Authors:Paul Masson, Alexander Swoboda, Esteban Jadresic,
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Keywords: paper, occasional, intl, monetary, fund, economy, world, rate, regimes, increasingly, integrated, exchange
Number of Pages: 61
Published: 2000-04-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 1557758921
ISBN-13: 9781557758927

This paper examines the consequences of heightened capital mobility and of the integration of developing economies in increasingly globalized markets for the exchange rate regimes of the industrial, developing, and transition economies. It builds upon previous studies by IMF staff on various aspects of the exchange rate arrangements of member countries, consistent with the IMF’s role of surveillance over its members’ exchange rate policies.

Author: Committee on Assessing the Impacts of Changes in t
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: leadership, retaining, increasingly, global, environment, ecosystem, amp, impacts, changes, information, technology, assessing
Number of Pages: 204
Published: 2009-03-16
List price: $45.25
ISBN-10: 0309118824
ISBN-13: 9780309118828

Book DescriptionThe U.S. information technology (IT) research and development (R&D) ecosystem was the envy of the world in 1995. However, this position of leadership is not a birthright, and it is now under pressure. In recent years, the rapid globalization of markets, labor pools, and capital flows have encouraged many strong national competitors. During the same period, national policies have not sufficiently buttressed the ecosystem, or have generated side effects that have reduced its effectiveness. As a result, the U.S. position in IT leadership today has materially eroded compared wi