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Going Broke? Why Pension Reforms Are Needed in Emerging Economies
By Mauricio Soto We’re all getting older, and there’s no doubt that pension reform is a hot topic in the advanced economies. But it’s also critical in emerging economies. Our analysis here at the IMF...
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Escaping the Resource Curse
By Mauricio Villafuerte (Version in عربي) It reads like a script for a Hollywood movie—a poor protagonist happens upon an opportunity that has the potential of bestowing riches, but an evil curse...
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Taking Stock: Public Finances Now Stronger in Many Countries
By Carlo Cottarelli (Versions in عربي, 中文, Español, Français, Русский, 日本語) The slow global recovery is making fiscal adjustment more difficult around the world, but this doesn’t mean that little has...
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The Lowdown on U.S. Core Inflation
By Yasser Abdih There was a time when U.S. central bankers worried that inflation was too high, and they tried to bring it down. Now the opposite is true: the Federal Reserve is concerned that...
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The Case for Fiscal Policy to Support Structural Reforms
By Angana Banerji, Era Dabla-Norris, Romain Duval, and Davide Furceri Versions in 中文 (Chinese), Français (French),Deutsch (German), Русский (Russian), and Español (Spanish) Many advanced countries need...
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Higher Policy Uncertainty Could Be Bad News for Japan’s Economy
by Elif C. Arbatli, Steven J. Davis, and Arata Ito May 30, 2017 Version in 中文 (Chinese), 日本語 (Japanese) Policy uncertainty remains a challenge in Japan, and can harm the country’s economic...
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Corrosive and Costly Corruption
By IMFblog July 14, 2017 Corruption can hurt growth and ruin people’s economic chances (photo: Eugene Keebler/iStock) Corruption can lead to pervasive distrust in government, generating violence,...
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Managing Debt Vulnerabilities in Low-Income and Developing Countries
By Tao Zhang March 22, 2018 Versions in Português (Portuguese) Congested streets in Dhaka, Bangladesh. In a third of low-income countries, including Bangladesh, government deficits finance investment...
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Asia Needs More Access to Financial Services to Grow
By Sarwat Jahan, Elena Loukoianova, Cormac Sullivan and Yongzheng Yang September 18, 2018 中文, 日本語 A customer pays at a supermarket using her smartphone in Bangkok, Thailand: urban and rural areas in...
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