Entries for 'Policy Issues'
May 3, 2019
We are pleased to invite comments and suggestions on the latest draft of the voluntary Principles for Debt Transparency. Feedback is welcomed from all stakeholders, including private sector financial firms; official sector bodies including international organizations, finance ministries and debt management offices; and civil society.
October 19, 2018
The Principles for Stable Capital Flows and Fair Debt Restructuring incorporate voluntary, market-based, flexible guidelines for the behavior of sover
August 13, 2018
Early this year we identified the Lira as significantly overvalued , given last year's policy mix that widened the current account deficit. However
November 2, 2017
The Principles incorporate voluntary, market-based, flexible guidelines for the behavior of sovereign debtors and private creditors with the aim of pr
October 7, 2017
Private capital inflows to the 30 major emerging markets monitored by the IIF are estimated to rise moderately from $763 billion in 2016 to $1.1 trill...
October 13, 2016
The Group of Trustees of the Principles for Stable Capital Flows and Fair Debt Restructuring held its 2016 Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. to revie
August 7, 2016
This paper describes the 20 criteria that have been used to assess IR practices in annual reports, as well as the 3 key categories of data disseminati...
October 10, 2015
The Group of Trustees of the Principles for Stable Capital Flows and Fair Debt Restructuring held its 2015 Annual Meeting in Lima, Peru, to review the
October 7, 2014
The global economic and ?nancial environment over the past year has continued to be supportive of net private capital in?ows to emerging markets and o...
October 7, 2013
The uneven growth trends between mature and emerging market economies in recent years and the unprecedented quantitative easing and other unconvention...
October 14, 2012
This Addendum presents the recommendations of the Joint Public-Private Committee on Strengthening the Framework for Sovereign Debt Crisis Prevention a...
October 7, 2012
The global economy has slowed over the past year, with the sovereign debt and banking crisis in several Euro Area countries continuing to be a signif...
October 7, 2011
Global economic developments over the past year have been dominated by four inter-related factors: (1) the ...
October 7, 2010
Over the past year, there has been a much better economic performance by emerging markets relative to ...
October 7, 2009
The past year has been the most dif? cult period for emerging market (EM) borrowers since the establishment of the Principles in 2004. Cross-border ? ...
October 7, 2008
Th year-long market turbulence, triggered by the US subprime mortgage crisis has erupted into a full-blown crisis prompting extraordinary actions by t...
April 7, 2008
The market turbulence witnessed since August 2007 has highlighted the importance of having good communication between market participants and authori...
October 7, 2007
Over the past year, the global environment has changed at a rapid speed as both new trends and new strains have emerged. The Principles have proven t...
October 7, 2006
Over the past 15 years, economic and financial crises have taken a heavy toll on emerging markets and economies in transition. The impact of these cr...
September 7, 2006
In December 2005, the IIF released a report Investor Relations: An Approach to Effective Communication and Enhanced Transparency that provides detaile...