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- a country, often a producer of primary goods such as cotton or rubber, which cannot generate investment income to stimulate growth and which possesses a national income that is vulnerable...
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- More Favorable and Differential Treatment of Developing Countries: Toward a New Approach in the World Trade Organization
- This paper discusses the options that could be considered in the World Trade Organization WTO to provide more favorable treatment-so-called special and differential treatment SDT-to small and low-income countries. It argues that there is a need both for differentiation across WTO members and for steps that would benefit all developing...
- White papers 2003-08-01
- Economic Development, Competition Policy, and the World Trade Organization
- The focus of this paper is on developing country interests, i.e., it asks what type of international cooperation in the WTO could support most effectively national efforts to promote economic development. To be development relevant, any antitrust-related disciplines should promote the interests of poor consumers in developing countries. It analyzes...
- White papers 2002-10-01
- Distortions to World Trade: Impacts on Agricultural Markets and Farm Incomes
- The paper provides estimates of the impact that removing all merchandise trade distortions would have on food and agricultural production, trade, and incomes. Using the latest versions of the Global Trade Analysis Project GTAP database and the World Bank's LINKAGE model of the global economy (projected to 2015), their results...
- White papers 2005-10-01
- Credit Risk Measurement Under Basel II: An Overview and Implementation Issues for Developing Countries
- The objective of this paper is to provide an overview of the changes in the calculation of minimum regulatory capital requirements for credit risk that have been drafted by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision Basel II. Even though the revised credit capital rules represent a dramatic change compared to...
- White papers 2005-04-01
- Workers' Remittances to Developing Countries: A Survey With Central Banks on Selected Public Policy Issues
- This paper presents the findings of a survey conducted by the World Bank of central banks in 40 developing countries across different regions in the world. The survey focused on the following topics: coverage of national statistics on remittances, cost of transferring and delivering remittances, regulatory regime for remittance transactions,...
- White papers 2005-06-01
- Local Production: Industrial Policy and Access to Medicines- An Overview of Key Concepts, Issues, and Opportunities for Future Research
- Local production of pharmaceuticals in developing countries may be seen as helping to stimulate industrial policy and/or as stimulating pharmaceutical "access" to needed medicines. However, if a developing country with manufacturing facilities is able to finish off bulk active ingredients sourced from developed or other countries at high costs, such...
- White papers 2005-01-01
- Does Financial Liberalization Really Improve Private Investment In Developing Countries?
- The author, focusing on the demand for capital goods, argues that the positive effect on the domestic credit market may be offset by the negative effect of a portfolio shift from capital goods and public bonds into monetary assets. The author also demonstrates that a policy of financial liberalization could...
- White papers 1991-07-01
- Global Development Finance : Striving For Stability In Development Finance
- This paper is the addition to the earlier version of the paper i.e., Global development finance. This paper presents the synopsis that although 2002 was a year of hesitant global recovery, financial conditions facing many developing countries were once again challenging, especially for those countries dependent on international financial markets....
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Global Development Finance : Striving For Stability In Development Finance I
- This paper presents the synopsis that although 2002 was a year of hesitant global recovery, financial conditions facing many developing countries were once again challenging, especially for those countries (mainly middle-income countries) dependent on international financial markets. Combined with developing countries ' steady accumulation of financial assets in high-income economies,...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Is Debt Replacing Equity in Regulated Privatized Infrastructure in Developing Countries
- The main purpose of this paper is to describe the evolution of the financing structure of regulated privatized utilities and transport companies. The paper shows that leverage rates vary significantly across sectors, with the highest rates observed in transport and the lowest in water. These results raise some questions as...
- White papers 2004-08-01
- Banking in Developing Countries in the 1990s
- This paper looks at what happened to banks' resource mobilization and allocation in 25 large developing and transition countries from 1990 to 2000 and offers some hypotheses to explain the developments that occurred. These countries' banking systems accounted for 84% of banking system deposits in developing countries in 2000. The...
- White papers 2003-11-01
- Private Participation in Energy
- The past decade has seen a wave of liberalization and privatization of infrastructure activities in developing countries. By the end of the 1990s the private sector had become an important financier and long-term operator of infrastructure activities?in water, transport, energy, and telecommunications?in those economies. In 1990-98 it had undertaken the...
- White papers 2000-05-01
- Improving Business Environments Through Regulatory Impact Analysis
- Regulatory Impact Analysis RIA is a tool now used in most developed countries to improve the understanding of economic and social welfare impacts of regulation. It is widely recognized as an important mechanism which can contribute to improving the business environment, and to promote regulatory efficiency and effectiveness. This paper...
- White papers 2005-11-29
- Private Debt Finance for Developing Countries
- In 2003, Net Private Debt Flows to developing countries strengthened markedly. The 2003 net inflow of $51 billion compares favorably with the net inflow of $3 billion in 2002 and a net outflow of $28 billion in 2001 (table 2.1). The recovery in net debt flows mirrored an increase in...
- White papers 2004-04-06
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- Developing countries seek greater voice in IMF, World Bank leadership
- WASHINGTON AFP — Developing countries chastized the IMF and the World Bank for what they said had been a failure to give them greater decision-making power in the two institutions and urged that the next World Bank president be chosen regardless of nationality. The Group of 24 developing country...
- Research articles 2004-10-01
- INDUSTRY AND TRADE MINISTER HOLDS TALKSWITH SENIOR MIGA OFFICIAL
- According to "Jordan Times", Industry and Trade Minister Salem Khazaaleh discussed with the World Bank Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency MIGA Executive Vice President Yukiko Omura means to support MIGA's services to boost the country's investment environment. The two sides examined mechanisms to support MIGA services for local and foreign investors....
- Research articles 2007-02-15
- The rough road to recovery
- FT.com A year ago, the world economy fell into a deep recession. Now, happily, we see financial stabilisation and economic recovery. But we must not declare victory. The world could still make two mistakes: first, we might withdraw stimulus too soon; second, we might lose the opportunity for reform. We...
- News items 2009-10-06
- Corruption Costs Poorer States Up to $40 Billion a Year
- By Tamara WalidDOHA (Reuters) - Corruption costs developing nations $20 to $40 billion each year, while emerging markets and financial centers are increasingly havens for stolen assets, a top World Bank official said Saturday.Managing director Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said "concerted global action" by both developed and developing states was needed to...
- News items 2009-11-07
- Imperial Tobacco Group PLC FY07 Preliminary Earnings Call
- Question-and-Answer SessionUnidentified Analyst In the run up to Altadis during that process, I think you were quite clear that you felt that the scope of revenue synergies in Europe was not being fully appreciated. Now I presume that a significant part of that scope of revenue in...
- Earnings calls 2007-10-30
- Plum Creek Timber Company Inc. Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator [Operator Instructions]. Your first question comes from Gil Gleason [ph] with UBS. Unidentified Analyst Hi, thank you. I guess just looking at the landfill market, you're saying obviously, you're still confident on the rural market. Just one thing, looking at the margins in...
- Earnings calls 2007-10-23
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