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December 1, 2006
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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
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Straight Talk: Emerging Markets Emerge Emerging markets are now a key determinant of global growth. This is good news -- and a potential problem |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2006
McDonald et al. |
Enticing Investors To make a serious dent in poverty, Africa must attract more foreign capital. Portfolio investment has the potential to raise market efficiency and deepen financial intermediation while safeguarding financial sector soundness. |
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
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
December 2011
Abebe Aemro Selassie |
A Cushion for the Poor Plagued by high unemployment and closely tied to Europe, South Africa is struggling. |
Finance & Development
December 2011
Eswar S. Prasad |
Role Reversal Emerging economies are less dependent on debt, less vulnerable to volatile investment sentiment, and are rethinking the role of capital flows |
Finance & Development
June 1, 2007
Harry G. Broadman |
Connecting Africa and Asia Improved Asian market access can boost Africa's exports, but Africa needs domestic reforms to fully capture the economic benefits |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2001
G.E. Gondwe |
Making Globalization Work in Africa There is no doubt that economic growth rates in sub-Saharan Africa have lagged far behind those of other regions and that Africa is the region least integrated into the global economy. |
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
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, 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
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
June 1, 2006
Belaisch & Zanello |
Deepening Financial Ties The combination of favorable economic conditions and a clear commitment to integration can provide a fitting environment in which the policy debate can flourish -- and Asia's financial integration can continue to advance. |
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
June 2010
Duvvuri Subbarao |
Redefining Central Banking Central banks must distill lessons from the global crisis and make concrete reforms. |
Finance & Development
December 2011
Antoinette Sayeh |
The Quality of Growth The questions that continually nag at me concern the quality of this growth in sub-Saharan Africa. In particular, is it inclusive -- are the poor and the young benefiting -- and is it sustainable? |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2006
Michael Klein |
Taking Care of Business Creating a better business environment is crucial for bolstering growth in Africa. |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2007
Mauro & Yafeh |
Financial Crises of the Future Will future financial crises resemble the contagious crises of the 1990s, or the country-specific crises of the 1890s? What seems clear is that both advanced and emerging market countries will pay close attention to this debate. |
Finance & Development
June 1, 2006
Anthony Elson |
What Happened? Here's why East Asia surged ahead of Latin America and some lessons for economic policy. |
Finance & Development
March 1, 2003
Jbili & Kramarenko |
Should MENA Countries Float or Peg? As they open up their economies, MENA countries may need to rethink their exchange rate regimes |
Finance & Development
June 2010
Eswar Prasad |
After the Fall As the debate over how best to manage monetary policy heats up, the once-sharp difference between advanced and emerging economies is blurring. |
HBS Working Knowledge
November 6, 2006
Martha Lagace |
How South Africa Challenges Our Thinking on FDI After the fall of apartheid, South Africa accepted the standard prescription for countries to receive more foreign direct investment. Yet FDI has been a mere trickle. Why? The answer may reside in the country's strong corporate environment. |
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
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 2011
Jorge Canales-Kriljenko et al. |
Ending Instability How monetary policy reforms helped propel five major Latin American countries from recurrent crises to economic stability. |
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. |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2001
S. Ibi Ajayi |
What Africa Needs to Do to Benefit from Globalization |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2006
Christensen et al. |
Bankable Assets Africa faces many obstacles in developing financial systems. New markets and institutions need to be able to flourish. |
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
March 1, 2007
Ceyla Pazarba et al. |
The Changing Face of Investors Analyzing the changes in the international investor base and their investment allocation behavior is fundamental to understanding the buildup of strengths and weaknesses in international financial markets. |
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 2009
Marek Belka |
Europe Under Stress The global economic crisis is testing the cohesion of the European Union |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2005
Carstens & Luis I. Jacome H. |
Taming the Monster How Latin America's central banks survived hyperinflation to become guardians of price stability. |
Finance & Development
June 1, 2007
Zeti Akhtar Aziz |
Asia's Decade of Transformation The Asian crisis 10 years ago marked not a halt, but the start of a greater role for Asia in the global economy. Since the 1997 crisis, Asian countries have seized the opportunity to undertake significant restructuring and reforms and to strengthen the dynamism and resilience of their economies. |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2001
Robert Sharer |
An Agenda for Trade, Investment, and Regional Integration The importance of enhancing sub-Saharan Africa's trade performance, which was very weak in the 1980s and 1990s, cannot be overemphasized. |
Finance & Development
March 2011
Mario Mesquita |
Great Expectations Brazil's economic success has raised the bar for that country, at home and abroad. |
Finance & Development
December 2011
Calestous Juma |
Africa's New Engine As Africa's middle class grows, policymakers should place a premium on regional economic integration and the associated investment in infrastructure, technical training, and support of entrepreneurs. |
Finance & Development
June 2009
Cihak & Mitra |
Losing Their Halo Many countries in central and eastern Europe are finding it hard to adjust to the new economic reality |
Finance & Development
June 2010
Bakker & Gulde |
Searching for Stability Eastern Europe rode a decade-long boom into a serious bust and now must figure out how to restart growth on a more even keel. |
Finance & Development
June 2010
Anoop Singh |
Asia Leading the Way Asia is moving into a leadership role in the world economy. |
Financial Advisor
October 2008
Owi Ruivivar |
Bonus Copy: Debt Bets While emerging market fixed income, commonly referred to as emerging market debt or "EMD," has experienced an increase in volatility, illiquidity and spread, the asset class has been a relative bulwark of stability in a deteriorating neighborhood. |
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
March 2009
Brad Setser |
The Shape of Things to Come Individual national decisions, not international summits, will remake the global financial system. |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2006
Gupta & Yang |
Unblocking Trade To underpin growth, Africa needs to adopt a comprehensive approach to boosting trade. Only by adopting a holistic approach can African economies succeed. |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2001
Mohamed Daouas |
Africa Faces Challenges of Globalization |
Finance & Development
March 1, 2007
Kose et al. |
Financial Globalization: Beyond the Blame Game A new way of looking at financial globalization -- the phenomenon of rising cross-border financial flows -- reexamines its costs and benefits. |
Finance & Development
June 1, 2000
Mohamed A. El-Erian |
Where Are Emerging Markets Headed? The emerging markets look very different in early 2000. Growth is picking up in most economies, with countries like Brazil also making remarkable financial recoveries and Mexico just being upgraded by Moody's to the much-coveted investment rating. |
Finance & Development
March 1, 2002
Carmen M. Reinhart & Vincent Reinhart |
Is a G-3 Target Zone on Target for Emerging Markets? Would the exchange rate stability created by a target zone for the world's three most important currencies be in the best interests of emerging market countries? A recent study suggests such stability might come at the price of more volatile interest rates, making this a difficult question... |
