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Belarus
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 258

Belarus

This study updates the findings of a 1994 study on how the concepts of women in development and gender have evolved within the World Bank, and how Bank policies and lending reflect these concepts. Drawing from documentation including project documents, economic and sector work, and OED evaluations, this study analyzes the overall quality of lending in Fiscal 1994-95 for gender integration, compares it with that of complete projects, and reviews recent economic and sector work and country assistance strategies. The update calls for actions to ensure that gender concerns are addressed in ongoing work on social assessments, performance indicators, and guidance for implementation completion reports.

Ukraine's Trade Policy
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 270

Ukraine's Trade Policy

Drawing attention to the importance of the post-WTO accession agenda, this book identifies the key drivers of Ukraine's trade performance, assesses trade policies, and provides recommendations to strengthen the country's trade integration strategy. It also identifies core bottlenecks in the integration processes.

Contracting Models of the Phillips Curve
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 32

Contracting Models of the Phillips Curve

This paper provides empirical estimates of contracting models of the Phillips curve for four middle-income developing economies-Chile, the Republic of Korea, the Philippines, and Turkey. Following an analytical review, models with both one lead and one lag, and two lags and three leads, are then estimated using Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) techniques. The results indicate that for both Chile and Turkey past and future inflation are of about the same magnitude in affecting current inflation. In Korea past inflation has a larger impact on inflation, whereas in the Philippines it is future inflation that plays a larger role. Homogeneity restrictions are satisfied for Korea and Turkey, but not for Chile and the Philippines.

Shifting responsibility for social services as enterprises privatize in Belarus
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 36
Diaspora Networks and the International Migration of Skills
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 254

Diaspora Networks and the International Migration of Skills

Network diasporas are but the latest bridge connecting developing economy insiders, with their risk-mitigating knowledge and connections, to outsiders in command of technical know-how and investment capital. This book examines the interaction of expatriate talent with institutions in expatriates' countries of origin in an attempt to make the potential of diasporas and their knowledge a reality. The question of how to trigger and sustain such a virtuous cycle is a central concern of this book. The focus is on the "how to" details of how to design effective diaspora networks and transform brain drain into brain gain.

Private Pension Funds in Hungary
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 46

Private Pension Funds in Hungary

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Local Politics and Democratization in Russia
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 285

Local Politics and Democratization in Russia

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2008-10-27
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  • Publisher: Routledge

Exploring urban democracy in Russia, this book considers a wide range of cities of different types, and of different political allegiances, showing that the power and status of cities varies tremendously across the federation, as does the development of grassroots democracy.

Economic Regulation of Water Companies
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 44

Economic Regulation of Water Companies

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Alternative Paths to Structural Adjustment in Uzbekistan in a Three-gap Framework
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 36

Alternative Paths to Structural Adjustment in Uzbekistan in a Three-gap Framework

The author presents an internally consistent macroeconomic framework that could be used as a first step toward a more comprehensive, quantitative and qualitative assessment of the adjustment alternatives facing Uzbekistan. The three-gap framework focuses on the major imbalances of the economy for evaluating policy choices facing Uzbekistan. It emphasizes the domestic, and external factors that determine economic outcomes, and welfare. The author attempts to quantify two policy scenarios-gradual as against an accelerated policy implementation strategy. He finds that an aggressive adjustment policy would indeed improve most performance, and welfare indicators. Two major ingredients of such an aggressive adjustment strategy are the unification of the exchange rate, and implementation of current account convertibility in the balance of payments. The author also draws attention to the relative importance of external financing, and the sustainability of the balance of payments under alternative structural adjustment paths facing Uzbekistan.