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Finance & Development
September 1, 2000
Oleh Havrylyshyn & John Odling-Smee |
Political Economy of Stalled Reforms Powerful vested interests in some of the transition countries oppose further reform. But, even in this difficult climate, reform can and should continue.   |
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
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
June 1, 2000
Raj Desai & Itzhak Goldberg |
Stakeholders, Governance, and the Russian Enterprise Dilemma Over the past decade, Russia's efforts to achieve economic growth and restructure its economy have been seriously hampered by a dearth of investment and the proliferation of barter and arrears. Given current conditions, how might Russian economic reform efforts best be supported? |
Finance & Development
June 1, 2002 |
Book Reviews The International Financial Architecture: What's New? What's Missing? by Peter B. Kenen... Corporate Financing and Governance in Japan: The Road to the Future by Takeo Hoshi and Anil K. Kashyap... Building Capitalism: The Transformation of the Former Soviet Bloc by Anders Aslund... etc. |
Finance & Development
March 1, 2000
Pedro Pou |
Argentina's Structural Reforms of the 1990s Argentina experienced serious economic and financial difficulties in the 1980s. Hyperinflation in 1989-90 finally elicited the necessary political consensus for reform. Despite areas of concern, structural reforms implemented in the 1990s have set Argentina on the path to sustained growth. |
Finance & Development
March 1, 2000
Claudio M. Loser & Martine Guerguil |
The Long Road to Financial Stability Most countries in Latin America and the Caribbean weathered the economic crises of the late 1990s better than expected, thanks to the policy reforms of the past two decades. Further reform is urgently needed, however, to put the region on a faster growth path and reduce its vulnerability to external shocks. |
Finance & Development
September 1, 2000
Stanley Fischer & Ratna Sahay |
Taking Stock Economic performance has differed widely among the transition economies. The best performers are countries that were the most committed to reform at the start and that have carried out reforms rapidly and consistently. |
Finance & Development
September 1, 2001
Nadezhda Bikalova |
Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations in Russia Russia has experienced serious problems in developing and maintaining satisfactory fiscal relations between its central government and regional and local governments. How have these problems arisen, and what steps might make Russia's fiscal federalism work better? |
Finance & Development
June 1, 2001
Harry G. Broadman |
Competition and Business Entry in Russia Reforming anticompetitive business structures and lowering barriers to entry are key to Russia's post-privatization reform program... |
Finance & Development
September 1, 2000
Andrei Nesterenko |
The Modernization Challenge Facing President Putin Having established and strengthened basic market and democratic institutions during the 1990s, Russia became an emerging market country that badly needs a modernization breakthrough. How can the government of President Vladimir Putin attain this goal? |
Finance & Development
March 1, 2003
Adam Bennett |
Failed Legacies Escaping the ghosts of central economic planning |
Finance & Development
March 1, 2002 |
Book Reviews The End of Globalization: Lessons from the Great Depression by Harold James... Paradoxes of Prosperity: Why the New Capitalism Benefits All by Diane Coyle... Out of the Red: Building Capitalism and Democracy in Postcommunist Europe by Mitchell A. Orenstein... etc. |
Finance & Development
March 1, 2006
Zagha, Nankani & Gill |
Rethinking Growth Economists are reconsidering what they really know about economic growth and how to go about formulating global national policies in the absence of reliable models. |
Finance & Development
June 2007 |
Book Reviews Harnessing the market... A wakeup call for Europe... How news affects sovereign spreads... etc. |
Finance & Development
June 1, 2000
Hans Dieter Seibel |
Agricultural Development Banks Close Them or Reform Them? Agricultural development banks were established to extend credit and other financial services to customers not considered creditworthy by commercial banks. Should these banks be closed or are they worth revamping? |
Finance & Development
September 1, 2000
Janos Kornai |
Making the Transition to Private Ownership When the former centrally planned economies began the transition to a market economy one decade ago, there was strong disagreement on the best way to carry out ownership reform. 10 years into transition, experience has proved that organic development was the best strategy. |
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 2006 |
Book Reviews Globalization and Its Enemies by Daniel Cohen... Capital and Collusion: The Political Logic of Global Economic Development by Hilton Root... etc. |
Finance & Development
September 2008
Prasad & Rajan |
Next Generation Financial Reforms for India A new report advocates a shake-up in India's financial system to underpin growth |
Finance & Development
June 2009
Berglof et al. |
A Tale of Two Crises Russia is still a resource-dependent economy that must diversify in a market-friendly way |
Finance & Development
June 2010
Guillaume & Zytek |
Reducing the Staggering Costs of Cheap Energy Eliminating domestic energy subsidies is tricky, but oil-exporting countries that do so will see a clear payoff. |
Finance & Development
March 2008
John Odling-Smee |
Book Reviews Global Imbalances and the Lessons of Bretton Woods, is the new book by Barry Eichengreen, a leader in the field of international monetary history. The theme of this compact and engrossing book is that history suggests that the current situation is unlikely to last for long. |
Financial Advisor
June 2009
Eric Uhlfelder |
Defibrillating The Markets Economist Henry Kaufman believes the U.S. financial system will likely require continued massive public capitalization, vastly improved regulatory oversight and more. |
Finance & Development
March 1, 2006
Hausmann, Rodrik & Velasco |
Getting the Diagnosis Right A new approach to economic reform: Because across-the-board reforms are politically difficult and have often failed to achieve growth, countries need to figure out the one or two most binding constraints on their economies and then focus on lifting those. |
BusinessWeek
September 16, 2010 |
How to Fix the Economy: An Expert Panel Tom Keene talks with Bob Shiller, Peter Orszag, and other leading economists on how to "get out of this mess" |
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. |
Finance & Development
March 1, 2001
Neil Gregory & Stoyan Tenev |
The Financing of Private Enterprise in China A 1999 survey of more than 600 private Chinese enterprises revealed that they relied primarily on self-financing. For China's private sector to thrive, firms will need increased access to external loan and equity financing... |
IDB America
July 2001
Jaime Millan |
Half dark or half light? Latin America's electricity problems won't be solved by backtracking on reforms... |
Finance & Development
June 1, 2005
de la Torre & Schmukler |
Small Fish, Big Pond What is the future for developing country capital markets in a globalized economy? |
Finance & Development
December 2011 |
To Sell or Not Although the push for privatization took different forms in different parts of the world, it was part of a broader movement aimed at reducing the role of government in the economy and at increasing reliance on markets and prices. |
Finance & Development
March 2011
Giuliano et al. |
Free Governments, Good Policies Economic reforms may scare politicians, but democracy and economic liberalization generally go hand in hand. |
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. |
Chemistry World
July 25, 2013
Eugene Gerden |
Russian scientists claim state reform will 'kill science' In a statement, the government claimed that the current system is plagued by a lack of coordination, particularly in managing their finances and buildings and infrastructure. |
IDB America
December 2005
Charo Quesada |
A Giant That Needs to Keep Growing A Brazilian academic suggests ways to accelerate the development of Latin America's largest economy. |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2001
Davis, Ossowski, Daniel & Barnett |
Oil Funds: Problems Posing as Solutions? Heavy dependence on oil revenues---which are volatile and unpredictable, and will, sooner or later, dry up---greatly complicates a country's fiscal policy. To tackle these problems, many oil-producing countries are setting up oil funds. But are these really a solution, or just a problem posing as one? |
Finance & Development
December 2010 |
Risky Business Global banks will adapt to the new international rules on capital and liquidity, but at what cost to investors and the financial system? |
Finance & Development
September 2008
Ravallion & van de Walle |
Land and Poverty in Reforming East Asia Lessons from Vietnam's agrarian reforms |
BusinessWeek
July 21, 2003
Jason Bush |
Sizzling Growth Could Singe Russia's Economy Russia's economy has never looked healthier. Growth is spiking upward, inflation is falling, Russia's external trade and government finances are both in surplus, foreign debt is low, and foreign exchange reserves are mushrooming. It almost seems too good to be true. Perhaps it is. |
Knowledge@Wharton
January 15, 2003 |
Russia's Struggle for Competitiveness Is it safe to go back in the water for would-be investors in Russia? How far has Russia come? How far does it have to go? And what models will it follow? |
Chemistry World
June 20, 2012
Eugene Gerden |
Shake-up for Russian universities and research Russian university students could lose much of the financial support they currently enjoy under planned reforms |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Jan/Feb 2007
Georgii Ivanov |
Russia Rising Russia's commercial real estate market is in an exciting phase of development, reflecting the Russian economy's dynamic growth. A growing economy and international investor interest point to a strong future. |
The Motley Fool
January 24, 2007
Vitaliy Katsenelson |
Russia: We Don't Need the West Anymore Did the Russian government muscle Shell out of Sakhalin? Here is a look at the $7.5 billion sale and the long-term implications if Russia disregards Western investment. |
IndustryWeek
July 1, 2005
John S. McClenahen |
Taxes: Retreat From Reform? The U.S. tax code is too cumbersome and confusing, manufacturers say. George W. Bush agrees. A presidential advisory panel this summer will suggest ways to make the system simpler and fairer. But U.S.-based manufacturers shouldn't count on seeing much in the way of tax reform anytime soon. |
