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In recent years, the IMF has released a growing number of reports and other documents covering economic and financial developments and trends in member countries. Each report, prepared by a staff team after discussions with government officials, is published at the option of the member country

This text offers a careful scrutiny of energy and telephony reforms and their social impact on households in 15 countries across Western Europe. It concludes that the benefits for consumers are limited and it discusses the reasons why the European reform experiment of network industries is not living up to its promises

This paper presents a range of tools and indicators for analyzing fiscal vulnerabilities and risks for advanced economies. The analysis covers key short-, medium- and long-term dimensions. Short-term pressures are captured by assessing (i) gross funding needs, (ii) market perceptions of default risk, and (iii) stress dependence among sovereigns. Medium- and long-term pressures are summarized by (iv) medium- and long-term budgetary adjustment needs, (v) susceptibility of debt projections to growth and interest rate shocks, and (vi) stochastic risks to medium-term debt dynamics. Aiming to cover

With a second recession looming, Britain is facing a moment of truth. This book examines how the leader of the industrial revolution came to exhibit the features of a 'developing country'; chronic debt, volatile growth and vulnerability to external events. Going South explains how this has happened, arguing that the time for quick fixes is over.

Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1: Pre-confederation Settlement Activities -- 2: Post-confederation Settlement Activities to 1945 -- 3: The Settlement Service and the Citizenship Branch -- 4: Creation of the Settlement Program -- 5: Constitutional Issues and Settlement in Québec -- 6: Repatriation of the Settlement Program -- 7: Program Review and Settlement Renewal -- 8: Solving the Funding Issues -- 9: Foreign Credential Recognition -- 10: Emerging Issues and the New Terms and Conditions -- Summary and Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Canadian Immigration Halls -- Bibliography -- Endnotes -- Index.

As part of its review of competition law that started in the late 1990s, the European Commission proposes to revise its interpretation and application of the Treaty's prohibition of abuses of dominant positions. This volume includes chapters which critically appraise the Commission's proposals