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DP2003-17: Donor Funding of Multilateral Aid Agencies: Determining Factors and Revealed Burden Sharing

Tony Addison, Mark McGillivray and Matthew Odedokun

DP2003-16: Economic and Theological Approaches to Debt Cancellation

Robbie Mochrie

DP2003-15: Aid Disaggregation, Endogenous Aid and the Public Sector in Aid-Recipient Economies: Evidence from Côte d'Ivoire

George Mavrotas and Bazoumana Ouattara

DP2003-14: Financial Sector Development - Futile or Fruitful? An Examination of the Determinants of Savings in Sri Lanka

Roger Kelly and George Mavrotas

DP2003-13: Financial Sector Reforms and Savings Mobilization in Zambia

Samuel Munzele Maimbo and George Mavrotas

DP2003-12: Savings and Financial Sector Development: Panel Cointegration Evidence from Africa

Roger Kelly and George Mavrotas

DP2003-11: The Composition of Aid and the Fiscal Sector in an Aid-Recipient Economy: A Model

George Mavrotas and Bazoumana Ouattara

DP2003-10: Conflict and Peace-building in Africa: The Regional Dimensions

Timothy Shaw

DP2003-09: Food Aid and Informal Insurance

Stefan Dercon and Pramila Krishnan

DP2003-08: Health, Shocks and Poverty Persistence

Stefan Dercon and John Hoddinott

DP2003-07: Idiosyncratic Risk in the 1990s: Is It an IT Story?

Dietrich Domanski

DP2003-06: Use of ICTs and the Economic Performance of SMEs in East Africa

Susanna Wolf and Shyamal Chowdhury

DP2003-05: What Determines Foreign Aid to Papua New Guinea? An Inter-temporal Model of Aid Allocation

Simon Feeny

DP2003-04: Economics and Politics of Official Loans versus Grants: Panoramic Issues and Empirical Evidence

Matthew Odedokun

DP2003-03: Aid Effort and its Determinants

Jeffery I. Round and Matthew Odedokun

DP2003-01: A Holistic Perception of Foreign Financing of Developing Countries' Private Sectors: Analysis and Description of Structure and Trends

Matthew Odedokun

DP2002-127: Donors' Support for Microcredit as Social Enterprise: A Critical Reappraisal

Machiko Nissanke

DP2002-126: Developing Countries and the Political Economy of the Trading System

Bernard Hoekman

DP2002-125: Foreign Trade and the Gender Earnings Differential in Urban Mexico

Gautam Hazarika and Rafael Otero

DP2002-124: Building Institutions in Post-Conflict African Economies

Janine Aron

DP2002-123: Bilateral Donors' Aid Allocation Decisions: A Three-dimensional Panel Analysis

Jean-Claude Berthélemy and Ariane Tichit

DP2002-122: HIPC Relief: Too Late, Too Little?: Perspectives from a New Qualifier, Tanzania

Ammon V. Y. Mbelle

DP2002-121: Consumer Participation and Pro-Poor Regulation in Latin America

Cecilia Ugaz

DP2002-120: Transnational Terrorism as a Spillover of Domestic Disputes in Other Countries

Tony Addison and Mansoob Murshed

DP2002-119: Institutional Reforms and the Role of Multilateral Aid Agencies

Sylvanus Ikhide

DP2002-118: Multilateral Development Banks and Private Sector Financing: The Case of IFC

George Mavrotas

DP2002-117: Bilateral Official Finance for Private Sector Development and the Role of Non-Government Organizations

Ayodele Jimoh

DP2002-116: Emergent Global Information Infrastructure/Global Information Society: Regime Formation and the Impact on Africa

Derrick L. Cogburn

DP2002-115: Network Externality and Software Piracy

Sougata Poddar

DP2002-114: A CGE Analysis of the Short-run Welfare Effects of Tariff Liberalisation in Uganda

Jennifer Mbabazi

DP2002-113: The Political Economy of Malaysian Federalism: Economic Development, Public Policy and Conflict Containment

K. S. Jomo and Hui Wee Chong

DP2002-112: Comparative Appraisal of Multilateral and Bilateral Approaches to Financing Private Sector Development in Developing Countries

Peter Gibbon and Lau Schulpen

DP2002-111: ICT Diffusion and Skill Upgrading in Korean Industries

Jai-Joon Hur, Hwan-Joo Seo and Young Lee

DP2002-110: Financing the Provision of Global Public Goods

P B Anand

DP2002-109: Bankruptcy Proceedings for Sovereign State Insolvency

Jonathan Thomas

DP2002-108: Market Concentration, Firm Size and Innovative Activity: A Firm-level Economic Analysis of Selected Indian Industries under Economic Liberalization

Subodh Kandamuthan

DP2002-107: Strategic Interaction and Donor Policy Determination in a Domestic Setting

Mansoob Murshed

DP2002-106: Long-run Trends and Recent Developments in Official Assistance from Donor Countries

Howard White

DP2002-105: Recipient Governments' Willingness and Ability to Meet Aid Conditionality: The Effectiveness of Aid Finance and Conditions

Oliver Morrissey

DP2002-104: Income Inequality and Growth in Transition Economies: Are Nonlinear Models Needed?

Guanghua Wan

DP2002-103: Labour-Use Efficiency in Tunisian Manufacturing Industries: A Flexible Adjustment Model

Ilham Haouas, Mahmoud Yagoubi and Almas Heshmati

DP2002-102: The Impacts of Trade Liberalization on Employment and Wages in Tunisian Industries

Ilham Haouas, Mahmoud Yagoubi and Almas Heshmati

DP2002-101: Regression-based Inequality Decomposition: Pitfalls and a Solution Procedure

Guanghua Wan

DP2002-100: Economic Aspects of the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: The Collapse of the Oslo Accord

Fadle M. Naqib

DP2002-99: Flight Capital and its Reversal for Development Financing

Niels Hermes, Robert Lensink and Victor Murinde

DP2002-98: Innovative Sources of Development Finance: Global Cooperation in the Twenty-first Century

Raghbendra Jha

DP2002-97: Additionality of Debt Relief and Debt Forgiveness, and Implications for Future Volumes of Official Assistance

Leonce Ndikumana

DP2002-96: Arab-Related Bilateral and Multilateral Sources of Development Finance: Issues, Trends, and the Way Forward

Eric Neumayer

DP2002-95: Internet Use in Transition Economies: Economic and Institutional Determinants

Patrice Muller

DP2002-94: Explaining the Migration of Stocks from Exchanges in Emerging Economies to International Centres

Stijn Claessens, Daniela Kingebiel and Sergio Schmukler

DP2002-93: Derivatives, the Shape of International Capital Flows and the Virtues of Prudential Regulation

Randall Dodd

DP2002-92: The Software and Information Services Sector in Argentina: Pros and Cons of an Inward-Orientated Development Strategy

Daniel Chudnovsky and Andrés López

DP2002-91: Assessing the Impact of One Aspect of Globalization on Economic Growth in Africa

Mina Baliamoune

DP2002-90: Legal and Institutional Barriers to Optimal Financial Architecture for New Economy Firms in Developing Countries

Danny Cassimon and Peter-Jan Engelen

DP2002-89: The Corporate Digital Divide: Determinants of Internet Adoption

Christopher Forman

DP2002-88: Digital Divide and Growth Gap: A Cumulative Relationship

Young Lee, Jeong Hun Oh and Hwan-Joo Seo

DP2002-87: An Endogenous Group Formation Theory of Co-operative Networks: The Economics of La Lega and Mondragón

Sumit Joshi and Stephen Smith

DP2002-86: Measuring Vulnerability: The Director's Cut

Ethan Ligon and Laura Schechter

DP2002-85: Risk Sharing and Public Transfers

Stefan Dercon and Pramila Krishnan

DP2002-84: Economic Development Potential through IP Telephony for Namibia

Albertus Aochamub, Daniel J. Motinga and Christoph Stork

DP2002-83: ICT Opportunities and Challenges for Development in the Arab World

Samia Satti O. M. Nour

DP2002-82: Capital-Account and Counter-Cyclical Prudential Regulations in Developing Countries

Jose Antonio Ocampo

DP2002-81: Financial Crises and National Policy Issues: An Overview

Ricardo Ffrench-Davis

DP2002-80: The Instability of the Emerging Market Assets Demand Schedule

Valpy Fitzgerald

DP2002-79: Competing in the Digital Economy?: The Dynamics and Impacts of B2B E-commerce on the South African Manufacturing Sector

Sagren Moodley

DP2002-78: Growth of ICT and ICT for Development: Realities of the Myths of the Indian Experience

K J Joseph

DP2002-77: The New Economy and Developing Countries: Assessing the Role of ICT Diffusion

Mina Baliamoune

DP2002-76: Impact of Technology on the Competitiveness of the Indian Small Manufacturing Sector: A Case Study of the Automotive Component Industry

T. A. Bhavani

DP2002-75: The Internet and Economic Growth in Least Developed Countries: A Case of Managing Expectations?

Charles Kenny

DP2002-74: Does Internet Connectivity Affect Export Performance?: Evidence from the Transition Economies

George Clarke

DP2002-73: Developing Countries in the New Economy: The Role of Demand-side Initiatives

Sandeep Kapur

DP2002-72: Inter-Country Variations in Digital Technology in Africa: Evidence, Determinants, and Policy Applications

Steve Onyeiwu

DP2002-71: The Market Place for Ideas: An Analysis of Knowledge Diffusion in Academic Journals

Shaun P. Hargreaves-Heap and Ashok Parikh

DP2002-70: The New Economy in Europe, 1992-2001

Francesco Daveri

DP2002-69: The Impacts of Knowledge Interaction with Manufacturing Clients on KIBS Firms Innovation Behaviour

Poh Wong and Zi-Lin He

DP2002-68: E-business and Export Behaviour: Evidence from Indian Firms

Kaushalesh Lal

DP2002-67: New Economy in Growth and Development

Matti Pohjola

DP2002-66: Achieving Sustainable Universal Primary Education through Debt Relief: The Case of Kenya

Nancy N. Nafula

DP2002-65: Debt Relief and Health Care in Kenya

Paul Kieti Kimalu

DP2002-64: Trade and Sustainable Finance for Development

Gianni Vaggi

DP2002-63: Impact of Liberalization, Economic Growth and Trade Policies on Current Accounts of Developing Countries: An Econometric Study

Ashok Parikh

DP2002-62: The 'New Economy' and Economic Growth in Transition Economies: The Relevance of Institutional Infrastructure

Marcin Piątkowski

DP2002-61: Bank Lending to Emerging Markets: Crossing the Border

David Lubin

DP2002-60: What Determines Public Education Expenditures in a Transition Economy?

Inna Verbina and Abdur Chowdhury

DP2002-59: Testing for a Significant Change in the Egyptian Economy Under the Economic Reform Programme Era

Mohammed Omran

DP2002-58: Measuring Vulnerability to Poverty

Gisele Kamanou and Jonathan Morduch

DP2002-57: Risk-Sharing and Endogenous Network Formation

Joachim De Weerdt

DP2002-56: Incorporating Insurance Provisions in Microfinance Contracts: Learning from Visa®?

Loic Sadoulet

DP2002-55: Consumption Smoothing Across Space: Testing Theories of Risk-Sharing in the ICRISAT Study Region of South India

Jonathan Morduch

DP2002-54: Debt and PRSP Conditionality: The Kenya Case

Jane Kiringai

DP2002-53: Unsustainable Debt Burden and Poverty in Pakistan: A Case for Enhanced HIPC Initiative

Tilat Anwar

DP2002-52: Debt Relief, Demand for Education, and Poverty

Era Dabla-Norris, John M. Matoovu and Paul Wade

DP2002-51: Globalization and Catching-up in Emerging Market Economies

Grzegorz W. Kolodko

DP2002-50: Will HIPC Matter? The Debt Game and Donor Behaviour in Africa

Nancy Birdsall, Stijn Claessens and Ishac Diwan

DP2002-49: Endettement du Cameroun: Problèmes et Solutions

Samuel Fambon

DP2002-48: By How Much Does Conflict Reduce Financial Development?

Tony Addison, Abdur Chowdhury and Mansoob Murshed

DP2002-47: The Benefits and Costs of Group Affiliation: Evidence from East Asia

Stijn Claessens, Joseph P. H. Fan and Larry H. P. Lang

DP2002-46: The Macroeconomic Repercussions of Agricultural Shocks and their Implications for Insurance

Paul Collier

DP2002-45: Financial Regulation and Supervision in Emerging Markets: The Experience of Latin America since the Tequila Crisis

Barbara Stallings and Rogerio Studart

DP2002-44: Debt Relief under the HIPC Initiative: Context and Outlook for Debt Sustainability and Resource Flows

Lisandro Abrego and Doris C. Ross