Title: The Global Financial Crisis: Impact on WAEMU Member Countries and Policy Options
Author/Editor: Mueller, Johannes ; Yackovlev, Irene ; Weisfeld, Hans
Series: Staff Position Note No. 2009/16
Date: July 2, 2009

Title: Cape Verde: Sixth Review Under the Policy Support Instrument and Request for a One-Year Extension of the Policy Support Instrument - Staff Report; Press Release
Series: Country Report No. 09/198
Date: June 30, 2009
Subject(s): Announcements | Debt sustainability | Economic growth | Economic indicators | Extended arrangement requests | External shocks | Financial sector | Fiscal policy | Inflation | Monetary policy | Policy Support Instrument | Reserves accumulation | Staff Reports | Cape Verde

Title: Kiribati: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix
Series: Country Report No. 09/196
Date: June 30, 2009
Subject(s): Climatic changes | Fiscal policy | Fiscal reforms | Insurance | Reserves | Revenue sources | Selected issues | Kiribati

Title: Ireland: 2009 Article IV Consultation - Staff Report; and Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion
Series: Country Report No. 09/195
Date: June 24, 2009
Subject(s): Article IV consultation reports | Bank restructuring | Banking sector | Banks | Central bank policy | Economic growth | Economic indicators | External shocks | Fiscal consolidation | Fiscal policy | Global competitiveness | Labor costs | Public information | Staff Reports | Ireland

Title: Norway: Report on Observance of Standards and Codes - Fiscal Transparency Module
Series: Country Report No. 09/193
Date: June 19, 2009
Subject(s): Accounting | Budgetary policy | Budgets | Central bank policy | Corporate sector | Fiscal management | Fiscal policy | Fiscal transparency | Governance | Government expenditures | Legislation | Private sector | Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes | Tax administration | Norway

Title: Kenya: Request for Disbursement Under the Rapid-Access Component of the Exogenous Shocks Facility - Staff Report; Staff Supplement; Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Kenya
Series: Country Report No. 09/191
Date: June 18, 2009
Subject(s): Economic indicators | Exogenous Shocks Facility | Fiscal policy | Fiscal reforms | Governance | Monetary policy | Political economy | Reserves accumulation | Kenya

Title: The Bahamas: 2009 Article IV Consultation - Staff Report; Staff Supplement; and Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion
Series: Country Report No. 09/189
Date: June 17, 2009
Subject(s): Article IV consultation reports | Bank supervision | Banking sector | Budgeting | Central bank policy | Economic indicators | Exchange rate regimes | Financial management | Fiscal policy | Fiscal reforms | Monetary policy | Public information | Staff Reports | Bahamas, The

Title: The Southern African Development Community's Macroeconomic Convergence Program: Initial Performance
Author/Editor: Burgess, Robert
Series: Staff Position Note No. 2009/14
Date: June 15, 2009
Subject(s): Cross country analysis | Current account balances | Economic growth | Economic integration | Fiscal management | Fiscal sustainability | Inflation | Monetary unions | Public debt | Southern Africa

Title: Paraguay: Selected Issues
Series: Country Report No. 09/184
Date: June 12, 2009
Subject(s): Banking crisis | Banking sector | Banks | Business cycles | Economic growth | Economic models | Fiscal policy | Monetary policy | Selected issues | Paraguay

Title: Romania: Request for Stand-By Arrangement - Staff Report; Staff Supplements; and Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion
Series: Country Report No. 09/183
Date: June 10, 2009
Subject(s): Announcements | Banking sector | Capital markets | Central bank policy | Economic growth | Economic indicators | External shocks | Financial sector | Fiscal policy | Governance | Monetary policy | Staff Reports | Stand-by arrangement requests | Use of Fund resources | Romania

Title: St. Vincent and the Grenadines: 2009 Article IV Consultation and Request for Disbursement Under the Rapid-Access Component of the Exogenous Shocks Facility - Staff Report; Staff Supplement; Public Information Notice and Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Series: Country Report No. 09/181
Date: June 8, 2009
Subject(s): Announcements | Article IV consultation reports | Bank supervision | Debt sustainability | Economic growth | Economic indicators | Exogenous Shocks Facility | Fiscal policy | Nonbank financial sector | Public information | Risk management | Staff Reports | Tax reforms | Tourism | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Title: United Republic of Tanzania: 2009 Article IV Consultation, Fifth Review Under the Policy Support Instrument, Request for a Twelve-Month Arrangement Under the Exogenous Shocks Facility, and Request for an Extension of the Policy Support Instrument - Staff Report; Staff Supplement; Public Information Notice and Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for United Republic of Tanzania
Series: Country Report No. 09/179
Date: June 8, 2009
Subject(s): Announcements | Article IV consultation reports | Banking sector | Economic growth | Economic indicators | Exogenous Shocks Facility | Extended arrangement requests | Financial management | Fiscal policy | Monetary policy | Pension funds | Policy Support Instrument | Public information | Staff Reports | Tanzania

Title: The Economics of Bank Restructuring: Understanding the Options
Author/Editor: Landier, Augustin ; Ueda, Kenichi
Series: Staff Position Note No. 2009/12
Date: June 5, 2009
Subject(s): Asset liquidation | Asset management | Asset prices | Bank resolution | Bank restructuring | Banking sector | Banks | Cross country analysis | Debt restructuring | Economic models | Switzerland | United Kingdom | United States

Title: Republic of Tajikistan - 2009 Article IV Consultation, Final Review Under the Staff-Monitored Program, and Request for a Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility - Staff Report; Staff Supplement; Staff Statement; Public Information Notice and Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for the Republic of Tajikistan.
Series: Country Report No. 09/174
Date: June 3, 2009
Subject(s): Agricultural sector | Announcements | Article IV consultation reports | Banking sector | Cotton | Economic growth | Economic indicators | Economic reforms | External shocks | Fiscal policy | Flexible exchange rate policy | Monetary policy | Public information | Stand-by arrangement requests | Tajikistan

Title: Eastern Caribbean Currency Union: 2009 Discussion on Common Policies of Members Countries - Staff Report; and Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion
Series: Country Report No. 09/175
Date: June 2, 2009
Subject(s): Bank supervision | Banking sector | Credit risk | Debt management | Economic growth | Economic indicators | Fiscal consolidation | Fiscal policy | Fiscal reforms | Monetary policy | Monetary unions | Nonbank financial sector | Public information | Staff Reports | Antigua and Barbuda | Dominica | Grenada | Saint Kitts and Nevis | Saint Lucia | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Title: Niger: Second Review Under the Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility and Request for Modification of Performance Criteria - Staff Report; Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion
Series: Country Report No. 09/172
Date: June 2, 2009
Subject(s): Announcements | Article IV consultation reports | Economic growth | Economic indicators | Financial sector | Fiscal policy | Fiscal reforms | Millennium Development Goals | Mining sector | Performance criteria modifications | Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility | Social indicators | Staff Reports | Tax administration | Niger

Title: The Transmission of Financial Stress from Advanced to Emerging Economies
Author/Editor: Balakrishnan, Ravi ; Danninger, Stephan ; Elekdag, Selim ; Tytell, Irina
Series: Working Paper No. 09/133
Date: June 1, 2009
Subject(s): Banking crisis | Banking sector | Capital flows | Developed countries | Developing countries | Economic models | Emerging markets | Financial crisis | Financial risk | Spillovers | Transition economies

Title: Broad Money Demand and Asset Substitution in China
Author/Editor: Wu, Ge
Series: Working Paper No. 09/131
Date: June 1, 2009
Subject(s): Capital markets | Central bank policy | China, People's Republic of | Demand for money | Economic models | Exchange rate regimes | Exchange rates | Financial assets | Financial systems | Interest rates | Monetary policy | Private investment

Title: The Systemic Regulation of Credit Rating Agencies and Rated Markets
Author/Editor: Sy, Amadou N. R.
Series: Working Paper No. 09/129
Date: June 1, 2009
Subject(s): Bank supervision | Banking sector | Bonds | Capital markets | Credit | Credit risk | Financial crisis | Financial risk | Financial systems | Governance | Nonbank financial sector | Risk management | Securities markets | Securities regulations

Title: Current Accounts in a Currency Union
Author/Editor: Decressin, Jörg ; Stavrev, Emil
Series: Working Paper No. 09/127
Date: June 1, 2009
Subject(s): Cross country analysis | Current account | Economic models | European Economic and Monetary Union | External shocks | Monetary unions | Real effective exchange rates | Regional shocks

Title: Decoupling from the East Toward the West? Analyses of Spillovers to the Baltic Countries
Author/Editor: Obiora, Kingsley I
Series: Working Paper No. 09/125
Date: June 1, 2009
Subject(s): Commodity prices | Cross country analysis | Economic models | Estonia | European Union | External shocks | Financial crisis | Latvia | Lithuania | Real effective exchange rates | Regional shocks | Russian Federation | Spillovers | Trade integration

Title: Modeling with Macro-Financial Linkages: Credit and Policy Shocks in Emerging Markets
Author/Editor: Benes, Jaromir ; Ötker, Inci ; Vávra, David
Series: Working Paper No. 09/123
Date: June 1, 2009
Subject(s): Banks | Central banks | Credit controls | Credit expansion | Credit risk | Dollarization | Economic models | Emerging markets | External borrowing | External shocks | Financial intermediation | Financial sector | Loans | Monetary policy

Title: Competitiveness in Central-Europe: What Has Happened Since EU Accession?
Author/Editor: Allard, Céline
Series: Working Paper No. 09/121
Date: June 1, 2009
Subject(s): Central and Eastern Europe | Cross country analysis | Economic models | European Union | Exchange rate appreciation | Exports | Foreign direct investment | Global competitiveness | Imports | Trade

Title: Cyprus: Financial Sector Assessment Program Update - Technical Note - Insurance Regulation and Supervision
Series: Country Report No. 09/170
Date: June 1, 2009
Subject(s): Insurance | Insurance legislation | Insurance regulations | Insurance supervision | Nonbank financial sector | Cyprus

Title: Cyprus: Financial Sector Assessment Program Update - Technical Note - Factual Update on Basel Core Principles for Effective Banking Supervision - ASDCS
Series: Country Report No. 09/168
Date: June 1, 2009
Subject(s): Anti-money laundering | Bank regulations | Bank supervision | Banks | Basel Core Principles | Central bank policy | Financial sector | Financial system stability assessment | Cyprus

Title: Vanuatu: 2009 Article IV Consultation - Staff Report; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Alternate Executive Director for Vanuatu
Series: Country Report No. 09/166
Date: May 27, 2009
Subject(s): Article IV consultation reports | Bank supervision | Banking sector | Data quality assessment framework | Economic growth | Economic indicators | Fiscal policy | Fiscal reforms | Monetary policy | Public information | Staff Reports | Statistics | Tourism | Vanuatu

Title: Switzerland: 2009 Article IV Consultation - Staff Report; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Switzerland
Series: Country Report No. 09/164
Date: May 26, 2009
Subject(s): Article IV consultation reports | Bank reforms | Bank supervision | Banks | Credit risk | Economic indicators | Economic recession | Financial sector | Fiscal policy | Monetary policy | Public finance | Public information | Stabilization measures | Staff Reports | Switzerland

Title: Canada: 2009 Article IV Consultation - Staff Report; Staff Statement; and Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion
Series: Country Report No. 09/162
Date: May 22, 2009
Subject(s): Article IV consultation reports | Bank supervision | Banks | Credit risk | Economic indicators | Financial sector | Financial stability | Fiscal policy | Fiscal reforms | Monetary policy | Public information | Securities regulations | Staff Reports | Canada

Title: Republic of Slovenia: Selected Issues
Series: Country Report No. 09/160
Date: May 22, 2009
Subject(s): Business cycles | Currency pegs | Inflation | Labor markets | Slovenia

Title: Republic of Serbia: First Review Under the Stand-By Arrangement and Requests for Augmentation, Extension of the Arrangement, Rephasing of Purchases, Waiver of Applicability of End-March Performance Criterion and Modification of End-June Performance Criteria, and Financing Assurances Review - Staff Report; Staff Supplement; Staff Statement; Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for the Republic of Serbia
Series: Country Report No. 09/158
Date: May 21, 2009
Subject(s): Announcements | Debt sustainability | Economic growth | Economic indicators | Extended arrangement requests | External shocks | Financial sector | Fiscal policy | Inflation targeting | Monetary policy | Performance criteria modifications | Performance criteria waivers | Staff Reports | Stand-by arrangement reviews | Serbia

Title: Côte d’Ivoire: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
Series: Country Report No. 09/156
Date: May 20, 2009
Subject(s): Agricultural sector | Economic growth | Education | Environment | Governance | Health care | Infrastructure | Political economy | Population | Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers | Private sector | Social safety nets | Tourism | Côte d'Ivoire

Title: Fiscal Multipliers
Author/Editor: Spilimbergo, Antonio ; Symansky, Steven A. ; Schindler, Martin
Series: Staff Position Note No. 2009/11
Date: May 20, 2009
Subject(s): Budget deficits | Capital markets | Consumption | Cross country analysis | Fiscal policy | Fiscal sustainability | Government expenditures | Interest rates | Private savings | Taxes

Title: Colombia: Arrangement Under the Flexible Credit Line - Staff Report; Staff Supplement; Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Colombia
Series: Country Report No. 09/153
Date: May 19, 2009
Subject(s): Access to Fund general resources | Announcements | Balance of payments assistance | Bank supervision | Banks | Economic indicators | Financial safety nets | Financial sector | Fiscal policy | Fund arrangements | Risk management | Spillovers | Staff Reports | Colombia

Title: Thailand: Financial Sector Assessment Program - Technical Note - Fixed Income Markets
Series: Country Report No. 09/151
Date: May 15, 2009
Subject(s): Banks | Bond markets | Capital markets | Corporate sector | Financial sector | Financial system stability assessment | Liquidity management | Money markets | Nonbank financial sector | Public debt | Securities markets | Securities regulations | Thailand

Title: Thailand: Financial Sector Assessment Program - Detailed Assessment of Observance of CPSS Core Principles for Systemically Important Payment Systems
Series: Country Report No. 09/149
Date: May 15, 2009
Subject(s): Bank regulations | Bank supervision | Banking crisis | Banks | Central bank policy | Core Principles for Systemically Important Payment Systems | Financial sector | Financial system stability assessment | Payment systems | Thailand

Title: Thailand: Financial System Stability Assessment
Series: Country Report No. 09/147
Date: May 15, 2009
Subject(s): Bank resolution | Bank soundness | Bank supervision | Banking crisis | Capital markets | Central bank policy | Commercial banks | Economic indicators | Financial safety nets | Financial sector | Financial system stability assessment | Nonbank financial sector | Thailand

Title: New Zealand: 2009 Article IV Consultation - Staff Report; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion
Series: Country Report No. 09/145
Date: May 14, 2009
Subject(s): Article IV consultation reports | Banks | Budget deficits | Economic indicators | Economic recession | External debt | Financial sector | Fiscal policy | Fiscal reforms | Monetary policy | Public information | Staff Reports | New Zealand

Title: Fiscal Policy in Sub-Saharan Africa in Response to the Impact of the Global Crisis
Author/Editor: Berg, Andrew ; Funke, Norbert ; Hajdenberg, Alejandro ; Lledo, Victor Duarte ; Ossowski, Rolando ; Schindler, Martin ; Spilimbergo, Antonio ; Tareq, Shamsuddin ; Yackovlev, Irene
Series: Staff Position Note No. 2009/10
Date: May 14, 2009
Subject(s): Commodities | Commodity price fluctuations | Cross country analysis | Developing countries | Emerging markets | Financial crisis | Fiscal policy | Government expenditures | Infrastructure | Oil exporting countries | Oil exports | Revenue measures | Social safety nets | Tax policy

Title: Brunei Darussalam: Statistical Appendix
Series: Country Report No. 09/142
Date: May 11, 2009
Subject(s): Balance of payments | Commercial banks | Economic growth | Employment | Exports | Government expenditures | Gross domestic product | Imports | Natural gas sector | Oil sector | Revenue sources | Statistical annexes | Brunei Darussalam

Title: Zimbabwe: 2009 Article IV Consultation-Staff Report; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Zimbabwe
Series: Country Report No. 09/139
Date: May 11, 2009
Subject(s): Article IV consultation reports | Banking sector | Central bank policy | Economic indicators | Fiscal policy | Fiscal reforms | Governance | Multiple currency practices | Political economy | Private sector | Public information | Staff Reports | Tax administration | Transparency | Zimbabwe

Title: Republic of Armenia: Request for Stand-By Arrangement-Staff Report; Staff Supplements and Statement; Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for the Republic of Armenia.
Series: Country Report No. 09/140
Date: May 8, 2009
Subject(s): Announcements | Balance of payments need | Economic growth | Economic indicators | External shocks | Fiscal policy | Fiscal reforms | Flexible exchange rate policy | Liquidity management | Monetary policy | Risk management | Staff Reports | Stand-by arrangement requests | Tax administration | Armenia

Title: Policies to Mitigate Procyclicality
Series: Staff Position Note No. 2009/09
Date: May 7, 2009
Subject(s): Banking sector | Business cycles | Capital | Credit risk | Deposit insurance | Financial crisis | Financial systems | Liquidity management | Monetary policy | Nonbank financial sector | Private sector | Risk management

Title: Namibia: 2008 Article IV Consultation - Staff Report; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Namibia
Series: Country Report No. 09/136
Date: May 5, 2009
Subject(s): Article IV consultation reports | Currency pegs | Domestic investment | Economic growth | Economic indicators | Fiscal policy | Fiscal reforms | HIV and AIDS | Labor markets | Monetary policy | Public information | Social safety nets | Staff Reports | Namibia

Title: Regional Economic Outlook: Western Hemisphere, May 2009
Date: May 5, 2009

Title: The impact of the regional cross-listing of stocks on firm value in sub-Saharan Africa
Author/Editor: Adelegan, Olatundun Janet
Series: Working Paper No. 09/99
Date: May 1, 2009
Subject(s): Capital markets | Sub-Saharan Africa | Stock markets | Stock prices | Nonbank financial sector | Corporate sector | Economic integration | Cross country analysis

Title: Why Are Japanese Wages So Sluggish?
Author/Editor: Sommer, Martin
Series: Working Paper No. 09/97
Date: May 1, 2009
Subject(s): Wages | Japan | Developed countries | Productivity | Labor markets | Employment | Aging | Labor market reforms | Economic models | Cross country analysis

Title: The Federal Reserve System Balance Sheet-What Happened and Why it Matters
Author/Editor: Stella, Peter
Series: Working Paper No. 09/120
Date: May 1, 2009
Subject(s): Capital markets | Central bank policy | Central banks | Commercial banks | Credit risk | Financial risk | Financial systems | Liquidity management | Monetary policy | Monetary reserves | Risk management | United States

Title: Development Aid and Economic Growth: A Positive Long-Run Relation
Author/Editor: Minoiu, Camelia ; Reddy, Sanjay
Series: Working Paper No. 09/118
Date: May 1, 2009
Subject(s): Cross country analysis | Developing countries | Development assistance | Economic growth | Economic models | Resource mobilization

Title: Out of the Box Thoughts about the International Financial Architecture
Author/Editor: Eichengreen, Barry J.
Series: Working Paper No. 09/116
Date: May 1, 2009
Subject(s): Banking sector | Credit risk | Exchange rate policy surveillance | Financial crisis | Fund role | International cooperation | International financial system | Quota increases | Risk management | SDR role | SDR transactions | SDRs

Title: Sub-Saharan Africa's Integration in the Global Financial Markets
Author/Editor: Deléchat, Corinne ; Ramirez, Gustavo ; Wagh, Smita ; Wakeman-Linn, John
Series: Working Paper No. 09/114
Date: May 1, 2009
Subject(s): Capital flows | Capital inflows | Cross country analysis | Economic growth | Economic integration | Financial sector | Private sector | Revenue sources | Sub-Saharan Africa

Title: An Alternative Explanation for the Resource Curse: The Income Effect Channel
Author/Editor: Alichi, Ali ; Arezki, Rabah
Series: Working Paper No. 09/112
Date: May 1, 2009
Subject(s): Capital accumulation | Capital flows | Cross country analysis | Domestic investment | Economic growth | Economic models | Fiscal policy | Government expenditures | Income | Natural resources | Private sector | Revenue sources

Title: Credit Risk Spreads in Local and Foreign Currencies
Author/Editor: Galai, Dan ; Wiener, Zvi
Series: Working Paper No. 09/110
Date: May 1, 2009
Subject(s): Asset prices | Bonds | Capital markets | Corporate sector | Credit risk | Currencies | Debt | Debt restructuring | Economic models | Exchange rates | Sovereign debt

Title: From Bear Stearns to Anglo Irish: How Eurozone Sovereign Spreads Related to Financial Sector Vulnerability
Author/Editor: Mody, Ashoka
Series: Working Paper No. 09/108
Date: May 1, 2009
Subject(s): Banking crisis | Bonds | Credit risk | Cross country analysis | European Union | Financial risk | Financial sector | Public debt | Public finance | Sovereign debt

Title: Fiscal Stimulus with Spending Reversals
Author/Editor: Corsetti, Giancarlo ; Meier, André ; Müller, Gernot
Series: Working Paper No. 09/106
Date: May 1, 2009
Subject(s): Consumption | Data analysis | Economic models | Fiscal policy | Fiscal stability | Government expenditures | Public debt | Real effective exchange rates | Real interest rates | Time series

Title: Financial Spillovers to Emerging Markets during the Global Financial Crisis
Author/Editor: Frank, Nathaniel ; Hesse, Heiko
Series: Working Paper No. 09/104
Date: May 1, 2009
Subject(s): Banking sector | Bond markets | Capital markets | Cross country analysis | Developed countries | Developing countries | Economic models | Emerging markets | Financial crisis | Liquidity | Spillovers | Stock markets

Title: Advanced public financial management reforms in South East Europe
Author/Editor: Tandberg, E. ; Pavesic-Skerlep, Mia
Series: Working Paper No. 09/102
Date: May 1, 2009
Subject(s): Budgetary policy | Budgeting | Budgets | Cross country analysis | Financial management | Fiscal policy | Fiscal reforms | Fiscal sector | Government expenditures | Public finance | Southern Europe

Title: Financial Stress, Downturns, and Recoveries
Author/Editor: Cardarelli, Roberto ; Elekdag, Selim ; Lall, Subir
Series: Working Paper No. 09/100
Date: May 1, 2009
Subject(s): Financial crisis | Financial systems | Banking sector | Exchange markets | Securities markets | Banking crisis | Economic recession | Economic recovery | Business cycles | Cross country analysis

Title: Costa Rica: Request for Stand-By Arrangement - Staff Report; Staff Supplement and Statement; Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Costa Rica
Series: Country Report No. 09/134
Date: April 29, 2009
Subject(s): Announcements | Bank supervision | Banking sector | Debt sustainability | Economic growth | Economic indicators | External shocks | Fiscal policy | Flexible exchange rate policy | Inflation targeting | Liquidity management | Monetary policy | Staff Reports | Stand-by arrangement requests | Costa Rica

Title: Namibia: Selected Issues Paper
Series: Country Report No. 09/132
Date: April 27, 2009
Subject(s): Cross country analysis | Customs duties | Customs policy | Debt sustainability | Exports | Fiscal policy | Government expenditures | Imports | Selected issues | Tax administration | Trade integration | Trade policy | Namibia

Title: Lebanon: 2009 Article IV Consultation and Assessment of Performance Under the Program Supported by Emergency Post-Conflict Assistance - Staff Report; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Lebanon
Series: Country Report No. 09/131
Date: April 23, 2009
Subject(s): Article IV consultation reports | Bank supervision | Banking sector | Debt reduction | Economic indicators | Emergency assistance | Fiscal policy | Fiscal reforms | Monetary policy | Political economy | Public information | Reserves accumulation | Social safety nets | Staff Reports | Lebanon

Title: Spain: Selected Issues
Series: Country Report No. 09/129
Date: April 22, 2009
Subject(s): Banking sector | Credit expansion | Credit risk | Fiscal policy | Fiscal reforms | Housing | Housing prices | Productivity | Selected issues | Spain

Title: World Economic Outlook, April 2009
Series: World Economic Outlook
Date: April 22, 2009
Subject(s): Crisis prevention | Economic recovery | Economic recession | Economic growth | Emerging markets | Financial sector | Financial crisis | Globalization | Monetary policy | Fiscal policy

Title: Georgia: 2009 Article IV Consultation and Second Review Under the Stand-By Arrangement - Staff Report; Press Release and Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Georgia.
Series: Country Report No. 09/127
Date: April 20, 2009
Subject(s): Announcements | Article IV consultation reports | Bank supervision | Economic conditions | Economic growth | Exchange rate policy | Financial sector | Fiscal policy | Fiscal reforms | Monetary policy | Political economy | Public information | Stand-by arrangement reviews | Georgia

Title: Republic of Latvia: Stand-By Arrangement - Interim Review Under the Emergency Financing Mechanism
Series: Country Report No. 09/125
Date: April 17, 2009
Subject(s): Bank reforms | Bank resolution | Bank supervision | Economic indicators | Emergency financing mechanism | Financial sector | Fiscal sector | Political economy | Real sector | Stand-by arrangement reviews | Latvia

Title: United Arab Emirates: 2008 Article IV Consultation - Staff Report; Staff Statement; and Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion
Series: Country Report No. 09/124
Date: April 13, 2009
Subject(s): Article IV consultation reports | Bank supervision | Banking sector | Credit expansion | Economic growth | Economic indicators | Exchange rate assessments | Fiscal policy | Inflation | Liquidity management | Monetary policy | Monetary unions | Public information | Staff Reports | United Arab Emirates

Title: United Arab Emirates: Statistical Appendix
Series: Country Report No. 09/120
Date: April 13, 2009
Subject(s): Balance of payments | Banking sector | Employment | Exports | Fiscal sector | Government expenditures | Government finance statistics | Imports | Natural gas sector | Oil sector | Population | Statistical annexes | United Arab Emirates

Title: St. Vincent and the Grenadines: Statistical Appendix
Series: Country Report No. 09/119
Date: April 7, 2009
Subject(s): Banking sector | Commercial banks | Economic indicators | Exports | External sector | Fiscal sector | Government finance statistics | Real sector | Social indicators | Statistical annexes | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Title: Republic of Mozambique: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper - Annual Progress Report - Joint Staff Advisory Note
Series: Country Report No. 09/117
Date: April 6, 2009
Subject(s): Annual reports | Capital inflows | Economic growth | Fiscal reforms | Governance | HIV and AIDS | Human capital | Monetary policy | Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers | Private sector | Social safety nets | Mozambique