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Finance & Development September 2010 Mark Horton |
How Grim a Fiscal Future? For most advanced economies, both the near term and the longer term are tight, but there are ways to ease budget pressures |
Finance & Development June 2011 |
Emerging Challenges Emerging markets must adapt to the new global reality by building on their economic success. |
Finance & Development December 2010 |
Emerging Markets Come of Age These vibrant middle-income countries survived the global recession, but face bumps as they seek to solidify their place in the world economy. |
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 March 2009 Carlo Cottarelli |
Paying the Piper The role of medium-term fiscal policy in rebounding from the crisis. |
Finance & Development December 2010 Baldacci et al. |
Getting Debt under Control In dealing with the aftermath of the Great Recession, policymakers must pay attention to the mix of austerity policies. |
Finance & Development September 2011 |
Fiscal Neighbors Canada and the United States confronted growing budget deficits and public debt but the results differed. |
On Wall Street December 1, 2009 Milton Ezrati |
Emerging Economies Are Even Better Than Advertised Not only have emerging markets resumed their place as leading engines of global growth, they have also followed monetary and fiscal policies that are much more prudent than those of the United States, Japan and most other developed nations. |
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 2010 Olaf Unteroberdoerster |
Serving Up Growth Promoting the services sector in Asia is another way to restore balance and boost growth. |
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 March 2009 Stone & Shimizu |
Small Steps The fine balance of developing financial markets in small economies: payoffs with a dose of realism. |
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. |
Financial Planning August 1, 2012 Dawn Bennett |
The Big Idea: Growing Strong Investors who see gloom everywhere they look are probably not looking far enough afield. |
Finance & Development September 2008 Simon Johnson |
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 2009 Eswar Prasad |
Rebalancing Growth in Asia Asian emerging markets can improve their economic welfare by rebalancing growth toward domestic demand. |
On Wall Street November 1, 2011 Jerry Webman |
The Global Government Bonds Advantage Facing the debt-ratings downgrade in the U.S. and the ongoing sovereign debt train wreck in western Europe, fixed income investors are taking a new look at government bonds from unexpected regions and accepting payment in unfamiliar currencies. |
Managed Care February 2002 Mick L. Diede & Richard Liliedahl |
Getting on the Right Track Converging forces are an economic train wreck waiting to happen. Avoiding a disaster requires an understanding of the interconnection of health care's stakeholders and the global consequences of their actions... |
Finance & Development September 1, 2002 De Ferranti et al. |
The Future of Pension Reform in Latin America The Latin American countries are at the vanguard of global pension reform. Eight have reformed their pension systems in the past 20 years, and additional reforms are now being considered throughout the region. Did the earlier reforms work? What should new reforms aim for? And are the ideas driving the reforms sound? |
Finance & Development March 1, 2001 Martin Muhleisen & Hamid Faruqee |
Japan: Population Aging and the Fiscal Challenge With Japan facing a demographic crisis, government finances--stretched to the limit to keep the economy afloat--have to cope with the rising strain on public pension and health systems. This article looks at the economic and fiscal costs of aging in Japan... |
Finance & Development March 1, 2003 Eken et al. |
Living Better Improving human development indicators in MENA will require different approaches to health, education, and social protection |
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 June 2009 Eyzaguirre et al. |
Latin America: When Is Fiscal Stimulus Right? For some Latin American countries stimulus is appropriate during the global economic crisis. But for others the answer is less clear. |
Finance & Development September 1, 2000 Robert A. Feldman & C. Maxwell Watson |
Central Europe: From Transition to EU Membership The Central European countries have made considerable progress with the transition to a market economy and now face the challenge of developing macroeconomic policy frameworks on the road to EU accession. |
Finance & Development September 2010 Kevin Cheng |
The Long Run Is Near France, like many advanced economies, confronts the expensive needs of a rapidly aging population |
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 September 1, 2006 Anthony Annett |
Reform in Europe: What Went Right? Successful economic and social reformers can offer valuable lessons for the rest of the EU. |
Pharmaceutical Executive September 1, 2012 Thomas Baker |
The Big Sell: Biologics In Emerging Markets High priced biologics may have a bright future in emerging markets, but winning access in the short term will be a hard sell without a tailored clinical profile, a compelling local message, and direct government support. |
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 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, 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 June 2010 Anoop Singh |
Asia Leading the Way Asia is moving into a leadership role in the world economy. |
Finance & Development December 2010 Dao & Loungani |
The Tragedy of Unemployment Governments can do more to alleviate joblessness and its human costs. |
Finance & Development June 2011 |
How Ready for Pensioners? A new index assesses which countries are the best prepared and which are the worst prepared when it comes to meeting retirees' needs. |
Finance & Development March 2008 Natalia Tamirisa |
Climate Change and the Economy Policies to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases need not hobble the economy. |
Finance & Development June 2010 Clements et al. |
Oil Subsidies: Costly and Rising Reducing subsidies worldwide can bring substantial environmental benefits and create much-needed fiscal space |
Finance & Development December 2009 Baldacci & Gupta |
Fiscal Expansions: What Works There is a firm link between the composition of fiscal policy and the length of a financial crisis. |
Finance & Development June 2009 Marek Belka |
Europe Under Stress The global economic crisis is testing the cohesion of the European Union |
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, 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 2011 |
Financial Repression Redux Governments are once again finding ways to manipulate markets to hold down the cost of financing debt. |
Finance & Development March 2011 Lora & Pages |
Face-to-Face with Productivity It is not lack of investment but inefficient production that holds back Latin American incomes. |
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 September 2008 Gupta & Tareq |
Mobilizing Revenue Strengthening domestic revenue bases is key to creating fiscal space for Africa's developmental needs |
Finance & Development June 2009 Horton & El-Ganainy |
Back to Basics: What Is Fiscal Policy? What is fiscal policy? And, how can fiscal tools provide a boost to the world economy? |
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 2011 Arslanalp et al. |
Investing in Growth Revisiting the debate over whether public investment in infrastructure is productive. |
Registered Rep. October 29, 2010 Stan Luxenberg |
Emerging Market Stocks Still Have Room To Rise With economies soaring in Asia and Latin America, stocks have climbed throughout the emerging markets over the past decade. |
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 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. |