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An advanced spatial coregistration of cloud properties for the atmospheric Sentinel missions: application to TROPOMI [PDF]
The retrieval of cloud parameters from the atmospheric Sentinel missions requires Earth reflectance measurements from a set of spectral bands. The ground pixels of the involved spectral bands should be fully aligned, but when they are not, special ...
A. Argyrouli +8 more
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Interactive-Based Approach for Designing Facades in Digital Era [PDF]
No doubt that the digital revolution is widely changing the world, the computer applications have made digital technology as an essential part of our life. The architects and planners invest these technologies to develop the architectural design process.
Osama Abo Elenien +3 more
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An Analysis of IMF Conditionality [PDF]
Conditionality is the most controversial aspect of the IMF`s policies. It has been said to be intrusive and coercive and considered to disregard effects on growth, employment and income distribution. In the 1990s, following a sharp increase in the number of conditions required by programs, Fund conditionality became increasingly ineffective.
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A Model of the IMF as a Coinsurance Arrangement [PDF]
Abstract The paper shows that an IMF-like coinsurance arrangement among countries can play a useful role in the global financial system. The operation of the coinsurance arrangement is examined under different loan contracts. It shows that, if the IMF’s objective is to safeguard its resources and be concerned about the welfare of the ...
Ralph Chami, Ilhyock Shim, Sunil Sharma
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International demands for austerity: Examining the impact of the IMF on the public sector
What effects do International Monetary Fund (IMF) loans have on borrowing countries? Even after decades of research, no consensus exists. We offer a straightforward explanation for the seemingly mixed effects of IMF loans.
S. Rickard, T. Caraway
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On the Conditional Effects of IMF Program Participation on Output Growth
The empirical evidence currently available in the literature regarding the effects of a country’s IMF program participation on its output growth is rather inconclusive.
Michael Binder +2 more
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The IMF'S Role in Structural Adjustment [PDF]
In the 1980s conditional lending for structural adjustment in developing countries moved the IMF beyond its role of macroeconomic crisis management. Fund-supported adjustment programmes have often been flawed by a lack of distributional analysis and by poor sequencing of reforms, notably premature financial liberalisation.
Paul Collier, Jan Willem Gunning
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The economics of the democratic deficit: The effect of IMF programs on inequality
Does the International Monetary Fund (IMF) increase inequality? To answer this question, this article introduces a new empirical strategy for determining the effects of IMF programs that exploits the heterogeneous effect of IMF liquidity on loan ...
Valentin Lang
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West’s role in the development of Ukraine
The collapse of the USSR pushed Ukraine for pursuing a policy aimed at expanding cooperation with Western countries. Ukraine placed great emphasis on economic cooperation with the EU and United States, as well as financial assistance from Western ...
S. S. Zhiltsov
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Modern yields per stellar generation: the effect of the IMF [PDF]
Gaseous and stellar metallicities in galaxies are nowadays routinely used to constrain the evolutionary processes in galaxies. This requires the knowledge of the average yield per stellar generation, $y_{\text{Z}}$, i.e.
F. Vincenzo +3 more
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