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Finance & Development June 1, 2000 Daniel Kaufmann, Aart Kraay, & Pablo Zoido-Lobaton |
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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. |
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 Masood Ahmed |
The Next Frontier Low-income countries gain ground in a globalized world, but they still face major challenges. |
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 June 1, 2006 Raghuram Rajan |
Crabs in a Bucket Why constituencies are as important as constitutions in battling economic underdevelopment. |
Financial Planning November 1, 2009 John J. Bowen Jr. |
Getting the Right Help Financial services firms aren't doing enough to support the transition to wealth management. |
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. |
Finance & Development December 2010 Quintyn & Verdier |
Trusting the Government Confidence in government is the key to financial development. |
Finance & Development December 1, 2000 Saleh M. Nsouli |
Capacity Building in Africa: The Role of International Financial Institutions This article reviews the evidence on the importance of domestic institutions for economic growth and examines the role of international financial institutions, and particularly the IMF and its training, in capacity building in Africa. |
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. |
Reason July 2006 Megan McArdle |
The Virtue of Riches Book Review: The Moral Consequences of Economic Growth, by Benjamin M. Friedman, provides powerful empirical evidence against any program aimed not at increasing the country's wealth but at cutting wealth down to size. |
Reason December 2001 Ronald Bailey |
Post-Scarcity Prophet Economist Paul Romer on growth, technological change, and an unlimited human future... |
BusinessWeek June 17, 2010 Amity Shlaes |
How Afghanistan Can Manage Its Mineral Riches The nation is sitting atop $1 trillion in natural resources. Unless it handles them wisely, as Botswana has, it may merely lower growth and foster corruption. |
Finance & Development June 2010 Mohamed A. El-Erian |
Sovereign Wealth Funds in the New Normal As the global financial crisis recedes, state-owned investment companies are well placed to seize a new set of opportunities and navigate changing risks. |
The Motley Fool May 9, 2006 Bill Mann |
The Great Countries Aren't the Ones You Think Want to find excellent international investments? They may be in countries you'd never expect. While it's impossible to tell exactly what inputs are involved in determining economic success in any one country, here are a few things to look out for. |
IDB America May/Jun 2000 Eugenio Clariond Reyes-Retana |
Can corporations think green? Our history is full of examples of cases where attempts to make short-term profits have caused serious problems for the future. In some cases, the damage to the environment or to our social fabric has been irreparable. We already have made enough mistakes to know that we have to do things differently. |
BusinessWeek May 23, 2005 Michael J. Mandel |
Sure, The Trade Deficit Is Scary -- But We Can Handle It America's wealth is growing fast enough to easily cover its debt. |
BusinessWeek May 3, 2004 |
Alexander Hamilton, Economic Prophet A new book details how he laid the foundations for the U.S. capitalist system. |
Financial Planning January 1, 2007 John J. Bowen |
It's a Coalition Effort Wealth management works -- that is, if everyone at your financial advisory firm works to make it happen. |
U.S. Banker November 2001 John Hackett |
Wealth Management Forever Wealth managers remain optimistic despite the sharp drop in personal wealth as a result of the stock market's decline... |
Registered Rep. June 22, 2011 Charles Paikert |
Wealth Managers Must Make Changes to Attract High-Net-Worth, Industry Reports Wealth managers need to make key changes in the way they do business to stay competitive, two major studies of the industry have concluded. |
HBS Working Knowledge January 19, 2004 |
How Should We Think About the Exportation of Jobs? Readers respond to the question |
Financial Planning March 1, 2008 John J Bowen |
Getting an Edge For many financial advisors, the choice to offer wealth management services isn't easy. They wonder if wealth management is really worth it. The answer is yes. |
On Wall Street July 1, 2012 Lorie Konish |
Global Wealth Makes Its Move Private wealth fell 0.9% to $38 trillion in North America in 2011, yet rose 10.7% to $23.7 trillion in the Asia-Pacific region. Welcome to the new reality of a so-called "two-speed world." |
The Motley Fool July 1, 2009 Nick Kapur |
The Ultimate Strategy for the Individual Investor Stock investors can take advantage of the big institutions by recognizing their weaknesses. |
Financial Advisor November 2006 Grove & Prince |
Wealth Protection For The Affluent Here are the things wealth managers must know to keep their wealthy clients feeling secure. |
Financial Planning September 1, 2006 John J. Bowen |
Behind the Buzz Many advisors are "wealth managers" in name only. Here's how to implement the business model in your practice. |
Financial Advisor December 2006 Grove & Prince |
The Wealth Protection Process Knowing what to do is one thing; knowing how to do it -- and to keep it done -- is where the financial advisor shines. This is the second in a three-part series on the growing area of affluent wealth protection services. |
Registered Rep. October 18, 2011 Charles Paikert |
Freedom From Wealth: Heavy Hitters Offer Game Plan For High Earners "Freedom from Wealth" is at its best when it clearly lays out exactly how families should approach the wealth that they have, including what they want it to be for and how they should go about managing it. |
Registered Rep. March 1, 2005 Grove & Prince |
In Name Only Financial advisors who fancy themselves "wealth managers" are having trouble walking the talk. |
BusinessWeek October 21, 2010 Drake Bennett |
Commentary: The Inequality Delusion Americans think the U.S. has far more income equality than it has. They want it to be even fairer. Yet they hate the policies that would make it so. |
Financial Advisor February 2005 Grove & Prince |
Why This Business Is So Tough The first in a series of articles about the risks, rewards and challenges of being a wealth manager, as well as the ever-changing tools of the trade. |
Wall Street & Technology June 2, 2009 Melanie Rodier |
China Wealth Management Market Has Huge Potential Wealth management services from Chinese banks have huge potential, according to a new report. |
IDB America September 2003 Roger Hamilton |
Is government up to the job? When it comes to environmental management, government is both the problem and the solution. But are governmental institutions in Latin America up to the challenge? |
Registered Rep. November 7, 2011 Kristen French |
Krawcheck: Client Attrition Very Low, but Wooing Younger Generation a Challenge Generation x and y kids are not too keen on the big wealth management firms, and that is one of the major challenges the wealth management industry faces over the medium term. |
BusinessWeek April 19, 2004 Michael J. Mandel |
Where Wealth Lives The productivity boom has made asset owners rich -- and left many wage-earners behind. |
D-Lib May 2003 Tanner & Deegan |
Exploring Charging Models for Digital Cultural Heritage in Europe The authors explore and report upon the pricing practice and policy for the transition to digital for a wide range of cultural and heritage organisations. |
Financial Advisor November 2008 Ken Ziesenheim |
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Registered Rep. September 18, 2014 Megan Leonhardt |
Increased Trust Drives HNW Investors' Increased Risk As the markets provide room to run, wealthy investors' trust and confidence in their wealth managers and firms is on the rise -- as well as their appetite for growth-based investing. |