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Finance & Development
September 1, 2005
Daniel Kaufmann |
Back to Basics--10 Myths About Governance and Corruption The challenge of governance and anticorruption confronting the world today strongly argues against business-as-usual. A bolder approach is needed. The rich world must not only deliver on its aid and trade liberalization promises, it must also lead by example.   |
Finance & Development
September 1, 2001
Joel Hellman & Daniel Kaufmann |
Confronting the Challenge of State Capture in Transition Economies In transition economies, corruption has taken on a new image -- that of so-called oligarchs manipulating policy formation and even shaping the emerging rules of the game to their own, very substantial advantage. We refer to this behavior as state capture... |
Finance & Development
June 1, 2000
Jeremy Pope & Frank Vogl |
Making Anticorruption Agencies More Effective How anticorruption agencies can become key players in the war against bribery. |
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. |
HBS Working Knowledge
September 28, 2009
Alnoor Ebrahim |
Improving Accountability at the World Bank Its legitimacy and effectiveness on the line, the World Bank faces criticism from its constituents and the civil society organizations that serve them. |
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
December 1, 2002 |
Picture This How corruption holds countries back |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2007
David E. Bloom |
Governing Global Health How better coordination can advance global health and improve value for money. |
HBS Working Knowledge
July 5, 2004
Weill & Ross |
Ten Principles of IT Governance You've invested heavily in technology, but where is the payoff? This excerpt from the new book IT Governance distills keys to creating greater value from IT. |
Finance & Development
March 1, 2007
Bourguignon & Sundberg |
Aid Can Work The effectiveness of aid remains a highly controversial issue for economists and development practitioners. However, aid effectiveness is getting better, even though it is tough to prove. |
Finance & Development
June 1, 2000
Robert Klitgaard |
Subverting Corruption The focus of countries' anticorruption efforts typically begins with consciousness raising, shifts to making governments less susceptible, and then addresses the problem of corrupt systems. When this third stage is reached, what measures can governments, concerned citizens, and others take to subvert entrenched corruption? |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
A Global View of Corporate Governance: One Size Doesn't Fit All Does corporate governance operate the same way in any economy? That has been a point of contention among academics and economists. |
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
September 2008
Deutscher & Fyson |
Improving the Effectiveness of Aid A proliferation of donors and projects has made the governance of aid more problematic. |
Finance & Development
June 1, 2002
Pradeep K. Mitra & Marcelo Selowsky |
Lessons from a Decade of Transition in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union A decade after the dissolution of the Soviet Union in late 1991, some transition economies are performing far better than others. Reducing barriers to entry is not enough -- hard budget constraints must also be imposed on the old money-losing state-owned enterprises. |
Finance & Development
March 1, 2002
Roumeen Islam |
Institutions to Support Markets To spur growth and reduce poverty, poor countries will need efficient formal and informal institutions that support market activity. A major World Bank study offers insights into how such institutions may be developed... |
Real Estate Portfolio
Jul/Aug 2004
Hamid R. Moghadam |
Value of Good Governance Every public REIT should have a strong board that is independent and has some skin in the game that ensures the board members' interests are well aligned with those of shareholders. |
CIO
June 15, 2004
Jeanne Ross & Peter Weill |
Recipe for Good Governance MIT research has found that good IT governance leads to better return on assets for companies. But what makes for good governance? Here are the ingredients. |
Finance & Development
September 1, 2000
Paul Hilbers, Russell Krueger, & Marina Moretti |
New Tools for Assessing Financial System Soundness Macroprudential indicators--defined broadly as indicators of the health and stability of the financial system--can help countries assess their banking systems' vulnerability to crisis. In recent years, an increasing amount of work has been done on such indicators... |
Finance & Development
June 1, 2000 |
From the Editor Like the mythological hydra, corruption is a many-headed foe that insinuates itself into every part of the social fabric, weakens the body politic, and jeopardizes prospects for economic growth. The menace of corruption has often seemed unconquerable.... |
Finance & Development
June 1, 2006
Andrew Sheng |
The Art of Reform Both domestic and global investors will look to regulatory assessments to judge for themselves the quality of Asia's market governance. And they might also want to remind themselves of the ancient dictum: he who knows the competition and himself wins in the global competitive game. |
Reason
Aug/Sep 2007
Ronald Bailey |
Our Intangible Riches World Bank environmental economist Kirk Hamilton on the planet's real wealth. |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2000
Deepa Narayan |
Poverty Is Powerlessness and Voicelessness The Voices of the Poor study aimed to understand poverty from the perspective of poor people and to illuminate the human experience behind the poverty statistics. |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2001
Nsouli & Le Gall |
The New International Financial Architecture and Africa African countries have made progress on various elements of the new architecture, but more work is needed---in particular, to enhance transparency and accountability, implement standards and codes, and strengthen financial systems. |
Real Estate Portfolio
Jul/Aug 2005
Matthew Bechard |
Earning Praise Publicly traded real estate companies have become the pillars of good governance. However, while total returns and dividend yields are easily quantifiable numbers with direct bearings on shareholder interest, corporate governance is not so easily measured. |
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
December 1, 2007
Boughton & Bradford |
Global Governance: New Players, New Rules The financial turbulence of 2007 illustrates -- not for the first time -- both the benefits and the risks of financial globalization. Here's why the 20th-century model needs a makeover. |
IDB America
March 2002
Paul Constance |
Inside the beast A leading Latin American cleric dissects the "cancer of corruption," and suggests some possible cures... |
IDB America
May/Jun 2000
Paul Constance |
From black box to glass house Seminar on transparency and development reveals strategies for combating corruption |
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
December 1, 2005
Arturo Valenzuela |
Putting Latin America Back on the Map Consolidation of democratic institutions is a vital part of Latin America's recovery. |
Finance & Development
March 2009
Amar Bhattacharya |
A Tangled Web Everyone agrees on reforming the governance of financial markets, but who will do what remains unclear. |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2000
Kathryn McPhail |
How Oil, Gas, and Mining Projects Can Contribute to Development Oil, gas, and mining projects could be a boon for developing host countries, yet their environmental and social costs often outweigh their benefits. Partnerships between project developers, governments, and local communities are crucial for projects to have a lasting development impact. |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2002
Das et al. |
Financial Regulators Need Independence Granting more operational autonomy to the agencies that keep an eye on the financial sector can bolster financial stability. |
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. |
Real Estate Portfolio
Jul/Aug 2005
David E. Simon |
Raising Standards The modern REITs of today provide investors the opportunity to invest in liquid, dividend-paying, quality real estate firms actively managed for the benefit of all stockholders with the highest level of corporate governance. |
The Motley Fool
June 11, 2010
Alyce Lomax |
Can This Factor Improve Your Returns? Too many shareholders forget one crucial element. Companies plagued by self-centered, short-sighted managers could easily foreshadow lousy investment results to come. |
BusinessWeek
May 17, 2004 |
Investors Fight Back From the Netherlands to South Korea, corporate boards are taking major steps to improve shareholder rights in the wake of financial scandals. |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2005
Maureen Lewis |
A War Chest for Fighting HIV/AIDS With billions of dollars mobilized, the challenge is how to spend the money wisely in the fight against the global HIV/AIDS epidemic. |
HBS Working Knowledge
May 17, 2010
Sean Silverthorne |
What Brazil Teaches About Investor Protection When Brazil entered the 20th century, its companies were a model of transparency and offered investor protections that government did not. Can our financial regulators learn a lesson from history? |
IDB America
February 2002
Paul Constance |
Dangerous prescription A new study indicates that corruption has infected Latin America's public hospitals... |
Financial Advisor
September 2009
Marla Brill |
Sustainability Indexes: Pros And Cons Environmental, social and governance criteria are the basis. |
The Motley Fool
July 15, 2009
Chris Jones |
Does Good Governance Make Great Stocks? Reemphasizing the importance of shareholder rights. |
CIO
August 1, 2003
Susan H. Cramm |
A Cry for Full-Cycle Governance It's the only way to ensure IT project success |
IDB America
October 2004
Carlo Binetti |
A Political Agenda Against Inequality In the last two decades, Latin America has been weighed down by the bitter paradox of trying to advance democracy even as poverty grows more extreme. Meanwhile, in the political arena, globalization has imposed new demands on the State. |
IndustryWeek
November 1, 2007
David Blanchard |
Avoiding the Big Squeeze: Ten Steps to Better Managing Your Suppliers Good supplier management requires recognition of everyone's needs and expectations. |
IDB America
May/Jun 2000 |
Strong democracy for strong economy A panel of international experts recently urged Latin America to strengthen its democratic institutions in order to better meet the challenges of economic growth and stability.... |
Finance & Development
September 1, 2005
Basil P. Mramba |
Tanzania: 'Smart' Partnerships A clear national development vision upon which donor support can be anchored is critical for ensuring that aid is well used. |
HRO Today
June 2008
Andy Teng |
Considering Governance First You wouldn't want to drive in a major city without traffic lights, so why take on outsourcing without a robust governance model? Remember, dedicating the right resources to managing the contract can help minimize problems later on. |
Bank Systems & Technology
May 8, 2007
Nancy Feig |
Technological Improvements Crucial To Greater Transparency In Banking Supervision Traditional approaches to government supervision of banks may actually hurt development and lead to greater corruption in lending in some countries, according to research. |
