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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, 2006 Anthony Elson	What Happened? Here's why East Asia surged ahead of Latin America and some lessons for economic policy.
Finance & Development December 1, 2002 Kose & Prasad	Thinking Big How can small states hold their own in an increasingly globalized economy?
Finance & Development December 1, 2005 Arminio Fraga	A Fork in the Road Latin America faces a choice between populism and deeper reform.
Finance & Development June 2010 Anoop Singh	Asia Leading the Way Asia is moving into a leadership role in the world economy.
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
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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 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 2009 Kose et al.	Out of the Ballpark By any measure, the ongoing global recession is the deepest and the most synchronized of the postwar period
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Finance & Development March 1, 2000 Nora Lustig & Omar Arias	Poverty Reduction Although Latin America and the Caribbean reduced the incidence of poverty during the 1990s, population increases and the greater income inequalities that had developed during the 1980s stymied the region's efforts to reduce the number of poor people. How can its policymakers fight poverty most effectively and better protect the poor during economic crises?
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.
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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
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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, 2005 Alfred Schipke	Building on CAFTA How the free trade pact can help foster Central America's economic integration.
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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.
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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
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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?
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, 2008 Charles Collyns	The Crisis through the Lens of History The current financial crisis is ferocious, but looking at history shows the way to avoid another Great Depression.
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, 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 March 2009 Valdivia-Velarde & Seo	Data Spotlight: Latin America's Debt Lower external debt ratios help Latin America face the global crisis better.
Finance & Development December 1, 2008 Tim Callen	What Is Gross Domestic Product? Economists use many acronyms. One of the most common is GDP, which stands for gross domestic product. A concise explanation of GDP.
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 2011 Mario Mesquita	Great Expectations Brazil's economic success has raised the bar for that country, at home and abroad.
Finance & Development June 2009 Marek Belka	Europe Under Stress The global economic crisis is testing the cohesion of the European Union
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?
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Finance & Development March 2010 Canales-Kriljenko et al.	Two Regions Foreign-bank lending to emerging markets during the global crisis differed from continent to continent.
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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 June 1, 2002 Catherine Pattillo	External Debt and Growth Reasonable levels of external debt that help finance productive investment may be expected to enhance growth, but beyond certain levels additional indebtedness may reduce growth. An IMF study estimates two critical turning points.
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 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.