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1669: International capital flows: do short-term investment and direct investment differ? Downloads
Punam Chuhan, Gabriel Perez-Quiros and Helen Popper
1668: Small is beautiful: preferential trade agreements and the impact of country size, market share, efficiency, and trade policy Downloads
Maurice Schiff
1667: Dealing with commodity price uncertainty Downloads
Panos Varangis and Donald Larson
1666: Is growth in Bangladesh's rice production sustainable? Downloads
John Baffes and Madhur Gautam
1665: How important are labor markets to the welfare of the poor in Indonesia? Downloads
Andrew D. Mason and Jacqueline Baptist
1664: Pensions in Germany Downloads
Monika Queisser
1663: Internal finance and investment: another look Downloads
Cherian Samuel
1662: From learning to partnership: multinational research and development cooperation in developing countries Downloads
Giorgio Barba Navaretti and Carlo Carraro
1661: Determinants of public expenditure on infrastructure: transportation and communication Downloads
Susan Randolph, Zeljko Bogetic and Dennis Hefley
1660: Mind your P's and Q's: the cost of public investment is not the value of public capital Downloads
Lant Pritchett
1659: Unemployment insurance in Algeria: implications for a labor market in transition Downloads
Elizabeth Ruppert
1658: Decentralized structures for providing roads: a cross-country comparison Downloads
Frannie Humplick and Azadeh Moini-Araghi
1657: Is there an optimal structure for decentralized provision of roads? Downloads
Frannie Humplick and Azadeh Moini-Araghi
1656: The investment decision: a re-examination of competing theories using panel data Downloads
Cherian Samuel
1655: Uncertainty and the price for crude oil reserves Downloads
Timothy J. Considine and Donald Larson
1654: Indonesia's palm oil subsector Downloads
Donald Larson
1653: Grants and debt forgiveness in Africa: a descriptive analysis Downloads
Leonardo Hernandez and Saori N. Katada
1652: Intra-industry trade, foreign direct investment, and the reorientation of Eastern European exports Downloads
Bernard Hoekman and Simeon Djankov
1651: Bank-led restructuring in Poland: bankruptcy and its alternatives Downloads
Cheryl W. Gray and Arnold Holle
1650: Bank-led restructuring in Poland: an empirical look at the bank conciliation process Downloads
Cheryl W. Gray and Arnold Holle
1649: Economic regulation of water companies Downloads
Michael Klein
1648: The lender of last resort function under a currency board: the case of Argentina Downloads
Gerard Caprio, Michael Dooley, Danny Leipziger and Carl Walsh
1647: The Baltics - Banking crises observed Downloads
Alex Fleming, Lily Chu and Marie-Renee Bakker
1646: Budgetary institutions and expenditure outcomes: binding governments to fiscal performance Downloads
Ed Campos and Sanjay Pradhan
1645: How prices and macroeconomic policies affect agricultural supply and the environment Downloads
Nlandu Mamingi
1644: Pricing industrial pollution in China: an econometric analysis of the levy system Downloads
Hua Wang and David Wheeler
1643: The consequences of doubling the minimum wage: the case of Indonesia Downloads
Martin Rama
1642: Banking reform in transition countries Downloads
Stijn Claessens
1641: Poverty and inequality during structural adjustment in rural Tanzania Downloads
Luisa Ferreira
1640: Labor regulations and industrial relations in Indonesia Downloads
Alejandra Cox Edwards
1639: Income insecurity and underemployment in Indonesia's informal sector Downloads
Franck Wiebe
1638: Private pension funds in Hungary: early performance and regulatory issues Downloads
Dimitri Vittas
1637: The benefits of growth for Indonesian Workers Downloads
Nisha Agrawal
1636: Open economies work better! Did Africa's protectionist policies cause its marginalization in world trade? Downloads
Francis Ng and Alexander Yeats
1635: Restructuring of enterprise social assets in Russia: trends, problems, possible solutions Downloads
Lev Freinkman and Irina Starodubrovskaya
1634: Japanese multinationals in Asia: capabilities and motivations Downloads
Susmita Dasgupta, Ashoka Mody and Sarbajit Sinha
1633: Essentials for sustainable urban transport in Brazil's large metropolitan areas Downloads
Jorge M. Rebelo
1632: Evaluating Bolivia's choices for trade integration Downloads
Sarath Rajapatirana
1631: Bank regulation and the network paradigm: policy implications for developing and transition economies Downloads
Patrick Honohan and Dimitri Vittas
1630: Water pollution abatement by Chinese industry: cost estimates and policy implications Downloads
Susmita Dasgupta, Minul Huq, David Wheeler and Chonghua Zhang
1629: Form of ownership and financial constraints: panel data evidence from leverage and investment equations Downloads
Fabio Schiantarelli and Alessandro Sembenelli
1628: Globalization: a new role for developing countries in an integrating world Downloads
Shigeru Otsubo
1627: Tradable water rights: a property rights approach to resolving water shortages and promoting investment Downloads
Paul Holden and Mateen Thobani
1626: Partners or predators?: the impact of regional trade liberalization on Indonesia Downloads
Jeffrey D. Lewis and Sherman Robinson
1625: Restructuring and taxation in transition economies Downloads
Simon Commander and Andrei Tolstopiatenko
1624: Structural adjustment, ownership transformation, and size in Polish industry Downloads
Luca Barbone, Marchetti, Jr., Domenico and Stefano Paternostro
1623: Environmental degradation and the demand for children: searching for the vicious circle Downloads
Deon Filmer and Lant Pritchett
1622: Capital control liberalization and stock market development Downloads
Ross Levine and Sara Zervos
1621: The sustainability of African debt Downloads
Daniel Cohen
1620: Bank insolvencies: cross-country experience Downloads
Gerard Caprio and Daniela Klingebiel
1619: Capital flows to Latin America: Is there evidence of contagion effects? Downloads
Sara Calvo and Carmen Reinhart
1618: Analytical aspects of the debt problems of heavily indebted poor countries Downloads
Stijn Claessens, Enrica Detragiache, Ravi Kanbur and Peter Wickham
1617: Why is unemployment low in the former Soviet Union?: enterprises restructuring and the structure of compensation Downloads
Simon Commander and Andrei Tolstopiatenko
1616: Transient poverty in rural China Downloads
Jyotsna Jalan and Martin Ravallion
1615: Issues in measuring and modeling poverty Downloads
Martin Ravallion
1614: Growth, globalization, and gains from the Uruguay Round Downloads
Thomas Hertel, Christian F. Bach, Betina Dimaranan and Will Martin
1613: Does public capital crowd out private capital?: evidence from India Downloads
Luis Servén
1612: Stock market and investment: the signaling role of the market Downloads
Cherian Samuel
1611: Economic analysis for health projects Downloads
Jeffrey Hammer
1610: Foreign aid's impact on public spending Downloads
Tarhan Feyzioglu, Vinaya Swaroop and Min Zhu
1609: The public sector in the Caribbean: issues and reform options Downloads
Vinaya Swaroop
1608: Fiscal decentralization, public spending, and economic growth in China Downloads
Tao Zhang and Heng-Fu Zou
1607: Population aging and pension systems: reform options for China Downloads
F. Desmond McCarthy and Kangbin Zheng
1606: The benefits of alternative power tariffs for Nigeria and Indonesia Downloads
Alex Anas and Kyu Sik Lee
1605: Why manufacturing firms produce some electricity internally Downloads
Kyu Sik Lee, Alex Anas, Satyendra Verma and Michael Murray
1604: Costs of infrastructure deficiencies in manufacturing in Indonesia, Nigeria, and Thailand Downloads
Kyu Sik Lee, Alex Anas and Gi-Taik Oh
1603: Infrastructure bottlenecks, private provision, and industrial productivity: a study of Indonesian and Thai cities Downloads
Alex Anas, Kyu Sik Lee and Michael Murray
1602: Program-based pollution control management: the Indonesian PROKASIH program Downloads
Shakeb Afsah, Benoit Laplante and Nabiel Makarim
1601: The domestic benefits of tropical forests: a critical review emphasizing hydrological functions Downloads
Kenneth M. Chomitz and Kanta Kumari
1600: Is commodity-dependence pessimism justified? Critical factors and government policies that characterize dynamic commodity sectors Downloads
Nanae Yabuki and Takamasa Akiyama
1599: Economic implications for Turkey of a customs union with the European Union Downloads
Glenn Harrison, Thomas Rutherford and David Tarr
1598: Logistical constraints on international trade in the Maghreb Downloads
Francois Amiot and Ovadia Salama
1597: Egypt and the Uruguay Round Downloads
Bernard Hoekman and Arvind Subramanian
1596: Agrarian structure in Poland: the myth of large-farm superiority Downloads
Johan Van Zyl, Bill Miller and Andrew Parker
1595: In search of owners: lessons of experience with privatization and corporate governance in transition economies Downloads
Cheryl W. Gray
1594: Why have some Indian states done better than others at reducing rural poverty? Downloads
Gaurav Datt and Martin Ravallion
1593: Rural finance for growth and poverty alleviation Downloads
Saeed Qureshi, Ijaz Nabi and Rashid Faruqee
1592: The stockmarket as a source of finance: a comparison of U.S. and Indian firms Downloads
Cherian Samuel
1591: Competition in network industries Downloads
Michael Klein
1590: The Latvian banking crisis: lessons learned Downloads
Alex Fleming and Samuel Talley
1589: The analysis of emerging policy issues in development finance Downloads
Sudarshan Goopu
1588: Social insurance in the transition to a market economy: theoretical issues with application to Moldova Downloads
Deborah Mabbett
1587: Payments and finance problems in the Commonwealth of Independent States Downloads
Constantine Michalopoulos
1586: Did external barriers cause the marginalization of sub-Saharan Africa in world trade? Downloads
Azita Amjadi, Ulrich Reinke and Alexander Yeats
1585: Public finances and economic transition Downloads
Luca Barbone and Hana Polackova
1584: Price support at any price? Costs and benefits of alternative agricultural policies for Poland Downloads
Witold M. Orlowski
1583: Trade preferential agreements in Latin America: an ex-ante assessment Downloads
Michael Michaely
1582: Stock market development and long-run growth Downloads
Ross Levine and Sara Zervos
1581: Where has all the education gone? Downloads
Lant Pritchett
1580: Indonesia's cocoa boom: hands-off policy encourages smallholder dynamism Downloads
Takamasa Akiyama and Akihiko Nishio
1579: Different strategies of transition to a market economy: how do they work in practice? Downloads
Marek Dabrowski
1578: Stock market and investment: the governance role of the market Downloads
Cherian Samuel
1577: The peace dividend: military spending cuts and economic growth Downloads
Malcolm Knight, Norman Loayza and Delano Villanueva
1576: Rural poverty in Ecuador: a qualitative assessment Downloads
Jesko Hentschel, William F. Waters and Anna Kathryn Vandever Webb
1575: Inflation, growth, and central banks: theory and evidence Downloads
Jose De Gregorio
1574: Bank regulation: the case of the missing model Downloads
Gerard Caprio
1573: North-South customs unions and international capital mobility Downloads
Eduardo Fernandez-Arias and Mark Spiegel
1572: Averting the old-age crisis: technical annex Downloads
Robert Palacios
1571: Export prospects of Middle Eastern countries: a post-Uruguay Round analysis Downloads
Alexander Yeats
1570: Protecting the old and promoting growth: a defense of averting the old age crisis Downloads
Estelle James
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