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Finance & Development September 1, 2005 Jean-Baptiste Compaore |
Burkina Faso: Greater Capacity In Burkina Faso, only about 70% of aid committed by donors is effectively disbursed. Improving absorption capacity is crucial if a scaling up of aid is to be effective in growing its economy. |
Finance & Development September 1, 2005 Eswar S. Prasad |
Next Steps for China Why financial sector reform is a crucial element of a long-term economic growth strategy. |
Finance & Development September 1, 2005 Arora & Vamvakidis |
Economic Spillovers Exploring the impact trading partners have on each other's growth. |
Finance & Development September 1, 2005 Arvind Subramanian |
People in Economics--The Globalization Guru An interview with Jagdish Bhagwati, a leading economist in the area of trade and development and a tireless opponent of protectionism and advocate of free trade. |
Finance & Development September 1, 2005 Daniel Kaufmann |
Back to Basics--10 Myths About Governance and Corruption The challenge of governance and anticorruption confronting the world today strongly argues against business-as-usual. A bolder approach is needed. The rich world must not only deliver on its aid and trade liberalization promises, it must also lead by example. |
InternetNews August 23, 2005 Roy Mark |
U.S. Ordered to Clarify Online Casino Rules The World Trade Organization has given the United States until April to clarify its laws permitting Internet betting on horse racing but banning all other types of online gambling. |
National Real Estate Investor August 1, 2005 Parke Chapman |
Terrorism Abroad Elevates Case for TRIA Ripple effects from the terrorist attacks in London last month have bolstered the case for extending government-backed terrorism insurance in the United States. |
Smithsonian September 2005 Paul Raffaele |
Born into Bondage Despite denials by government officials, slavery remains a way of life in the African nation of Niger. |
National Defense September 2005 George N. Grammas |
Foreign Investors in U.S. Corporations Navigate Sea of Regulations Investment in the U.S. defense industry is attractive to European and Asian companies, but the complexity of U.S. regulations and bureaucracy too often has the unintended consequence of serving as a protectionist measure. |
National Defense September 2005 Sandra Erwin |
Defense Dept. Rhetoric Reflects War Frustrations Defense officials know so little about the insurgency American troops are combating in Iraq they decided that detailed information about the enemy, such as its strength and capabilities, is not all that important to winning the war. |
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