1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910464012103321

Autore

Honda Jiro

Titolo

Do IMF programs improve economic governance? / / Jiro Honda

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, District of Columbia] : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2008

©2008

ISBN

1-4623-1846-0

1-4527-3395-3

1-4518-6974-6

1-282-84068-1

9786612840685

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (34 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Disciplina

353.00722

Soggetti

Economic assistance - Developing countries - Econometric models

Economic development - Developing countries - Econometric models

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Table of Contents; I. Background; II. The IMF's Approach to Economic Governance; A. The Approach; B. Literature Review; III. Stylized Facts About Economic Governance in Developing Countries; IV. Empirical Framework; A. Model; B. Data; C. Results; V. Concluding Remarks

Sommario/riassunto

This paper examines the effects of IMF financial assistance on economic governance in developing countries, based on panel data analyses of perceived governance indicators. It uses a two-stage approach to address possible endogeneity issues. The results show that successful implementation of IMF programs is associated with improvements in the quality of economic governance. Specifically, the paper finds statistically robust results that IMF concessional programs through the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility tend to enhance the rule of law and strengthen control of corruption. Through this



2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996466590703316

Titolo

Mathematical research today and tomorrow : viewpoints of seven Fields medalists : lectures given at the Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Barcelona, Spain, June 1991 / / editors C. Casacuberta, M. Castellet

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin : , : Springer-Verlag, , [1992]

©1992

ISBN

3-540-47341-6

Edizione

[1st ed. 1992.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (X, 122 p.)

Collana

Lecture notes in mathematics (Springer-Verlag) ; ; 1525

Disciplina

510

Soggetti

Mathematics - Research

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

Leaving mathematics for philosophy -- Rôle of integrable models in the development of mathematics -- The current state and prospects of geometry and nonlinear differential equations -- Noncommutative geometry -- Theory of computation -- Knots in mathematics and physics -- Recent progress in diophantine geometry -- Round-table discussion.

Sommario/riassunto

The Symposium on the Current State and Prospects of Mathematics was held in Barcelona from June 13 to June 18, 1991. Seven invited Fields medalists gavetalks on the development of their respective research fields. The contents of all lectures were collected in the volume, together witha transcription of a round table discussion held during the Symposium. All papers are expository. Some parts include precise technical statements of recent results, but the greater part consists of narrative text addressed to a very broad mathematical public. CONTENTS: R. Thom: Leaving Mathematics for Philosophy.- S. Novikov: Role of Integrable Models in the Development of Mathematics.- S.-T. Yau: The Current State and Prospects of Geometry and Nonlinear Differential Equations.- A. Connes: Noncommutative Geometry.- S. Smale: Theory of Computation.- V. Jones: Knots in Mathematics and Physics.- G. Faltings: Recent Progress in Diophantine Geometry.