DIGNAD Toolkit*

by Zamid Aligishiev, Cian Ruane and Azar Sultanov (RES)

12/12/2022


1) Please, use input_DIG-ND excel file to calibrate the model and Run_from_excel file to simulate scenarios defined in input file. 

2) If you want to run simulation using Matlab interface, to run the simulation tool, use the simulate.m script.

3) To run the alignment, resilience and donor savings tool, use the matlab script with the same name.

4) DIGNAD toolkit user manual.pdf provides a comprehensive guide to using these codes. 
It is recommended to get familiar with it before attempting to use the toolkit.

5) Email DIGNAD@imf.org for inquiries, support or to provide feedback.

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(*) The authors would appreciate acknowledgement of the source by citation of the following paper:

Marto, R., Papageorgiou, C. and Klyuev, V., 2018, Building resilience to natural disasters: 
An application to small developing states, Journal of Development Economics, Volume 135, November 2018, Pages 574-586.
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6) DISCLAIMER: This toolkit and user's manual for DIGNAD toolkit should not be reported as representing the views of the IMF. 
The views expressed here are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the IMF, its Executive Board, 
or IMF management.

7) This toolkit is part of a research project on macroeconomic policy in low-income countries (IATI Identifier: GB-1-202960) 
supported by the U.K.’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and the partners in the IMF’s COVID-19 
Crisis Capacity Development Initiative (CCCDI)—Belgium, Canada, China, Germany, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Spain, and Switzerland. 
The outputs, analyses, and views expressed herein are those of the authors and should not be attributed to the IMF, 
its Executive Board, its management, the FCDO, or the partners in the CCCDI.

8) IMF Copyright and Usage terms 																
IMF Copyright and Usage terms govern the provision of the DIGNAD Toolkit and associated content. https://www.imf.org/external/terms.htm						
Inclusion of or reference to third-party software in the DIGNAD Toolkit does not represent or imply sponsorship, approval 
or endorsement of the software by the IMF. 																
Users are responsible for using any third-party software referenced in the DIGNAD Toolkit in accordance with the terms of use 
associated with each software.	

9) Dynare																
Dynare is a software platform for handling a wide class of economic models, in particular dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) and 
overlapping generations (OLG) models. Dynare is a free software, which means that it can be downloaded free of charge, that its source code is 
freely available, and that it can be used for both non-profit and for-profit purposes. Most of the source files are covered by
the GNU General Public Licence (GPL) version 3 or later (see license.txt in Dynare distribution).
It is available for the Windows, macOS, and Linux platforms and is fully documented through a reference manual. 																

Stéphane Adjemian, Houtan Bastani, Michel Juillard, Frédéric Karamé, Ferhat Mihoubi, Willi Mutschler, Johannes Pfeifer, Marco Ratto, 
Normann Rion and Sébastien Villemot (2022), “Dynare: Reference Manual, Version 5,” Dynare Working Papers, 72, CEPREMAP.																
														
Copyright © 1996-2022, Dynare Team.	www.dynare.org

10) CompEcon Toolbox 													
CompEcon is a set of MATLAB functions for solving a variety of problems in economics and finance. 
The CompEcon Toolbox was developed to accompany:
																
Applied Computational Economics and Finance, Mario J. Miranda & Paul L. Fackler, MIT Press. 2002																
For additional information or to report any problems, please visit: https://pfackler.wordpress.ncsu.edu/compecon/154-2/							