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		Policy Research Working Papers: Abstracts Master list Abstracts and full-length papers in PDF are available here. For information about the Working Papers series, guidelines for use and citations, and lists of papers categorized by topic, see the Working Papers homepage. 2187. Who Determines Mexican Trade Policy? Jean-Marie Grether, Jaime de Melo, and Marcelo Olarreaga 2186. Contagion, Bank Lending Spreads, and Output Fluctuations Pierre-Richard Agénor, Joshua Aizenman, and Alexander Hoffmaister 2185. Financial Sector Inefficiencies and Coordination Failures: Implications for Crisis Management Pierre-Richard Agénor and Joshua Aizenman 2184. Financial Services and the World Trade Organization: Liberalization Commitments of the Developing and Transition Economies Aaditya Mattoo 2183. Market Discipline and Financial Safety Net Design Asl1 Demirgüç-Kunt and Harry Huizinga 2182. The Integration of Transition Economies into the World Trading System Constantine Michalopoulos 2181. Privatization and Regulation of the Seaport Industry Lourdes Trujillo and Gustavo Nombela 2179. How Child Labor and Child Schooling Interact with Adult Labor Ranjan Ray 2178. Nonfarm Income, Inequality, and Land in Rural Egypt Richard H. Adams Jr. 2177. Fiscal Adjustment and Contingent Government Liabilities: Case Studies of the Czech Republic and Macedonia Hana Polackova Brixi, Hafez Ghanem , and Roumeen Islam 2176. Fiscal Risks and the Quality of Fiscal Adjustment in Hungary Hana Polackova Brixi, Anita Papp, and Allen Schick 2175. Sector Growth and the Dual Economy Model: Evidence from Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, and Zimbabwe Niels-Hugo Blunch and Dorte Verner 2174. Prospective Deficits and the Asian Currency Crisis Craig Burnside, Martin Eichenbaum, and Sergio Rebelo 2173. The Intriguing Relation between Adult Minimum Wage and Child Labor Kaushik Basu 2172. The East Asian Crisis: Investigating Causes and Policy Responses Warwick McKibbin and Will Martin 2171. Productivity Growth and Convergence in Agriculture and Manufacturing Will Martin and Devashish Mitra 2170. The Distributional Consequences of Monetary Policy: Evidence from Malaysia Ilker Domaç 2169. Corruption, Public Finances, and the Unofficial Economy Simon Johnson, Daniel Kaufmann, and Pablo Zoido-Lobatón 2168. Wage and Productivity Gaps: Evidence from Ghana Dorte Verner 2167. Bonds and Bridges: Social Capital and Poverty Deepa Narayan 2166. Seeking Votes: The Political Economy of Expenditures by the Peruvian Social Fund (FONCODES), 1991-95 Norbert R. Schady 2165. The Russian City in Transition: The First Six Years in 10 Volga Capitals Martha de Melo and Gur Ofer 2164. Challenging El Salvador's Rural Health Care Strategy Maureen Lewis, Gunnar S. Eskeland, and Ximena Traa-Valerezo 2163. Coverage under Old-Age Security Programs and Protection for the Uninsured - What Are the Issues? Estelle James 2162. Quantifying the Fiscal Effects of Trade Reform Shantayanan Devarajan, Delfin S. Go, and Hongyi Li 2161. Will the Real "Natural Trading Partner" Please Stand Up? Maurice Schiff 2160. Protecting the Poor from Macroeconomic Shocks Francisco Ferreira, Giovanna Prennushi, and Martin Ravallion 2159. Provincial Bank Privatization in Argentina The Why, How, and "So What?" George R. G. Clarke and Robert Cull 2158. The Effect of Foreign Entry on Argentina's Domestic Banking Sector George R. G. Clarke, Robert Cull, Laura D'Amato, Andrea Molinari 2157. How Regional Blocs Affect Excluded Countries: The Price Effects of MERCOSUR Won Chang and L. Alan Winters 2156. How Has Regionalism in the 1990s Affected Trade? Isidro Soloaga and L. Alan Winters 2155. Lending Booms, Reserves, and the Sustainability of Short-Term Debt: Inferences from the Pricing of Syndicated Bank Loans Barry Eichengreen and Ashoka Mody 2154. Inter-Industry Labor Mobility in Taiwan, China Howard Pack and Christina Paxson 2153. The Mystery of the Vanishing Benefits: Ms. Speedy Analyst's Introduction to Evaluation Martin Ravallion 2152. Comparing the Performance of Public and Private Water Companies in the Asia and Pacific Region: What a Stochastic Costs Frontier Shows Antonio Estache and Martin A. Rossi 2151. A Few Things Transport Regulators Should Know About Risk and the Cost of Capital Ian Alexander, Antonio Estache, and Adele Oliveri 2150. Who Wants to Redistribute? Russia's Tunnel Effect in the 1990s Martin Ravallion and Michael Lokshin 2149. Income Gains to the Poor from Workfare: Estimates for Argentina's Trabajar Program Jyotsna Jalan and Martin Ravallion 2148. Social Capital, Household Welfare, and Poverty in Indonesia Christiaan Grootaert 2147. Developing Country Goals and Strategies for the Millennium Round Constantine Michalopoulos 2146. A New Database on Financial Development and Structure Thorsten Beck, Asl1 Demirgüç-Kunt, and Ross Levine 2145. Assessing the Impact of Micro-credit on Poverty and Vulnerability in Bangladesh Hassan Zaman 2144. Aid Dependence Reconsidered Jean-Paul Azam, Shantayanan Devarajan, and Stephen A. O'Connell 2143. Bank-Based and Market-Based Financial Systems: Cross-Country Comparisons Asl1 Demirgüç-Kunt and Ross Levine 2142. Adjusting to Trade Policy Reform Steven J. Matusz and David Tarr 2141. Capital Flows, Macroeconomic Management, and the Financial System: Turkey, 1989-97 Oya Celasun, Cevdet Denizer, and Dong He 2140. Gender Bias in China, the Republic of Korea, and India 1920–90: Effects of War, Famine, and Fertility Decline Monica Das Gupta and Li Shuzhuo 2139. Small States, Small Problems? William Easterly and Aart Kraay 2138. Multilateral Disciplines for Investment-Related Policies Bernard Hoekman and Kamal Saggi 2137. Globalization and National Development at the End of the 20th Century: Tensions and Challenges Andrés Solimano 2136. An Empirical Analysis of Competition, Privatization, and Regulation in Telecommunications Markets in Africa and Latin America Scott J. Wallsten 2135. Hungary's Integration into European Union Markets: Production and Trade Restructuring Bartlomiej Kaminski 2134. Interlinkage, Limited Liability, and Strategic Interaction Kaushik Basu, Clive Bell, and Pinaki Bose 2133. Resolution of Corporate Distress: Evidence from East Asia's Financial Crisis Stijn Claessens, Simeon Djankov, and Leora Klapper 2132. A Regime-Switching Approach to Studying Speculative Attacks: A Focus on European Monetary System Crises Maria Soledad Martinez Peria 2131. Efficiency Wage and Union Effects in Labor Demand and Wage Structure in Mexico: An Application of Quantile Analysis William Maloney and Eduardo Ribeiro 2130. Deep Integration, Nondiscrimination, and Euro-Mediterranean Free Trade Bernard Hoekman and Denise Eby Konan 2129. Agricultural Extension: Generic Challenges and Some Ingredients for Solutions Gershon Feder, Anthony Willett, and Willem Zijp 2128. Learning Outcomes and School Cost-Effectiveness in Mexico: The PARE Program Gladys Lopez Acevedo 2127. Lifeboat Ethic versus Corporate Ethic: Social and Demographic Implications of Stem and Joint Families Monica Das Gupta 2126. Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite: Exploring the Role of Governance in Fertility Decline Monica Das Gupta 2125. Developing Country Agriculture and the New Trade Agenda Bernard Hoekman and Kym Anderson 2124. Social Exclusion and Land Administration in Orissa, India Robin Mearns and Saurabh Sinha 2123. Access to Land in Rural India Robin Mearns 2122. Decentralization and Fiscal Management in Colombia William Dillinger and Steven B. Webb 2121. Fiscal Management in Federal Democracies: Argentina and Brazil William Dillinger and Steven B. Webb 2120. Can Africa Export Manufactures? The Role of Endowment, Exchange Rates, and Transaction Costs Ibrahim A. Elbadawi 2119. Tax Deductions, Environmental Policy, and the "Double Dividend" Hypothesis Ian Parry and Antonio Bento 2118. Developing Countries and the Next Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations Anne O. Krueger 2117. On the Size and Number of Regional Integration Arrangements: A Political Economy Model Soamiely Andriamananjara 2116. Does Child Labor Displace Schooling? Evidence on Behavioral Responses to an Enrollment Subsidy Martin Ravallion and Quentin Wodon 2115. Foreign Investment and Productivity Growth in Czech Enterprises Simeon Djankov and Bernard Hoekman 2114. Economic Reforms and Total Factor Productivity Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean (1950–95): An Empirical Note Pablo Fajnzylber and Daniel Lederman 2113. Wage Determination and Gender Discrimination in a Transition Economy: The Case of Romania Stefano Paternostro and David E. Sahn 2112. Industrial Policy after the East Asian Crisis: From "Outward Orientation" to New Internal Capabilities? Ashoka Mody 2111. Agricultural Land Reform in Postwar Japan: Experiences and Issues Toshihiko Kawagoe 2110. Life during Growth: International Evidence on Quality of Life and Per Capita Income William Easterly 2109. When Is Fiscal Adjustment an Illusion? William Easterly 2108. Public Goods and Ethnic Divisions Alberto Alesina, Reza Baqir, and William Easterly 2107. Approaches to Liberalizing Services Sherry M. Stephenson 2106. Subjective Economic Welfare Martin Ravallion and Michael Lokshin 2105. Wage Rates and Job Queues: Does the Public Sector Overpay in Ethiopia? Taye Mengistae 2104. The Relative Effects of Skill Formation and Job Matching on Wage Growth in Ethiopia Taye Mengistae 2103. Was the Credit Channel a Key Monetary Transmission Mechanism following the Recent Financial Crisis in the Republic of Korea? Hyun E. Kim 2102. Self-Employment and Labor Turnover: Cross-Country Evidence William F. Maloney 2101. Are Wages and Productivity in Zimbabwe Affected by Human Capital Investment and International Trade? Dorte Verner 2100. Decentralization in Regional Fiscal Systems in Russia: Trends and Links to Economic Performance Lev Freinkman and Plamen Yossifov 2099. Mutual Funds and Institutional Investments: What Is the Most Efficient Way to Set Up Individual Accounts in a Social Security System? Estelle James, Gary Ferrier, James Smalhout, and Dimitri Vittas 2098. Reconsidering the Evidence on Returns to T&V Extension in Kenya Madhur Gautam and Jock R. Anderson 2097. The Theory of Access Pricing: An Overview for Infrastructure Regulators Tommaso M. Valletti and Antonio Estache 2096. Reforming the Urban Transport Sector in the Rio de Janeiro Metropolitan Region: A Case Study in Concessions Jorge M. Rebelo 2095. Ten Years of Post-Socialist Transition Lessons for Policy Reform Grzegorz W. Kolodko 2094. What Triggers Market Jitters? Graciela L. Kaminsky and Sergio L. Schmukler 2093. Free Entry in Infrastructure David Ehrhardt and Rebecca Burdon 2092. What Does Aid to Africa Finance? Shantayanan Devarajan, Andrew Sunil Rajkumar, and Vinaya Swaroop 2091. Beyond Unequal Development: An Overview Andres Solimano 2090. Risks, Lessons Learned, and Secondary Markets for Greenhouse Gas Reductions Donald F. Larson and Paul Parks 2089. Corporate Diversification in East Asia: The Role of Ultimate Ownership and Group Affiliation Stijn Claessens, Simeon Djankov, Joseph P.H. Fan, and Larry H.P. Lang 2088. Expropriation of Minority Shareholders: Evidence from East Asia Stijn Claessens, Simeon Djankov, Joseph P.H. Fan, and Larry H.P. Lang 2087. Male-Female Differences in Labor Market Outcomes during the Early Transition to Market: The Case of Estonia and Slovenia Peter F. Orazem and Milan Vodopivec 2086. Deregulating Technology Transfer in Agriculture: Reform's Impact on Turkey in the 1980s David Gisselquist and Carl Pray 2085. Monitoring Banking Sector Fragility: A Multivariate Logit Approach with an Application to the 1996–97 Banking Crises Asli Demirgüç-Kunt and Enrica Detragiache 2084. Future Inequality in Carbon Dioxide Emissions and the Projected Impact of Abatement Proposals Mark T. Heil and Quentin T. Wodon 2083. INFRISK: A Computer Simulation Approach to Risk Management in Infrastructure Project Finance Transactions Mansoor Dailami, Ilya Lipkovich, and John Van Dyck 2082. Gross Worker and Job Flows in a Transition Economy: An Analysis of Estonia John C. Haltiwanger and Milan Vodopivec 2081. Reforming Côte d'Ivoire's Cocoa Marketing and Pricing System John McIntire and Panos Varangis 2080. Monitoring Targeting Performance When Decentralized Allocations to the Poor Are Unobserved Martin Ravallion 2079. Is More Targeting Consistent With Less Spending? Martin Ravallion 2078. Valuing Mortality Reductions in India: A Study of Compensating-Wage Differentials Nathalie B. Simon, Maureen L. Cropper, Anna Alberini, and Seema Arora(March 1999) 2077. Change in the Perception of the Poverty Line during Times of Depression: Russia 1993-96 Branko Milanovic and Branko Jovanovic 2076. Microdeterminants of Consumption, Poverty, Growth, and Inequality in Bangladesh Quentin T. Wodon 2075. Between Group Inequality and Targeted Transfers Quentin T. Wodon 2074. Light and Lightning at the End of the Public Tunnel: Reform of the Electricity Sector in the Southern Cone Antonio Estache and Martin Rodriguez-Pardina 2073. Politics, Transaction Costs, and the Design of Regulatory Institutions Antonio Estache and David Martimort 2072. Growth, Poverty, and Inequality: A Regional Panel for Bangladesh Quentin T. Wodon 2071. The World Bank's Unified Survey Projections: How Accurate Are They? An Ex-Post Evaluation of US91-US97 Jos Verbeek 2070. The Search for the Key: Aid, Investment, and Policies in Africa David Dollar and William Easterly 2069. Logit Analysis in a Rotating Panel Context and an Application to Self-Employment Decisions Patricio Aroca González and William F. Maloney 2068. Quitting and Labor Turnover: Microeconomic Evidence and Macroeconomic Consequences Tom Krebs and William F. Maloney 2067. Multinational Firms and Technology Transfer Amy Jocelyn Glass and Kamal Saggi 2066. Flight Capital as a Portfolio Choice Paul Collier, Anke Hoeffler, and Catherine Pattillo 2065. Exporting, Externalities, and Technology Transfer Howard Peck and Kamal Saggi 2064. Regulating Privatized Rail Transport Javier Campos and Pedro Cantos 2063. The Practice of Access Pricing: Telecommunications in the United Kingdom Tommasso M. Valletti 2062. Does Financial Reform Increase or Reduce Savings? Oriana Bandiera, Gerard Caprio, Jr., Patrick Honohan, and Fabio Schiantarelli 2061. A Framework for Regulating Microfinance Institutions Hennie Van Greunin, Joselito Gallardo, and Bikki Randhawa 2060. The Macroeconomics of Delayed Exchange-Rate Unification: Theory and Evidence from Tanzania Daniel Kaufmann and Stephen A. O'Connell 2059. Financial Intermediation and Growth: Causality and Causes Ross Levine, Norman Loayza, and Thorsten Beck 2058. Do Depositors Punish Banks for "Bad" Behavior? Market Discipline in Argentina, Chile, and Mexico Maria Soledad Martinez Peria and Sergio L. Schmukler 2057. Finance and the Sources of Growth Thorsten Beck, Ross Levine, and Norman Loayza 2056. Does a Thin Foreign Exchange Market Lead to Destabilizing Capital-Market Speculation in the Asian Crisis Countries? Hong G. Min and Judith A. McDonald 2055. Social Security Reform, Income Distribution, Fiscal Policy, and Capital Accumulation Carlos Serrano 2054. Who Controls East Asian Corporations? Stijn Claessens, Simeon Djankov, and Larry H.P. Lang 2053. Managing Foreign Labor in Singapore and Malaysia: Are There Lessons for GCC Countries? Elizabeth Ruppert 2052. The Macro Wage Curve and Labor Market Flexibility in Zimbabwe Dorte Verner 2051. How Stronger Protection of Intellectual Property Rights Affect International Trade Flows Carsten Fink and Carlos A. Primo Braga 2050. Measuring Aid Flows: A New Approach Charles C. Chang, Eduardo Fernández-Arias, and Luis Servén 2049. Household Labor Supply, Unemployment, and Minimum Wage Legislation Kaushik Basu, Garance Genicot, and Joseph E. Stiglitz 2048. Corruption in Economic Development: Beneficial Grease, Minor Annoyance, or Major Obstacle? Shang-Jin Wei 2047. Ownership Structure and Enterprise Restructuring in Six Newly Independent States Simeon Djankov 2046. Restructuring of Insider-Dominated Firms Simeon Djankov 2045. Water Challenge and Institutional Response (A Cross-Country Perspective) R. Maria Saleth and Ariel Dinar 2044. Trade, Migration, and Welfare: The Impact of Social Capital Maurice Schiff 2043. Demand for Public Safety Menno Pradhan and Martin Ravallion 2042. Determinants of Motorization and Road Provision Gregory K. Ingram and Zhi Liu 2041. Aid Allocation and Poverty Reduction Paul Collier and David Dollar 2040. Making Negotiated Land Reform Work: Initial Experience from Brazil, Colombia, and South Africa Klaus Deininger 2039. Reforming Institutions for Service Delivery: A Framework for Development Assistance with an Application to the Health, Nutrition, and Population Portfolio Navin Girishankar 2038. Good Governance and Trade Policy: Are They the Keys to Africa's Global Integration and Growth? Francis Ng and Alexander Yeats 2037. Financial Regulation and Performance: Cross-Country Evidence James R. Barth, Gerard Caprio, Jr., and Ross Levine 2036. Vehicles, Roads, and Road Use: Alternative Empirical Specifications Gregory K. Ingram and Zhi Liu 2035. Macroeconomic Uncertainty and Private Investment in Developing Countries: An Empirical Investigation Luis Servén 2034. Information, Accounting, and the Regulation of Concessioned Infrastructure Monopolies Phil Burns and Antonio Estache 2033. Diversification and Efficiency of Investment by East Asian Corporations Stijn Claessens, Simeon Djankov, Joseph P.H. Fan, and Harry H.P. Lang 2032. Institutional Investors and Securities Markets: Which Comes First? Dimitri Vittas 2031. Addressing the Education Puzzle: THe Distribution of Education and Economic Reform Ramón López, Vinod Thomas, and Yan Wang 2030. The Political Economy of Financial Repression in Transition Economies Cevdet Denizer, Raj M. Desai, and Nikolay Gueorguiev 2029. Small Manufacturing Plants, Pollution, and Poverty: New Evidence from Brazil and Mexico Susmita Dasgupta, Robert E.B. Lucas, and David Wheeler 2028. Access to Markets and the Benefits of Rural Roads Hanan G. Jacoby 2027. Child Labor: Cause, Consequence, and Cure, with Remarks on International Labor Standards Kaushik Basu 2026. Circuit Theory of Finance and the Role of Incentives in Financial Sector Reform Biagio Bossone 2025. Dynamic Capital Mobility, Capital Market Risk, and Exchange Rate Misalignment: Evidence from Seven Asian Countries Hong G. Min 2024. Re-Engineering Insurance Supervision Lawrie Savage 2023. Capital Inflow Reversals, Banking Stability, and Prudential Regulation in Central and Eastern Europe Samuel Talley, Marcelo M. Giugale, and Rossana Polastri 2022. The Implications of Foreign Aid Fungibility for Development Assistance Shantayanan Devarajan and Vinaya Swaroop 2021. Balance, Accountability, and Responsiveness: Lessons about Decentralization Anwar Shah 2020. Trade Liberalization, Fiscal Adjustment, and Exchange Rate Policy in India Delfin S. Go and Pradeep Mitra 2019. The Effects on Developing Countries of the Kyoto Protocol and Carbon Dioxide Emissions Trading A. Denny Ellerman, Henry D. Jacoby, and Annelene Decaux 2018. Prerequisites for a Development-Oriented State in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Mondonga M. Mokoli and Hans P. Binswanger 2017. Corporate Growth, Financing, and Risks in the Decade before East Asia's Financial Crisis Stijn Claessens, Simeon Djankov, and Larry Lang 2016. Financial Services for the Urban Poor: South Africa's E Plan Jo Ann Paulson and James McAndrews 2015. The Mechanics of Progress in Education: Evidence from Cross-Country Data Alain Mingat and Jee-Peng Tan 2014. Land Institutions and Land Markets Klaus Deininger and Gershon Feder 2013. A New Database on Investment and Capital for Agriculture and Manufacturing Al Crego, Donald Larson, Rita Butzer, and Yair Mundlak 2012. Export Quotas and Policy Constraints in the Indian Textile and Garment Industries Sanjay Kathuria and Anjali Bhardwaj 2011. Measuring Poverty Using Qualitative Perceptions of Welfare Menno Pradhan and Martin Ravallion 2010. The Real Impact of Financial Shocks: Evidence from the Republic of Korea Ilker Domaç and Giovanni Ferri 2009. Poverty and the Economic Transition: How Do Changes in Economies of Scale Affect Poverty Rates for Different Households Peter Lanjouw, Branko Milanovic, and Stefano Paternostro 2008. Volatility and Contagion in a Financially Integrated World: Lessons from East Asia's Recent Experience Pedro Alba, Amar Bhattacharya, Stijn Claessens, Swati Gosh, and Leonardo Hernandez 2007. Regional Integration Arragements: Static Economic Theory, Quantitative Findings, and Policy Guidelines Dean A. DeRosa 2006. Household Welfare Measurement and the Pricing of Basic Services Jesko Hentschel and Peter Lanjouw 2005. Fiscal Federalism and Macroeconomic Governance: For Better or For Worse? Anwar Shah 2004. What Can Be Expected from African Regional Trade Arrangements?: Some Empirical Evidence Alexander J. Yeats 2003. Thailand's Corporate Financing and Governance Structures Pedro Alba, Stijn Claessens, and Simeon Djankov 2002. Accounting for Toxicity Risks in Pollution Control: Does It Matter? Susmita Dasgupta, Benoit Laplante, and Craig Meisner 2001. Measuring the Dynamic Gains from Trade Romain Wacziarg 2000. GATT Experience with Safeguards: Making Economic and Political Sense of the Possibilities that the GATT Allows to Restrict Imports J. Michael Finger 1999. Heterogeneity among Mexico's Micro-Enterprises: An Application of Factor and Cluster Analysis Wendy V. Cunningham and William F. Maloney 1998. The Structure and Determinants of Inequality and Poverty Reduction in Ghana, 198892 Sudharshan Canagarajah, Dipak Mazumdar, and Xiao Ye 1997. On Measuring Literacy Kaushik Basu and James E. Foster 1996. Namibia's Social Safety Net: Issues and Options for Reform Kalinidhi Subbarao 1995. What Macroeconomic Policies Are "Sound"? Mansoor Dailami and Nadeem ul Haque 1994. Estimating Wealth Effects without Expenditure Data—or Tears: With an Application to Educational Enrollments in States of India Deon L. Filmer and Lant Pritchett 1993. Financial Safety Nets and Incentive Structures in Latin America Philip L. Brock 1992. The Present Outlook for Trade Negotiations in the World Trade Organization John Croome 1991. Reducing Air Pollution from Urban Passenger Transport: A Framework for Policy Analysis Mark Heil and Sheoli Pargal 1990. The East Asia Crisis and Corporate Finances: The Untold Micro Story Michael Pomerleano 1989. Contingent Government Liabilities: A Hidden Risk for Fiscal Stability Hana Polackova 1988. The Informal Sector, Firm Dynamics, and Institutional Participation Alec R. Levenson and William F. Maloney 1987. Political Economy and Political Risks of Institutional Reform in the Water Sector Ariel Dinar, Trichur K. Balakrishnan, and Joseph Wambia 1986. Putting Auction Theory to Work: The Simultaneous Ascending Auction Paul Milgrom 1985. The Optimality of Being Efficient: Designing Auctions Lawrence M. Ausubel and Peter Cramton 1982. Analyzing Financial Sectors in Transition: With Special Reference to the Former Soviet Union Alan Roe, Paul Siegelbaum, and Tim King 1981. Evaluating Public Expenditures When Governments Must Rely on Distortionary Taxation James E. Anderson and Will Martin 1980. The Effect of Household Wealth on Educational Attainment: Demographic and Health Survey Evidence Deon Filmer and Lant Pritchett 1979. Banking on Crises: Expensive Lessons from Recent Financial Crises Gerard Caprio, Jr. 1978. Behavioral Responses to Risk in Rural China Jyotsna Jalan and Martin Ravallion 1977. Economic Reforms in Egypt: Emerging Patterns and Their Possible Implications Rania A. Al-Mashat and David A. Grigorian 1976. Capital Flows to Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union Stijn Claessens, Daniel Oks, and Rossana Polastri 1975. Acting Globally While Thinking Locally: Is the Global Environment Protected by Transport Emission Control Programs? Gunnar S. Eskeland and Jian Xie 1973. The Economic Analysis of Sector Investment Programs Sethaput Suthiwart-Narueput 1972. Why Privatize? The Case of Argentina's Public Provincial Banks George R.G. Clarke and Robert Cull 1971. Promoting Better Logging Practices in Tropical Forests Marco Boscolo and Jeffrey R. Vincent 1970. Trade Liberalization and Endogenous Growth in a Small Open Economy: A Quantitative Assessment Thomas F. Rutherford and David G. Tarr 1969. Protecting the Poor in Vietnam's Emerging Market Economy Dominique van de Walle 1967. Agriculture and the Macroeconomy Maurice Schiff and Alberto Valdés 1966. Sulfur Dioxide Control by Electric Utilities: What Are the Gains from Trade? Curtis Carlson, Dallas Burtraw, Maureen Cropper, and Karen L. Palmer 1965. Manufacturing Firms in Developing Countries: How Well Do They Do, and Why? James Tybout 1963. Commodity Risk Management and Development Donald F. Larson, Panos Varangis, and Nanae Yabuki 1962. The Political Economy of Privatization: An Empirical Analysis of Bank Privatization in Argentina George R.G. Clarke and Robert Cull 1961. Protecting the Environment and the Poor: A Public Goods Framework Applied to Indonesia Gunnar S. Eskeland and Chingying Kong 1960. Calm after the Storms: Income Distribution in Chile, 198794 Francisco H.G. Ferreira and Julie A. Litchfield 1959. Is There a Credit Crunch in East Asia? Wei Ding, Ilker Domaç, and Giovanni Ferri 1958. Total Strangers or Soul Mates? Antidumping and Competition Policies in Latin America and the Caribbean J. Luis Guash and Sarath Rajapatirana 1957. Bidding for Concessions Michael Klein 1956. Benefit Incidence and the Timing of Program Capture Peter Lanjouw and Martin Ravallion 1955. Appraising Workfare Programs Martin Ravallion 1954. Politicians and Firms in Seven Central and Eastern European Countries Stijn Claessens and Simeon Djankov 1953. Trade Policies and Incentives in Indian Agriculture: Methodology, Background Statistics and Protection, and Incentive Indicators, 196595—Background Paper 1, Sugar and Sugarcane Garry Pursell and Anju Gupta 1952. Enterprise Isolation Programs in Transition Economies Simeon Djankov 1951. Crisis Management in Argentina during the 199495 Mexican Crisis: How Did Markets React? Eduardo J.J. Ganapolsky and Sergio L. Schmukler 1950. Free Trade and DeepIntegration: Antidumping and Antitrust in Regional Agreements Bernard Hoekman 1949. Education and Earnings Inequality in Mexico Ulrich Lächler 1948. Comparative Advantage and the Cross-Section of Business Cycles Aart Kraay and Jaume Ventura 1946. Estonia: The Challenge of Financial Integration Carlos Cavalcanti and Daniel Oks 1945. Evaluating a Targeted Social Program When Placement is Decentralized Martin Ravallion and Quentin Wodon 1944. Detecting Price Links in the World Cotton Market John Baffes and Mohamed I. Ajwad 1943. The Implications of Hyperbolic Discounting for Project Evaluation Maureen Cropper and David Laibson

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