Staff Discussion Notes

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No. 15/03

e New Normal: A Sector-Level Perspect ive on Growth and Productivity Trends in

Advanced Economies (with Technical Appendix)

Era Dabla-Norris, Si Guo, Vikra m Haksar, Minsuk Kim, K alpana Kochhar, KevinWiseman,

and Aleks andra Zdzien icka

No. 15/04

Tackling Small and Med ium-Sized Enterprise Problem Loans in Europe

Wolfgang Bergthaler, Kenneth Ka ng, Yan Liu, and Dermot Monaghan

No. 15/05

Islamic Financ e: Opportunities, Cha llenges, and Policy Options

Alfred Kam mer, Mohamed Norat, Marco Piñón, Anant hakrishnan Prasad, C hristopher

Towe, Zeine Zeidane, and an IMF Sta  Team

No. 15/06

Fiscal Policy in Lat in America: Lessons and Legacies of the Globa l Financial Crisis

(with Technical Appendix)

Oya Celasun, Fra ncesco Grigoli, Keiko Honjo, Javier Kapsoli, Alexander Klemm, B ogdan

Lissovolik, Jan Luk sic, Marialuz Moreno-Badia, Joana Pereira, Ma rcos Poplawski-Ribeiro,

Baoping Shang, and Yulia Usty ugova

No. 15/07

Revitalizin g Securitization for Small and Medium-Si zed Enterprises in Europe

Shekhar Aiya r, Ali Al-Eyd, Bergljot Barkbu, a nd Andreas A. Jobst

and

Proposed Attributes of High-Q uality Securitization in Eu rope – Annex II of

“Revitalizing S ecuritization for Small and Medium-Siz ed Enterprises in Europe

Andreas A. Jobst

No. 15/08

Rethinki ng Financial Deepening: Stability a nd Growth in Emerging Markets

Ratna Sahay, Marti n Čihák, Papa N’Diaye, Adolfo Barajas, Ran Bi, Dia na Ayala, Yuan Gao,

Annette Kyobe, Lam Nguyen, Chr istian Saborowski, Katsiar yna Svirydzenka, a nd

Seyed Reza Youse

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