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  "title": "IMF Staff Papers, Volume 54, No. 4",
  "publication": "IMF Staff Papers, April 7, 2008",
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  "summary": "In this issue, authors from the IMF and from Argentine institutions team up to review how different banks behaved and were hurt during the country's crisis. Atsushi Iimi looks at how countries can escape from the resource curse in a comparative analysis that focuses on Botswana.",
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      "heading": "Overview",
      "content": "- In this issue, authors from the IMF and from Argentine institutions team up to review how different banks behaved and were hurt during the country's crisis.\n- Atsushi Iimi looks at how countries can escape from the resource curse in a comparative analysis that focuses on Botswana.\n- John Cady and Jesus Gonzalez-Garcia examine the relationship between exchange rate volatility and the transparency of reserves.\n- The issue also includes a comprehensive index of all Volume 54 papers by author, title, subject, and JEL classification."
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      "heading": "Major contributions and themes",
      "content": "- Banking and crisis dynamics\n  - Review of how different banks behaved and were hurt during Argentina's crisis (collaboration between IMF and Argentine institutions).\n- Natural resource economics\n  - Comparative analysis on escaping the resource curse with a focus on Botswana (Atsushi Iimi).\n- Exchange rates and reserve transparency\n  - Examination of the relationship between exchange rate volatility and the transparency of reserves (John Cady and Jesus Gonzalez-Garcia).\n- Scholarly apparatus\n  - Comprehensive index of all Volume 54 papers by author, title, subject, and JEL classification."
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      "heading": "Subjects and keywords",
      "content": "- Subjects: Bank deposits, Banking, Commercial banks, Currencies, Environment, Exchange rates, Financial institutions, Financial services, Inflation, Money, Natural resources, Prices\n- Keywords: Africa, Asia and Pacific, Bank deposits, bank fundamentals, Commercial banks, Currencies, East Asia, Europe, Global, home equity, Inflation, natural resource, Natural resources, reserves template, revenue series, South Asia, SP, Sub-Saharan Africa, West Africa\n\n---\n\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/imf-staff-papers/issues/2016/12/31/imf-staff-papers-volume-54-no-19773"
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    "Published: April 7, 2008",
    "Series: IMF Staff Papers",
    "Volume: 54",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781589066526.024",
    "In this issue, authors from the IMF and from Argentine institutions team up to review how different banks behaved and were hurt during the country's crisis.",
    "Atsushi Iimi looks at how countries can escape from the resource curse in a comparative analysis that focuses on Botswana.",
    "John Cady and Jesus Gonzalez-Garcia examine the relationship between exchange rate volatility and the transparency of reserves.",
    "The issue also includes a comprehensive index of all Volume 54 papers by author, title, subject, and JEL classification.",
    "Banking and crisis dynamics",
    "Natural resource economics",
    "Exchange rates and reserve transparency",
    "Scholarly apparatus",
    "Subjects: Bank deposits, Banking, Commercial banks, Currencies, Environment, Exchange rates, Financial institutions, Financial services, Inflation, Money, Natural resources, Prices",
    "Keywords: Africa, Asia and Pacific, Bank deposits, bank fundamentals, Commercial banks, Currencies, East Asia, Europe, Global, home equity, Inflation, natural resource, Natural resources, reserves template, revenue series, South Asia, SP, Sub-Saharan Africa, West Africa"
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