The World Bank Research Observer

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Volume 8, issue 2, 1993

The Design and Diffusion of Improved Cooking Stoves pp. 119-41

Barnes, Douglas F, et al

What Do We Know about the Political Economy of Economic Policy Reform? pp. 143-68

Stephan Haggard and Steven B Webb

Using Auctions to Allocate and Price Long-Term Credit pp. 169-94

J Luis Guasch and Thomas Glaessner

Wage Controls during the Transition from Central Planning to a Market Economy pp. 195-210

Fabrizio Coricelli and Timothy D Lane

Fiscal Deficits and Macroeconomic Performance in Developing Countries pp. 211-37

William Easterly and Klaus Schmidt-Hebbel

Recent Lessons of Development pp. 241-54

Lawrence Summers and Vinod Thomas

Volume 8, issue 1, 1993

The Economics of Malaria Control pp. 1-22

Jeffrey Hammer

Feeding Latin America's Children pp. 23-45

Philip Musgrove

Student Loans: An Effective Instrument for Cost Recovery in Higher Education? pp. 71-90

Douglas Albrecht and Adrian Ziderman

Alternative Forms of External Finance: A Survey pp. 91-117

Stijn Claessens

Volume 7, issue 2, 1992

Dumping and Antidumping: The Rhetoric and the Reality of Protection in Industrial Countries pp. 121-43

Joseph Finger

Policy Instruments for Pollution Control in Developing Countries pp. 145-69

Gunnar Eskeland and Emmanuel Jimenez

A Survey of the Costs of World Sugar Policies pp. 171-94

Brent Borrell and Ronald C Duncan

The Coordinated Reform of Tariffs and Indirect Taxes pp. 195-218

Pradeep Mitra

A Simpler Consumption-Based Alternative to the Income Tax for Socialist Economies in Transition pp. 221-37

McLure, Charles E,

A Not-So-Simple Alternative to the Income Tax for Socialist Economies in Transition: A Comment on McLure pp. 239-48

Alan A Tait

Volume 7, issue 1, 1992

On "Hunger and Public Action": A Review Article pp. 1-16

Martin Ravallion

Who Wins and Who Loses from Voluntary Export Restraints? The Case of Footwear pp. 17-33

Carl B Hamilton, Jaime de Melo and L. Winters

When Do Heterodox Stabilization Programs Work? Lessons from Experience pp. 35-57

Miguel A Kiguel and Nissan Liviatan

Government Spending in Developing Countries: Trends, Causes, and Consequences pp. 59-78

David L Lindauer and Ann Velenchik

Incomplete Markets and Commodity-Linked Finance in Developing Countries pp. 79-94

Robert Myers

Private Investment and Macroeconomic Adjustment: A Survey pp. 95-114

Luis Servén and Andres Solimano

Volume 6, issue 2, 1991

Development, the Environment, and the Social Rate of Discount pp. 137-52

Anil Markandya and David Pearce

Reaching the Rural Poor through Public Employment: Arguments, Evidence, and Lessons from South Asia pp. 153-75

Martin Ravallion

Cash Flow or Income? The Choice of Base for Company Taxation pp. 177-90

Jack Mintz and Jesus Seade

The Market for Developing Country Debt: The Nature and Importance of Its Shortcomings pp. 191-203

John Wakeman-Linn

The Relative Efficiency of Private and Public Schools in Developing Countries pp. 205-18

Emmanuel Jimenez, Marlaine Lockheed and Vicente Paqueo

Reform of Trade Policy: Recent Evidence from Theory and Practice pp. 219-40

Vinod Thomas and John Nash

Volume 6, issue 1, 1991

Contestable Markets, Trade, and Development pp. 1-17

William Baumol and Kyu Sik Lee

How Much Does Trade with the South Affect Workers in the North? pp. 19-36

Adrian Wood

Organized Labor, Politics, and Labor Market Flexibility in Developing Countries pp. 37-56

Joan M Nelson

Technological Change and Commercialization in Agriculture: The Effect on the Poor pp. 57-80

Hans Binswanger-Mkhize and Joachim von Braun

The Earmarking of Government Revenue: A Review of Some World Bank Experience pp. 81-104

William McCleary

Social Security and the Poor: Choices for Developing Countries pp. 105-27

Ehtisham Ahmad

Volume 5, issue 2, 1990

The Economic of the Government Budget Constraint pp. 127-42

Stanley Fischer and William Easterly

Reforming Property Rights in Land and Tenancy pp. 143-66

Clive Bell

Inflation and the Costs of Stabilization: Historical and Recent Experiences and Policy Lessons pp. 167-85

Andres Solimano

The Role of Groups and Credit Cooperatives in Rural Lending pp. 187-204

Monika Huppi and Gershon Feder

Achieving Social Objectives through Private Transfers: A Review pp. 205-18

Donald Cox and Emmanuel Jimenez

Volume 5, issue 1, 1990

Trade Policy and Productivity Gains in Developing Countries: A Survey of the Literature pp. 1-24

Oli Havrylyshyn

Options for Dismantling Trade Restrictions in Developing Countries pp. 25-46

Wendy Takacs

South-South Trade: Theory, Evidence, Policy pp. 47-68

Sir David Greenaway and Chris Milner

The Interwar Debt Crisis and Its Aftermath pp. 69-94

Barry Eichengreen and Richard Portes

The Common Agricultural Policy: A Review of Its Operation and Effects on Developing Countries pp. 95-121

Ulrich Koester and Malcolm D Bale

Volume 4, issue 2, 1989

The Debt Crisis: Where Do We Stand after Seven Years? pp. 121-42

Jeffrey Carmichael

Commodity Export Booms in Developing Countries pp. 143-65

John Cuddington

Changes in Poverty and Inequality in Developing Countries pp. 167-85

Gary Fields

Female Labor Force Participation: An International Perspective pp. 187-201

George Psacharopoulos and Zafiris Tzannatos

The Multifibre Arrangement and Its Effects on Developing Countries pp. 203-27

Junichi Goto

Volume 4, issue 1, 1989

Exchange Rate Misalignment in Developing Countries pp. 3-21

Sebastian Edwards

Economic Analyses of Rapid Population Growth pp. 23-50

Nancy Birdsall

Macroeconomic Adjustment in Developing Countries pp. 51-64

Warner Corden

Export Processing Zones: The Economics of Enclave Manufacturing pp. 65-88

Peter Warr

Preferential Credit and Insurance as Means to Promote Exports pp. 89-114

Bruce Fitzgerald and Terry Monson