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The foreign policy of a radicalised state- the two level game of Zimbabwe's relations with the IMF (2000-2007) [PDF]
, 2010 The suspension of Zimbabwe from the IMF's Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) in 2001 has been justified as resulting from loan repayment arrears and failed macroeconomic policies.
Nyoni, Tavaka S
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Financial Inclusion and Carbon‐Intensive Path Dependence: Evidence From Oil‐Exporting Economies
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper examines whether financial inclusion mitigates environmental degradation or, conversely, reinforces carbon‐intensive development pathways in oil‐exporting economies, consistent with carbon lock‐in dynamics. Drawing on resource curse and structural specialization frameworks, we argue that financial deepening may amplify carbon ...
Tasos Stylianou +2 more
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New Evidence on the Impact of Energy Poverty on Industrial Performance in Africa
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Industrialisation is essential for Africa's long‐term development, offering a pathway to economic diversification, employment creation and resilience to external shocks. Given the continent's demographic and structural challenges, transitioning to higher value‐added, technologically advanced industries is a necessity.
Abdoul Karim Théophile Ouedraogo +1 more
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Financial Sector Returns and Creditor Moral Hazard: Evidence from Indonesia, Korea, and Thailand [PDF]
This paper introduces a framework of investor behavior in which investors form their expectations regarding the credibility of a prospective IMF program in reforming the financial sector characterized by domestic implicit guarantees.
Jian Tong, Chenggang Xu
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the associations among geopolitical risk, financial development, economic freedom, foreign direct investment, urbanization, and ecological footprint in a BRICS‐10 sample comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Indonesia, and the United Arab Emirates over the period 2000–2024.
Mohammad Ridwan +8 more
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Sustainable Development and Structural Bottlenecks in Transition Economies: New Uzbekistan
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study assesses the sustainable development of Uzbekistan over 2016–2024. The methodology combines min–max normalization and unweighted aggregation to derive goal‐level composite scores and an overall SDG index, correlation analysis, and Principal Component Analysis (PCA) to characterize the goals that shape the country's progress; key ...
Khusanboy Abdufattokhov +1 more
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Reforming the IMF: Long Term Lessons from Short Term Crises [PDF]
, 2000 There is a danger that reform of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will be dominated by its experience in the context of the East Asian financial crisis. Although there are clearly lessons to learn from this, it would be unwise to allow recent events
Bird, GR, Graham Bird, Bird, Graham
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA) faces pressing financing and structural transitions to achieve the 2030 Agenda, yet the distributional relationships linking financial inclusion and renewable energy adoption to sustainable development goal (SDG) achievement remain underexplored. This study investigates the roles of multidimensional financial inclusion
Mehdi Seraj +2 more
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Unifying EU Representation at the IMF Executive Board [PDF]
The consequences of consolidating EU representation at the IMF Executive Board by regrouping the 27 Member States into two EU constituencies, euro area and non-euro area, are discussed.
Grech, Harald +2 more
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT As Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) economies pursue simultaneous commitments to national AI strategies, renewable energy targets, and Paris Agreement pledges, a key sustainable‐management question remains empirically unresolved: does digital and AI investment genuinely advance energy security and environmental sustainability in hydrocarbon ...
Alanoud Al‐Maadid +2 more
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