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Unfulfilled Promise Why the Middle East and North Africa region has lagged in growth and globalization |
Finance & Development June 1, 2005 Birger Fredriksen |
Keeping the Promise What is holding up achieving primary education for all African children? |
Finance & Development September 2010 |
Regaining Momentum Progress on the Millennium Development Goals has been slowed by the crisis. The rest of the world has to help. |
Finance & Development March 1, 2003 Adam Bennett |
Failed Legacies Escaping the ghosts of central economic planning |
Finance & Development June 1, 2007 Buvinic & King |
Smart Economics In the long run, greater gender equality in access to opportunities, rights, and voice can lead to more efficient economic functioning and better institutions, with dynamic benefits for investment and growth. |
Finance & Development June 2011 |
Closing the Jobs Gap High youth unemployment contributes to widespread unrest in the Middle East. |
Finance & Development September 1, 2001 Christian Keller & Peter S. Heller |
Social Sector Reform in Transition Countries Transition countries need to reform their social sectors to promote the welfare of their citizens and spur economic growth. In part, this means building up and redesigning social safety nets and addressing problems. It also requires cutting some benefits and privileges... |
Finance & Development December 1, 2001 Evangelos A. Calamitsis |
The Need for Stronger Domestic Policies and International Support Globalization is a powerful engine of world prosperity, and it is certainly here to stay. Income disparities remain large. The basic issue is what policies and reforms are most likely to bring about sustainable economic growth for the benefit of all the peoples of the world. |
Finance & Development March 1, 2003 Edward Gardner |
Wanted: More Jobs High unemployment in the MENA region presents formidable challenges for policymakers |
Finance & Development December 1, 2006 Schieber et al. |
Getting Real on Health Financing Unless the efficiency of the global aid architecture is improved and countries enhance their ability to put aid to good use, the massive investment in health that is currently taking place will not deliver the improvement in the health of the poor that everybody is striving for. |
Finance & Development September 1, 2007 Bloom & Khanna |
The Urban Revolution Rapid urbanization may prove a blessing, provided the world takes notice and plans accordingly. |
Finance & Development June 1, 2005 Cohen & Bloom |
Cultivating Minds Educating all the world's children well is not only urgent but also feasible within the next few decades. |
Finance & Development September 1, 2005 Berg & Qureshi |
The MDGs: Building Momentum A big push on aid is not the sole answer. International development policy needs to move beyond aid and aim for actions that, together with stronger reforms in developing countries, cohere into a broader big push. |
Finance & Development September 2008 Masood Ahmed |
The Next Frontier Low-income countries gain ground in a globalized world, but they still face major challenges. |
Finance & Development June 1, 2007 Clements et al. |
Getting Spending Right Latin America needs to reform public spending to make it more efficient, better help the poor, and address infrastructure bottlenecks. |
Finance & Development December 1, 2000 Nora Lustig & Nicholas Stern |
Broadening the Agenda for Poverty Reduction: Opportunity, Empowerment, Security Experience from the 1990s has led to a poverty reduction agenda that, in addition to promoting economic growth, addresses ingrained inequalities, institutional failures, social barriers, and other risks. |
Finance & Development December 1, 2006 Bio-Tchane & Christensen |
Right Time for Africa Africa needs to build on its recent success to catch up. A forward-looking reform agenda should aim to maintain macroeconomic stability, improve the business climate, promote trade, and, most important, strengthen fiscal institutions. |
Finance & Development September 2008 |
Dialogue Box F&D asked a number of opinion leaders around the world to answer the question, What's the single thing most likely to double living standards in poor countries over the next decade? |
Finance & Development March 2011 Clements et al. |
Healing Health Care Finances Health care presents a daunting fiscal challenge in advanced and emerging economies alike, but reforms can help manage the growth of spending fairly and efficiently. |
Finance & Development March 1, 2002 Alain Mingat & Carolyn Winter |
Education for All by 2015 At the World Education Forum in Dakar, Senegal, in 2000, officials from 180 countries set a challenging goal: ensuring access to primary education for all children by 2015... |
Finance & Development September 2010 Steve Barnett |
Building a Social Safety Net China embarks on an effort to improve both pensions and health care in the world's most populous nation |
Finance & Development September 1, 2006 Jimenez & Murthi |
Investing in the Youth Bulge With the right investments, developing countries can turn their large youth populations into a boon. |
Finance & Development December 1, 2007 David E. Bloom |
Governing Global Health How better coordination can advance global health and improve value for money. |
Finance & Development September 2008 Gupta & Tareq |
Mobilizing Revenue Strengthening domestic revenue bases is key to creating fiscal space for Africa's developmental needs |
Finance & Development June 1, 2005 Baldacci et al. |
What Does It Take to Help the Poor Spending on education and health can boost human capital in poor countries and help them reach the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), but only if governments are held accountable. |
Finance & Development September 1, 2006 Peter S. Heller |
Asia: Ready or Not The world's most populous continent must prepare now for an aging population. |
Finance & Development September 2010 |
Making a Breakthrough To accelerate progress toward the Millennium Development Goals, growth must happen in sectors that directly benefit the poor, such as agriculture. |
Finance & Development December 1, 2005 Singh & Collyns |
Latin America's Resurgence Latin America's recent resurgence amid continuing favorable external conditions provides another historic opportunity for the region to catalyze its considerable natural and human capital resources into sustained and higher growth. |
Finance & Development June 1, 2006 Burton et al. |
Asia's Winds of Change The path that Asian countries have traveled to growth and prosperity in the past 50 years will remain relevant for the future -- the embrace of openness, the commitment to macroeconomic stability, and the drive to adapt and reform in response to changing circumstances. |
Finance & Development September 1, 2006 Bloom & Canning |
Booms, Busts, and Echoes Since 1870 death rates and birth rates have been declining in developed countries. Here's how the biggest demographic upheaval in history is affecting global economic development. |
IDB America August 2005 |
"A Bigger, More Creative, More Efficient Bank..." After 17 years as IDB president, Enrique V. Iglesias offers an assessment of the Bank's performance and reflects on Latin America's uneven economic progress. |
Finance & Development March 1, 2003 Creane et al. |
Banking on Development Further reform of financial sectors holds promise for the MENA countries |
Finance & Development September 1, 2007 Aziz & Dunaway |
China's Rebalancing Act China's economic miracle may be at risk unless the country relies more on domestic consumption. |
Finance & Development December 1, 2000 Ernesto Hernandez-Cata |
Raising Growth and Investment in Sub-Saharan Africa: What Can Be Done? Sub-Saharan Africa must increase economic growth to reduce poverty and improve living standards. This article discusses some obstacles to growth in the region, as well as some policy actions that would improve its prospects. |
Finance & Development September 2011 |
A Bigger Slice of a Growing Pie Developing the financial sector accelerates economic growth and can enhance income equality. |
Finance & Development March 2011 Nicolas Eyzaguirre |
Sustaining Latin America's Transformation Building on recent successes, Latin America now has a chance to raise its profile in the global marketplace. |
Finance & Development September 2011 Adolfo Barajas et al. |
Differing Benefits Financial development does not give the same growth boost to all countries. |
Finance & Development June 1, 2007 Lewis & Lockheed |
Getting All Girls into School New ways are needed to educate "excluded girls" in developing countries. |
Finance & Development June 2009 Donald Kaberuka |
Straight Talk: Start This Engine Africa's policymakers should prepare for global recovery by priming their private sectors. |
Finance & Development June 1, 2005 Wu, Kaul, & Sankar |
The Quiet Revolution How India is achieving universal elementary education. |
Finance & Development September 1, 2000 Emine Gurgen |
Central Asia: Achievements and Prospects Although the five Central Asian countries in transition have made progress in moving to a market economy, they still have far to go and need to intensify their reform efforts. |
Finance & Development December 1, 2000 Gupta, Hammond, Leete, & Swanson |
Progress Toward the International Development Goals It is easy to lose track of the improvements that have occurred over time in the lives of poor people in many developing countries.... |
Finance & Development March 2011 Alicia Barcena |
Spreading the Wealth Poverty and inequality have declined in Latin America in recent years, but there is a lot more to do. |
Finance & Development September 1, 2006 Carone & Costello |
Can Europe Afford to Grow Old? The EU must face up to recent projections showing that aging will have a major economic and budgetary impact. |
Finance & Development June 1, 2007 Janet G. Stotsky |
Budgeting with Women in Mind When leaders in developed and developing countries alike ponder ways to boost growth, reduce inequality, and improve living standards, the enduring battle of the sexes is most likely the last thing on their minds. But reducing gender disparities can lead to improved macroeconomic performance. |
Finance & Development June 2011 |
The Price of Maturity Aging populations mean countries have to find new ways to support their elderly. |
Finance & Development December 1, 2007 Bio-Tchane & Yehoue |
Africa's Missing Ingredients How international economic aid can be better directed to entrench development in sub-Saharan Africa. |
Finance & Development June 2011 |
Beyond Retirees How countries change their pension systems and whether they do it in tandem have major implications for global economic health. |
Finance & Development December 1, 2001 Paul Chabrier |
Growth Strategy for North Africa: A Regional Approach Independent business surveys show that private investors generally feel that the business environment in the region has many serious problems, such as excessive red tape and weak domestic institutions---particularly the legal and judicial systems. |
Finance & Development June 1, 2007 Burton & Zanello |
Asia Ten Years After A decade after the Asian financial crisis, the region is growing rapidly but still has a long to-do list. |