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2000
- 2350 Multilateral trade liberalization and political disintegration - implications for the evolution of free trade areas and customs unions
by Schiff, Maurice
- 2349 Trade, foreign direct investment, and international technology transfer : a survey
by Saggi, Kamal
- 2348 Taxing issues with privatization : a checklist
by Mintz, Jack M. & Chen, Duanjie & Zorotheos, Evangelia
- 2347 Terror as a bargaining instrument : a case study of dowry violence in rural India
by Bloch, Francis & Rao, Vijayendra
- 2346 the middle class consensus and economic development
by Easterly, William
- 2345 Information and modeling issues in designing water and sanitation subsidy schemes
by Gomez-Lobo, Andres & Foster, Vivien & Halpern, Jonathan
- 2344 Designing direct subsidies for water and sanitation services - Panama : a case study
by Foster, Vivien & Gomez-Lobo, Andres & Halpern, Jonat
- 2343 Ownership and performance of Lithuanian enterprises
by Grigorian, David A.
- 2342 What can we learn about country performance from conditional comparisons across countries?
by Ravallion, Martin
- 2341 The tyranny of concepts - CUDIE (Cumulated, Depreciated Investment Effort) is NOT capital
by Pritchett, Lant
- 2340 Currency substitution in Latin America - lessons from the 1990s
by Gomis-Porqueras, Pere & Serrano, Carlos & Somuano, Alejandro
- 2339 Building subnational debt markets in developing and transition economies : a framework for analysis, policy reform, and assistance strategy
by Noel, Michel
- 2338 The geography of international investment
by Shatz, Howard J. & Venables, Anthony J.
- 2337 Pollution charges, community pressure, and abatement cost of industrial pollution in China
by Hua Wang
- 2336 Endogenous enforcement and effectiveness of China's pollution levy system
by Hua Wang & Wheeler, David
- 2335 Inflation and the poor
by Easterly, William & Fischer, Stanley
- 2334 Sex workers and the cost of safe sex - the compensating differential for condom use in Calcutta
by Rao, Vijayendra & Gupta, Indrani & Jana, Smarajit
- 2333 Output fluctuations in Latin America - what explains the recent slowdown?
by Herrera, Santiago & Perry, Guillermo & Quintero, Neile
- 2332 Financial intermediary distress in the Republic of Korea - Small is beautiful?
by Bongini, Paola & Ferri, Giovanni & Tae Soo Kang
- 2331 Competition, Corporate Governance, and regulation in Central Asia - Uzbekistan's structural reform challenges
by Boradman, Harry G.
- 2330 Reducing structural dominance and entry barriers in Russian industry
by Broadman, Harry G.
- 2329 Improving Russia's policy on foreign direct investment
by Bergsman, Joel & Broadman, Harry G. & Drebentsov, Vladimir
- 2328 Social transfers and social assistance - an empirical analysis using Latvian household survey data
by Milanovic, Branko
- 2327 How the Republic of Korea's financial structure affects the volatility of four asset prices
by Hong G. Min & Par,Jong-Goo
- 2326 How urban concentration affects economic growth
by Henderson, Vernon
- 2325 Banking systems around the globe : do regulation and ownership affect the performance and stability?
by Barth, James R. & Caprio, Gerard & Levine, Ross
- 2324 Give growth and macroeconomic stability in Russia a chance - harden budgets by eliminating nonpayments
by Pinto, Brian & Drebentsov, Vladimir & Morozov, Alexander
- 2323 Globalization and firms'financing choices - evidence from emerging economies
by Schmukler,Sergio L. & Versperoni,Esteban
- 2322 Self-targeted subsidies - the distributional impact of the Egyptian food subsidy system
by Adams, Richard H.
- 2321 Algorithms for purchasing AIDS vaccines
by Bishai, David & Lin, Maria K. & Kiyonga, C.W.B.
- 2320 Does more intense competition lead to higher growth?
by Dutz, Mark A. & Hayri, Aydin
- 2319 Externalities and production efficiency
by Eskeland, Gunnar S.
- 2318 Regulatory reform, competition, and innovation - a case study of the Mexican road freight industry
by Dutz, Mark A. & Hayri, Aydin & Ibarra,Pablo
- 2317 Trade negotiations in the presence of network externalities
by Kubota, Keiko
- 2316 Distributional outcomes of a decentralized welfare program
by Galasso, Emanuela & Ravallion, Martin
- 2315 Investment in natural gas pipelines in the Southern Cone of Latin America
by Jadresic, Alejandro
- 2314 Technological leadership and foreign investors'choice of entry mode
by Smarzynska, Beata K.
- 2313 How interest rates changed under financial liberalization - a cross-country review
by Honohan,Patrick Thomas
- 2312 Measuring governance, corruption, and State capture - how firms and bureaucrats shape the business environment in transition economies
by Hellman, Joel S. & Jones, Geraint & Kaufmann, Daniel & Schankerman, Mark
- 2311 The Buenos Aires water concession
by Alcazar, Lorena & Abdala, Manuel A. & Shirley, Mary M.
- 2310 How politics and institutions affect pension reform in three post-communist countries
by Orenstein, Mitchell A.
- 2309 What drives private saving around the world?
by Loayza, Norman & Schmidt-Hebbel, Klaus & Serven, Luis
- 2308 How small should an economy's fiscal deficit be? - a monetary programming approach
by Beckerman,Paul E.
- 2307 Surveying surveys and questioning questions - learning from World Bank experience
by Recanatini, Francesca & Wallsten, Scott J. & Lixin Colin Xu
- 2306 International contagion - implications for policy
by Chang, Roberto & Majnoni, Giovanni
- 2305 The impact of banking crises on money demand and price stability
by Martinez Peria, Maria Soledad
- 2304 Disinflation and the supply side
by Agenor, Pierre-Richard & Lodovico, Pizzati
- 2303 Malaria and growth
by McCarthy, F. Desmond & Wolf, Holger & Yi Wu
- 2302 Why liberalization alone has not improved agricultural productivity in Zambia : the role of asset ownership and working capital constraints
by Deininger, Klaus & Olinto, Pedro
- 2301 Identifying welfare effects from subjective questions
by Ravallion, Martin & Lokshin, Michael
- 2300 Single mothers in Russia - household strategies for coping with poverty
by Lokshin, Michael & Mullan Harris, Kathleen & Popkin, Barry
- 2299 Household savings in transition economies
by Denizer, Cevdet & Wolf, Holger C. & Ying, Yvonne
- 2298 Fiscal deficits, monetary reform, and inflation stabilization in Romania
by Budina, Nina & Van Wijnbergen, Sweder
- 2297 Sources of ethnic inequality in Vietnam
by Gunewardena, Dileni & Van de Walle, Dominique
- 2296 An ecological and historical perspective on agricultural development in Southeast Asia
by Hayami, Yujiro
- 2295 Resolving bank failures in Argentina - recent developments and issues
by De La Torre,Augusto
- 2294 Reforming the urban water system in Santiago, Chile
by Shirley, Mary M. & L. Colin Xu & Zuluaga, Ana Maria
- 2293 Should capital flows be regulated? - a look at the issues and policies
by Islam, Roumeen
- 2292 Dividing the spoils - pensions, privatization, and reform in Russia's transition
by Kapstein, Ethan B. & Milanovic, Branko
- 2291 Incentives for pollution control - regulation and public disclosure
by Foulon, Jerome & Lanoie, Paul & Laplante, Benoit
- 2290 Decentralization and corruption - evidence across countries
by Fisman, Raymond & Gatti, Roberta
- 2289 Exchange rate overvaluation and trade protection - lessons from experience
by Shatz, Howard J. & Tarr, David G.
- 2288 Ten years of transformation - macroeconomic lessons
by Wyplosz, Charles
- 2287 The vicious circles of control - regional governments and insiders in privatized Russian enterprises
by Desai, Raj M. & Goldberg, Itzhak
- 2286 Transparency, liberalization, and banking crisis
by Mehrez, Gil & Kaufmann, Daniel
- 2285 Industrial environmental performance in China - the impact of inspections
by Dasgupta, Susmita & Laplante, Benoit & Namingi, Nlandu & Hua Wang
- 2284 The use of asset management companies in the resolution of banking crises - cross-country experience
by Klingebiel, Daniela
- 2283 New tools and new tests in comparative political economy - the database of political institutions
by Beck, Thorsten & Clarke, George & Groff, Alberto & Keefer, Philip & Walsh, Patrick
- 2282 Managing fiscal risk in Bulgaria
by Polackova Brixi, Hana & Shatalov, Sergei & Zlaoui, Leila
- 2281 External sustainability : a stock equilibrium perspective
by Calderon,Cesar & Loayza,Norman V. & Serven,Luis
- 2280 Willingness to pay for air quality improvements in Sofia, Bulgaria
by Whittington, Dale & Hua Wang
- 2279 Broad roads in a thin country - infrastructure concessions in Chile
by Hinojosa, Sergio & Gomez-Lobo, Andres
- 2278 Liquidity constraints and investment in transition economies - the case of Bulgaria
by Budina, Nina & Garretsen, Harry & de Jong, Elke
- 2277 Determinants of Bulgarian Brady bond prices - an empirical assessment
by Budina, Nina & Mantchev, Tzvetan
- 2276 Evaluating the case for export subsidies
by Panagariya, Arvind
- 2275 Who gained from Vietnam's boom in the 1990s? An analysis of poverty and inequality trends
by Glewwe, Paul & Gragnolatti, Michele & Zaman, Hassan
- 2274 How access to urban potable water and sewerage connections affects child mortality
by Shi, Anqing
- 2273 The value of preventing malaria in Tembien, Ethiopia
by Cropper, Mauren L. & Haile, Mitiku & Lampieti, Julian A. & Poulos, Christine & Whittington, Dale
- 2272 Ownership versus environment : disentangling the sources of public sector inefficiency
by Bartel, Ann P. & Harrison, Ann E.
- 2271 Corporate risk around the world
by Claessens, Stijn & Djankov, Simeon & Nenova, Tatiana
- 2270 The optimal income tax when poverty is a public"bad"
by Wane, Waly
- 2269 Context is everything : measuring institutional change in transition economies
by Campos, Nauro F.
- 2268 The structure of social disparities in education : gender and wealth
by Filmer, Deon
- 2267 Do high interest rates defend currencies during speculative attacks ?
by Kraay, Aart
- 2266 The impact of adult deaths on children's health in Northwestern Tanzania
by Ainsworth, Martha & Semali, Innocent
- 2265 The political economy of distress in East Asian financial institutions
by Bongini, Paola & Claessens, Stijn & Ferri, Giovanni
1999
- 21224 Abstracts : policy research working paper series - numbers 2133-2196
by anonymous
- 21223 Abstracts : policy research working paper series - numbers 2071-2132
by anonymous
- 20012 Abstracts : policy research working paper series - numbers 2197 - 2261
by anonymous
- 2264 Do more unequal countries redistribute more? does the median voter hypothesis hold?
by Milanovic, Branko
- 2263 When is growth pro-poor? Evidence from the diverse experiences of India's states
by Ravallion, Martin & Datt, Gaurav
- 2262 How inadequate provision of public infrastructure and services affects private investment
by Reinikka, Ritva & Svensson, Jakob
- 2261 Is knowledge shared within households?
by Basu, Kaushik & Narayan, Ambar & Ravallion, Martin
- 2260 Regional integration agreements - a force for convergence or divergence?
by Venables, Anthony J.
- 2259 Predicting currency fluctuations and crises - do resident firms have an informational advantage?
by Kaufmann, Daniel & Mehrez, Gil & Schmukler, Sergio
- 2258 Market access bargaining in the Uruguay Round - Rigid or relaxed reciprocity?
by Finger, J. Michael & Reincke, Ulrich & Castro, Adriana
- 2257 Infrastructure, geographical disadvantage, and transport costs
by Limao, Nuno & Venables, Anthony J.
- 2256 Geographical disadvantage - a Heckscher-Ohlin-von Thunen model of international specialization
by Venables, Anthony J. & Limao, Nuno
- 2255 Risk and efficiency in East Asian banks
by Laeven,Luc A.
- 2254 Does"grease money"speed up the wheels of commerce?
by Kaufman, Daniel & Shang-Jin Wei
- 2253 Revenue recycling and the welfare effects of road pricing
by Parry, Ian W.H. & Bento, Antonio Miguel R.
- 2252 Productivity growth, capital accumulation, and the banking sector - some lessons from Malaysia
by Ghani, Ejaz & Suri, Vivek
- 2251 Will the Euro create a bonanza for Africa?
by Cohen,Daniel & Kristensen,Nicolai & Verner,Dorte
- 2249 Argentina's transport privatization and re-regulation : ups and downs of a daring decade-long experience
by Estache, Antonio & Carbajo, Jose C. & de Rus, Gines
- 2248 Privatization and regulation of transport infrastructure in the 1990s - successes...and bugs to fix for the next millennium
by Estache, Antonio
- 2247 Does deposit insurance increase banking system stability ? An empirical investigation
by Demirguc-Kunt, Asli & Detragiache, Enrica
- 2246 Infrastructure's contribution to aggregate output
by Canning, David
- 2245 Opportunities for improving environmental compliance in Mexico
by Dasgupta, Susmita
- 2244 True world income distribution, 1988 and 1993 - first calculations, based on household surveys alone
by Milanovic, Branko
- 2243 Designing pro-poor water and sewer concessions : early lessons from Bolivia
by Komives, Kristin
- 2242 Confronting competition - investment response and constraints in Uganda
by Reinikka, Ritva & Svensson, Jakob
- 2241 How land registration affects financial development and economic growth in Thailand
by Byamugisha, Frank F.K.
- 2240 The effects of land registration on financial development and economic growth - a theoretical and conceptual framework
by Byamugisha, Frank F.K.
- 2239 The EU factor in the trade policies of Central European countries
by Kaminski, Bartlomiej
- 2238 A review of the role and impact of export processing zones
by Madani, Dorsati
- 2237 Reforming tax systems - the World Bank record in the 1990s
by Barbone, Luca & Das-Gupta, Arindam & De Wulf, Luc & Hansson, Anna
- 2236 Valuing water for Chinese industries : a marginal productivity assessment
by Wang, Hua & Lall, Somik
- 2235 Beyond capital ideals : restoring banking stability
by Caprio,Gerard & Honohan, Patrick
- 2234 The green revolution and the productivity paradox : evidence from the Indian Punjab
by Murgai, Rinku
- 2233 User's guide to an early warning system for macroeconomic vulnerability in Latin American countries
by Herrara, Santiago & Garcia, Conrado
- 2232 Market access advances and retreats : the Uruguay Round and beyond
by Finger, J. Michael & Schuknecht, Ludger
- 2231 What's behind MERCOSUR's common external tariff?
by Olarreaga, Marcelo & Soloaga, Isidro & Winters, Alan
- 2230 Bankruptcy reorganization through markets : Auction-based Creditor Ordering by Reducing Debts (ACCORD)
by Hausch, Donald B. & Ramachandran, S.
- 2229 Do school facilities matter? : the case of the Peruvian Social Fund (FONCODES)
by Paxson, Christina & Schady, Norbert
- 2228 Fiscal contingency planning for banking crises
by Honohan, Patrick
- 2227 The Sri Lankan unemployment problem revisited
by Rama, Martin
- 2226 Money, politics and a future for the international financial system
by Klein, Michael
- 2225 How did highly indebted poor countries become highly indebted? : reviewing two decades of debt relief
by Easterly, William
- 2224 Growth forecasts using time series and growth models
by Kraay, Aart & Monokroussos, George
- 2223 Integrated financial supervision : lessons of Northern European experience
by Taylor, Michael & Fleming, Alex
- 2222 Labor market integration in the presence of social capital
by Schiff, Maurice
- 2221 The dynamics of poverty and the effectiveness of Poland's safety net (1993-96)
by Okrasa,Wlodzimierz
- 2220 A Quantitative evaluation of Vietnam's accession to the ASEAN Free Trade Area
by Fukase, Emiko & Martin, Will
- 2219 The effect of the United States'granting Most Favored Nation status to Vietnam
by Fukase, Emiko & Martin, Will
- 2218 Who avoids and who escapes from poverty during transition? - evidence from Polish panel data, 1993-96
by Okrasa, Wlodzimierz
- 2217 Border, border, wide and far, how we wonder what you are
by Parsley, David C. & Shang-Jin Wei
- 2216 Corruption and trade tariffs, or a case for uniform tariffs
by Gatti, Roberta
- 2215 Implementation of Uruguay Round commitments : the development challenge
by Finger, Michael J. & Schuler, Philip
- 2214 Trade policy and market access issues for developing countries : implications for the Millennium Round
by Michalopoulos,Constantine
- 2213 Fiscal solvency and sustainability in economic management
by Hinh T. Dinh
- 2212 Is African manufacturing skill-constrained?
by Pack, Howard & Paxson, Christina
- 2211 Competition policy, developing countries, and the World Trade Organization
by Hoekman, Bernard & Holmes, Peter
- 2210 The slippery slope : explaining the increase in extreme poverty in urban Brazil, 1976-96
by Ferreira, Francisco H. G. & Paes de Barrios, Ricardo
- 2209 Does corruption relieve foreign investors of the burden of taxes and capital controls?
by Shang-Jin Wei
- 2208 Ethnic partition as a solution to ethnic war - an empirical critique of the theoretical literature
by Sambanis, Nicholas
- 2207 Jamaica's food stamp program - impacts on poverty and welfare
by Ezemenari, Kene & Subbarao, Kalanidhi
- 2206 Household childcare choices and women's work behavior in Russia
by Lokshin, Michael M.
- 2205 Foreign-owned capital and endogenous tariffs
by Olarreaga, Marcelo
- 2204 Corruption under moral hazard
by Eskeland, Gunnar S. & Thiele, Henrik
- 2203 Market versus administrative reallocation of agricultural land in a period of rapid industrialization
by Carter, Michael R. & Yang Yao
- 2202 Specialization without regret - transfer rights, agricultural productivity, and investment in an industrializing economy
by Carter, Michael R. & Yang Yao
- 2201 Financial development and industrial capital accumulation
by Bossone, Biagio
- 2200 The role of trust in financial sector development
by Bossone, Biagio
- 2199 Managing risks of capital mobility
by Dailami, Mansoor
- 2198 How the Chinese system of charges and subsidies affects pollution control efforts by China's top industrial polluters
by Wang,Hua*Ming Chen
- 2197 Production sharing in East Asia : who does what for whom, and why?
by Ng, Francis & Yeats, Alexander
- 2196 Governance matters
by Kaufmann, Daniel & Kraay, Aart & Zoido-Lobaton, Pablo
- 2195 Aggregating governance indicators
by Kaufmann, Daniel & Kraay, Aart & Zoido-Lobaton, Pablo
- 2194 Does democracy facilitate the economic transition : an empirical study of Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union
by Dethier, Jean-Jacques & Ghanem, Hafez & Zoli, Edda
- 2193 Children's growth and poverty in rural Guatemala
by Gragnolati, Michele
- 2192 Districts, spillovers, and government overspending
by Baqir, Reza
- 2191 Can no antitrust policy be better than some antitrust policy?
by Mattoo, Aaditya
- 2190 The credit channel at work - lessons from the Republic of Korea's financial crisis
by Ferri, Giovanni & Tae Soo Kang
- 2189 Alternative frameworks for providing financial services
by Claessens, Stijn & Klingebiel, Daniela
- 2188 Financial liberalization and the capital account : Thailand, 1988-97
by Alba, Pedro & Hernandez, Leonardo & Klingebiel, Daniela
- 2187 Who determines Mexican trade policy?
by Grether,Jean-Marie & De Melo,Jaime A. P. & Olarreaga,Marcelo
- 2186 Contagion, bank lending spreads, and output fluctuations
by Agenor, Pierre-Richard & Aizenman, Joshua & Hoffmais
- 2185 Financial sector inefficiencies and coordination failures : implications for crisis management
by Agenor, Pierre-Richard & Aizenman, Joshua
- 2184 Financial services and the World Trade Organization - liberalization commitments of the developing and transition economies
by Mattoo, Aaditya
- 2183 Market discipline and financial safety net design
by Demirguc-Kunt, Asl1 & Huizinga, Harry
- 2182 The integration of transition economies into the world trading system
by Michalopoulos, Constantine
- 2181 Privatization and regulation of the seaport industry
by Trujillo, Lourdes & Nombela, Gustavo
- 2180 Regulating privatized infrastructures and airport services
by Betancor, Ofelia & Rendeiro, Robert
- 2179 How child labor and child schooling interact with adult labor
by Ray, Ranjan
- 2178 Nonfarm income, inequality, and land in Rural Egypt
by Adams, Richard H., Jr
- 2177 Fiscal adjustment and contingent government liabilities : case studies of the Czech Republic and Macedonia
by Brixi, Hana Polackova & Ghanem, Hafez & Islam, Roumeen
- 2176 Fiscal risks and the quality of fiscal adjustment in Hungary
by Brixi, Hana Polackova & Papp, Anita & Schick, Allen
- 2175 Sector growth and the dual economy model - evidence from Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, and Zimbabwe
by Blunch, Niels-Hugo & Verner, Dorte
- 2174 Prospective deficits and the asian currency crisis
by Burnside, Craig & Eichenbaum, Martin & Rebelo, Sergi
- 2173 The intriguing relation between adult minimum wage and child labor
by Basu, Kaushik
- 2172 The East Asian crisis : investigating causes and policy responses
by McKibbin, Warwick & Marin, Will
- 2171 Productivity growth and convergence in agriculture and manufacturing
by Martin, Will & Mitra, Devashish
- 2170 The distributional consequences of monetary policy : evidence from Malaysia
by Domac, Ilker
- 2169 Corruption, public finances, and the unofficial economy
by Johnson, Simon & Kaufmann, Daniel & Zoido-Lobaton, Pablo
- 2168 Wage and productivity gaps - evidence from Ghana
by Verner, Dorte
- 2167 Bonds and bridges : social and poverty
by Narayan, Deepa
- 2166 Seeking votes - the political economy of expenditures by the Peruvian Social Fund (FONCODES), 1991-95
by Schady, Norbert R.
- 2165 The Russian city in transition - the first six years in ten Volga capitals
by de Melo, Martha & Ofer, Gur
- 2164 Challenging El Salvador's rural health care strategy
by Lewis, Maureen & Eskeland, Gunnar S. & Traa-Valerezo, Ximena
- 2163 Coverage under old-agesecurity programs and protection for the uninsured - What are the issues?
by James, Estelle
- 2162 Quantifying the fiscal effects of trade reform
by Devarajan, Shantayanan & Go, Delfin S. & Hongyi Li
- 2161 Will the real"natural trading partner"please stand up?
by Schiff, Maurice
- 2160 Protecting the poor from macroeconomic shocks
by Ferreira, Francisco & Prennushi, Giovanna & Ravallion, Martin
- 2159 Provincial bank privatization in Argentina : the why, how, and"so what"?
by Clarke, George R. G. & Cull, Robert
- 2158 The effect of foreign entry on Argentina's domestic banking sector
by Clarke, George R. G. & Cull, Robert & D'Amato, Laura & Molinari, Andrea
- 2157 How regional blocs affect excluded countries - the price effects of MERCOSUR
by Won Chang & Winters, L. Alan
- 2156 How has regionalism in the 1990s affected trade?
by Soloaga, Isidro & Winters, L. Alan
- 2155 Lending booms, reserves, and the sustainability of short-term debt - inferences from the pricing of syndicated bank loans
by Eichengreen, Barry & Mody, Ashoka