Perspectives on Global Development

In Search of a Better World: Stabilisation Policies in Developing Countries

08-Feb-2006

Presentation given by Javier Santiso at the Ministry of Economy & Finance in Madrid, February 2-3 2006.

Policy Coherence Towards East Asia: Development Challenges for OECD Countries

04-Jan-2006

This book looks at the impact of OECD country policies on East Asia in trade, investment, agriculture, finance, aid, macroeconomic policies and regional co-operation. Further, it examines the interaction of OECD country policies and their coherence with each other.

The International Aid System: A Question of Perspective

26-Aug-2005

Donors, aid agencies and recipient governments are having a hard time implementing their promises on aid. Options based on a better understanding of their diverse priorities would help make the aid system more effective. Policy makers pursuing poverty reduction and other development goals should look beyond aid to other policies and financial flows, while shifting towards more appropriate decision-making structures.

Regional Integration, FDI and Competitiveness in Southern Africa

09-Nov-2004

, with its vast natural resources and relatively skilled workforce, should be a magnet for foreign direct investment (FDI). This, however, is not the case. This book analyses investment flows within the region and examines the role of FDI in key industries.

Macroeconomic Convergence in Southern Africa: The Rand Zone Experience

02-Aug-2004

This paper aims to answer the following two questions: 1) has the Common Monetary Area in Southern Africa ever been an optimal currency area? 2) What are the costs and benefits of the CMA for its participating countries?

The Making of Global Finance 1880-1913

04-May-2004

This book traces the roots of global financial integration in the first “modern” era of globalisation from 1880 to 1913. It analyses the direction, destinations and origins of international financial flows in order to determine the domestic policy choices that either attracted or deterred such flows to developing countries.

Innovative Approaches to Funding the Millennium Development Goals

06-Apr-2004

While the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are broadly supported, their financing remains problematic. The most straightforward way to avoid underfunding is to raise ODA further. This Policy Brief evaluates some new ways of financing development.

The Currency Premium and Local-Currency Denominated Debt Costs in South Africa

06-Jan-2004

This paper aims at identifying the determinants of South African currency premia in order to assess the scope of South African economic policies for narrowing the spread on local-currency denominated debt.

Technical Papers No.201: Prospects for Emerging-Market Flows Amid Investor Concerns About Corporate Governance

03-Dec-2002

This paper assesses the impact of higher risk on developed-country corporate assets on the prospects for private capital flows and their composition to emerging-market economies.

Technical Papers No. 199: Will Basel II Affect International Capital Flows to Emerging Markets?

25-Nov-2002

This paper investigates the consequences of Basel II for international capital flows to emerging markets.

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