North-South Linkages and International Macroeconomic Policy

North-South Linkages and International Macroeconomic Policy

Author: David Vines

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1995-09-21

Total Pages: 436

ISBN-13: 9780521462341

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Researchers have begun to apply economic techniques initially developed to analyse the industrialised countries to analyse North-South interactions in the world economy. This volume, derived from a CEPR conference, brings together theoretical and empirical papers on fiscal, monetary and trade linkages between the North and South. The papers use the advances in the use of the major macroeconomic models to simulate global and inter-regional interactions, and to analyse the implications for the South of macroeconomic developments in the North. They also examine international policy questions in a genuinely global context, and consider the design of policy packages for the Third World (aid versus trade, growth-oriented adjustment) in an empirical context. This volume provides a useful overview of the flourishing research area relating to interactions between North and South, and highlights areas where future research is needed.


Have North-South Growth Linkages Changed?

Have North-South Growth Linkages Changed?

Author: Mr.Alexander W. Hoffmaister

Publisher: International Monetary Fund

Published: 1996-05-01

Total Pages: 38

ISBN-13: 1451969627

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This paper provides preliminary econometric evidence suggesting that the traditional trade-based business cycle linkages between the North and the South have changed. Many countries in the South, in particular in Asia, appear to have become more resilient to cyclical movements in the North, and to have come to play a more significant role in sustaining global activity, in particular during the 1991-93 slowdown. A number of factors may have contributed to these changes: improved domestic policies and more open trade and exchange regimes; closer financial linkages with the North and a substantial increase in capital flows; a marked rise in inter-regional trade; and greater diversification of the exports of the South.


Trade Policy Issues in Asian Development

Trade Policy Issues in Asian Development

Author: Prema-chandra Athukorala

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 1998-11-05

Total Pages: 261

ISBN-13: 1134701233

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This study examines issues of trade and policy in developing Asian economies such as Sri Lanka, Malaysia, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand.


Economic and Political Institutions in Economic Policy

Economic and Political Institutions in Economic Policy

Author: Vitantonio Muscatelli

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 172

ISBN-13: 9780719049934

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Bringing together leading names from different economic disciplines, the volume includes chapters on elections and the economy, distributional policies and constitutional design, and government and the market.


Development and International Economics

Development and International Economics

Author: André Nyembwe

Publisher: Presses univ. de Louvain

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13: 9782874631214

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The book provides a collection of interesting analytical views on contemporaneous issues of development and international economics such as globalization, brain drain toward developed countries, the European business cycle’s impact on African economies, the importance of capital maintenance for growth, and so on. The research results provided by the authors, of whom several are – or have been – members of the Académie Louvain, can be used as starting points for further development of the various covered fields. The book turns out to be a “value-added” contribution to economic literature advances and a remarkable opportunity to honor the memory of Michel Norro, who had a long-lasting career in teaching international economics and critiquing development policies, with a special focus on those which affect African economies. People interested in African economy analysis have inherited his valuable book Économies africaines.


The Economics of Globalization

The Economics of Globalization

Author: Assaf Razin

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1999-04-13

Total Pages: 436

ISBN-13: 9780521622684

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The growing economic openness expressed in the globalization of independent economic systems has created problems as well as opportunities that cross formal borders in unexpected ways. Professors Assaf Razin and Efraim Sadka explore the ramifications of globalization in selected public finance issue areas. Seven main topics are covered by the sixteen papers in the volume: the international mobility of technology; capital flows and exchange rate misalignments; tax incentives and patterns of capital flows; income redistribution and social insurance in federal systems; tax harmonization and coordination; political economy aspects of international tax competition; the migration of skilled and unskilled labour; and the fiscal aspects of monetary unification.


Challenges of Growth and Globalization in the Middle East and North Africa

Challenges of Growth and Globalization in the Middle East and North Africa

Author: Mr.Hamid R Davoodi

Publisher: International Monetary Fund

Published: 2003-09-05

Total Pages: 44

ISBN-13: 9781589062290

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The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is an economically diverse region. Despite undertaking economic reforms in many countries, and having considerable success in avoiding crises and achieving macroeconomic stability, the region’s economic performance in the past 30 years has been below potential. This paper takes stock of the region’s relatively weak performance, explores the reasons for this out come, and proposes an agenda for urgent reforms.