Paraguay : addressing the stagnation and instability trap /

Paraguay : addressing the stagnation and instability trap /

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Imprint:	Washington, DC : International Monetary Fund, c2009.
Description:	xv, 316 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Financial crises -- Paraguay. Banks and banking -- Paraguay. Finance -- Paraguay. Monetary policy -- Paraguay. Fiscal policy -- Paraguay. Inflation (Finance) -- Paraguay. Economic development -- Paraguay. Banks and banking. Economic development. Economic history. Finance. Financial crises. Fiscal policy. Inflation (Finance) Monetary policy. Paraguay -- Economic conditions -- 1954- Paraguay.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8117433

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Other authors / contributors:	Santos, Alejandro. International Monetary Fund. International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Department.
ISBN:	9781589068520 1589068521
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:	This publication provides an overview of the analytical insights and policy challenges that a country faces while on the path to sustained growth with stability. It examines the improvements in policy implementation in Paraguay since the regional crisis of 2002, and discuss how to correct economic imbalances and institutional shortcomings in the context of an economic reform program. The results have been impressive with the Paraguayan economy experiencing the highest growth in a quarter of a century and the strongest financial system in decades.--Publisher's description.

Table of Contents:

Foreword
Preface
Prologue
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Acronyms
1. Overview
I. Strengthening Macroeconomic Performance
2. Assessing Macroeconomic Policies
II. Eliminating Turbulence and Deepening Financial Reform
3. Recurrent Financial Crises: Causes, Costs, and Consequences
4. Reforming the Financial System
5. Strengthening the Central Bank
6. Restructuring the National Development Bank
III. Fine-Tuning Monetary and Exchange Rate Policies
7. Inflation Determinants: Cost Push Versus Demand Pull Factors
8. Evaluating Exchange Rate Misalignment
IV. Managing Fiscal Institutional Weaknesses
9. Fiscal Structural Challenges and Reform Agenda
V. Enhancing Growth Prospects and Reducing Poverty
10. Long-Run Potential Growth
11. The Challenge of Sustaining Growth
12. Poverty Reduction Policies