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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
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
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, 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. |
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
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 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
June 1, 2006
Charles Kramer |
Asia's Investment Puzzle Despite the recovery in Asia, lingering uncertainty appears to be holding back investment. |
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 |
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
March 1, 2001
Danny M. Leipziger |
The Unfinished Poverty Agenda: Why Latin America and the Caribbean Lag Behind Compared with East Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean have made very little progress in reducing poverty rates since the 1980s, largely because of sluggish growth... |
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, 2006
Raymond Lim |
Creating a Globally Connected Asian Community As Asia connects to the world, there is every reason to hope that the same principle and structure of a community based on complementary growth and positive competition, held together by overlapping political and economic relationships, can serve as a model for the rest of the world. |
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
March 1, 2007
Gill & Kharas |
Back in the Fast Lane As members of the middle-income country club, East Asian nations may need to update their growth strategy. |
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 2009
Archana Kumar |
Crisis Contained Five leading Asian voices share their views on Asia's economic pain and recovery, and how there are no easy answers for coping with the region's future challenges. |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2005
Arminio Fraga |
A Fork in the Road Latin America faces a choice between populism and deeper reform. |
Finance & Development
March 1, 2000
Leonardo Cardemil, Juan Carlos Di Tata, & Florencia Frantischek |
Central America: Adjustment and Reforms in the 1990s Following a weak performance in the 1980s, the Central American economies experienced a turnaround in the 1990s as they adopted improved policies within a more stable political environment. Now, how can they best maintain macroeconomic stability, continue structural reforms, and strengthen social policies to maximize rates of economic growth and reduce the incidence of poverty? |
Finance & Development
September 1, 2005
Eswar S. Prasad |
Next Steps for China Why financial sector reform is a crucial element of a long-term economic growth strategy. |
Finance & Development
June 1, 2006 |
Asia's Role in the World Economy Asia boasts three of the ten largest economies (China, Japan and India)... Asia's share of world GDP is rising... Asia has also integrated into global capital markets... etc. |
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, 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
December 1, 2007
Luis A.V. Catao |
Backcasting Latin America Looking back at the business cycle in one of the most volatile regions -- Latin America -- requires reconstructing GDP data. |
Finance & Development
June 2010 |
Min Zhu on Asia's Economy and More A conversation with the special advisor to the IMF's managing director about Asia in the new world order, global economic issues, and the IMF's relations with the region that is favored to lead the world out of crisis. |
Finance & Development
March 1, 2000
Eduardo Aninat |
Chile in the 1990s: Embracing Development Opportunities A review of Chile's recent economic performance shows that, overall, the 1990s were a period of vigorous and unprecedented expansion, with average annual GDP growth of 6.5 percent. While 1999 was a time of economic adjustment after the fallout of the Asian crisis, Chile is now ready to resume healthy growth in 2000 and beyond.. |
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. |
IDB America
December 2001
Peter Bate |
The productivity puzzle A new IDB study examines why Latin America's companies find it so hard to compete with those from other regions |
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
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, 2005
Alfred Schipke |
Building on CAFTA How the free trade pact can help foster Central America's economic integration. |
BusinessWeek
September 27, 2004
Bremner et al. |
Is Asia Prepared for the Next Crisis? Sound budgets, big trade surpluses, healthier banks -- the developing world has come a long way. That's why investors are pouring in money. But the risks haven't disappeared. |
Finance & Development
March 1, 2007
Yaga Venugopal Reddy |
Point of View: Converting a Tiger The Reserve Bank of India's governor offers lessons from the country's gradualist approach to capital account convertibility. |
Finance & Development
March 1, 2002
James M. Boughton |
Globalization and the Silent Revolution of the 1980s During the 1980s, the economic policymakers of many countries underwent a dramatic change in thinking. How beneficial has this 'silent revolution' been, and what can policymakers and the international community do now to broaden and secure the gains it has brought? |
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
December 1, 2001
S. Ibi Ajayi |
What Africa Needs to Do to Benefit from Globalization |
Finance & Development
March 1, 2001
Ashoka Mody & Shoko Negishi |
Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions in East Asia: Trends and Implications Mergers and acquisitions across national borders have increased in East Asia since the onset of the financial crisis. What has caused this new wave of mergers and acquisitions and what advantages might they offer to the region's financially distressed economies? |
Finance & Development
September 1, 2007
Li Cui |
China's Growing External Dependence The country's economic fortunes are increasingly tied to those of the global economy. |
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 |
IDB America
November 2004
Daniel Drosdoff |
Unshackling the Banks A new IDB study urges Latin American governments to create environments where credit can thrive. |
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
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
March 1, 2000
Jose Angel Gurria |
Mexico: Recent Developments, Structural Reforms, and Future Challenges In recent years, the Mexican government has implemented a series of economic reforms to strengthen the country's fundamentals and increase its ability to cope with external shocks. Because of the progress that has been made, the government is confident that Mexico will be able to leave recent crises behind and start the new millennium with a stable and growing economy. |
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
March 1, 2003
George T. Abed |
Unfulfilled Promise Why the Middle East and North Africa region has lagged in growth and globalization |
Finance & Development
March 2009
Pisani-Ferry & Santos |
Reshaping the Global Economy The economic and financial crisis marks the end (for now) of a rapid expansion of globalization. |
Finance & Development
March 1, 2001 |
Bulletin The Asian Crisis Four Years On... The New Basel Capital Proposal for Banks... IMF Reviews Financial Sector Assessment Program... etc. |
Finance & Development
September 2008
David C. L. Nellor |
The Rise of Africa's "Frontier" Markets A number of sub-Saharan countries are beginning to attract investors to their financial markets |
Finance & Development
June 1, 2000
Janet Stotsky, Esther Suss, & Stephen Tokarick |
Trade Liberalization in the Caribbean Since the mid-1990s, the governments of Caribbean countries have demonstrated a firm commitment to trade liberalization. What steps have they taken, what have the results been, and what further steps should they consider taking? |
