Liberalizing Capital Flows and Managing Outflows

Policy Papers, March 13, 2012

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Bibliographic details

• Published: March 13, 2012
• Series: Policy Papers

Summary and context

• This is the fourth in a series of Board papers developing a comprehensive Fund view on capital flows and the policies that affect them.
• Sequence of prior papers in the series:
  • First paper: December 2010 — dealt with the Fund’s overall role in this area, both historically and prospectively.
  • Second paper: March 2011 — developed a framework for policy advice on managing capital inflows, broadly endorsed by the Board; constitutes a first round articulation of the Fund’s institutional views on managing capital inflows.
  • Third paper: November 2011 — examined the multilateral aspects of policies affecting capital flows, and focused mainly on source country policies.
• This (fourth) paper covers liberalizing capital flows and the management of outflows.

Publication details and access

• Publication date: March 13, 2012
• Format noted on page: Download PDF
• The IMF eLibrary is referenced as offering over 25,000 IMF publications in multiple formats.

Thematic focus and subjects

• Core topics indicated on the page:
  • Capital flows
  • Capital outflows
  • China
  • Developing countries
  • Emerging markets
  • Fund role
  • India

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Liberalizing Capital Flows and Managing Outflows, March 13, 2012.

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