Fighting Corruption Worldwide
Causes of
Capital Inflows and Policy Responses to Them
Nadeem Ul Haque, Donald Mathieson, and Sunil Sharma
Some developing and transition countries are attracting large inflows of
foreign capital that could destabilize their economies. To design policies that will
enable them to guard against this danger, they need to identify what is driving the
inflows. Money
Laundering: Muddying the Macroeconomy
Peter J. Quirk
Money laundering can have devastating economic consequences. Fighting it
should be a priority for all countries and is not incompatible with financial market
liberalization.
Rating
the Raters of Country Creditworthiness
Nadeem Ul Haque, Donald Mathieson, and Nelson Mark
Like corporations, countries are rated on their creditworthiness. What
criteria do rating agencies apply, and what can countries do to improve their credit
ratings?
Central Banking: The Challenges
Ahead
Financial
System Soundness
Stanley Fischer
Recent financial system crises in both industrial and developing countries
have sparked a reexamination of how to prevent and respond to such crises. Better
regulation and supervision are the key to dealing with them.
Also in this Issue
What
Happened to the Peace Dividend?
Benedict Clements, Sanjeev Gupta, and Jerald Schiff
Recent data on countries' military spending indicate that a sizable peace
dividend has been achieved since 1985. How much have countries cut, and how have they
allocated the resources this has freed up?
How
Indochina's Economies Took Off
John Dodsworth
Favorable structural factors, combined with strong policies, helped
Indochina's economies avoid a Soviet-style output collapse in their transition to a
market-based system.
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International
Joint Ventures in Developing Countries
Robert Miller, Jack Glen, Fred Jaspersen, and Yannis Karmokolias
International joint ventures offer attractive opportunities, yet they
frequently perform unsatisfactorily. Why do they run into trouble, and what can partners
and managers do to maximize the chances of success? How Tax
Systems Treat Men and Women Differently
Janet G. Stotsky
Gender bias in tax systems reflects prevailing social norms. Many
industrial and some developing countries are reforming their tax systems to reflect
changing attitudes about men's and women's roles in society.
Private
Capital in Water and Sanitation
David Haarmeyer and Ashoka Mody
Governments are drawing on private initiative and capital to address the
deficiencies of water and sewage systems and the need for new facilities. What has their
experience been and how can they encourage private investment?
Economic
Growth and Income Inequality: Reexamining the Links
Klaus Deininger and Lyn Squire
Many economists have long believed that income disparities increase in the
early stages of development, making the poor relatively worse off. Recent research
suggests that an unequal distribution of income can hamper growth. What does the evidence
show?
Banking
Crises in the Baltics
Alex Fleming, Lily Chu, and Marie-Renée Bakker
Banking crises in the Baltic countries have threatened the nascent
recovery of their economies. But their banking sectors have emerged generally stronger as
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Departments
Letter
from the Editor
World
Economy in Transition
Statistical Discrepancies in the World Current Account
John Motala
Development
Focus
Economic Trends in the Developing World
Readers'
Comments
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