VOL 2 / NO 1 July 2003 www.worldbank.org.in News & Views Quarterly the World Bank in India A flow of ideas to speed up development A ccelerating Development wasthe reducing the proportion of people living in theme of the 15th Annual Bank absolute poverty to half of the 1990 level by ConferenceonDevelopmentEconomics 2015, and for significant improvements in (ABCDE) held in Bangalore on May 21-23. More health, education, gender equality, and than 300 researchers, academics, development environmental protection. practitioners, and students from India and around the world exchanged ideas for speeding Karnataka Chief Minister S.M. Krishna opened poverty reduction based on research and the conference with an account of the state's practical development experience. This was the path-breaking innovations. The first-day keynote first time this flagship conference took place in a address was by Azim Premji, chairman of Wipro, developingcountry. one of the world's leading software companies. "The challenge before us is to develop human Organized by the Bank in cooperation with the capital at the grassroots level that is deployable National Council for Applied Economic Research in a global economy," he said. (NCAER), the meeting focused on innovations in the delivery of basic services such as health and In the second-day keynote, outgoing World Bank education, and on the special problems of Chief Economist Nicholas Stern called on high- lagging regions in large countries like India. New income countries to demonstrate their approaches to both issues are urgently needed commitment to the MDGs by opening their to meet the UN-endorsed Millennium markets to developing country's exports, and Development Goals (MDGs), which call for increasing aid to poor countries with effective CONTENTS 2 Stern Leaving 3 New CAS 3 Kannada Website 3 Praful Patel 4 The Light is Back in Their Lives 6 News and Events 8 Recent Project Approvals 9 New Additions to the Public Information Center 16 Contact Information 2 theWorld Bank in India News & Views Quarterly development programs. "The wealthier countries, which wrote the rules of the current trading system and dominate global trade flows, have a special role to play," he said. Strong leadership from India could help to strengthen the international commitment to achieving the MDGs, he said. India is home to about a third of the world's poor people. The final day was devoted to innovations in service delivery undertaken in Karnataka. Participants learnt of how the state has Nick Stern, S. M. Krishna and Suman Bery on the computerized 200 million land records pertaining opening day of the conference to 67 million farms. This database is accessible through Internet kiosks that also provide poverty." Added Suman Bery, Director General of agricultural extension information such as NCAER: "Discussions were very lively right up to fertilizer use customized for each farm's soil and the end. The exchange of ideas is crucial to crops. Ramesh Ramanathan, Campaign acceleratingdevelopment." Coordinator of Janaagraha, a citizen movement for participatory democracy, described a joint The conference generated wide coverage in the effort with the city to create standardized reports Indian media. A similar Bank-sponsored on government activities modeled on the conference, the ABCDE Europe, now in its fifth quarterly reports of private corporations, so that year, was held in Paris on May 15-16. Starting citizens could press for improved performance. this year, the ABCDE Europe and the original ABCDE previously held in Washington will be Gobind Nankani, World Bank Vice President for held in a developing or transition country every Poverty Reduction and Economic Management, other year. The change reflects the increasing said the program was "an opportunity to learn importance of practical innovations and of from people intimately involved in the design development research undertaken in these and implementation of new solutions to reduce countries. Stern to join UK Government N icholas Stern, the World Bank's Chief Economist and Senior Vice President for Development Economics, is to take up the position of Second Permanent Secretary and Managing Director, Budget and Public Finances, at the Treasury of the United Kingdom. He will also be Head of the UK's Government Economic Service. Bank President Jim Wolfensohn said of Stern's decision: "While we will miss Nick, we also recognize that this is a tremendous honor and `He has played opportunity for him. He has made an outstanding contribution to the a key role in work of the Bank over the last three years which we, and all our developing the stakeholders, appreciate. Among other things, he has played a key role Bank's in helping us to develop the Bank's strategic framework, and to strategic maintain our focus on poverty in all its dimensions. He has also been an framework' effective advocate on issues of economic growth and trade." Stern joined the World Bank in July 2000, and is currently on leave as School Professor at the London School of Economics. He has a special relationship with India, where he has conducted much of his research. Stern's new appointment will take effect as of September 29. 3 theWorld Bank in India News & Views Quarterly New Country Assistance Strategy Praful Patel: VP for South Asia T he World Bank will shortly begin the process of preparing its Country Assistance Strategy (CAS) for India for the period 2004-08. The CAS provides the framework through which the Bank makes decisions about the scale and composition of its assistance. It is based on an assessment of the country's development priorities, and identifies the key areas where Bank assistance can have the largest impact on poverty reduction. The CAS is prepared with the government and other stakeholders in a participatory way, though it is not a negotiated document. It is grounded in the country's political, economic and social context, the government's T he World Bank's South Asia development strategy, a diagnosis of the profile and causes Region has a new Vice of poverty, the macroeconomic and external framework, President, Praful C. Patel. A and an assessment of implementation capacity. It also Ugandan national, Patel's career assesses the Bank's own track record, lessons learnt, and of nearly 30 years with the areas of comparative advantage. institution has placed him at the heart of its poverty reduction The Bank's current CAS for India (available at the Bank's mission in nearly every region of Public Information Centers and websites) was based largely the world. on the country's own poverty reduction strategy as outlined in the Ninth Five-Year Plan. The current CAS covers the Patel has worked on a wide period 2001-04, and a Progress Report was issued in variety of issues, including urban December 2002. development, infrastructure, private sector development, the Later this year, the Bank will commence both online and financial sector, and macro- face-to-face consultations with different stakeholders as it economicmanagement. begins formulating the new CAS. "I am honored and deeply challenged by this appointment," Bank's Kannada website launched says Patel. "South Asia is a region of unique history and culture, and In order to make information about its projects and knowledge rich human resources. It lies at resources accessible to a wider audience, the World Bank the fulcrum of the many launched its Kannada website in Bangalore on April 4. This is the development challenges we face Bank's third Indian language website ­ it already has sites in in our world and its success is Hindi and Telugu, besides an India-specific English site. critical to the reduction of global poverty. I look forward to visiting The Kannada site, which can be accessed at the region very soon and learning www.vishwabanku.org, providesinformationaboutBank- what I can do to support its supported development projects in India as well as access to ambitions." analytic reports. The site is linked to the Bank's central English website. "The launch of this site is an important step towards Patel joined the World Bank in transparency and providing greater access to information about 1974. He holds degrees from the the World Bank," says Michael Carter, the Bank's Country University of Nairobi, Kenya, and Director for India. the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He replaces The development of Indian language websites is part of a Mieko Nishimizu, who is retiring concerted effort by the Bank to make information about its work from the Bank after a 23-year more accessible to the public. Alongside, it has partnered with career, including the last six as the British Council to set up World Bank information kiosks in the Regional Vice President. The British libraries in Hyderabad, Bangalore and Ahmedabad. transition is effective from July 1. 4 theWorld Bank in India News & Views Quarterly The light is back in their lives Awareness, demand and quality of cataract surgeries has increased M oti Lal (52) is a tailor in a village of Uttar Pradesh with a wife and four daughters. The sight in one eye had been steadily deteriorating, affecting his work and earnings. Two years ago, the local village healthcare The battle remains an provider pointed out that he was developing a cataract, but should return later for surgery. He then heard about intra- ongoing one, but in ocular lens surgery from his neighbor, who had recently been treated at the Government district hospital. He went for a the participating check-up, and was advised immediate surgery. To his pleasant states the project has surprise, he found it was free of charge. Within five days, he was happily back at work. helped reduce the incidence of cataract Across the country in Tamil Nadu, Parvathi, a 65-year-old widow with four children and six grandchildren, would work in the by more than 50% house and felt like a useful member of her large family. But over the years, her deteriorating eyesight put an end to that. and that of blindness Her blindness was not a priority for her sons perhaps because in both eyes by more they could not measure her contribution to the household in financial terms. With little money of her own, cataract surgery than 30% was not an option. Parvathi's days were spent in darkness. Then one day, a cataract detection camp was held in her 5 theWorld Bank in India News & Views Quarterly village. Her affliction was diagnosed, and she was taken to the base hospital where her Women and tribals comprise more surgery was done, free of cost. When she returned home, she couldsee the smiling faces than 50% of the number of of her grandchildren waiting to greet her. operated cases. Camp surgeries, More than one third of the world's 35 million which often had poor results, have blind people live in India, according to estimates made in the 1990s. Of these, 80%, or more than declined while those in fixed 10 million people, are blind from cataract. facilities have continued to grow. Another 10 million have cataract in one eye. The impact of cataract in India is huge both because of its high incidence, and because it tends to intra-ocular lens surgeries from less than 3% at strike early ­ before the age of 60.India pays a the start of the project to between 31% and high economic and social price ­ in technical 91% in 2001; and, enhance the state terms, the country loses 2.4 million "disability governments' capacity to manage cataract adjusted life years" annually to the disease. In controlprograms. the 1990s, India's capacity to carry out cataract surgery was just 1.5 million operations annually, The project has also helped expand the coverage many with unsatisfactory results. of the country's National Program for Control of Blindness (NPCB) to the underprivileged, with In remote and rural areas, a combination of lack special attention to women, and tribal and of facilities, poor transportation, and inadequate isolated areas. Women and tribals comprise more awareness severely impedes people's ability to than 50% of the number of operated cases. access eye care. Gender disparity, low literacy, Camp surgeries, which often had poor results, poverty, lack of motivation, fear of surgery, have declined while those in fixed facilities have myths, and being more comfortable with local, continuedtogrow. uncertified practitioners can all lead to low utilization of medical services. Hence to control The project had four components: cataract blindness, a package of services specific to each context needs to be planned. The · Enhancing quality of eye care and involvement of NGOs and the private sector, expanding services particularly in peripheral and underserved areas, · Developing human resources for eye makes programs cost-effective and contributes care tolong-termsustainability. · Promoting outreach activities and public awareness These lessons were incorporated in the design of · Building institutional capacity the Cataract Blindness Control Project (1994- 2002), which was supported by a US$ 117.8 NGOs had been involved in service delivery in million credit from the World Bank's soft loan peripheral areas even before. But under the window, the International Development project, the NPCB sought to expand their Association. It was implemented in seven states, coverage by providing field-based NGOs and which account for over 70% of cataract private sector partners recurrent and non- blindness in India ­ Andhra Pradesh, Madhya recurrent grants to help reduce the backlog of Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa, Rajasthan, Tamil cases. Nadu and Uttar Pradesh. (The number grew to nine after the new states of Chhattisgarh and Cataract blindness control is an ongoing Uttaranchal were created.) challenge that will continue to need government support because a large proportion of the The battle remains an ongoing one, but in the afflicted are poor. The Government of India has participating states the project has helped reduce allocated an additional Rs 4,450 million (a little the incidence of cataract by more than 50% and under US$ 100 million) during the period 2002- that of blindness in both eyes by more than 2007 for the program This project has been able 30%; conduct more than 15.35 million cases of to raise the public's awareness that cataract cataract surgery (against a target of 11.03 blindness is curable, thus generating demand for million); improve the proportion of high-quality quality cataract surgery. 6 theWorld Bank in India News & Views Quarterly News and Events less competitive because of the large cross- subsidies and poor power supply. Till these aspects are reformed, the poor will continue to be denied access, says the report. g Powersector reforms and the For the complete report, please visit: poor http://lnweb18.worldbank.org/sar/sa.nsf/Countries/ India/ Studies in India and 95318B13447DEE1885256D10003CE82F?OpenDocument elsewhere have consistentlyshown that most people g Accountingforresults are willing to pay a significantportion The first ever regional meet of government of their income for accounting organizations in South Asia was held reliable electricity in New Delhi from June 9-11, 2003. Organized service. In India, by the Controller General of Accounts, this group includes Government of India, in association with the small and marginal farmers, who spend a greater World Bank, the seminar theme "Accounting for share of their income than larger farmers for Results" highlighted the important issues of electricity on power irrigation pumps, but whose performance and accountability in the crop yields are severely affected by the governmentsector. unreliability and poor quality of supply. International experience has also shown that Dr C. Rangarajan, Chairman of the 12th Finance electrification benefits households in many other Commission, Mr. V.N. Kaul, Comptroller & ways such as enabling children in poor families Auditor General of India, Mr. D.C. Gupta, to study, allowing women to engage in income- Secretary (Expenditure) and incoming Finance generating activities like sewing, encouraging Secretary, and Mr. Michael Carter, World Bank entrepreneurial activity, and adding to social Country Director for India, were present at the cohesion and reduction of crime. inauguration. ArecentWorldBankreport, WhyArePower South Asian countries face many similar issues Sector Reforms Important for the Poor?,says and challenges in the realm of standards relating both urban and isolated rural households to government accounts and finance, and hence recognize these benefits and attach significant can learn from each other's experiences. The value to electricity access. common issues include: However, though the Government of India · Goals and performance requirements within considers universal access to electricity to be an government departments are often vague important social objective, it is constrained by · Accountability is diffused three sets of problems: (a) most state-run power · Incentives often encourage dysfunctional utilities are unable to enforce collection and behavior prevent theft, and this increases the cost of · Global competitive forces that supplying electricity to very high levels; (b) low demand efficiency for tariffs; and (c) over-large subsidies to the sector performance are often missing which crowd out other public expenditures for · Responsiveness to changing rural development, health, and education, as circumstances is slow. well as the expansion of the electricity grid, which could better address the needs of the Said Rangarajan, "Government poor. In addition, industrial consumers are made accountants can play an Michael Carter stresses a point 7 theWorld Bank in India News & Views Quarterly A commercial, subscription-based research and reference tool, the e-Library will bring important role in reducing the fiscal deficit by together, in a fully indexed and cross- ensuring better expenditure control, improving searchable database, more than 1,000 titles public expenditure productivity, and better cash published by the World Bank during the past management." several years, and all future titles. Subscribers Participants felt that there was need to work together towards common accounting and auditing standards. A move towards accrual accounting was emphasized. 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For more details, please visit http:// OTHEREVENTS www.worldbank.org/gateway/ Seminar: Reaching out to the child April 15, 2003 (New Delhi) g E-LibraryforBankpublications TheWorldBank'spublishingdivisionlaunched A multi-sector research seminar on Integrated the World Bank e-Library, an electronic portal for Child Development and Education was libraries and institutions to the Bank's full-text organized by the World Bank in consultation collection of books, reports, and other with the Government of India to present some documents, on May 20. recent research in the field of early childhood 8 theWorld Bank in India News & Views Quarterly development. The seminar also focused on the continuous and cumulative nature of the child's development and on the growing body of research which establishes DepartmentofEconomicAffairs,Ministryof the close synergy among health, Finance, Government of India organizes nutrition and psychosocial or programs aimed at meeting the knowledge educational aspects of child needs of procurement officers and other middle development. level officials working in World Bank projects under various Central ministries, State For more information, please visit Governments and public sector units. This www.worldbank.org.in (News & Events) program deals with public procurement procedures extensively. It is conducted by the Principal Procurement Specialist of the World Workshop: Procurement Procedures for Bank and a specially trained faculty. It will be World Bank Aided Projects conducted at the Administrative Staff College of June 16-27, 2003 and August 25-September 5, 2003 India, Hyderabad, campus. (Hyderabad) For more information, please contact Dr. B S Chetty. The Administrative Staff College of India in Programme Director, ASCII Hyderabad. Tel: 91-40- association with the World Bank and the 23324365 / 23310952 e-mail: poffice@ascihyd.org Recent Project Approvals g ChhattisgarhDistrictRuralPovertyProject (April 24,2003) This project, supported by a US$ 112.56 million credit, is expected to benefit 150,000 households in 2,000 villages. The project will help people in poor, rural communities to organize themselves into common interest groups, and build skills needed to design and implement local initiatives. It will also strengthen Panchayats through capacity building programs; provide matching grants to communities to finance collective income-generating activities; and provide matching grants for Panchayat plans to finance investments in village infrastructure and other public goods. g FoodandDrugsCapacityBuildingProject (June 5, 2003) This US $54 million IDA credit will support a long-run program to improve the quality and safety of foods and drugs, strengthen government oversight and regulatory capacity, and support policies for improving the quality and safety of foods and drugs in India. It will benefit in particular the poor, who will gain from lower morbidity and premature mortality as a result of increased safety and quality of foods and drugs. g TamilNaduRoadSectorProject (June 17, 2003) A US$ 348 million loan to help improve the quality, capacity and safety of the road network in Tamil Nadu. The project will enhance the quality of about 750 km of roads in the core state network with proper management of social and environmental impacts. It will also support major maintenance on about 2,000 km, address important accident-prone locations, and improve management of the network through institutionalstrengthening,public-privatepartnerships,andenhancedfundingandimprovedallocation procedures for the road sector. 9 theWorld Bank in India News & Views Quarterly New Additions to the Public Information Center This is a select listing of recent World Bank publications,workingpapers,operational documentsandotherinformationresources that are now available at the New Delhi Office library and Public Information Center. 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Developing Countries: Trends, Impacts, and Policy Perry , Norbert Fiess Lessons by Clive Harris Price: $ 10.00 Price: $ 15.00 English BC 62 pages 7 x 10 English BC 60 pages 7 x 10 Published May 2003 by World Bank Published April 2003 by World Bank ISBN: 0-8213-5479-5 SKU: 15479 ISBN: 0-8213-5512-0 SKU: 15512 12 theWorld Bank in India News & Views Quarterly INDIA PROJECT DOCUMENTS Roads and highways Report No.: AC79 (Integrated Safeguard Data Sheet) Policy Research Working Papers, Project Appraisal Report No.: AB89 (Updated Project Information Documents, Project Information Documents and other Document) reports can be downloaded in pdf format from "Documents and Reports" at www.worldbank.org Title: GEF Biosafety Project Date: 2003/05/22 Project Appraisal Document Project ID: P079865 Sector: Agriculture, fishing, and forestry Title: Food and Drugs Capacity Building Project Sub-Sector: General agriculture, fishing and forestry Date: 2003/04/30 sector Project ID: P075056 Report No.: AC85 (Integrated Safeguards Data Sheet) Sector: Health and other social services Sub-Sector: Health Report No.: 25876 (Project Appraisal Document) Title: Karnataka Urban Water & Sanitation Sector Improvement Project Date: 2003/04/02 Title: Integrated Disease Surveillance Project Project ID: P082510 Date: 2003/04/30 Sector: Water, sanitation and flood protection Project ID: P073651 Sub-Sector: Sub-national government administration Sector: Health, Nutrition & Population General water, sanitation and flood protection sector Sub-Sector: Central government administration Sub- Report No.: AC10 (Integrated Safeguards Data Sheet) national government administration Information technology Health Other industry Report No.: E751 (Environmental Assessment) Title: Allahabad Bypass Project Report No.: IPP45 (Indigenous Peoples Plan) Date: 2003/04/01 Report No.: AB52 (Updated Project Information Project ID: P073776 Document) Sector: Transportation Sub-Sector: Roads and highways Report No.: AC53 (Integrated Safeguards Data Sheet) Title: Rajasthan Health Systems Project Date: 2003/04/30 Project ID: P050655 POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPERS Sector: Health, Nutrition & Population Sub-Sector: Health Other social services Report No.: E753 (Environmental Assessment) 3079 Report No.: PP46 (Indigenous People's Plan) Regional Integration in East Asia: Challenges and Opportunities--Part II: Trade, Finance, and Integration by Eisuke Sakakibara, and Sharon Title: Second Maharashtra Rural Water Supply and Yamakawa Sanitation Project Date: 2003/04/15 Project ID: P073369 3078 Sector: Water, sanitation and flood protection Regional Integration in East Asia: Challenges and Sub-Sector: Sanitation Water supply Opportunities--Part I: History and Institutions by Report No.: E756 (Environmental Assessment) Eisuke Sakakibara, and Sharon Yamakawa Title: Second Maharashtra Rural Water Supply and 3077 Sanitation Project Do More Transparent Governments Govern Date: 2003/04/15 Better? By Roumeen Islam Project ID: P073369 Sector: Water, sanitation and flood protection Sub-Sector: Sanitation Water supply 3076 Report No.: IPP47 (Indigenous Peoples Plan) Trade Reform in Vietnam: Opportunities with Emerging Challenges by Philippe Auffret Title: Tamil Nadu Road Sector Project Date: 2003/05/20 3075 Project ID: P050649 Child Labor, Income Shocks, and Access to Sector: Transportation Credit by Rajeev H. Dehejia, Kathleen Beegle, and Sub-Sector: Sub-national government administration Roberta Gatti 13 theWorld Bank in India News & Views Quarterly 3074 The Gender Impact of Pension Reform: A Cross- Country Analysis by Alejandra Cox Edwards, Estelle 3063 James, and Rebeca Wong Trade Liberalization, Firm Performance, and Labor Market Outcomes in the Developing World: What Can We Learn from Micro-Level Data? By Paolo Epifani 3073 Metropolitan Industrial Clusters: Patterns and Processes by Jun Koo, Sanjoy Chakravorty, and Somik 3062 V. Lall Labor Effects of Adult Mortality in Tanzanian Households by Kathleen Beegle 3072 Diversity Matters: The Economic Geography of 3061 Reciprocity in Free Trade Agreements by Caroline Industry Location in India by Jun Koo, Sanjoy Freund Chakravorty, and Somik V. Lall 3060 3071 World Market Integration through the Lens of Survey Techniques to Measure and Explain by Ritva Foreign Direct Investors by Luis Servén, Rui Reinikka, and Jakob Svensson Albuquerque, and Norman Loayza 3070 3059 Are You Satisfied? Citizen Feedback and Delivery of Do Capital Flows Respond to Risk and Return? By Urban Services by Uwe Deichmann, and Somik V. Lall César Calderón, Luis Servén, and Norman Loayza 3069 3058 International Migration, Remittances, and the Working for God? Evaluating Service Delivery of Brain Drain: A Study of 24 Labor-Exporting Religious Not-for-Profit Health Care Providers in Countries by Richard H. 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Subramaniyam 3054 3065 The New Comparative Economics by Florencio Lopez Ghost Doctors: Absenteeism in Bangladeshi Health de Silanes, Simeon Djankov, Edward Glaeser, Rafael La Facilities by Nazmul Chaudhury, and Jeffrey S. 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Tarr 3039 3050 Scaling Up Community-Driven Development: The Changing Financial Landscape: Opportunities Theoretical Underpinnings and Program Design and Challenges for the Middle East and North Implications by Hans P. Binswanger, and Swaminathan Africa by Wafik Grais, and Zeynep Kantur S. Aiyar 3049 3038 Hidden Impact? Ex-Post Evaluation of an Anti- The Debate on Globalization, Poverty, and Poverty Program by Shaohua Chen, and Martin Inequality: Why Measurement Matters by Martin Ravallion Ravallion 3048 3037 Targeted Transfers in Poor Countries: Revisiting Regulation and Private Sector Investment in the Tradeoffs and Policy Options by Martin Ravallion Infrastructure: Evidence from Latin America by Sheoli Pargal 3047 Comparing Mortgage Credit Risk Policies: An 3036 Options-Based Approach by Robert Buckley, Gulmira Telecommunications Reform in Malawi by Frew Karaguishiyeva, Robert Van Order, and Laura Vecvagare Gebreab, George Clarke, and Henry R. Mgombelo 3046 3035 Migration, Spillovers, and Trade Diversion: The Traffic Fatalities and Economic Growth by Maureen Impact of Internationalization on Stock Market L. Cropper, and Elizabeth Kopits Liquidity by Ross Levine, and Sergio Schmukler 3034 3045 The Insurance Industry in Mauritius by Dimitri Vittas Causes and Consequences of Civil Strife: Micro- Level Evidence from Uganda by Klaus Deininger 3033 The Role of Occupational Pension Funds in 3044 Mauritius by Dimitri Vittas Impregnated Nets Cannot Fully Substitute for DDT: Field Effectiveness of Malaria Prevention in Solomon Islands by Bernard Bakote'e, Patricia M. 3032 Graves, Mead Over, Raman Velayudhan, and Peter Information Diffusion in International Markets by Wilikai Jacques Morisset, Alejandro Izquierdo, and Marcelo Olarreaga 3043 The Incentive-Compatible Design of Deposit 3031 Insurance and Bank Failure Resolution: Concepts Imports, Entry, and Competition Law as Market and Country Studies by Thorsten Beck Disciplines by Bernard Hoekman, and Hiau Looi Kee 15 theWorld Bank in India News & Views Quarterly 3030 3019 The Impact of Bank Regulations, Concentration, Foreign Aid, Conditionality, and Ghost of the and Institutions on Bank Margins by Asli Demirgüç- Financing Gap: A Forgotten Aspect of the Aid Kunt, Luc Laeven, and Ross Levine Debate by Thilak Ranaweera 3029 3018 Who Benefits and How Much? How Gender Integrating the Least Developed Countries into the Affects Welfare Impacts of a Booming Textile World Trading System: The Current Impact of EU Industry by Alessandro Nicita, and Susan Razzaz Preferences under Everything but Arms by Paul Brenton 3028 Does a Country Need a Promotion Agency to 3017 Attract Foreign Direct Investment? A Small Why is Unemployment so High in Bulgaria? By Jan Analytical Model Applied to 58 Countries by Rutkowski Jacques Morisset 3016 Partisan Politics and Intergovernmental Transfers 3027 in India by Stuti Khemani Financial Intermediation and Growth: Chinese Style by Genevieve Boyreau-Debray 3015 Off and Running? Technology, Trade, and the 3026 Rising Demand for Skilled Workers in Latin Strategic Approaches to Science and Technology in America by Carolina Sánchez- Development by Michael Crawford, Sara Farley, and Robert Watson 3014 Evaluation of Financial Liberalization: A General 3025 Equilibrium Model with Constrained Occupation Trade Structure and Growth by William F. Maloney, Choice by Robert Townsend, and Xavier Gine and Daniel Lederman 3013 3024 Land Sales and Rental Markets in Transition: R&D and Development by William F. Maloney, and Evidence from Rural Vietnam by Klaus Deininger, Daniel Lederman and Songqing Jin 3023 3012 Productivity Growth and Product Variety: Gains Just-in-Case Inventories: A Cross-Country Analysis from Imitation and Education by Douglas Addison by J. 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