Report NEP-DEV-2004-08-16

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• Berger, Allen N & Hasan, Iftekhar & Klapper, Leora F., 2003, "Further evidence on the link between finance and growth : an international analysis of community banking and economic performance," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 3105, Aug.
• Chowdhury, Khorshed, 2004, "Convergence of Per Capita GDP Across SAARC Countries," Economics Working Papers, School of Economics, University of Wollongong, NSW, Australia, number wp04-07.
• Hiau Looi Kee & Hian Teck Hoon, 2004, "Trade, capital accumulation, and structural unemployment : An empirical study of the Singapore economy," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 3272, Apr.
• Klein, Michael, 2003, "Ways out of poverty : diffusing best practices and creating capabilities - perspectives on policies for poverty reduction," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 2990, Mar.
• Reinikka, Ritva & Svensson, Jakob, 2003, "Survey techniques to measure and explain corruption," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 3071, Jun.
• de la Torre, Augusto & Schmukler & Sergio L., 2004, "Coping with risk through mismatches : domestic and international financial contracts for emerging economies," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 3212, Feb.
• Hoogeveen, Johannes & Van der Klaauw, Bas & Van Lomwel, Gijsbert, 2003, "On the timing of marriage, cattle, and weather shocks in rural Zimbabwe," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 3112, Aug.
• Sakellariou, Chris N. & Patrinos, Harry A., 2003, "Technology, computers, and wages : evidence from a developing economy," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 3008, Mar.
• Jean-Laurent Rosenthal, 2004, "Inequality in a Developing Economy; Paris and France 1807-1994 joint with Thomas Piketty and Gilles Postel-Vinay," UCLA Economics Online Papers, UCLA Department of Economics, number 307, Aug.
• Fisman, Raymond & Love, Inessa, 2004, "Financial development and growth in the short and long run," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 3319, May.
• Chen, Shaohua & Ravallion, Martin, 2004, "How Have the World's Poorest Fared Since the Early 1980s?," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 3341, Jun.
• Keefer, Philip, 2004, "What does political economy tell us about economic development - and vice versa?," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 3250, Mar.
• Falkinger, Josef & Grossmann, Volker, 2004, "Institutions and Development: The Interaction between Trade Regime and Political System," IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), number 1242, Aug.
• Keefer, Philip & Khemani, Stuti, 2003, "Democracy, public expenditures, and the poor," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 3164, Nov.
• Lall, Somik V. & Jun Koo & Chakravorty, Sanjoy, 2003, "Diversity matters - the economic geography of industry location in India," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 3072, Jun.
• Lederman, Daniel & Maloney, William F., 2003, "Trade structure and growth," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 3025, Apr.
• Bolaky, Bineswaree & Freund, Caroline, 2004, "Trade, regulations, and growth," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 3255, Apr.
• Dehejia, Rajeev H. & Beegle, Kathleen & Gatti, Roberta, 2003, "Child labor, income shocks, and access to credit," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 3075, May.
• Ferreira, Francisco H. G. & Leite, Phillippe G. & Pereira da Silva, Luiz A. & Picchetti, Paulo, 2004, "Can the distributional impacts of macroeconomic shocks be predicted? A comparison of the performance of macro-micro models with historical data for Brazil," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 3303, May.
• Perry, Guillermo, 2003, "Can fiscal rules help reduce macroeconomic volatility in the Latin America and Caribbean Region?," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 3080, Jun.
• Milanovic, Branko, 2003, "Is inequality in Africa really different ?," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 3169, Nov.
• Chen, Derek H. C. & Dahlman, Carl J., 2004, "Knowledge and development : a cross-section approach," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 3366, Aug.
• Burgess, Robin & Venables, Anthony J., 2004, "Toward a microeconomics of growth," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 3257, Apr.
• Khandker, Shahidur R., 2003, "Microfinance and poverty - evidence using panel data from Bangladesh," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 2945, Jan.
• Gradstein, Mark, 2003, "The political economy of public spending on education, inequality, and growth," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 3162, Nov.
• Dollar, David & Kraay, Aart, 2003, "Institutions, trade, and growth : revisiting the evidence," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 3004, Mar.
• Van der Walle, Dominique & Cratty, Dorothyjean, 2003, "Is the emerging nonfarm market economy the route out of poverty in Vietnam?," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 2950, Jan.
• Hanson, James A., 2003, "Banking in developing countries in the 1990s," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 3168, Nov.
• Clarke, George & Xu, Lixin Colin & Zou, Heng-fu, 2003, "Finance and income inequality : test of alternative theories," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 2984, Mar.
• Morisset, Jacques, 2003, "Does a country need a promotion agency to attract foreign direct investment : a small analytical model applied to 58 countries," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 3028, Apr.
• McCulloch, Neil, 2003, "The impact of structural reforms on poverty : a simple methodology with extensions," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 3124, Aug.
• Shanks, Edwin & Turk, Carrie, 2003, "Refining policy with the poor: local consultations on the draft comprehensive poverty reduction and growth strategy in Vietnam," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 2968, Jan.
• Ravallion, Martin, 2004, "Pro-poor growth : A primer," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 3242, Mar.
• Emran, M. Shabe & Otsuka, Misuzu & Shilpi, Forhad, 2003, "Gender, generations, and nonfarm participation," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 3087, Jun.
• Rama,Martin G., 2003, "Globalization and workers in developing countries," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 2958, Jan.
• Do, Quy-Toan & Levchenko, Andrei A., 2004, "Trade and financial development," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 3347, Jun.
• Michael Lokshin & Thomas A. Mroz, 2003, "Gender and poverty : a life cycle approach to the analysis of the differences in gender outcomes," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 3153, Oct.
• Boyreau-Debray, Genevieve, 2003, "Financial intermediation and growth - Chinese style," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 3027, Apr.
• Case, Anne & Deaton, Angus, 2003, "Consumption, health, gender, and poverty," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 3020, Apr.
• Gradstein, Mark, 2003, "Governance and economic growth," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 3098, Jul.
• Ravallion, Martin, 2004, "Competing concepts of inequality in the globalization debate," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 3243, Mar.
• Gine, Xavier & Townsend, Robert M., 2003, "Evaluation of financial liberalization : a general equilibrium model with constrained occupation choice," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 3014, Apr.
• Fiess, Norbert, 2003, "Capital flows, country risk, and contagion," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 2943, Jan.
• Fernandes, Ana M., 2003, "Trade policy, trade volumes, and plant-level productivity in Colombian manufacturing industries," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 3064, May.
• Verner, Dorte, 2004, "Making the poor count takes more than counting the poor : A quick poverty assessment of the state of Bahia, Brazil," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 3216, Feb.
• Patrick Honohan, 2004, "Financial development, growth, and poverty: how close are the links?," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 3203, Feb.
• Verner, Dorte, 2004, "Education and its poverty-reducing effects: The case of Paraiba, Brazil," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 3321, Jun.
• Agenor, Pierre-Richard, 2004, "Unemployment - poverty trade-offs," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 3297, May.
• Garett Jones & W. Joel Schneider, 2004, "Intelligence, Human Capital, and Economic Growth: An Extreme Bounds Analysis," Econometric Society 2004 Latin American Meetings, Econometric Society, number 156, Aug.
• Epifani, Paolo, 2003, "Trade liberalization, firm performance, and labor market outcomes in the developing world : what can we learn from micro-level data?," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 3063, May.
• Lopez-Acevedo, Gladys, 2003, "Wages and productivity in Mexican manufacturing," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 2964, Jan.
• Yasmina Reem Limam & Stephen M. Miller, 2004, "Explaining Economic Growth: Factor Accumulation, Total Factor Productivity Growth, and Production Efficiency Improvement," Working papers, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics, number 2004-20, Mar.
• Gauri, Varun & Vawda, Ayesha, 2003, "Vouchers for basic education in developing countries : a principal-agent perspective," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 3005, Mar.
• Richard H. Adams, Jr.,John Page, 2003, "Å ‘ű•Ä¸­Å›½Å®¶Çš„Å›½É™…ǧ»Æ°‘À Ʊ‡Æ¬¾Å’Œè´«Å›°," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 3179, Dec.
• Ravallion, Martin, 2003, "The debate on globalization, poverty, and inequality : why measurement matters," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 3038, May.
• Thomas Barnebeck Andersen & Thomas Harr & Finn Tarp, 2004, "On US politics and IMF Lending," Discussion Papers, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics, number 04-11, Aug.
• Hoekman, Bernard M. & Maskus, Keith E. & Saggi, Kamal, 2004, "Transfer of technology to developing countries : unilateral and multilateral policy options," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 3332, Jun.
• Quy-Toan Do, 2004, "Institutional trap," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 3291, Apr.
• Chen, Shaohua & Ravallion, Martin, 2003, "Hidden impact ? Ex-post evaluation of an anti-poverty program," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 3049, May.
• Xubei Luo, 2004, "The role of infrastructure investment location in China's western development," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 3345, Jun.
• Thorsten Beck, 2003, "Small and medium enterprises, growth, and poverty : cross-country evidence," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 3178, Dec.
• Edmonds & Eric V. & Pavcnik, Nina, 2004, "Product market integration and household labor supply in a poor economy: evidence from Vietnam," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 3234, Mar.
• Wilson,John S. & Mann, Catherine L. & Otsuki, Tsunehiro, 2003, "Trade facilitation and economic development : measuring the impact," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 2988, Mar.
• Addison, Douglas M., 2003, "Productivity growth and product variety : gains from imitation and education," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 3023, Apr.
• Alessandro Tarozzi, 2004, "Calculating Comparable Statistics from Incomparable Surveys, with an Application to Poverty in India," Econometric Society 2004 North American Winter Meetings, Econometric Society, number 280, Aug.
• Kraay, Aart & Nehru, Vikram, 2004, "When is external debt sustainable?," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 3200, Feb.
• Adams, Richard H. Jr., 2003, "International migration, remittances, and the brain drain ; a study of 24 labor exporting countries," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 3069, Jun.
• Quy-Toan Do & Lakshmi Iyer, 2003, "Land rights and economic development : evidence from Vietnam," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 3120, Aug.
• Burnside, Craig & Dollar, David, 2004, "Aid, policies, and growth : revisiting the evidence," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 3251, Mar.
• Stephen J. Turnovsky & Santanu Chatterjee, 2004, "Tied Versus Untied Foreign Aid: Consequences for a Growing Economy," Computing in Economics and Finance 2004, Society for Computational Economics, number 8, Aug.
• Agenor, Pierre-Richard & Izquierdo, Alejandro & Fofack, Hippolyte, 2003, "The integrated macroeconomic model for poverty analysis : a quantitative macroeconomic framework for the analysis of poverty reduction strategies," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 3092, Jul.
• Milanovic, Branko, 2003, "Income convergence during the disintegration of the world economy, 1919-39," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 2941, Jan.
• Beck, Thorsten & Demirguc-Kunt, Asli & Levine, Ross, 2004, "Finance, inequality, and poverty: cross-country evidence," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 3338, Jun.
• Beata Smarzynska Javorcik & Mariana Spatareanu, 2003, "To share or not to share : does local participation matter for spillovers from foreign direct investment?," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 3118, Aug.
• Ho-Chul Lee & McNulty, Mary P., 2003, "East Asia's dynamic development model and the Republic of Korea's experiences," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 2987, Mar.
• Adams, Richard H. Jr., 2003, "Economic growth, inequality, and poverty : findings from a new data set," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 2972, Feb.
• Sanchez-Paramo, Carolina & Schady, Norbert, 2003, "Off and running? Technology, trade and the rising demand for skilled workers in Latin America," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 3015, Apr.
• Djankov, Simeon & Glaeser, Edward & La Porta, Rafael & Lopez de Silanes, Florencio & Shleifer, Andrei, 2003, "The new comparative economics," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 3054, May.
• Lederman, Daniel & Maloney, William F., 2003, "Research and development (R&D) and development," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 3024, Apr.
• Ravallion, Martin, 2003, "In measuring aggregate"social efficiency"," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 3166, Nov.
• Agenor,Pierre-Richard, 2003, "The mini-integrated macroeconomic model for poverty analysis : a framework for analyzing the unemployment and poverty effects of fiscal and labor market reforms," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 3067, May.
• Canals-Cerda, Jose & Ridao-Cano, Cristobal, 2004, "The dynamics of school and work in rural Bangladesh," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 3330, Jun.

Report NEP-DEV-2004-08-16

This is the archive for NEP-DEV, a report on new working papers in the area of Development. Jacob A. Jordaan issued this report. It is usually issued weekly.

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