## IMF Staff Papers, Volume 54, No. 4

_IMF Staff Papers, April 7, 2008_

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**Canonical URL:** [IMF Staff Papers, Volume 54, No. 4](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/imf-staff-papers/issues/2016/12/31/imf-staff-papers-volume-54-no-19773)

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: April 7, 2008
- Series: IMF Staff Papers
- Volume: 54
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781589066526.024

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### Overview
- 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.

### Major contributions and themes
- Banking and crisis dynamics
  - Review of how different banks behaved and were hurt during Argentina's crisis (collaboration between IMF and Argentine institutions).
- Natural resource economics
  - Comparative analysis on escaping the resource curse with a focus on Botswana (Atsushi Iimi).
- Exchange rates and reserve transparency
  - Examination of the relationship between exchange rate volatility and the transparency of reserves (John Cady and Jesus Gonzalez-Garcia).
- Scholarly apparatus
  - Comprehensive index of all Volume 54 papers by author, title, subject, and JEL classification.

### Subjects and keywords
- 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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