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1997
- 1781 Technology accumulation and diffusion : is there a regional dimension?
by Padoan, Pier Carlo
- 1780 High-level rent-seeking and corruption in African regimes : theory and cases
by Coolidge, Jacqueline & Rose-Ackerman, Susan
- 1779 Water allocation mechanisms : principles and examples
by Dinar, Ariel & Rosegrant, Mark W. & Meinzen-Dick, Ruth
- 1778 How government policies affect the relationship between Polish and world wheat prices
by Figiel, Szczepan & Scott, Tom & Varangis, Panos
- 1777 Aid, policies, and growth
by Burnside, Craig & Dollar, David
- 1776 From prices to incomes: agricultural subsidization without protection?
by Baffes, John & Meerman, Jacob
- 1775 Can high-inequality developing countries escape absolute poverty?
by Ravallion, Martin
- 1774 The demand for base money and the sustainability of public debt
by Garcia, Valeriano F.
- 1773 The costs and benefits of regulation : implications for developing countries
by Guasch, J. Luis & Hahn, Robert W.
- 1772 What drives deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon? Evidence from satellite and socioeconomic data
by Pfaff, Alexander S.P.
- 1771 Government employment and pay : a global and regional perspective
by Schiavo-Campo, Salvatore & de Tommaso, Giulio & Mukherjee, Amitabha
- 1770 Poverty and social transfers in Hungary
by Grootaert,Christiaan N.
- 1769 Information, incentives, and commitment : an empirical analysis of contracts between government and state enterprises
by Shirley, Mary M. & L. Colin Xu
- 1768 Is there a quantity-quality tradeoff as enrollments increase? Evidence from Tamil Nadu, India
by Duraisamy, P. & James, Estelle & Lane, Julia & Jee-Peng Tan
- 1767 Pension reform : is there a tradeoff between efficiency and equity?
by James,Estelle
- 1766 New systems for old age security - theory, practice, and empirical evidence
by James, Estelle
- 1765 Explaining agricultural and agrarian policies in developing countries
by Binswanger, Hans P. & Deininger, Klaus
- 1764 A reversal of fortune for Korean women : explaining the 1983 upward turn in relative earnings
by van der Meulen Rodgers, Yana
- 1763 China and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
by Yushu Feng
- 1762 Strategies for pricing publicly provided health services
by Gertler, Paul J. & Hammer, Jeffrey S.
- 1761 Bending the rules : discretionary pollution control in China
by Dasgupta, Susmita & Huq, Mainul & Wheeler, David
- 1760 Credibility of rules and economic growth : evidence from a worldwide survey of the private sector
by Brunnetti, Aymo & Kisunko, Gregory & Weder, Beatrice
- 1759 Institutional obstacles to doing business : region-by-region results from a worldwide survey of the private sector
by BRUNETTI, AYMO AART OLIVER & Kisunko,Gregory & Weder,Beatrice Silvia
- 1758 The restructuring of large firms in Slovakia
by Djankov, Simeon & Pohl, Gerhard
- 1757 Using economic policy to improve environmental protection in Pakistan
by Faruqee, Rashid
- 1756 World crude oil resources : evidence from estimating supply functions for 41 countries
by Watkins, G. C. & Streifel, Shane
- 1755 Survey responses from women workers in Indonesia's textile, garment, and footwear industries
by Pangestu, Mari & Hendytio, Medelina K.
- 1754 Research on land markets in South Asia : what have we learned?
by Faruqee, Rashid & Carey, Kevin
- 1753 Can capital markets create incentives for pollution control?
by Lanoie, Paul & Laplante, Benoit & Roy, Maite
- 1752 Ghana's labor market (1987-92)
by Canagarajah, Sudharshan & Thomas, Saji
- 1751 Using tariff indices to evaluate preferential trading arrangements : an application to Chile
by Bond,Eric W.
- 1750 Regional integration and foreign direct investment : a conceptual framework and three cases
by Blomstrom, Magnus & Kokko, Ari
- 1749 Applying economic analysis to technical assistance projects
by McMahon, Gary
- 1748 Has agricultural trade liberalization improved welfare in the least-developed countries? Yes
by Ingco, Merlinda D.
- 1747 Protection and trade in services : a survey
by Hoekman, Bernard & Primo Braga, Carlos A.
- 1746 The role of long term finance : theory and evidence
by Caprio Jr., Gerard & Demirguc-Kunt, Asli
- 1745 How foreign investment affects host countries
by Blomstrom, Magnus & Kokko, Ari
- 1744 Moving to greener pastures : multinationals and the pollution-haven hypothesis
by Eskeland, Gunnar S. & Harrison, Ann E.
- 1743 How China's government and state enterprises partitioned property and control rights
by Lixin Colin Xu
- 1742 Transport costs and"natural"integration in Mercosur
by Amjadi, Azita & Winters, L. Alan
- 1741 Privatization, public investment, and capital income taxation
by Huizinga, Harry & Nielsen, Soren Bo
- 1740 When is foreign aid policy credible : aid dependence and conditionality
by Svensson, Jakob
- 1739 Safe and sound banking in developing countries : we're not in Kansas anymore
by Caprio Jr., Gerard
- 1738 Some aspects of poverty in Sri Lanka : 1985-90
by Datt, Gaurav & Gunewardena, Dileni
- 1737 Ownership and corporate governance : evidence from the Czech Republic
by Claessens, Stijn & Djankov, Simeon & Pohl, Gerhard
- 1736 Creating incentives for private infrastructure companies to become more efficient
by Alexander, Ian & Mayer, Colin
- 1735 Competition policy and the global trading system : a developing country perspective
by Hoekman, Bernard
- 1734 Are markets learning? : behavior in the secondary market for Brady bonds
by Barbone, Luca & Forni, Lorenzo
- 1733 The usefulness of private and public information for foreign investment decisions
by Mody, Ashoka & Yuko Kinoshita
- 1732 Agricultural trade and rural development in the Middle East and North Africa: recent developments and prospects
by DeRosa, Dean A.
- 1731 Pension reform, growth, and the labor market in Ukraine
by Riboud, Michelle & Hoaquan Chu
- 1730 Have trade policy reforms led to greater openness in developing countries : evidence from readily available trade data
by Andriamananjara, Shuby & Nash, John
- 1729 Does Mercosur's trade performance raise concerns about the effects of regional trade arrangements?
by Yeats,Alexander James
- 1728 Regional labor markets during deregulation in Indonesia : have the Outer Islands been left behind?
by Manning, Chris J.
- 1727 The economics of the informal sector : a simple model and some empirical evidence from Latin America
by Loayza, Norman A.
- 1726 Roads, population pressures, and deforestation in Thailand, 1976-89
by Cropper, Maureen & Griffiths, Charles & Mani, Muthukumara
- 1725 Access to long term debt and effects of firm's performance : lessons from Ecudaor
by Jaramillo, Fidel & Schiantarelli, Fabio
- 1724 Debt maturity and firm performance : a panel study of Indian companies
by Schiantarelli, Fabio & Srivastava, Vivek
- 1723 The productivity effects of decentralized reforms - an analysis of the Chinese industrial reforms
by Lixin Colin Xu
- 1722 Uncertainty, instability, and irreversible investment : theory, evidence, and lessons for Africa
by Serven, Luis
- 1721 EU (European Union) accession of central and eastern Europe : bridging the income gap
by Barbone, Luca & Zalduendo, Juan
- 1720 The distribution of foreign direct investment in China
by Broadman, Harry G. & Xiaolun Sun
- 1719 Shifting responsibility for social services as enterprises privatize in Belarus
by Sewell, David
- 1718 Does environmental regulation matter? Determinants of the location of new manufacturing plants in India in 1994
by Mani, Muthukumara & Pargal, Sheoli & Huq, Mainul
- 1717 Do labor market regulations affect labor earnings in Ecuador?
by MacIsaac, Donna & Rama, Martin
- 1716 Reforming pensions in Zambia : an analysis of existing schemes and options for reform
by Queisser, Monika & Bailey, Clive & Woodall, John
- 1715 The evolution of poverty and welfare in Nigeria, 1985-92
by Canagarajan, Sudharshan & Ngwafon, John & Thomas, Saji
- 1714 Fiscal federalism in Bosnia-Herzegovina : The Dayton challenge
by Fox, William & Wallich, Christine
- 1713 Why did Colombian private savings decline in the early 1990s?
by Lopez, Alejandro
- 1711 Issues in comparing poverty trends over time in Cote de'Ivoire
by Jones, Christine*Xiao Ye
- 1710 Why paper mills clean up : determinants of pollution abatement in four Asian countries
by Hartman, Raymond S. & Huq, Mainul & Wheeler,David R.
- 1709 Poverty comparisons with non-compatible data: theory and illustrations
by Lanjouw, Jean Olson & Lanjouw, Peter
- 1708 Has Latin America's post-reform growth been disappointing?
by Easterly,William R. & Loayza,Norman V. & Montiel,Peter J.
- 1707 Trade reorientation and productivity growth in Bulgarian enterprises
by Djankov, Simeon & Hoekman, Bernard
- 1706 Monetary policy during transition : an overview
by De Melo, Martha & Denizer, Cevdet
- 1705 The Polish experience with bank and enterprise restructuring
by Montes-Negret, Fernando & Papi, Luca
- 1704 Citizen complaints as environmental indicators : evidence from China
by Dasgupta, Susmita & Wheeler, David
- 1703 Population aging and financing of government liabilities in New Zealand
by Polackova, Hana
- 1702 Inflation in nontradables and the macroeconomic policy mix : a model with policy application to transition economies
by Polackova, Hana
- 1701 Monitoring environmental standards : do local conditions matter?
by Dion, Catherine & Lanoie, Paul & Laplante, Benoit
- 1700 Child nutrition, child health, and school enrollment : a longitudinal analysis
by Alderman, Harold & Behrman, Jere R. & Lavy, Victor & Menon, Rekha
- 1699 The maturity structure of debt : determinants and effects on firms'performance - evidence from the United Kingdom and Italy
by Schiantarelli, Fabio & Sembenelli, Alessandro
1996
- 1712 Demand elasticities in international trade : are they really low?
by Shah, Shekhar & Mishra, Deepak & Panagariya, Arvind
- 1698 Regulatory structure and risk and infrastructure firms : an international comparison
by Alexander, Ian & Mayer, Colin & Weeds, Helen
- 1697 Strategies to develop mortgage markets in transition economies
by Jaffee, Dwight M. & Renaud, Bertrand
- 1696 South-North migration and trade : a survey
by Schiff, Maurice
- 1695 Are there dynamic gains from a poor-area development program?
by Jalan, Jyotsna & Ravallion, Martin
- 1694 What can new survey data tell us about recent changes in distribution and poverty?
by Ravallion, Martin & Shaohua Chen
- 1693 Famines and economics
by Ravallion, Martin
- 1692 Regulating market risk in banks : a comparison of alternative regulatory regimes
by Stephanou, Constantinos
- 1691 Integrating the unofficial economy into the dynamics of post-socialist economies : a framework of analysis and evidence
by Kaufmann, Daniel & Kaliberda, Aleksander
- 1690 Stock markets, banks, and economic growth
by Levine, Ross & Zervos, Sara
- 1689 Is economic analysis of projects still useful?
by Belli, Pedro
- 1688 Risk, taxpayers, and the role of government in project finance
by Klein, Michael
- 1687 Regionalism versus multilateralism
by Winters, L. Alan
- 1686 Institutions, financial markets, and firms'choice of debt maturity
by Demirguc-Kunt, Asl1 & Maksimovic, Vojislav
- 1685 Macroeconomic crises and poverty monitoring : a case study for India
by Datt, Gaurav & Ravallion, Martin
- 1684 The whys and why nots of export taxation
by Devarajan, Shantayanan & Go, Delfin & Schiff, Maurice & Suthiwart-Narueput, Sethaput
- 1683 High real interest rates, guarantor risk, and bank recapitalizations
by Brock, Philip L.
- 1682 Is the"Japan Problem"real? How problems in Japan's financial sector could affect developing regions
by Shigeru Otsubo*Masahiko Tsutsumi
- 1681 India in the global economy
by Brahmbhatt, Milan & Srinivasan, T.G. & Murrell, Kim
- 1680 Brazil's efficient payment system : a legacy of high inflation
by Listfield, Robert & Montes-Negret, Fernando
- 1679 Trade and the accumulation and diffusion of knowledge
by Padoan, Pier Carlo
- 1678 Financial development and economic growth : views and agenda
by Levine, Ross
- 1677 Reforming Indonesia's pension system
by Leechor, Chad
- 1676 The evolution of payments in Europe, Japan, and the U.S. : lessons for emerging market economies
by Humphrey, David B. & Setsuya, Sato & Masayoshi, Tsurumi & Vesala, Jukka M.
- 1675 Nations, conglomerates, and empires : the tradeoff between income and sovereignty
by Milanovic, Branko
- 1674 How can China provide income security for its rapidly aging population?
by Friedman, Barry & James, Estelle & Kane, Cheikh & Quei
- 1673 Indonesian labor legislation in a comparative perspective : a study of six APEC countries
by Nayar,Reema
- 1672 Controlling industrial pollution : a new paradigm
by Afsah, Shakeb & Laplante, Benoit & Wheeler, David
- 1671 Financial constraints, uses of funds, and firm growth : an international comparison
by Demirguc-Kunt, Asli & Maksimovic, Vojislav
- 1670 Assessing the welfare impacts of public spending
by van de Walle, Dominique
- 1669 International capital flows : do short-term investment and direct investment differ?
by Chuhan, Punam & Perez-Quiros, Gabriel & Popper, Helen
- 1668 Small is beautiful : preferential trade agreements and the impact of country size, market share, efficiency, and trade policy
by Schiff, Maurice
- 1667 Dealing with commodity price uncertainty
by Varangis, Panos & Larson, Don
- 1666 Is growth in Bangladesh's rice production sustainable?
by Baffes, John & Gautam, Madhur
- 1665 How important are labor markets to the welfare of the poor in Indonesia?
by Mason, Andrew D. & Baptist, Jacqueline
- 1664 Pensions in Germany
by Queisser, Monika
- 1663 Internal finance and investment : another look
by Samuel, Cherian
- 1662 From learning to partnership : multinational research and development cooperation in developing countries
by Navaretti, Giorgio Barba & Carraro, Carlo
- 1661 Determinants of public expenditure on infrastructure : transportation and communication
by Randolph, Susan & Bogetic, Zeljko & Hefley, Dennis
- 1660 Mind your P's and Q's : the cost of public investment is not the value of public capital
by Pritchett, Lant
- 1659 Unemployment insurance in Algeria : implications for a labor market in transition
by Ruppert, Elizabeth
- 1658 Decentralized structures for providing roads : a cross-country comparison
by Humplick, Frannie & Moini-Araghi, Azadeh
- 1657 Is there an optimal structure for decentralized provision of roads?
by Humplick, Frannie & Moini-Araghi, Azadeh
- 1656 The investment decision : a re-examination of competing theories using panel data
by Samuel, Cherian
- 1655 Uncertainty and the price for crude oil reserves
by Considine, Timothy J. & Larson, Donald F.
- 1654 Indonesia's palm oil subsector
by Larson, Donald F.
- 1653 Grants and debt forgiveness in Africa : a descriptive analysis
by Hernandez, Leonardo & Katada, Saori N.
- 1652 Intra-industry trade, foreign direct investment, and the reorientation of Eastern European exports
by Hoekman, Bernard & Djankov, Simeon
- 1651 Bank-led restructuring in Poland : bankruptcy and its alternatives
by Gray, Cheryl W. & Holle, Arnold
- 1650 Bank-led restructuring in Poland : an empirical look at the bank conciliation process
by Gray, Cheryl W. & Holle, Arnold
- 1649 Economic regulation of water companies
by Klein, Michael
- 1648 The lender of last resort function under a currency board : the case of Argentina
by Caprio, Gerard Jr. & Dooley, Michael & Leipziger, Danny & Walsh, Carl
- 1647 The Baltics - Banking crises observed
by Fleming, Alex & Lily Chu & Bakker, Marie-Renee
- 1646 Budgetary institutions and expenditure outcomes : binding governments to fiscal performance
by Campos, Ed & Pradhan, Sanjay
- 1645 How prices and macroeconomic policies affect agricultural supply and the environment
by Mamingi, Nlandu
- 1644 Pricing industrial pollution in China : an econometric analysis of the levy system
by Hua Wang & Wheeler, David
- 1643 The consequences of doubling the minimum wage : the case of Indonesia
by Rama, Martin
- 1642 Banking reform in transition countries
by Claessens, Stijn
- 1641 Poverty and inequality during structural adjustment in rural Tanzania
by Ferreira, Luisa
- 1640 Labor regulations and industrial relations in Indonesia
by Cox Edwards, Alejandra
- 1639 Income insecurity and underemployment in Indonesia's informal sector
by Wiebe, Franck
- 1638 Private pension funds in Hungary : early performance and regulatory issues
by Vittas, Dimitri
- 1637 The benefits of growth for Indonesian Workers
by Agrawal, Nisha
- 1636 Open economies work better! Did Africa's protectionist policies cause its marginalization in world trade?
by Ng, Francis & Yeats, Alexander
- 1635 Restructuring of enterprise social assets in Russia : trends, problems, possible solutions
by Freinkman, Lev M. & Starodubrovskaya, Irina
- 1634 Japanese multinationals in Asia : capabilities and motivations
by Dasgupta, Susmita & Mody, Ashoka & Sinha, Sarbajit
- 1633 Essentials for sustainable urban transport in Brazil's large metropolitan areas
by Rebelo, Jorge M.
- 1632 Evaluating Bolivia's choices for trade integration
by Rajapatirana, Sarath
- 1631 Bank regulation and the network paradigm : policy implications for developing and transition economies
by Honohan, Patrick & Vittas, Dimitri
- 1630 Water pollution abatement by Chinese industry : cost estimates and policy implications
by Dasgupta, Susmita & Huq, Minul & Wheeler, David & Chonghua Zhang
- 1629 Form of ownership and financial constraints : panel data evidence from leverage and investment equations
by Schiantarelli, Fabio & Sembenelli, Alessandro
- 1628 Globalization : a new role for developing countries in an integrating world
by Shigeru Otsubo
- 1627 Tradable water rights : a property rights approach to resolving water shortages and promoting investment
by Holden, Paul & Thobani, Mateen
- 1626 Partners or predators? : the impact of regional trade liberalization on Indonesia
by Lewis, Jeffrey D. & Robinson, Sherman
- 1625 Restructuring and taxation in transition economies
by Commander, Simon & Tolstopiatenko, Andrei
- 1624 Structural adjustment, ownership transformation, and size in Polish industry
by Barbone,Luca & Marchetti, Jr., Domenico & Paternostro,Stefano
- 1623 Environmental degradation and the demand for children : searching for the vicious circle
by Filmer, Deon & Pritchett, Lant
- 1622 Capital control liberalization and stock market development
by Levine, Ross & Zervos, Sara
- 1621 The sustainability of African debt
by Cohen, Daniel
- 1620 Bank insolvencies : cross-country experience
by Caprio, Gerard Jr. & Klingebiel, Daniela
- 1619 Capital flows to Latin America : Is there evidence of contagion effects?
by Calvo, Sara & Reinhart, Carmen
- 1618 Analytical aspects of the debt problems of heavily indebted poor countries
by Claessens, Stijn & Detragiache, Enrica & Kanbur, Ravi & Wickham, Peter
- 1617 Why is unemployment low in the former Soviet Union? : enterprises restructuring and the structure of compensation
by Commander, Simon & Tolstopiatenko, Andrei
- 1616 Transient poverty in rural China
by Jalan, Jyotsna & Ravallion, Martin
- 1615 Issues in measuring and modeling poverty
by Ravallion, Martin
- 1614 Growth, globalization, and gains from the Uruguay Round
by Hertel, Thomas W. & Bach, Christian F. & Dimaranan, Betina & Martin, Will
- 1613 Does public capital crowd out private capital? : evidence from India
by Serven,Luis
- 1612 Stock market and investment : the signaling role of the market
by Samuel, Cherian
- 1611 Economic analysis for health projects
by Hammer,Jeffrey S.
- 1610 Foreign aid's impact on public spending
by Feyzioglu, Tarhan & Swaroop, Vinaya & Min Zhu
- 1609 The public sector in the Caribbean : issues and reform options
by Swaroop, Vinaya
- 1608 Fiscal decentralization, public spending, and economic growth in China
by Tao Zhang & Heng-fu Zou
- 1607 Population aging and pension systems : reform options for China
by McCarthy, F. Desmond & Kangbin Zheng
- 1606 The benefits of alternative power tariffs for Nigeria and Indonesia
by Anas, Alex & Kyu Sik Lee
- 1605 Why manufacturing firms produce some electricity internally
by Kyu Sik Lee & Anas, Alex & Verma, Satyendra & Murray, Michael
- 1604 Costs of infrastructure deficiencies in manufacturing in Indonesia, Nigeria, and Thailand
by Kyu Sik Lee & Anas, Alex & Gi-Taik Oh
- 1603 Infrastructure bottlenecks, private provision, and industrial productivity : a study of Indonesian and Thai cities
by Anas, Alex & Kyu Sik Lee & Murray, Michael
- 1602 Program-based pollution control management : the Indonesian PROKASIH program
by Afsah, Shakeb & Laplante, Benoit & Makarim, Nabiel
- 1601 The domestic benefits of tropical forests : a critical review emphasizing hydrological functions
by Chomitz, Kenneth M. & Kumari, Kanta
- 1600 Is commodity-dependence pessimism justified? Critical factors and government policies that characterize dynamic commodity sectors
by Nanae Yabuki & Takamasa Akiyama
- 1599 Economic implications for Turkey of a customs union with the European Union
by Harrison, Glenn W. & Rutherford, Thomas F. & Tarr, David G.
- 1598 Logistical constraints on international trade in the Maghreb
by Amiot, Francois & Salama, Ovadia
- 1597 Egypt and the Uruguay Round
by Hoekman, Bernard & Subramanian, Arvind
- 1596 Agrarian structure in Poland : the myth of large-farm superiority
by Van Zyl, Johan & Miller, Bill R. & Parker, Andrew
- 1595 In search of owners : lessons of experience with privatization and corporate governance in transition economies
by Gray, Cheryl W.
- 1594 Why have some Indian states done better than others at reducing rural poverty?
by Datt, Gaurav & Ravallion, Martin
- 1593 Rural finance for growth and poverty alleviation
by Qureshi, Saeed & Nabi, Ijaz & Faruqee, Rashid
- 1592 The stockmarket as a source of finance : a comparison of U.S. and Indian firms
by Samuel, Cherian
- 1591 Competition in network industries
by Klein, Michael
- 1590 The Latvian banking crisis : lessons learned
by Fleming, Alex & Talley, Samuel
- 1589 The analysis of emerging policy issues in development finance
by Goopu, Sudarshan
- 1588 Social insurance in the transition to a market economy : theoretical issues with application to Moldova
by Mabbett, Deborah
- 1587 Payments and finance problems in the Commonwealth of Independent States
by Michalopoulos, Constantine
- 1586 Did external barriers cause the marginalization of sub-Saharan Africa in world trade?
by Amjadi, Azita & Reinke, Ulrich & Yeats, Alexander
- 1585 Public finances and economic transition
by Barbone, Luca & Polackova, Hana
- 1584 Price support at any price? Costs and benefits of alternative agricultural policies for Poland
by Orlowski, Witold M.