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  "title": "Managing Financial Crises: The Experience in East Asia",
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  "summary": "The Asian financial crisis of 1997-98 was one of the most dramatic economic events of recent times, which raised many questions regarding the appropriate policy response to financial crises.",
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      "content": "- Crisis management strategy:\n  - Assessment of the overall strategy used during the 1997-98 crisis.\n  - Examination of how that strategy was implemented in practice.\n- Financing during crises:\n  - Role of official financing.\n  - Role of private financing.\n- Structural reforms:\n  - Review of structural reform measures undertaken in affected economies.\n- Monetary and fiscal policy responses:\n  - Analysis of monetary tightening and monetary policy actions.\n  - Analysis of fiscal policy measures."
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    "Authors: Timothy D. Lane, A. J Hamann, Marianne Schulze-Gattas, Steven T Phillips, Atish R. Ghosh, Alex Mourmouras, Jack Boorman",
    "Published: June 1, 2000",
    "Series: IMF Working Papers",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451852974.001",
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