01582cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF012975 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 15.00 USD 9781589064195 1020-7635 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Research Dept. IMF Staff Papers, Volume 52, No. 1. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2005. 1 online resource (152 pages) IMF Staff Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This first issue of IMF Staff Papers for 2005 contains 7 papers that discuss: whether output recovered after the Asian crisis; the value of a country's trading partners to its own economic growth; whether interdependence is a factor in understanding the spread of currency crises; can remittance payments from expatriates be a reliable source of capital for economic development?; total factor productivity; designing a VAT for the energy trade in Russia and Ukraine; and lastly, a discussion of the reasons for central bank intervention in ERM-I since 1993. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Papers; IMF Staff Papers ; No. 2005/001 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/024/2005/001/024.2005.issue-001-en.xml IMF e-Library