Catherine A. Pattillo

International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Division

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1.

Impact of Remittances on Poverty and Financial Development in Sub-Saharan Africa

IMF Working Paper No. 07/38
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 04 Mar 2007
Smita Wagh and Catherine A. Pattillo
International Monetary Fund (IMF) and International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Division
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Workers remittances, Sub-Saharan Africa, Poverty reduction, Financial sector, Development

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External Debt and Growth

IMF Working Paper No. 02/69
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 14 Feb 2006
Catherine A. Pattillo, Hélène Poirson and Luca A. Ricci
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Division, International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Department and International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Department
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Growth, external debt, debt relief, HIPC initiative

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Assessing Early Warning Systems: How Have They Worked in Practice?

IMF Working Paper No. 04/52
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 14 Feb 2006
Andrew Berg, Eduardo Borensztein and Catherine A. Pattillo
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Developing Country Studies Division, Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) and International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Division
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Currency crises, vulnerability indicators, crisis prediction, forecasting accuracy, balance of payments crisis

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What are the Channels Through Which External Debt Affects Growth?

IMF Working Paper No. 04/15
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 15 Feb 2006
Catherine A. Pattillo, Hélène Poirson and Luca A. Ricci
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Division, International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Department and International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Department
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Growth, external debt, growth accounting

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Measuring the Effect of Foreign Aid on Growth and Poverty Reduction or the Pitfalls of Interaction Variables

IMF Working Paper No. 07/145
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 23 Aug 2007
Catherine A. Pattillo, Jacques Polak and Joydeep Roy
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Division, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Georgetown University
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Working Paper, Development assistance, Economic growth, Poverty

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Ponzi Schemes in the Caribbean

IMF Working Paper No. 09/95
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 19 May 2009
Ana Carvajal, Hunter Monroe, Brian Wynter and Catherine A. Pattillo
International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Monetary Fund (IMF) and International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Division
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Private investment, Caribbean, Capital markets, Securities markets, Nonbank financial sector, Capital flows, Income, Securities regulations, Cross country analysis

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Are Currency Crises Predictable? A Test

IMF Working Paper No. 98/154
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 15 Feb 2006
Andrew Berg and Catherine A. Pattillo
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Developing Country Studies Division and International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Division
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Currency crises, vulnerability indicators, Asian crisis, balance of payments crises, crisis prediction

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Sustaining Growth Accelerations and Pro-Poor Growth in Africa

IMF Working Paper No. 05/195
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 03 Mar 2006
Catherine A. Pattillo and Sanjeev Gupta
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Division and International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Fiscal Affairs Department
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Africa, growth, growth accelerations, pro-poor growth

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Are Donor Countries Giving More or Less Aid?

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Are Donor Countries Giving More or Less Aid?

IMF Working Paper No. 06/1
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 03 Mar 2006
Sanjeev Gupta, Catherine A. Pattillo and Smita Wagh
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Fiscal Affairs Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Division and International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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Foreign Aid, Donor Countries, Budget Support, Technical Cooperation

Are Donor Countries Giving More or Less Aid?

Review of Development Economics, Vol. 10, No. 3, pp. 535-552, August 2006
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 15 Jan 2007
Sanjeev Gupta, Catherine A. Pattillo and Smita Wagh
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Fiscal Affairs Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Division and International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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Flight Capital as a Portfolio Choice

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Paul Collier, Anke Hoeffler and Catherine A. Pattillo
University of Oxford - Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford - Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE) and International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Division
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Macroeconomic Policies and Poverty Reduction: Stylized Facts and an Overview of Research

IMF Working Paper No. 01/135
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 31 Jan 2006
Paul Anthony Cashin, Paolo Mauro, Catherine A. Pattillo and Ratna Sahay
International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Division and International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Developing Country Studies Division
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Macroeconomic policies, poverty, income distribution, IMF

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Monetary Union in West Africa: Who Might Gain, Who Might Lose, and Why?

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Monetary Union in West Africa: Who Might Gain, Who Might Lose, and Why?

IMF Working Paper No. 02/226
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 14 Feb 2006
Xavier Debrun, Paul R. Masson and Catherine A. Pattillo
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Department and International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Division
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Monetary union, West Africa, Africa, fiscal distortions

Monetary Union in West Africa: Who Might Gain, Who Might Lose, and Why?

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 01 Apr 2005
Xavier Debrun, Paul R. Masson and Catherine A. Pattillo
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Department and International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Division
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Risk Sharing in Labour Markets

Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper No. 03-077/2
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 18 Nov 2003
Arne Bigsten, Paul Collier, Stefan Dercon, Marcel Fafchamps, Bernard Gauthier, Jan Willem Gunning, Abena Oduro, Remco Oostendorp, Catherine A. Pattillo, Francis Teal, Måns Söderbom and Albert Zeufack
University of Gothenburg, University of Oxford - Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford - Department of Economics, Stanford University - Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, HEC Montreal, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, School of Business and Economics, Centre for Policy Analysis (CEPA), Vrije Universiteit, International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Division, University of Oxford - Department of Economics, University of Oxford - Department of Economics and World Bank
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Terms of Trade Shocks in Africa Are They Short-Lived or Long-Lived?

IMF Working Paper No. 00/72
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 15 Feb 2006
Paul Anthony Cashin and Catherine A. Pattillo
International Monetary Fund (IMF) and International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Division
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Terms of Trade Shock Persistence Sub-Saharan Africa

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Should African Monetary Unions be Expanded? An Empirical Investigation of the Scope for Monetary Integration in Sub-Saharan Africa

IMF Working Paper No. 10/157
Number of pages: 69 Posted: 19 Jul 2010
Xavier Debrun, Catherine A. Pattillo and Paul R. Masson
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Division and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Investment, Uncertainty, and Irreversibility in Ghana

IMF Working Paper No. 97/169
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 15 Feb 2006
Catherine A. Pattillo
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Division
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investment, uncertainty, irreversible, Ghana

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Monetary Union in West Africa: An Agency of Restraint for Fiscal Policies?

IMF Working Paper No. 01/34
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 29 Jan 2006
Paul R. Masson and Catherine A. Pattillo
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Department and International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Division
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monetary union, West Africa, fiscal rules, fiscal discipline, ECOWAS, CFA franc zone

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Flight Capital as a Portfolio Choice

IMF Working Paper No. 99/171
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 14 Feb 2006
Paul Collier, Anke Hoeffler and Catherine A. Pattillo
University of Oxford - Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford - Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE) and International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Division
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Capital flight, portfolio choice

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Monetary Policy Rules for Managing Aid Surges in Africa

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Monetary Policy Rules for Managing Aid Surges in Africa

IMF Working Paper No. 07/180
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 23 Aug 2007
Christopher Scott Adam, Stephen A. O'Connell, Edward F. Buffie and Catherine A. Pattillo
University of Oxford, Swarthmore College - Economics Department, Indiana University Bloomington - Department of Economics and International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Division
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Working Paper, Development assistance, Monetary policy, Africa, Economic models

Monetary Policy Rules for Managing Aid Surges in Africa

WEF Working Paper No. 0016
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 02 Nov 2007
Christopher Scott Adam, Stephen A. O'Connell, Edward F. Buffie and Catherine A. Pattillo
University of Oxford, Swarthmore College - Economics Department, Indiana University Bloomington - Department of Economics and International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Division
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monetary policy, currency substitution, aid, Africa, DSGE models,

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Exchange Rate Policy and the Management of Official and Private Capital Flows in Africa

IMF Working Paper No. 04/216
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 09 Feb 2006
Edward F. Buffie, Stephen A. O'Connell, Catherine A. Pattillo and Christopher Scott Adam
Indiana University Bloomington - Department of Economics, Swarthmore College - Economics Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Division and University of Oxford
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Aid, Sterilization, Currency Substitution, Seigniorage, Africa

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Export Orientation and Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa

IMF Working Paper No. 02/89
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 31 Jan 2006
Taye Mengistae and Catherine A. Pattillo
World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Division
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Exports, productivity, Africa, learning-by-exporting

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Some Misconceptions About Public Investment Efficiency and Growth

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Some Misconceptions About Public Investment Efficiency and Growth

IMF Working Paper No. 15/272
Posted: 03 Feb 2016
Edward F. Buffie, Catherine A. Pattillo, Andrea Filippo Presbitero and Rafael Portillo
Indiana University Bloomington - Department of Economics, International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Division, Università Politecnica delle Marche - Department of Economics and International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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Public investment, Growth, Efficiency, Low-Income Countries, capital, investment, production, Infrastructures, General, Institutions and Growth, All Countries,

Some Misconceptions About Public Investment Efficiency and Growth

Economica, Vol. 86, Issue 342, pp. 409-430, 2019
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 06 Mar 2019
Andrew Berg, Edward F. Buffie, Catherine A. Pattillo, Rafael Portillo, Andrea Presbitero and Luis‐Felipe Zanna
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Developing Country Studies Division, Indiana University Bloomington - Department of Economics, International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Division, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Johns Hopkins University and International Monetary Fund
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Public Investment, Growth, and Debt Sustainability: Putting Together the Pieces

IMF Working Paper No. 12/144
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 09 Aug 2012
Edward F. Buffie, Andrew Berg, Catherine A. Pattillo, Rafael Portillo and Luis-Felipe Zanna
affiliation not provided to SSRN, International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Developing Country Studies Division, International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Division, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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Public Investment, Growth, Debt Sustainability, Infrastructure, Aid, Economic Growth, Economic Models, Low-income Developing Countries

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Assessing Bias and Accuracy in the World Bank-IMF's Debt Sustainability Framework for Low-Income Countries

IMF Working Paper No. 14/48
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 18 Apr 2014
Andrew Berg, Enrico Berkes, Catherine A. Pattillo, Andrea Filippo Presbitero and Yorbol Yakhshilikov
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Developing Country Studies Division, Ohio State University (OSU) - Economics, International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Division, Università Politecnica delle Marche - Department of Economics and International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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Debt sustainability analysis, Low-income developing countries, Debt burden, Sovereign debt, Financial crisis, Economic models, International Monetary Fund, World Bank, DSF, IMF, Sovereign debt crises, debt thresholds, external debt, ratio of debt, debt relief, debt stock, debt crisis, debt ratios, ratio of debt service to exports, currency crises, sovereign default, actual debt, public debt, long-term debt sustainability, external shocks, external debt sustainability, liquidity crises, foreign aid, debt relief initiative, currency crisis, amount of debt, external public debt, multilateral debt relief, debt problems, international lending, probability of debt crisis, external liabilities, low