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No. 25 | 15 Sept 2004 |
Which Policies Can Reduce the Cost of Capital in Southern Africa ?
. Lowering interest rates and, thus, the cost of borrowing in the rand zone (Lesotho, Namibia, Swaziland and South Africa) is a priority to promote investment and economic growth. . Local-currency interest rates in these countries are driven by those... |
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No. 10 | 01 Oct 1995 |
What Institutional Framework for the Informal Sector?
• Many micro-enterprises are known to the authorities, in particular because they pay taxes. • Intermediate-revenue countries impose certain standards to protect consumers. • Wages regulations are only rarely respected. • The creation and development... |
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No. 5 | 01 Jun 1992 |
Trade Liberalisation
• Trade barriers seriously distort patterns of international trade, allocation of resources, and economic growth. The total economic costs of the barriers are estimated to exceed $475 billion per annum • Partial reform, such as envisaged in the... |
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No. 6 | 01 Jan 1993 |
Towards Sustainable Development in Rural Africa
. A growing recognition of the need to delimit the role of the government, to promote the market framework, and to rely on the private sector as the engine of growth, offers the prospect of a new beginning in rural development in Africa. . Rural... |
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No. 4 | 15 Apr 1992 |
Towards Capital Account Convertibility
• Advanced developing countries are increasingly encouraged to remove existing capital controls, but mixed experiences with capital account opening caution that reform must be carefully designed to increase efficiency and growth without compromising... |
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No. 37 | 08 Sept 2008 |
To Benefit from Plenty: Lessons from Chile and Norway
It might seem obvious discovering an asset such as oil or copper would be wonderful news for the country making the find. Yet the opposite is often true. The windfall can bring poverty, civil strife, corruption, inequality, slower growth and... |
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No. 3 | 02 Apr 1992 |
The Privatisation in Developing Countries
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No. 13 | 01 Oct 1996 |
The Political Feasibility of Adjustment
In the history of adjustment, concern with the political aspects appeared only after long reflection. At the beginning of the 1980s, given the urgency of the financial crises afflicting many developing countries, the only thought was to restore... |
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No. 11 | 01 Jun 1996 |
The Policy Challenges of Globalisation and Regionalisation
• Globalisation and regionalisation tend to be mutually reinforcing. Policies must ensure that this outcome prevails, for non-OECD and OECD countries alike. • Globalisation can weaken social cohesion and States’ economic policy autonomy. •... |
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No. 20 | 06 May 2002 |
The New Regionalism in Sub-Saharan Africa
• Regional integration in sub-Saharan Africa is becoming a vehicle for enhancing private investment through confidence building. Setting clear and easy-to-track priorities is key to achieving these policy goals. • Regional policy harmonisation or... |
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No. 8 | 01 Apr 1994 |
The Disarmament Dividend
. In 1990-1991, worldwide military expenditure amounted to $950 billion. This bill could be reduced by the year 2000 by over $300 billion.. . Excessive military expenditure jeopardizes development prospects. . Policies to achieve transparency and to... |
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No. 22 | 18 Dec 2002 |
Strengthening Participation in Public Expenditure Management
• Participation by civil society in public expenditure management promises to improve social and economic outcomes while increasing confidence in public institutions. • Participatory budgeting (PB) programmes depend on the effective engagement of... |
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No. 26 | 16 May 2005 |
Policy Coherence Towards East Asia
OECD countries face at least five major challenges for promoting policies that are consistent with their development goals: . ensuring security and political stability; . anticipating the impacts of their macroeconomic policies on developing-country... |
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No. 30 | 01 Oct 2006 |
Policies for Migration and Development
Managing migration has become a priority for policy makers both in developed and developing countries; it is a difficult challenge indeed. Large immigration or emigration flows relative to domestic population’s impact on almost all aspects of an... |
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No. 12 | 01 Sept 1996 |
Policies for Economic Take-Off
. Political commitment is the key ingredient needed for economic take-off and long-term growth. Poor countries will be unable to escape the vicious circle of poverty unless they and the international community join forces. . Inappropriate financial... |
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No. 15 | 01 Jan 1999 |
Pension Reform
• There are benefits from Latin American pension reform, but they have been overestimated. • The approaches taken in second-generation reforms and their still early results hold lessons for OECD and non-OECD countries alike. • A partial shift to... |
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No. 9 | 01 Jan 1995 |
Pension Fund Investment from Ageing to Emerging Markets
• The rapid ageing of populations in the rich economies can be expected to stimulate strong growth in private funded pensions, providing a massive potential of foreign finance for developing countries. • Pension managers can reap big diversification... |
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No. 17 | 01 Apr 1999 |
Participatory Governance
• Empowerment of the poor is one ingredient in effective poverty reduction. • A demand-driven participatory approach enhances effectiveness and efficiency. • Accountability is the central lever for participatory governance. • Capacity building is... |
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No. 33 | 01 Dec 2007 |
New Actors in Health Financing
With concern about how to finance the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) widespread, recent donor pledges to raise aid volumes are welcome. However, aid alone will not suffice – bringing in new actors and sources of development finance will be... |
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No. 29 | 01 Sept 2006 |
Natural Disaster and Vulnerability
The tsunami disaster in the Indian Ocean on 26 December 2004, to which more than 225 000 deaths had been attributed by the United Nations’ six-month review in June 2005, elicited a worldwide humanitarian relief effort unprecedented in its scale;... |
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Which Policies Can Reduce the Cost of Capital in Southern Africa ?
Martin Grandes and Nicolas Pinaud
15 Sept 2004
. Lowering interest rates and, thus, the cost of borrowing in the rand zone (Lesotho, Namibia, Swaziland and South Africa) is a priority to promote investment and economic growth. . Local-currency interest rates in these countries are driven by those...
What Institutional Framework for the Informal Sector?
Christian Morrisson
01 Oct 1995
• Many micro-enterprises are known to the authorities, in particular because they pay taxes. • Intermediate-revenue countries impose certain standards to protect consumers. • Wages regulations are only rarely respected. • The creation and development...
Trade Liberalisation
Ian Goldin and Dominique van der Mensbrugghe
01 Jun 1992
• Trade barriers seriously distort patterns of international trade, allocation of resources, and economic growth. The total economic costs of the barriers are estimated to exceed $475 billion per annum • Partial reform, such as envisaged in the...
Towards Sustainable Development in Rural Africa
David Turnham
01 Jan 1993
. A growing recognition of the need to delimit the role of the government, to promote the market framework, and to rely on the private sector as the engine of growth, offers the prospect of a new beginning in rural development in Africa. . Rural...
Towards Capital Account Convertibility
Bernhard Fischer and Helmut Reisen
15 Apr 1992
• Advanced developing countries are increasingly encouraged to remove existing capital controls, but mixed experiences with capital account opening caution that reform must be carefully designed to increase efficiency and growth without compromising...
To Benefit from Plenty: Lessons from Chile and Norway
Gøril Bjerkhol Havro and Javier Santiso
08 Sept 2008
It might seem obvious discovering an asset such as oil or copper would be wonderful news for the country making the find. Yet the opposite is often true. The windfall can bring poverty, civil strife, corruption, inequality, slower growth and...
The Privatisation in Developing Countries
Olivier Bouin
02 Apr 1992
The Political Feasibility of Adjustment
Christian Morrisson
01 Oct 1996
In the history of adjustment, concern with the political aspects appeared only after long reflection. At the beginning of the 1980s, given the urgency of the financial crises afflicting many developing countries, the only thought was to restore...
The Policy Challenges of Globalisation and Regionalisation
Charles P. Oman
01 Jun 1996
• Globalisation and regionalisation tend to be mutually reinforcing. Policies must ensure that this outcome prevails, for non-OECD and OECD countries alike. • Globalisation can weaken social cohesion and States’ economic policy autonomy. •...
The New Regionalism in Sub-Saharan Africa
Andrea Goldstein
06 May 2002
• Regional integration in sub-Saharan Africa is becoming a vehicle for enhancing private investment through confidence building. Setting clear and easy-to-track priorities is key to achieving these policy goals. • Regional policy harmonisation or...
The Disarmament Dividend
Jean-Claude Berthélemy, Robert S. McNamara and Somnath Sen
01 Apr 1994
. In 1990-1991, worldwide military expenditure amounted to $950 billion. This bill could be reduced by the year 2000 by over $300 billion.. . Excessive military expenditure jeopardizes development prospects. . Policies to achieve transparency and to...
Strengthening Participation in Public Expenditure Management
Jeremy Heimans
18 Dec 2002
• Participation by civil society in public expenditure management promises to improve social and economic outcomes while increasing confidence in public institutions. • Participatory budgeting (PB) programmes depend on the effective engagement of...
Policy Coherence Towards East Asia
Kiichiro Fukasaku, Masahiro Kawai, Michael G. Plummer and Alexandra Trzeciak-Duval
16 May 2005
OECD countries face at least five major challenges for promoting policies that are consistent with their development goals: . ensuring security and political stability; . anticipating the impacts of their macroeconomic policies on developing-country...
Policies for Migration and Development
Louka T. Katseli, Robert E.B. Lucas and Theodora Xenogiani
01 Oct 2006
Managing migration has become a priority for policy makers both in developed and developing countries; it is a difficult challenge indeed. Large immigration or emigration flows relative to domestic population’s impact on almost all aspects of an...
Policies for Economic Take-Off
Jean-Claude Berthélemy and Aristomene Varoudakis
01 Sept 1996
. Political commitment is the key ingredient needed for economic take-off and long-term growth. Poor countries will be unable to escape the vicious circle of poverty unless they and the international community join forces. . Inappropriate financial...
Pension Reform
Monika Queisser
01 Jan 1999
• There are benefits from Latin American pension reform, but they have been overestimated. • The approaches taken in second-generation reforms and their still early results hold lessons for OECD and non-OECD countries alike. • A partial shift to...
Pension Fund Investment from Ageing to Emerging Markets
Bernhard Fischer and Helmut Reisen
01 Jan 1995
• The rapid ageing of populations in the rich economies can be expected to stimulate strong growth in private funded pensions, providing a massive potential of foreign finance for developing countries. • Pension managers can reap big diversification...
Participatory Governance
Hartmut Schneider
01 Apr 1999
• Empowerment of the poor is one ingredient in effective poverty reduction. • A demand-driven participatory approach enhances effectiveness and efficiency. • Accountability is the central lever for participatory governance. • Capacity building is...
New Actors in Health Financing
Denis Drechsler and Felix Zimmermann
01 Dec 2007
With concern about how to finance the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) widespread, recent donor pledges to raise aid volumes are welcome. However, aid alone will not suffice – bringing in new actors and sources of development finance will be...
Natural Disaster and Vulnerability
Jeff Dayton-Johnson
01 Sept 2006
The tsunami disaster in the Indian Ocean on 26 December 2004, to which more than 225 000 deaths had been attributed by the United Nations’ six-month review in June 2005, elicited a worldwide humanitarian relief effort unprecedented in its scale;...