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This is the latest in a series of economic reports by staff economists in the IMF’s Middle Eastern Department. This book discusses the latest economic data coming out of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, with a particular emphasis on growing demographic concerns. The work is enhanced by the addition of numerous data tables and graphs, which extensively analyze economic trends in the region.

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Prize or Penalty: When Sports Help Economies Score" looks at why countries vie to host the world's most costly sporting events. And, in a series of articles on "After the Crisis," we discuss why some countries were hit harder than others; how were shocks transmitted round the world, and whether protectionist pressures might intensify in 2010. As usual, we take on a number of hot topics, including housing prices, bankers' bonuses, Ponzi schemes, and inflation targeting. In "Picture This" we see that the number of hungry is on the rise, topping 1 billion. Our regular "People in Economics" column profiles Daron Acemoglu, the Turkish-born intellectual who won the American Economic Association's award in 2005 for the most influential U.S. economist under the age of 40. "Back to Basics" explains inflation; and "Data Spotlight" looks at how dollarization is declining in Latin America. Also includes articles by Nick Stern on climate change and Simon Johnson on bonuses and the "doomsday cycle.

Economics. --- Macroeconomics. --- Microeconomics. --- Exports and Imports --- Inflation --- Macroeconomics --- Money and Monetary Policy --- Real Estate --- Price Level --- Deflation --- Housing Supply and Markets --- Banks --- Depository Institutions --- Micro Finance Institutions --- Mortgages --- Financial Crises --- Trade Policy --- International Trade Organizations --- Monetary economics --- Property & real estate --- International economics --- Banking --- Housing prices --- Financial crises --- Inflation targeting --- High frequency trading --- Prices --- Housing --- Monetary policy --- Banks and banking --- United States

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This edition of the World Economic Outlook explores how a dramatic escalation of the financial crisis in September 2008 provoked an unprecedented contraction of activity and trade, despite active policy responses. It presents economic projections for 2009 and 2010, and also looks beyond the current crisis, considering factors that will shape the landscape of the global economy over the medium term, as businesses and households seek to repair the damage. The analysis also outlines the difficult policy challenges presented by the overwhelming imperative to take all steps necessary to restore financial stability and revive the global economy, and the longer-run need for national actions to be mutually supporting. The first of two analytical chapters, "What Kind of Economic Recovery?" explores the shape of the eventual recovery. The second, "The Transmission of Financial Stress from Advanced to Emerging and Developing Economies," focuses on the role of external financial linkages and financial stress in transmitting economic shocks.

Banks and Banking --- Financial Risk Management --- Inflation --- Macroeconomics --- Money and Monetary Policy --- Financial Crises --- Commodity Markets --- Price Level --- Deflation --- Banks --- Depository Institutions --- Micro Finance Institutions --- Mortgages --- Fiscal Policy --- Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit: General --- Economic & financial crises & disasters --- Banking --- Monetary economics --- Investment & securities --- Financial crises --- Commodity prices --- Credit --- Prices --- Fiscal policy --- Banks and banking --- United States

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Spurred by advances in information and computer technologies, financial liberalization and innovation took off inthe late 1970s. Although the changes in financial markets have been beneficial overall, our understanding of the new risks to financial stability lags behind, as demonstrated by the financial crises of the past couple of decades. The study of international financial stability - a public good - is still in its infancy. This pamphlet, aimed at stimulating further debate on the subject, proposes a definition of financial stability and a broad framework for safeguarding it without inhibiting its dynamic development or limiting its benefits.

Finance: General --- Macroeconomics --- Industries: Financial Services --- General Financial Markets: Government Policy and Regulation --- Price Level --- Inflation --- Deflation --- Banks --- Depository Institutions --- Micro Finance Institutions --- Mortgages --- Financial Institutions and Services: Government Policy and Regulation --- Finance --- Financial sector stability --- Financial stability assessment --- Asset prices --- Loans --- Financial services --- Financial services industry --- Prices --- United States

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The changing political landscape in the Arab world has created opportunities for economic transformation by tackling long-standing economic issues. Nevertheless, three years after the onset of political transition, implementing necessary economic policies has proven to be challenging. This paper lays out key elements of economic policy reform for Arab countries in transition.

Banking --- Banks and Banking --- Banks and banking --- Banks --- Currency --- Depository Institutions --- Exchange rate arrangements --- Exchange rate flexibility --- Expenditure --- Expenditures, Public --- Foreign Exchange --- Foreign exchange --- Micro Finance Institutions --- Mortgages --- National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: General --- Public finance & taxation --- Public Finance --- Revenue administration --- Revenue --- Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue: General --- Morocco