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1999
- 2229 Do school facilities matter? : the case of the Peruvian Social Fund (FONCODES)
by Paxson, Christina & Schady, Norbert - 2228 Fiscal contingency planning for banking crises
by Honohan, Patrick - 2227 The Sri Lankan unemployment problem revisited
by Rama, Martin - 2226 Money, politics and a future for the international financial system
by Klein, Michael - 2225 How did highly indebted poor countries become highly indebted? : reviewing two decades of debt relief
by Easterly, William - 2224 Growth forecasts using time series and growth models
by Kraay, Aart & Monokroussos, George - 2223 Integrated financial supervision : lessons of Northern European experience
by Taylor, Michael & Fleming, Alex - 2222 Labor market integration in the presence of social capital
by Schiff, Maurice - 2221 The dynamics of poverty and the effectiveness of Poland's safety net (1993-96)
by Okrasa,Wlodzimierz - 2220 A Quantitative evaluation of Vietnam's accession to the ASEAN Free Trade Area
by Fukase, Emiko & Martin, Will - 2219 The effect of the United States'granting Most Favored Nation status to Vietnam
by Fukase, Emiko & Martin, Will - 2218 Who avoids and who escapes from poverty during transition? - evidence from Polish panel data, 1993-96
by Okrasa, Wlodzimierz - 2217 Border, border, wide and far, how we wonder what you are
by Parsley, David C. & Shang-Jin Wei - 2216 Corruption and trade tariffs, or a case for uniform tariffs
by Gatti, Roberta - 2215 Implementation of Ururguay Round commitments : the development challenge
by Finger, Michael J. & Schuler, Philip - 2214 Trade policy and market access issues for developing countries : implications for the Millennium Round
by Michalopoulos, Constantine - 2213 Fiscal solvency and sustainability in economic management
by Hinh T. Dinh - 2212 Is African manufacturing skill-constrained?
by Pack, Howard & Paxson, Christina - 2211 Competition policy, developing countries, and the World Trade Organization
by Hoekman, Bernard & Holmes, Peter - 2210 The slippery slope : explaining the increase in extreme poverty in urban Brazil, 1976-96
by Ferreira, Francisco H. G. & Paes de Barrios, Ricardo - 2209 Does corruption relieve foreign investors of the burden of taxes and capital controls?
by Shang-Jin Wei - 2208 Ethnic partition as a solution to ethnic war - an empirical critique of the theoretical literature
by Sambanis, Nicholas - 2207 Jamaica's food stamp program - impacts on poverty and welfare
by Ezemenari, Kene & Subbarao, Kalanidhi - 2206 Household childcare choices and women's work behavior in Russia
by Lokshin, Michael M. - 2205 Foreign-owned capital and endogenous tariffs
by Olarreaga, Marcelo - 2204 Corruption under moral hazard
by Eskeland, Gunnar S. & Thiele, Henrik - 2203 Market versus administrative reallocation of agricultural land in a period of rapid industrialization
by Carter, Michael R. & Yang Yao - 2202 Specialization without regret - transfer rights, agricultural productivity, and investment in an industrializing economy
by Carter, Michael R. & Yang Yao - 2201 Financial development and industrial capital accumulation
by Bossone, Biagio - 2200 The role of trust in financial sector development
by Bossone, Biagio - 2199 Managing risks of capital mobility
by Dailami, Mansoor - 2198 How the Chinese system of charges and subsidies affects pollution control efforts by China's top industrial polluters
by Hua Wang & Ming Chen - 2197 Production sharing in East Asia : who does what for whom, and why?
by Ng, Francis & Yeats, Alexander - 2196 Governance matters
by Kaufmann, Daniel & Kraay, Aart & Zoido-Lobaton, Pablo - 2195 Aggregating governance indicators
by Kaufmann, Daniel & Kraay, Aart & Zoido-Lobaton, Pablo - 2194 Does democracy facilitate the economic transition : an empirical study of Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union
by Dethier, Jean-Jacques & Ghanem, Hafez & Zoli, Edda - 2193 Children's growth and poverty in rural Guatemala
by Gragnolati, Michele - 2192 Districts, spillovers, and government overspending
by Baqir, Reza - 2191 Can no antitrust policy be better than some antitrust policy?
by Mattoo, Aaditya - 2190 The credit channel at work - lessons from the Republic of Korea's financial crisis
by Ferri, Giovanni & Tae Soo Kang - 2189 Alternative frameworks for providing financial services
by Claessens, Stijn & Klingebiel, Daniela - 2188 Financial liberalization and the capital account : Thailand, 1988-97
by Alba, Pedro & Hernandez, Leonardo & Klingebiel, Daniela - 2187 Who determines Mexican trade policy?
by Grether,Jean-Marie & De Melo,Jaime A. P. & Olarreaga,Marcelo - 2186 Contagion, bank lending spreads, and output fluctuations
by Agenor, Pierre-Richard & Aizenman, Joshua & Hoffmaister, Alexander - 2185 Financial sector inefficiencies and coordination failures : implications for crisis management
by Agenor, Pierre-Richard & Aizenman, Joshua - 2184 Financial services and the World Trade Organization - liberalization commitments of the developing and transition economies
by Mattoo, Aaditya - 2183 Market discipline and financial safety net design
by Demirguc-Kunt, Asl1 & Huizinga, Harry - 2182 The integration of transition economies into the world trading system
by Michalopoulos, Constantine - 2181 Privatization and regulation of the seaport industry
by Trujillo, Lourdes & Nombela, Gustavo - 2180 Regulating privatized infrastructures and airport services
by Betancor, Ofelia & Rendeiro, Robert - 2179 How child labor and child schooling interact with adult labor
by Ray, Ranjan - 2178 Nonfarm income, inequality, and land in Rural Egypt
by Adams, Richard H., Jr - 2177 Fiscal adjustment and contingent government liabilities : case studies of the Czech Republic and Macedonia
by Brixi, Hana Polackova & Ghanem, Hafez & Islam, Roumeen - 2176 Fiscal risks and the quality of fiscal adjustment in Hungary
by Brixi, Hana Polackova & Papp, Anita & Schick, Allen - 2175 Sector growth and the dual economy model - evidence from Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, and Zimbabwe
by Blunch, Niels-Hugo & Verner, Dorte - 2174 Prospective deficits and the asian currency crisis
by Burnside, Craig & Eichenbaum, Martin & Rebelo, Sergio - 2173 The intriguing relation between adult minimum wage and child labor
by Basu, Kaushik - 2172 The East Asian crisis : investigating causes and policy responses
by McKibbin, Warwick & Marin, Will - 2171 Productivity growth and convergence in agriculture and manufacturing
by Martin, Will & Mitra, Devashish - 2170 The distributional consequences of monetary policy : evidence from Malaysia
by Domac, Ilker - 2169 Corruption, public finances, and the unofficial economy
by Johnson, Simon & Kaufmann, Daniel & Zoido-Lobaton, Pablo - 2168 Wage and productivity gaps - evidence from Ghana
by Verner, Dorte - 2167 Bonds and bridges : social and poverty
by Narayan, Deepa - 2166 Seeking votes - the political economy of expenditures by the Peruvian Social Fund (FONCODES), 1991-95
by Schady, Norbert R. - 2165 The Russian city in transition - the first six years in ten Volga capitals
by de Melo, Martha & Ofer, Gur - 2164 Challenging El Salvador's rural health care strategy
by Lewis, Maureen & Eskeland, Gunnar S. & Traa-Valerezo, Ximena - 2163 Coverage under old-agesecurity programs and protection for the uninsured - What are the issues?
by James, Estelle - 2162 Quantifying the fiscal effects of trade reform
by Devarajan, Shantayanan & Go, Delfin S. & Hongyi Li - 2161 Will the real"natural trading partner"please stand up?
by Schiff, Maurice - 2160 Protecting the poor from macroeconomic shocks
by Ferreira, Francisco & Prennushi, Giovanna & Ravallion, Martin - 2159 Provincial bank privatization in Argentina : the why, how, and"so what"?
by Clarke, George R. G. & Cull, Robert - 2158 The effect of foreign entry on Argentina's domestic banking sector
by Clarke, George R. G. & Cull, Robert & D'Amato, Laura & Molinari, Andrea - 2157 How regional blocs affect excluded countries - the price effects of MERCOSUR
by Won Chang & Winters, L. Alan - 2156 How has regionalism in the 1990s affected trade?
by Soloaga, Isidro & Winters, L. Alan - 2155 Lending booms, reserves, and the sustainability of short-term debt - inferences from the pricing of syndicated bank loans
by Eichengreen, Barry & Mody, Ashoka - 2154 Inter-industry labor mobility in Taiwan, China
by Pack, Howard & Paxson, Christina - 2153 Themystery of the vanishing benefits : Ms. Speedy Analyst's introduction to evaluation
by Ravallion, Martin - 2152 Comparing the performance of public and private water companies in the Asia and Pacific region : what a stochastic costs frontier shows
by Estache, Antonio & Rossi, Martin A. - 2151 A few things transport regulators should know about risk and the cost of capital
by Alexander, Ian & Estache, Antonio & Oliveri, Adele - 2150 Who wants to redistribute? Russia's tunnel effect in the 1990's
by Ravallion, Martin & Lokshin, Michael - 2149 Income gains to the poor from workfare - estimates for Argentina's TRABAJAR Program
by Jalan, Jyotsna & Ravallion, Martin - 2148 Social capital, houshold welfare, and poverty in Indonesia
by Grootaert, Christiaan - 2147 Developing country goals and strategies for the Millennium Round
by Michalopoulos, Constantine - 2146 A new database on financial development and structure
by Beck, Thorsten & Demirguc-Kunt, Asli & Levine, Ross - 2145 Assessing the impact of micro-credit on poverty and vulnerability in Bangladesh
by Zaman, Hassan - 2144 Aid dependence reconsidered
by Azam, Jean-Paul*Devarajan, Shantayanan*O'Connell - 2143 Bank-based and market-based financial systems - cross-country comparisons
by Demirguc-Kunt, Asli & Levine, Ross - 2142 Adjusting to trade policy reform
by Matusz, Steven J. & Tarr, David - 2141 Capital flows, macroeconomic management, and the financial system - Turkey, 1989-97
by Celasun, Oya & Denizer, Cevdet & Dong He - 2140 Gender bias in China, the Republic of Korea, and India 1920-90 - effects of war, famine, and fertility decline
by Das Gupta, Monica & Li Shuzhuo - 2139 Small states, small problems?
by Easterly, William & Kraay, Aart - 2138 Multilateral disciplines for investment-related policies
by Hoekman, Bernard & Saggi, Kamal - 2137 Globalization and national development at the end ot the 20th century - tensions and challenges
by Solimano, Andres - 2136 An empirical analysis ofcompetition, privatization, and regulation in telecommunications markets in Africa and Latin America
by Wallsten, Scott J. - 2135 Hungary's integration into European Union markets - production and trade restructuring
by Kaminski, Bartlomiej - 2134 Interlinkage, limited liability, and strategic interaction
by Basu, Kaushik & Bell, Clive & Bose, Pinaki - 2133 Resolution of corporate distress - evidence from East Asia's financial crisis
by Claessens, Stijn & Djankov, Simeon & Klapper, Leora - 2132 A regime - switching approach to studying speculative attacks : focus on European Monetary System crises
by Peria, Maria Soledad Martinez - 2131 Efficiency wage and union effects in labor demand and wage structure in Mexico - An application of quantile analysis
by Maloney, William F. & Pontual Ribeiro, Eduardo - 2130 Deep integration, nondiscrimination, and Euro-Mediterranean free trade
by Hoekman, Bernard & Konan, Denise Eby - 2129 Agricultural extension - generic challenges and the ingredients for solutions
by Feder, Gershon & Willett, Anthony & Zijp, Willem - 2128 Learning outcomes and school cost-effectiveness in Mexico : the PARE program
by Lopez Acevedo, Gladys - 2127 Lifeboat ethics versus corporate ethics - social and demographic implications of stem and joint families
by Das Gupta, Monica - 2126 Liberte, egalite, fraternite : exploring the role of governance in fertility decline
by Das Gupta, Monica - 2125 Developing country agriculture and the new trade agenda
by Hoekman, Bernard & Anderson, Kym - 2124 Social exclusion and land administration in Orissa, India
by Mearns, Robin & Sinha, Saurabh - 2123 Access to land in rural India - policy issues and options
by Mearns, Robin - 21224 Abstracts : policy research working paper series - numbers 2133-2196
by anonymous - 21223 Abstracts : policy research working paper series - numbers 2071-2132
by anonymous - 2122 Decentralization and fiscal management in Colombia
by Dillinger, William & Webb, Steven B. - 2121 Fiscal management in federal democracies : Argentina and Brazil
by Dillinger,William R. & Webb,Steven Benjamin - 2120 Can Africa export manufactures? The role of endowment, exchange rates, and transaction costs
by Elbadawi, Ibrahim A. - 2119 Tax deductions, environmental policy, and the"double dividend"hypothesis
by Parry, Ian & Bento, Antonio - 2118 Developing countries and the next round of multilateral trade negotiations
by Krueger, Anne O. - 2117 On the size and number of regional integration arrangements - a political economy model
by Andriamananjara, Soamiely - 2116 Does child labor displace schooling? - evidence on behavioral responses to an enrollment subsidy
by Ravallion, Martin & Wodon, Quentin - 2115 Foreign investment and productivity growth in Czech enterprises
by Djankov, Simeon & Hoekman, Bernard - 2114 Economic reforms and total factor productivity growth in Latin America and the Caribbean (1950-95) - an empirical note
by Fajnzylber, Pablo & Lederman, Daniel - 2113 Wage determination and gender discrimination in a transition economy : the case of Romania
by Paternostro, Stefano & Sahn, David E. - 2112 Industrial policy after the East Asian crisis - from"outward orientation"to new internal capabilities?
by Mody, Ashoka - 2111 Agricultural land reform in postwar Japan : experiences and issues
by Kawagoe, Toshihiko - 2110 Life during growth : international evidence on quality of life and per capita income
by Easterly, William - 2109 When is fiscal adjustment an illusion?
by Easterly, William - 2108 Public goods and ethnic divisions
by Alesina, Alberto & Baqir, Reza & Easterly, William - 2107 Approaches to liberalizing services
by Stephenson, Sherry M. - 2106 Subjective economic welfare
by Ravallion, Martin & Lokshin, Michael - 2105 Wage rates and job queues - does the public sector overpay in Ethiopia?
by Mengistae, Taye - 2104 The relative effects of skill formation and job matching on wage growth in Ethiopia
by Mengistae, Taye - 2103 Was the credit channel a key monetary transmission mechanism following the recent financial crisis in the Republic of Korea?
by Kim, Hyun E. - 2102 Self-employment and labor turnover - cross-country evidence
by Maloney, William F. - 2101 Are wages and productivity in Zimbabwe affected by human capital investment and international trade?
by Verner, Dorte - 2100 Decentralization in regional fiscal systems in Russia - trends and links to economic performance
by Freinkman, Lev & Yossifov, Plamen - 2099 Mutual funds and institutional investments - what is the most efficient way to set up individual accounts in a social security system?
by James, Estelle & Ferrier, Gary & Smalhout, James & Vittas, Dimitri - 2098 Reconsidering the evidence on returns to T&V extension in Kenya
by Gautam, Madhur & Anderson, Jack R. - 2097 The theory of access pricing : an overview for infrastructure regulators
by Valletti, Tommaso M. & Estache, Antonio - 2096 Reforming the urban transport sector in the Rio de Janeiro metropolitan region - a case study in concessions
by Rebelo, Jorge M. - 2095 Ten years of post-socialist transition lessons for policy reform
by Koldko, Grzegorz W. - 2094 What triggers market jitters? A chronicle of the Asian crisis
by Kaminsky, Graciela L. & Schmukler, Sergio L. - 2093 Free entry in infrastructure
by Ehrhardt, David & Burdon, Rebecca - 2092 What does aid to Africa finance?
by Devarajan, Shantayanan & Rajkumar, Andrew Sunil & Swaroop, Vinaya - 2091 Beyond unequal development : an overview
by Solimano, Andres - 2090 Risks, lessons learned, and secondary markets for greenhouse gas reductions
by Larson, Donald F. & Parks, Paul - 2089 Corporate diversification in East Asia : the role of ultimate ownership and group affiliation
by Claessens, Stijn & Djankov, Simeon & Joseph P. H. Fan & Lang, Larry H. P. - 2088 Expropriation of minority shareholders : evidence from East Asia
by Claessens, Stijn & Djankov, Simeon & Joseph P. H. Fan & Lang, Larry H. P. - 2087 Male-female differences in labor market outcomes during the early transition to market : the case of Estonia and Slovenia
by Orazem, Peter F. & Vodopivec, Milan - 2086 Deregulating technology transfer in agriculture : reform's impact on turkey in the 1980s
by Gisselquist, David & Pray, Carl - 2085 Monitoring banking sector fragility : a multivariate logit approach with an application to the 1996-97 banking crises
by Demirguc-Kunt, Asli & Detragiache, Enrica - 2084 Future inequality in Carbon Dioxide emissions and the projected impact of abatement proposals
by Heil, Mark T. & Wodon, Quentin T. - 2083 INFRISK : a computer simulation approach to risk management in infrastructure project finance transactions
by Dailami, Mansoor & Lipkovich, Ilya & Van Dyck, John - 2082 Gross worker and job flows in a transition economy : an analysis of Estonia
by Haltiwanger, John C. & Vodopivec, Milan - 2081 Reforming Cote d'Ivoire's cocoa marketing and pricing system
by McIntire, John & Varangis, Panos - 2080 Monitoring targeting performance when decentralized allocation to the poor are unobserved
by Ravallion - 2079 Is more targeting consistent with less spending?
by Ravallion, Martin - 2078 Valuing mortality reductions in India : a study of compensating wage differentials
by Simon, Nathalie B. & Cropper, Maureen L. & Alberini, Anna & Arora, Seema - 2077 Change in the perception of the poverty line during times of depression : Russia 1993-96
by Milanovic, Branko & Jovanovic, Branko - 2076 Microdeterminants of consumption, poverty, growth, and inequality in Bangladesh
by Wodon, Quentin T. - 2075 Between group inequality and targeted transfers
by Wodon, Quentin T. - 2074 Light and lightning at the end of the public tunnel : reform of the electricity sector in the Southern Cone
by Estache, Antonio & Rodriguez-Pardina, Martin - 2073 Politics, transaction costs, and the design of regulatory institutions
by Estache, Antonio & Martimort, David - 2072 Growth, poverty, and inequality : a regional panel for Bangladesh
by Wodon, Quentin T. - 2071 The World Bank's Unified Survey projections : how accurate are they? an ex-post evaluation of US91-US97
by Verbeek, Jos - 2070 The search for the key : aid, investment, and policies in Africa
by Dollar, David & Easterly, William - 2069 Logit analysis in a rotating panel context and an application to self-employment decisions
by Gonzalez, Patricio Aroca*Maloney, William F. - 2068 Quitting and labor turnover : microeconomic evidence and macroeconomic consequences
by Krebs, Tom & Maloney, William F. - 2067 Multinational firms and technology transfer
by Glass, Amy Jocelyn & Saggi, Kamal - 2066 Flight capital as a portfolio choice
by Collier, Paul & Hoeffler, Anke & Pattillo, Catherine - 2065 Exporting, externalities, and technology transfer
by Pack, Howard & Saggi, Kamal - 2064 Regulating privatized rail transport
by Campos, Javier & Cantos, Pedro - 2063 The practice of access pricing : telecommunications in the United Kingdom
by Valletti, Tommasso M. - 2062 Does financial reform increase or reduce savings ?
by Bandiera, Oriana & Caprio, Gerard & Honohan, Patrick & Schiantarelli, Fabio - 2061 A framework for regulating microfinance institutions
by van Greuning, Hennie & Gallardo, Joselito & Randhawa, Bikki - 2060 The macroeconomics of delayed exchange-rate unification : theory and evidence from Tanzania
by Kaufmann, Daniel & O'Connell, Stephen A. - 2059 Financial intermediation and growth : Causality and causes
by Levine, Ross & Loayza, Norman & Beck, Thorsten - 2058 Do depositors punish banks for"bad"behavior? : market discipline in Argentina, Chile, and Mexico
by Martinez Peria, Maria Soledad & Schmukler, Sergio L. - 2057 Finance and the sources of growth
by Beck, Thorsten & Levine, Ross & Loayza, Norman - 2056 Does a thin foreign exchange market lead to destabilizing capital-market speculation in the Asian Crisis countries?
by Hong G. Min & McDonald, Judith A. - 2055 Social security reform, income disribution, fiscal policy, and capital accumulation
by Serrano, Carlos - 2054 Who controls East Asian corporations ?
by Claessens, Constantijn A. & Djankov, Simeon & Lang, Larry H. P. - 2053 Managing foreign labor in Singapore and Malaysia : are there lessons for GCC countries?
by Ruppert, Elizabeth - 2052 The macro wage curve and labor market flexibility in Zimbabwe
by Verner, Dorte - 2051 How stronger protection of intellectual property rights affects international trade flows
by Fink, Carsten & Braga, Carlos A. Primo - 2050 Measuring aid flows : a new approach
by Chang, Charles C. & Fernandez-Arias, Eduardo & Serven, Luis - 2049 Household labor supply, unemployment, and minimum wage legislation
by Basu, Kaushik & Genicot, Garance & Stiglitz, Joseph E. - 2048 Corruption in economic development - beneficial grease, minor annoyance, or major obstacle?
by Shang-Jin Wei - 2047 Ownership structure and enterprise restructuring in six newly independent states
by Djankov, Simeon - 2046 Restructuring of insider-dominated firms
by Djankov, Simeon - 2045 Water challenge and institutional response (a cross-country perspective)
by Saleth, R. Maria & Dinar, Ariel - 2044 Trade, migration, and welfare : the impact of social capital
by Schiff, Maurice - 2043 Demand for public safety
by Pradhan, Menno & Ravallion, Martin - 2042 Determinants of motorization and road provision
by Ingram, Gregory K. & Zhi Liu - 2041 Aid allocation and poverty reduction
by Collier, Paul & Dollar, David - 2040 Making negotiated land reform work : initial experience from Brazil, Colombia, and South Africa
by Deininger, Klaus - 2039 Reforming institutions for service delivery : a framework for development assistance with an application to the health, nutrition, and population portfolio
by Girishankar, Navin - 2038 Good governance and trade policy : are they the keys to Africa's global integration and growth?
by Ng, Francis & Yeats, Alexander - 2037 Financial regulation and performance : cross-country evidence
by Barth, James R. & Caprio Jr., Gerard & Levine, Ross - 20012 Abstracts : policy research working paper series - numbers 2197 - 2261
by anonymous
1998
- 21222 Abstracts : policy research working paper series - numbers 1989-2015
by anonymous - 21221 Abstracts : policy research working paper series - numbers 1936-1988
by anonymous - 21220 Abstracts : policy research working paper series - numbers 1894-1935
by anonymous - 2036 Vehicles, roads, and road use - alternative empirical specifications
by Ingram, Gregory K. & Zhi Liu