Books
1990
March 15, 1990
Strategies for Structural Adjustment: The Experience of Southeast Asia, papers presented at a seminar held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, June 28-July 1, 1989
Description: This collection of papers delivered at a seminar, moderated by Ungku A. Aziz, in Kuala Lumpur addresses issues of economic and structural adjustment and trade and exchange rate policies in Southeast Asia.
March 15, 1990
Legal Effects of Fluctuating Exchange Rates
Description: This volume, by Joseph Gold, discusses some of the major letgal effects of fluctuating exchange rates in both public international law and national law. The problems and similarities in the solutions are reviewed, and the author recommends further developments in the law.
March 15, 1990
Investment Policies in the Arab Countries: Papers Presented at a Seminar held in Kuwait, December 11-13, 1989
Description: This volume, edited by Said El-Naggar, examines the impact of macro- and microeconomic policies on the investment climate in the Arab countries, the efficiency of public investment, and the role of foreign direct investment.
1989
June 15, 1989
Privatization and Structural Adjustment in the Arab Countries: Papers Presented at a Seminar held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, December 5-7, 1988
Description: This seminar volume, edited by Said El-Naggar, examines the challenge that Arab countries with large public sectors face in placing the privatization process within the wider context of structural change.
Notes: Reprinted 1993. The seminar was sponsored by the Arab Monetary Fund, the International Monetary Fund, the United Nations Development Program, and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia.
June 15, 1989
Macroeconomic Policies in an Interdependent World
Description: Copublished with the Brookings Institution, Washington D.C. and the Centre for Economic Policy Research, London, and edited by Ralph Bryant, David Currie, Jacob A. Frenkel, Paul Masson, and Richard Portes, this volume considers economic interdependence among well developed countries as well as between them and the developing regions of the world.
Notes: Papers from a conference held at the Brookings Institution in Dec. 1988, sponsored by the institution, the International Monetary Fund, and the Centre for Economic Policy Research.
June 15, 1989
Fiscal Policy, Stabilization, and Growth in Developing Countries
Description: Edited by Mario I. Blejer and Ke-young Chu, this book investigates linkages among components of the public sector, as well as between macro and micro aspects of fiscal policy, in developing countries. It presents 13 papers prepared by economists of the IMF's Fiscal Affairs Department.
Notes: Reprinted 1992.
June 15, 1989
Economic Development in Seven Pacific Island Countries
Description: This book, by Christopher Browne with Douglas A. Scott, reviews the economic progress that Fiji, Kiribati, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu, and Western Samoa have made since independence. An overview of the region examines development strategies, external economic relations, the role of the private sector, and the evolution of financial structures. Seven country studies describe the main characteristics of each economy, analyze performance over the past decade, and provide detailed statistics suitable for cross-country comparison.
June 15, 1989
Fiscal Policy, Economic Adjustment, and Financial Markets
Description: Edited by Mario Monti, this volume contains the proceedings of a seminar that was held in Milan at the Centre for Financial and Monetary Economics, Universitá Luigi Bocconi. Participants included government officials, academicians, and economists; they provide a many-faceted view of fiscal policy at the domestic level and in the broader context of international policy coordination.
Notes: Papers presented at a seminar sponsored by the International Monetary Fund and Centro di Economia monetaria finanziaria, Universita Bocconi, held in Milan on January 28-30, 1988. Published jointly by the International Monetary Fund, Washington, D.C. and Centro di Economia monetaria e finanziaria, Milan.
March 15, 1989
Analytical Issues in Debt
Description: This book, edited by Jacob A. Frenkel, Michael P. Dooley, and Peter Wickham, presents a sample of the work of the IMF and that of world-renowned scholars on the analytical issues surrounding the explosion of countries with debt-servicing difficulties and describes debt initiatives and debt-reduction techniques that hold the best promise for finding a lasting solution to the problems of debtor countries.
March 15, 1989
Government Budgeting and Expenditure Controls: Theory and Practice
Description: This book, written by A. Premchand, offers a comprehensive review of fiscal policies and their implications for budgeting and expenditure controls. It provides an in-depth discussion of techniques, procedures, and processes of budgeting with illustrative material drawn from the experiences of industrial and developing countries.