The Policy Research Working Paper Series disseminates the findings of work in progress to encourage the exchange of ideas about development issues. An objective of the series is to get the findings out quickly, even if the presentations are less than fully polished. The papers carry the name of authors and should be used and cited accordingly. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions are the authors' own and should not be attributed to the World Bank, its Executive Board of Directors, or any of its member countries.

The Working Paper Series encompasses 10 subject areas:

• Domestic finance and capital markets
• Education and labor markets
• Environmentally sustainable development
• Poverty and social services
• Infrastructure and urban development
• Institutions and the public sector
• International economics
• Macroeconomics
• Private sector development
• Transitional economies

Abstracts --- w/ links to full-length papers --- are available on the server via the links listed above.

Full length Working Papers are available on the Development Economics FTP site.

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