Results 121 to 130 of about 16,673,431 (212)
IMF concern for reputation and conditional lending failure: theory and empirics [PDF]
The IMF is entrusted with the twofold task of enforcing conditionality and deciding whether or not to continue financial assistance. In this paper we examine the implications on IMF lending behaviour of the existence of uncertainty about its ability to ...
Silvia Marchesi, Laura Sabani
core
Does Productivity Growth Promote Environmental Sustainability? The Role of Financial Development
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates whether total factor productivity (TFP) promotes environmental sustainability and examines the moderating and mediating roles of financial development in shaping this relationship. Using balanced panel data for 92 countries from 2000 to 2023, the analysis employs dynamic two‐step Generalised Method of Moments (GMM ...
Olivier Joseph Abban
wiley +1 more source
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In recent years, transition to renewable energy has emerged as a vital strategy for achieving sustainable development and reducing environmental degradation. Only when backed by a solid institutional and macroeconomic context can economic growth serve as a stimulus for the development of renewable energy.
Azad Erdem +3 more
wiley +1 more source
2012 Article IV Consultation [PDF]
, 2013 IMF report on the state of the Nigerian economy in ...
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
core
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Balancing reliable energy supply, equitable access, and environmental sustainability is a central challenge of the global energy transition. This study examines how innovation influences the energy trilemma by shaping energy security, energy equity, and environmental sustainability across 115 countries from 2011 to 2023.
Kingsley Imandojemu +5 more
wiley +1 more source
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The growing global demand for biofuels has raised concern about compromising food security. This study uses two independent economy‐wide models to evaluate the impact of expanding the Brazilian sugarcane bioenergy system on economic growth, social outcomes and food security.
Angelo C. Gurgel +6 more
wiley +1 more source
Who is Running the IMF: Critical Shareholders or the Staff? [PDF]
The paper deals with the principal-agent relationship at the International Monetary Fund (IMF). We argue that residual control rights at the IMF are vested with the critical shareholders, the countries included in the G-7.
Michele Fratianni, John Pattison
core
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates the nexus between financial inclusion, institutional quality, and female labor force participation in sub‐Saharan Africa over the period 1990–2023. Using panel data for 43 countries and employing OLS, FGLS, and dynamic GMM estimators, the analysis examines whether access to financial institutions and financial markets ...
Joshua Chukwuma Onwe +3 more
wiley +1 more source
Effects of Development Finance on Energy Transitions and Green Growth in Sub‐Saharan Africa
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT While global agendas promote energy transition and green growth, Africa south of the Sahara (SSA) struggles with low energy access, highlighting a development paradox between climate goals and energy poverty. By aligning aid and development finance with SDGs 7 and 13, we analyze whether development finance is at a crossroads in supporting ...
Clement Oteng +3 more
wiley +1 more source
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Previous studies in the context of the finance‐environment nexus mainly rely on quantitative indicators to provide information on activity or depth of the financial system, ignoring how institutional openness and the degree of regulatory autonomy within the financial market shape environmental outcomes that are directly relevant to Sustainable
Zahoor Ahmed +2 more
wiley +1 more source