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Finance & Development
March 1, 2002
Gerd Hausler |
The Globalization of Finance Financial globalization has brought considerable benefits to national economies and to investors and savers, but it has also changed the structure of markets, creating new risks and challenges for market participants and policymakers...   |
Finance & Development
March 1, 2002
Haizhou Huang & S. Kal Wajid |
Financial Stability in the World of Global Finance To reduce their vulnerability to national and international financial crises, countries must address the weaknesses in their financial systems... |
Finance & Development
March 1, 2002
Carmen M. Reinhart & Vincent Reinhart |
Is a G-3 Target Zone on Target for Emerging Markets? Would the exchange rate stability created by a target zone for the world's three most important currencies be in the best interests of emerging market countries? A recent study suggests such stability might come at the price of more volatile interest rates, making this a difficult question... |
Finance & Development
March 1, 2002
Peter S. Heller & Muthukumara Mani |
Adapting to Climate Change Not much talked about but still worrisome are the economic and fiscal disruptions likely to be caused by global climate change, especially for developing countries. Policymakers should take steps to minimize these disruptions, and sooner rather than later... |
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
March 1, 2002
Roumeen Islam |
Institutions to Support Markets To spur growth and reduce poverty, poor countries will need efficient formal and informal institutions that support market activity. A major World Bank study offers insights into how such institutions may be developed... |
Finance & Development
March 1, 2002 |
In brief Sovereign debt bankruptcy rules... New round of trade talks... Financing for Development conference... |
Finance & Development
March 1, 2002
Kevin Watkins |
Making Globalization Work for the Poor In the view of the IMF, the World Bank, and most northern governments, removing barriers to trade is one of the most powerful things that governments can do to give the poor a bigger stake in global prosperity... |
Finance & Development
March 1, 2002
Kenneth S. Rogoff |
The Surprising Popularity of Paper Currency Will the global underground economy be the prime destination for those large euro notes? |
Finance & Development
March 1, 2002 |
Book Reviews The End of Globalization: Lessons from the Great Depression by Harold James... Paradoxes of Prosperity: Why the New Capitalism Benefits All by Diane Coyle... Out of the Red: Building Capitalism and Democracy in Postcommunist Europe by Mitchell A. Orenstein... etc. |
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