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1999
- 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
- 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 Eric & Loayza,Norman V.
- 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
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
- 17782 Abstracts : policy research working paper series - numbers 1871-1893
by anonymous
- 2036 Vehicles, roads, and road use - alternative empirical specifications
by Ingram, Gregory K. & Zhi Liu
- 2035 Macroeconomic uncertainty and private investment in developing countries - an empirical investigation
by Serven, Luis
- 2034 Information, accounting, and the regulation of concessioned infrastructure monopolies
by Burns, Phil & Estache, Antonio
- 2033 Diversification and efficiency of investment by East Asian corporations
by Claessens, Constantijn A. & Djankov, Simeon & Joseph P. H. Fan & Lang, Larry H. P.
- 2032 Institutional investors and securities markets : which comes first?
by Vittas, Dimitri
- 2031 Addressing the education puzzle : the distribution of education and economic reform
by Lopez, Ramon & Thomas, Vinod & Yan Wang
- 2030 The political economy of financial repression in transition economies
by Denizer, Cevdet & Desai, Raj M. & Gueorguiev, Nikolay
- 2029 Small manufacturing plants, pollution, and poverty : new evidence from Brazil and Mexico
by Dasgupta, Susmita & Lucas, Robert E. B. & Wheeler, David
- 2028 Access to markets and the benefits of rural roads
by Jacoby, Hanan G.
- 2027 Child labor : cause, consequence, and cure, with remarks on International Labor Standards
by Basu, Kaushik
- 2026 Circuit theory of finance and the role of incentives in financial sector reform
by Bossone, Biagio
- 2025 Dynamic capita mobility, capital market risk, and exchange rate misalignment : evidence from seven Asian Countries
by Hong G. Min
- 2024 Re-engineering insurance supervision
by Savage, Lawrie
- 2023 Capital inflow reversals, banking stability, and prudential regulation in Central and Eastern Europe
by Talley, Samuel & Giugale, Marcelo M. & Polastri, Rossana
- 2022 The implications of foreign aid fungibility for development assistance
by Devarajan, Shantayanan & Swaroop, vinaya
- 2021 Balance, accountability, and responsiveness : lessons about decentralization
by Shah, Anwar
- 2020 Trade liberalization, fiscal adjustment, and exchange rate policy in India
by Go, Delfin S. & Mitra, Pradeep
- 2019 The effects on developing countries of the Kyoto Protocol and carbon dioxide emissions trading
by Ellerman, A. Denny & Jacoby, Henry D. & Decaux, Annelene
- 2018 Prerequisites for a development-oriented state in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
by Mokoli, Mondonga & Binswanger, Hans P.
- 2017 Corporate growth, financing, and risks in the decade before East Asia's financial crisis
by Claessens, Stijn & Djankov, Simeon & Lang, Larry
- 2016 Financial services for the urban poor : South Africa's E Plan
by Paulson, Jo Ann & McAndrews, James
- 2015 The mechanics of progress in education : evidence from cross-country data
by Mingat, Alain & Jee-Peng Tan
- 2014 Land institutions and land markets
by Deininger, Klaus & Feder, Gershon
- 2013 A new database on investment and capital for agriculture and manufacturing
by Crego, Al & Larson, Donald & Butzer, Rita & Mundlak, Yair
- 2012 Export quotas and policy constraints in the Indian textile and garment industries
by Kathuria, Sanjay & Bhardwaj, Anjali
- 2011 Measuring poverty using qualitative perceptions of welfare
by Pradhan, Menno & Ravallion, Martin
- 2010 The real impact of financial shocks : evidence from the Republic of Korea
by Domac, Ilker & Ferri, Giovanni
- 2009 Poverty and the economic transition : how do changes in economies of scale affect poverty rates for different households?
by Lanjouw, Peter & Milanovic, Branko & Paternostro, Stefano
- 2008 Volatility and contagion in a financially integrated world : lessons from East Asia's recent experience
by Alba, Pedro & Bhattacharya, Amar & Claessens, Stijn & Ghosh, Swati & Hernandez, Leonardo
- 2007 Regional integration arrangements : static economic theory, quantitative findings, and policy guidelines
by DeRosa, Dean A.
- 2006 Household welfare measurement and the pricing of basic services
by Hentschel, Jesko & Lanjouw, Peter
- 2005 Fiscal federalism and macroeconomic governance : for better or for worse?
by Shah, Anwar
- 2004 What can be expected from African regional trade arrangements? some empirical evidence
by Yeats, Alexander J.
- 2003 Thailand's corporate financing and governance structures
by Alba, Pedro & Claessens, Stijn & Djankov, Simeon
- 2002 Accounting for toxicity risks in pollution control : does it matter?
by Dasgupta, Susmita & Laplante, Benoit & Meisner, Craig
- 2001 Measuring the dynamic gains from trade
by Wacziarg, Romain
- 2000 GATT experience with safeguards - making economic and political sense of the possibilities that the GATT allows to restrict imports
by Finger, J. Michael
- 1999 Heterogeneity among Mexico's micro-enterprises - an application of factor and cluster analysis
by Cunningham, Wendy V. & Maloney, William F.
- 1998 The structure and determinants of inequality and poverty reduction in Ghana, 1988-92
by Canagarajah, Sudharshan & Mazumdar, Dipak & Xiao Ye
- 1997 On measuring literacy
by Basu, Kaushik & Foster, James E.
- 1996 Namibia's social safety net : issues and options for reform
by Subbarao, Kalanidhi
- 1995 What macroeconomic policies are"sound?"
by Dailami, Mansoor & Ul Haque, Nadeem
- 1994 Estimating wealth effects without expenditure data - or tears : with an application to educational enrollments in states of India
by Filmer, Deon & Pritchett, Lant
- 1993 Financial safety nets and incentive structures in Latin America
by Brock, Philip L.
- 1992 The present outlook for trade negotiations in the World Trade Organization
by Croome, John
- 1991 Reducing air pollution from urban passenger transport : a framework for policy analysis
by Heil, Mark & Pargal, Sheoli
- 1990 The East Asia crisis and corporate finances : the untold micro story
by Pomerleano, Michael
- 1989 Contingent government liabilities : a hidden risk for fiscal stability
by Polackova, Hana
- 1988 The informal sector, firm dynamics, and institutional participation
by Levenson, Alec R. & Maloney, William F.
- 1987 Political economy and political risks of institutional reform in the water sector
by Dinar, Ariel & Balakrishnan, Trichur K. & Wambia, Joseph
- 1986 Putting auction theory to work : the simultaneous ascending auction
by Milgrom, Paul
- 1985 The optimality of being efficient : designing auctions
by Ausubel, Lawerence M. & Cramton, Peter
- 1984 NAFTA, capital mobility, and Mexico's financial system
by Glaessner, Thomas Charles & Oks, Daniel
- 1983 Pension reform in small developing countries
by Glaessner, Thomas Charles & Valdes-Prieto, Salvador
- 1982 Analyzing financial sectors in transition : with special reference to the Former Soviet Union
by Roe, Alan & Siegelbaum, Paul & King, Tim
- 1981 Evaluating public expenditures when governments must rely on distortionary taxation
by Anderson, James E. & Martin, Will
- 1980 The effect of household wealth on educational attainment : demographic and health survey evidence
by Filmer, Deon & Pritchett, Lant
- 1979 Banking on crises : expensive lessons from recent financial crises
by Caprio Jr., Gerard
- 1978 Behavioral responses to risk in rural China
by Jalan, Jyotsna & Ravallion, Martin
- 1977 Economic reforms in Egypt : emerging patterns and their possible implications
by Al-Mashat, Rania A. & Grigorian, David A.
- 1976 Capital flows to Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union
by Claessens,Constantijn A. & Oks, Daniel & Polastri, R
- 1975 Acting globally while thinking locally : is the global environment protected by transport emission control programs?
by Eskeland, Gunnar S. & Jian Xie
- 1974 Volatility and the welfare costs of financial market integration
by Agenor, Pierre-Richard & Aizenman, Joshua
- 1973 The economic analysis of sector investment programs
by Suthiwart-Narueput, Sethaput
- 1972 Why privatize? : the case of Argentina's public provincial banks
by Clarke, George R. & Cull, Robert
- 1971 Promoting better logging practices in tropical forests
by Boscolo, Marco & Vincent, Jeffrey R.
- 1970 Trade liberalization and endogenous growth in a small open economy : a quantitative assessment
by Rutherford, Thomas F. & Tarr, David G.
- 1969 Protecting the poor in Vietnam's emerging market economy
by Van de Walle, Dominique
- 1968 The economic and law of rent control
by Basu, Kaushik & Emerson, Patrick
- 1967 Agriculture and the macroeconomy
by Schiff, Maurice & Valdes, Alberto
- 1966 Sulfur dioxide control by electric utilities : what are the gains from trade?
by Carlson, Curtis & Burtraw, Dallas & Cropper, Maureen & Palmer, Karen L.
- 1965 Manufacuring firms in developing countries - how well do they do, and why?
by Tybout, James
- 1964 Public investment and economic growth in Mexico
by Lachler, Ulrich & Aschauer, David Alan