of Performance Criterion-Staff Report; Staff Supplements; and Press Release
Series: Country Report No. 13/104
Date: April 30, 2013
Subject(s): Extended Credit Facility | Fiscal policy | Budgets | Government expenditures | Private sector | Credit expansion | Natural resources | Fiscal reforms | Financial sector | Bank supervision | Debt sustainability analysis | Press releases | Staff Reports | Niger

Title: The Investment Technology of Foreign and Domestic Institutional Investors in an Emerging Market
Author/Editor: Patnaik, Ila ; Shah, Ajay
Series: Working Paper No. 13/90
Date: April 22, 2013
Subject(s): Investment | Foreign investment | Asset management | Asset prices | Emerging markets

Title: Philippines: Selected Issues
Series: Country Report No. 13/103
Date: April 18, 2013
Subject(s): Tax collection | Tax revenues | Revenue mobilization | Tax policy | Workers remittances | Capital inflows | Business cycles | Selected issues | Philippines

Title: Energy Subsidy Reform in Sub-Saharan Africa: Experiences and Lessons
Author/Editor: Alleyne, Trevor ; Hussain, Mumtaz
Series: African Departmental Paper No. 13/2
Date: April 18, 2013
Subject(s): Energy sector | Sub-Saharan Africa | Subsidies | Energy taxes | Electric power | Gasoline prices | Oil prices | Fiscal reforms | Cross country analysis

Title: Fiscal Monitor, April 2013: Fiscal Adjustment in an Uncertain World
Series: Fiscal Monitor
Date: April 16, 2013

Title: Republic of Kosovo: Financial System Stability Assessment
Series: Country Report No. 13/99
Date: April 12, 2013
Subject(s): Financial sector | Banks | Nonbank financial sector | Pension funds | Bank resolution | Deposit insurance | Financial safety nets | Basel Core Principles | Payment systems | Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes | Financial system stability assessment | Kosovo

Title: The Bahamas: Financial Sector Stability Assessment
Series: Country Report No. 13/101
Date: April 11, 2013
Subject(s): Financial sector | Banks | Bank supervision | Basel Core Principles | Financial safety nets | Deposit insurance | Risk management | Insurance | Capital markets | Pension funds | Payment systems | Financial system stability assessment | Bahamas, The

Title: Market-Based Structural Top-Down Stress Tests of the Banking System
Author/Editor: Chan-Lau, Jorge
Series: Working Paper No. 13/88
Date: April 10, 2013
Subject(s): Stress testing | Banking systems | Financial institutions | Emerging markets | Financial sector | Economic models

Title: Mauritius: 2013 Article IV Consultation
Series: Country Report No. 13/97
Date: April 8, 2013
Subject(s): Article IV consultation reports | Fiscal policy | Subsidies | Pricing policy | Labor markets | Fiscal reforms | Pension reforms | Monetary policy | Economic indicators | Debt sustainability analysis | Exchange rate assessments | Staff Reports | Public information notices | Mauritius

Title: Morocco: 2012 Article IV Consultation and First Review Under the Two-Year Precautionary and Liquidity Line—Staff Report; Public Information Notice and Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Morocco
Series: Country Report No. 13/96
Date: April 5, 2013
Subject(s): Article IV consultation reports | External shocks | Fiscal policy | Fiscal consolidation | Fiscal reforms | Financial sector | Banks | Monetary policy | Economic indicators | Staff Reports | Public information notices | Press releases | Precautionary and Liquidity Line | Morocco

Title: "Leaning Against the Wind" and the Timing of Monetary Policy
Author/Editor: Agur, Itai ; Demertzis, Maria
Series: Working Paper No. 13/86
Date: April 3, 2013
Subject(s): Monetary policy | Banking sector | Bank regulations | Financial stability | Economic models

Title: Italian Sovereign Spreads: Their Determinants and Pass-through to Bank Funding Costs and Lending Conditions
Author/Editor: Zoli, Edda
Series: Working Paper No. 13/84
Date: April 3, 2013
Subject(s): Banking sector | Italy | Sovereign debt | Loans | Financial instruments

Title: Democratic Republic of the Congo: 2012 Article IV Consultation—Staff Report; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Series: Country Report No. 13/94
Date: April 3, 2013
Subject(s): Article IV consultation reports | Fiscal policy | Mining sector | Transparency | Global competitiveness | Monetary policy | Reserves accumulation | Economic indicators | Debt sustainability analysis | Staff Reports | Public information notices | Congo, Democratic Republic of the

Title: West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU): Staff Report on Common Policies for Member Countries
Series: Country Report No. 13/92
Date: April 3, 2013
Subject(s): Economic growth | West African Economic and Monetary Union | Central American Bank for Economic Integration | Fiscal policy | Financial systems | Monetary policy | Banking sector | Bank supervision | Economic indicators | Staff Reports | Public information notices | West Africa

Title: Haiti: 2012 Article IV Consultation and Fifth Review Under the Extended Credit Facility
Series: Country Report No. 13/90
Date: April 2, 2013
Subject(s): Article IV consultation reports | Political economy | Economic growth | Fiscal policy | Public investment | Infrastructure | Social safety nets | Fiscal reforms | Monetary policy | Flexible exchange rate policy | Staff Reports | Public information notices | Haiti

Title: Labor Market Policies and IMF Advice in Advanced Economies during the Great Recession
Author/Editor: Blanchard, Olivier ; Jaumotte, Florence ; Loungani, Prakash
Series: Staff Discussion Notes No. 13/2
Date: March 29, 2013
Subject(s): Labor market policy | Developed countries | Economic recession | Unemployment | Minimum wage | Wage bargaining | Technical Assistance | Fund role

Title: Hungary: 2013 Article IV Consultation and Third Post Program Monitoring Discussions—Staff Report; Informational Annex; Public Information Notice; and Statement by the Executive Director
Series: Country Report No. 13/85
Date: March 29, 2013
Subject(s): Article IV consultation reports | Banking sector | Debt sustainability | Economic indicators | External debt | Fiscal policy | Monetary policy | Post-program monitoring | Public debt | Public information notices | Staff Reports | Hungary

Title: Too Cold, Too Hot, Or Just Right? Assessing Financial Sector Development Across the Globe
Author/Editor: Barajas, Adolfo ; Beck, Thorsten ; Dabla-Norris, Era ; Yousefi, Reza
Series: Working Paper No. 13/81
Date: March 28, 2013
Subject(s): Financial systems | Financial sector | Banks | Cross country analysis

Title: Panama: 2012 Article IV Consultation
Series: Country Report No. 13/88
Date: March 28, 2013
Subject(s): Article IV consultation reports | Economic growth | Fiscal policy | Public investment | Infrastructure | Tax administration | Fiscal reforms | Banking sector | Nonbank financial sector | Bank supervision | Economic indicators | Staff Reports | Public information notices | Panama

Title: Republic of Equatorial Guinea: 2012 Article IV Consultation - Staff Report, Informational Annex, Public Information Notice, Statement by the Executive Director, Observations by the Government
Series: Country Report No. 13/83
Date: March 28, 2013
Subject(s): Article IV consultation reports | Economic growth | Fiscal policy | Government expenditures | Infrastructure | Central African Economic and Monetary Community | Banking sector | Economic indicators | Staff Reports | Public information notices | Equatorial Guinea

Title: Republic of Lithuania: 2013 Article IV Consultation - Staff Report,Information Annex, Public Information Notice, Statement by the Executive Director
Series: Country Report No. 13/81
Date: March 28, 2013
Subject(s): Article IV consultation reports | Economic recovery | Economic growth | Unemployment | Labor market policy | Fiscal policy | Banking sector | Bank supervision | Credit expansion | Staff Reports | Public information notices | Lithuania

Title: The Day After Tomorrow: Designing an Optimal Fiscal Strategy for Libya
Author/Editor: Caceres, Carlos ; Cevik, Serhan ; Fenochietto, Ricardo ; Gracia, Borja
Series: Working Paper No. 13/79
Date: March 27, 2013
Subject(s): Fiscal policy | Libya | Hydrocarbons | Revenues | Fiscal sustainability

Title: Measuring and Mending Monetary Policy Effectiveness Under Capital Account Restrictions—Lessons from Mauritania
Author/Editor: Blotevogel, Robert
Series: Working Paper No. 13/77
Date: March 27, 2013
Subject(s): Monetary policy | Mauritania | Banking sector | Capital account | Low-income developing countries

Title: How Effective are Macroprudential Policies in China?
Author/Editor: Wang, Bin ; Sun, Tao
Series: Working Paper No. 13/75
Date: March 27, 2013
Subject(s): Macroprudential Policy | China | Financial risk | Banking sector

Title: Costa Rica: Selected Issues
Series: Country Report No. 13/80
Date: March 22, 2013
Subject(s): Spillovers | Economic growth | International trade | Banking sector | Public debt | Fiscal consolidation | Selected issues | Costa Rica

Title: Antigua and Barbuda: Staff Report for the 2012 Article IV Consultation, Seventh Review under the Stand-By Arrangement and Financing Assurances Review, Request for Waiver of Nonobservance of Performance Criterion and Request for Waiver of Applicability
Series: Country Report No. 13/76
Date: March 22, 2013
Subject(s): Article IV consultation reports | Economic growth | Fiscal policy | Fiscal consolidation | Fiscal reforms | Debt sustainability analysis | Financial sector | Bank resolution | Stand-by arrangement reviews | Economic indicators | Staff Reports | Public information notices | Press releases | Antigua and Barbuda

Title: Rwanda: 2012 Article IV Consultation and Fifth Review under the Policy Support Instrument and Request for Modification of Assessment Criteria —Staff Report; Staff Supplement; Public Information Notice and Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Rwanda
Series: Country Report No. 13/77
Date: March 21, 2013
Subject(s): Article IV consultation reports | Fiscal policy | Fiscal consolidation | Government expenditures | Debt sustainability analysis | Monetary policy | Economic indicators | Millennium Development Goals | Policy Support Instrument | Staff Reports | Press releases | Public information notices | Performance criteria modifications | Rwanda

Title: Non-Performing Loans in CESEE: Determinants and Impact on Macroeconomic Performance
Author/Editor: Klein, Nir
Series: Working Paper No. 13/72
Date: March 20, 2013
Subject(s): Loans | Eastern Europe | Banking sector | Credit expansion | Economic conditions | Economic models

Title: Factors Influencing Emerging Market Central Banks’ Decision to Intervene in Foreign Exchange Markets
Author/Editor: Malloy, Matthew
Series: Working Paper No. 13/70
Date: March 15, 2013
Subject(s): Central banks | Emerging markets | Exchange markets | Intervention | Reserves accumulation | Cross country analysis | Economic models

Title: European Union: Publication of Financial Sector Assessment Program Documentation—Technical Note on European Banking Authority
Series: Country Report No. 13/74
Date: March 15, 2013
Subject(s): Financial Sector Assessment Program | European Union | Banking sector | Bank supervision | Transparency | European Economic and Monetary Union | Europe

Title: European Union: Publication of Financial Sector Assessment Program Documentation—Technical Note on Cross-Border Issues, Central Counterparties, and Central Securities Depositories
Series: Country Report No. 13/72
Date: March 15, 2013
Subject(s): Financial Sector Assessment Program | European Union | Depositories | Securities markets | Capital markets | Payment systems | European Economic and Monetary Union | Europe

Title: European Union: Publication of Financial Sector Assessment Program Documentation—Technical Note on Macroprudential Oversight and the Role of the ESRB
Series: Country Report No. 13/70
Date: March 15, 2013
Subject(s): Financial Sector Assessment Program | European Union | Financial systems | Financial institutions | Macroprudential Policy | European Economic and Monetary Union | Europe

Title: European Union: Publication of Financial Sector Assessment Program Documentation—Technical Note on Stress Testing of Banks
Series: Country Report No. 13/68
Date: March 15, 2013
Subject(s): Financial Sector Assessment Program | European Union | Banking systems | Liquidity | Stress testing | Bank supervision | European Economic and Monetary Union | Europe

Title: European Union: Publication of Financial Sector Assessment Program Documentation—Technical Note on Deposit Insurance
Series: Country Report No. 13/66
Date: March 15, 2013
Subject(s): Financial Sector Assessment Program | European Union | Deposit insurance | Banks | Bank supervision | European Economic and Monetary Union | Europe

Title: The Economics of Political Transitions: Implications for the Arab Spring
Author/Editor: Khandelwal, Padamja ; Roitman, Agustin
Series: Working Paper No. 13/69
Date: March 13, 2013
Subject(s): Political economy | Egypt | Tunisia | Yemen | Jordan | Libya | Morocco | Economic conditions | Economic growth | Transition economies

Title: Burundi: Second Review Under the Extended Credit Facility—Staff Report; Staff Supplement; Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion
Series: Country Report No. 13/64
Date: March 11, 2013
Subject(s): Extended Credit Facility | Monetary policy | Economic growth | Financial management | Debt management | Debt sustainability | Inflation | Financial soundness indicators | Economic reforms | Revenue mobilization | Exchange rate policy | Fiscal policy | Staff Reports | Burundi

Title: Bangladesh: Joint Staff Advisory Note on the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
Series: Country Report No. 13/62
Date: March 11, 2013
Subject(s): Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers | Economic policy | Economic growth | Public investment programs | Private investment | Industrial policy | Public-private sector cooperation | Trade policy | Agricultural development | Infrastructure | Climate policy | Human capital | Social policy | Governance | Environmental policy | Bangladesh

Title: The Challenge of Debt Reduction during Fiscal Consolidation
Author/Editor: Eyraud, Luc ; Weber, Anke
Series: Working Paper No. 13/67
Date: March 8, 2013
Subject(s): Fiscal policy | Debt reduction | Fiscal consolidation | Public debt | Developed countries

Title: Rules, Discretion, and Macro-Prudential Policy
Author/Editor: Agur, Itai ; Sharma, Sunil
Series: Working Paper No. 13/65
Date: March 8, 2013
Subject(s): Macroprudential Policy | Monetary policy | Political economy | Financial systems | Financial risk

Title: Malaysia: Publication of Financial Sector Assessment Program Documentation—Detailed Assessment of Observance of Core Principles for Effective Deposit Insurance Systems
Series: Country Report No. 13/60
Date: March 8, 2013
Subject(s): Financial Sector Assessment Program | Deposit insurance | Banking sector | Islamic banking | Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes | Malaysia

Title: Malaysia: Publication of Financial Sector Assessment Program Documentation—Detailed Assessment of Observance of the CPSS-IOSCO Principles for Financial Market Infrastructures
Series: Country Report No. 13/58
Date: March 8, 2013
Subject(s): Financial Sector Assessment Program | Capital markets | Payment systems | Securities markets | Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes | Malaysia

Title: Malaysia: Publication of Financial Sector Assessment Program Documentation—Detailed Assessment of Basel Core Principles for Effective Banking Supervision
Series: Country Report No. 13/56
Date: March 8, 2013
Subject(s): Financial Sector Assessment Program | Banking sector | Basel Core Principles | Bank supervision | Bank regulations | Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes | Malaysia

Title: Stock-Flow Adjustments, Government’s Integrated Balance Sheet and Fiscal Transparency
Author/Editor: Seiferling, Mike
Series: Working Paper No. 13/63
Date: March 7, 2013
Subject(s): Government finance statistics | Accounting | Fiscal transparency | Public finance

Title: Forecasting and Monetary Policy Analysis in Low-Income Countries: Food and non-Food Inflation in Kenya
Author/Editor: Andrle, Michal ; Berg, Andrew ; Morales, R. ; Portillo, Rafael ; Vlcek, Jan
Series: Working Paper No. 13/61
Date: March 7, 2013
Subject(s): Economic forecasting | Kenya | Food imports | Inflation | Monetary policy | Low-income developing countries | Forecasting models

Title: External Linkages and Policy Constraints in Saudi Arabia
Author/Editor: Westelius, Niklas
Series: Working Paper No. 13/59
Date: March 5, 2013
Subject(s): Monetary policy | Saudi Arabia | United States | Asia | Monetary transmission mechanism | Fiscal policy | Foreign labor | Capital flows | Business cycles | Oil prices | Oil production | Financial sector

Title: Research at the IMF: Relevance and Utilization
Series: Independent Evaluation Office Reports
Date: March 4, 2013

Title: Targeting, Cascading, and Indirect Tax Design
Author/Editor: Keen, Michael
Series: Working Paper No. 13/57
Date: February 28, 2013
Subject(s): Indirect taxation | Value added tax | Income | Consumption | Taxes

Title: Malaysia: Financial Sector Stability Assessment
Series: Country Report No. 13/52
Date: February 28, 2013
Subject(s): Financial sector | Banks | Islamic banking | Financial institutions | Bank supervision | Bank resolution | Liquidity management | Deposit insurance | Risk management | Anti-money laundering | Combating the financing of terrorism | Financial system stability assessment | Malaysia

Title: Information Rigidities in Economic Growth Forecasts: Evidence from a Large International Panel
Author/Editor: Dovern, Jonas ; Fritsche, Ulrich ; Loungani, Prakash ; Tamirisa, Natalia
Series: Working Paper No. 13/56
Date: February 27, 2013
Subject(s): Economic growth | Developed countries | Emerging markets | Economic forecasting

Title: Systemic Contingent Claims Analysis – Estimating Market-Implied Systemic Risk
Author/Editor: Jobst, Andreas A. ; Gray, Dale
Series: Working Paper No. 13/54
Date: February 27, 2013
Subject(s): Financial sector | Financial institutions | Banks | Risk management

Title: Outward Foreign Direct Investment and Domestic Investment: the Case of Developing Countries
Author/Editor: Al-sadiq, Ali
Series: Working Paper No. 13/52
Date: February 26, 2013
Subject(s): Foreign direct investment | Developing countries | Transition economies | Capital flows | Economic growth | Economic models

Title: The Endogenous Skill Bias of Technical Change and Inequality in Developing Countries
Author/Editor: Behar, Alberto
Series: Working Paper No. 13/50
Date: February 26, 2013
Subject(s): Skilled labor | Developing countries | Technology transfer | Economic models

Title: Fiscal Multipliers in Bulgaria: Low But Still Relevant
Author/Editor: Muir, Dirk ; Weber, Anke
Series: Working Paper No. 13/49
Date: February 25, 2013
Subject(s): Fiscal policy | Bulgaria | Economic growth | Industrial production | Economic models

Title: Financial Stability In An Evolving Regulatory And Supervisory Landscape
Author/Editor: Xiao, Yingbin
Series: Working Paper No. 13/47
Date: February 25, 2013
Subject(s): Banks | Denmark | Loans | Commercial banks | Bank regulations | Bank supervision | Financial stability

Title: Colombia: Financial System Stability Assessment
Series: Country Report No. 13/50
Date: February 22, 2013
Subject(s): Financial system stability assessment | Financial sector | Banks | Bank supervision | Basel Core Principles | Stress testing | Liquidity management | Bank resolution | Insurance supervision | Capital markets | Pensions | Financial stability | Risk management | Colombia

Title: Algeria: Selected Issues Paper
Series: Country Report No. 13/48
Date: February 22, 2013
Subject(s): Selected issues | Economic growth | Fiscal policy | Fiscal reforms | Inflation targeting | Monetary policy | Algeria

Title: Peru: Selected Issues Paper
Series: Country Report No. 13/46
Date: February 22, 2013
Subject(s): Selected issues | Fiscal policy | Public sector savings | Public debt | Banking sector | International trade | Terms of trade | Exports | Commodity prices | Mining sector | Monetary policy | Peru

Title: Namibia: 2012 Article IV Consultation
Series: Country Report No. 13/43
Date: February 22, 2013
Subject(s): Article IV consultation reports | Fiscal policy | Economic growth | Spillovers | Unemployment | Fiscal reforms | Public enterprises | Reserves adequacy | Financial stability | Exchange rate assessments | Economic indicators | Public information notices | Staff Reports | Namibia

Title: St. Kitts and Nevis—Fourth Review Under the Stand-By Arrangement, Financing Assurances Review and Request for Waivers of Applicability—Staff Report and Press Release
Series: Country Report No. 13/42
Date: February 21, 2013
Subject(s): Stand-by arrangement reviews | Fiscal policy | Public debt | Debt restructuring | Fiscal reforms | Banking sector | Economic indicators | Staff Reports | Press releases | Performance criteria waivers | Saint Kitts and Nevis