Market & Economy

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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.
Finance & Development June 1, 2007 Dollar & Wei	Underutilized Capital If the investment bias toward inefficient state enterprises ended, China could increase living standards substantially without sacrificing growth.
Finance & Development June 1, 2007 Ulrich Jacoby	Getting Together China is itself a developing country, but it is also fast becoming a major player in the development of sub-Saharan Africa.
Finance & Development June 1, 2007 Harry G. Broadman	Connecting Africa and Asia Improved Asian market access can boost Africa's exports, but Africa needs domestic reforms to fully capture the economic benefits
Finance & Development June 1, 2007 Gupta et al.	Making Remittances Work for Africa If handled well, migrant transfers in sub-Saharan Africa can reduce poverty and connect small savers to the formal financial sector.
Finance & Development June 1, 2007 Traa & Carare	A Government's Net Worth A new tool in surveillance, the public sector balance sheet, can help diagnose vulnerabilities that are not immediately visible in the budget.
Finance & Development June 1, 2007 Clements et al.	Getting Spending Right Latin America needs to reform public spending to make it more efficient, better help the poor, and address infrastructure bottlenecks.
Finance & Development June 1, 2007 Jaumotte & Tytell	Globalization of Labor Globalization is a vital force sustaining world growth, but policymakers need to ensure that all people benefit by strengthening access to education and training, adopting adequate social safety nets, and improving the functioning of labor markets.
Finance & Development June 1, 2007	Bulgaria Having joined the European Union in January 2007, Bulgaria is off to a promising start in its marathon to catch up with the living standards of its new European partners. But the challenge ahead will be to improve productivity.
Finance & Development June 2007 Un-Chan Chung	Korea: In Search of a New Compact Although it will take a long process of trial and error to build a well-balanced economy supported by an overarching set of accepted economic and social norms, Korea's political leadership can do a lot to improve things in the meantime.
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