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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

DP2002-43: Assessing the Impact of Fiscal Policy on Poverty

Andy McKay

DP2002-42: International Bank Lending: Water Flowing Uphill?

John Hawkins

DP2002-41: Countercyclical Fiscal Policy: A Review of the Literature, Empirical Evidence and some Policy Proposals

Carlos Budnevich

DP2002-40: Aid, Public Sector Fiscal Behaviour and Developing Country Debt

Simon Feeny and Mark McGillivray

DP2002-39: Producing an Improved Geographic Profile of Poverty: Methodology and Evidence from Three Developing Countries

Gabriel Demombynes, Chris Elbers, Jean Lanjouw, Peter Lanjouw, Johan Mistiaen and Berk Özler

DP2002-38: One Third of the World's Growth and Inequality

Danny Quah

DP2002-37: Gender and Education as Determinants of Household Poverty in Nigeria

Christiana E. E. Okojie

DP2002-36: The New Basel Capital Accord and Developing Countries: Issues, Implications and Policy Proposals

Stephany Griffith-Jones and Stephen Spratt

DP2002-35: Debt Issues in Africa: Thinking beyond the HIPC Initiative to Solving Structural Problems

Alemayehu Geda

DP2002-34: (Re)Distribution of Personal Incomes, Education and Economic Performance Across Countries

Günther Rehme

DP2002-33: Fiscal Policy, Growth and Poverty Reduction in Uganda

Steve Kayizzi-Mugerwa

DP2002-32: Welfare Implications of Fiscal Reform: The Case of Food Subsidies in India

Sonia Bhalotra

DP2002-31: Liquidity Black Holes: And Why Modern Financial Regulation in Developed Countries is making Short-Term Capital Flows to Developing Countries Even More Volatile

Avinash Persaud

DP2002-30: Non-Financial Corporate Risk Management and Exchange Rate Volatility in Latin America

Graciela Moguillansky

DP2002-29: Does a Switch of Budget Regimes Constrain Managerial Discretion?: Evidence for Italian Public Enterprises' Investment

Elisabetta Bertero and Laura Rondi

DP2002-28: Why Isn't There More Financial Intermediation in Developing Countries?

Jonathan Conning and Michael Kevane

DP2002-27: Insolvency and Debt Recovery Procedures in Economic Development: An Overview of African Law

Clas Wihlborg

DP2002-26: The Gradual Erosion of the Social Security Function of Customary Land Tenure Arrangements in Lineage-Based Societies

Jean-Philippe Platteau

DP2002-25: Is a Friend in Need a Friend Indeed?: Inclusion and Exclusion in Mutual Insurance Networks in Southern Ghana

Markus Goldstein, Alain de Janvry and Elisabeth Sadoulet

DP2002-24: Can Food-for-Work Programmes Reduce Vulnerability?

Christopher Barrett, Stein Holden and Daniel C. Clay

DP2002-23: Can Financial Markets be Tapped to Help Poor People Cope with Weather Risks?

Jerry R. Skees, Panos Varangis, Donald Larson and Paul Siegel

DP2002-22: Income Risk, Coping Strategies and Safety Nets

Stefan Dercon

DP2002-21: The Poverty Elasticity of Growth

Rasmus Heltberg

DP2002-20: Poverty Incidence and Sectoral Growth: Evidence from Southeast Asia

Peter Warr

DP2002-19: How Economic Growth Reduces Poverty: A General Equilibrium Analysis for Indonesia

George Fane and Peter Warr

DP2002-18: How Optimal are the Extremes?: Latin American Exchange Rate Policies During the Asian Crisis

Ricardo Ffrench-Davis and Guillermo Larraín

DP2002-17: Impact of Globalization and Liberalization on Growth, Employment and Poverty: A Case Study of Pakistan

Tilat Anwar

DP2002-16: Hardening a Soft Budget Constraint Through 'Upward Devolution' to a Supranational Institution: The Case of Italian State-Owned Firms and the European Union

Elisabetta Bertero and Laura Rondi

DP2002-15: Poverty in India: Misspecified Policies and Estimates

M. H. Suryanarayana

DP2002-14: Déterminants de l'Endettement Extérieur des PPTE: Cas de la Côte d'Ivoire

Leonce Yapo

DP2002-13: From the Grabbing Hand to the Helping Hand: A Rent Seeking Model of China's Township-Village Enterprises

Jiahua Che

DP2002-12: Privatization in Sub-Saharan Africa: On Factors Affecting Implementation

Steve Kayizzi-Mugerwa

DP2002-11: Understanding the Silicon Valley Phenomena

Masahiko Aoki and Hirokazu Takizawa

DP2002-10: Household Income Dynamics in Rural China

Jyotsna Jalan and Martin Ravallion

DP2002-09: Institutional Investors, Corporate Ownership, and Corporate Governance: Global Perspectives

Stuart L. Gillan and Laura T. Starks

DP2002-08: Targeting and Informal Insurance

Ethan Ligon

DP2002-07: Inequality and Risk

Marcel Fafchamps

DP2002-06: Do Public Transfers Crowd Out Private Transfers?: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Mexico

Pedro Albarran and Orazio Attanasio

DP2002-05: Redistribution Does Matter: Growth and Redistribution for Poverty Reduction

Hulya Dagdeviren, Rolph van der Hoeven and John Weeks

DP2002-04: Making Debt Relief Conditionality Pro-Poor

Oliver Morrissey

DP2002-03: Proposals for Curbing the Boom-Bust Cycle in the Supply of Capital to Emerging Markets

John Williamson