Documents & Reports
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How the COVID-19 Crisis is Impacting African Pension Fund Approaches to Portfolio Management (English)
This note assesses the short-to-medium term impact of the COVID crisis on emerging African pension fund sectors’ portfolio management approaches and related challenges and opportunities that the crisis...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 156846 Document Date: February 18, 2021 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Irving,Jacqueline Theresa
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Tajikistan - Diagnostic review of consumer protection and financial literacy (Vol. 1 of 2) : Key findings and recommendations (Russian)
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 79003 Document Date: April 1, 2013 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Coleman,Brett E.,Izaguirre Araujo,Juan Carlos,Perolli,Bujana,Reynolds, Sarah,Irving,Jacqueline Theresa
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Tajikistan - Diagnostic review of consumer protection and financial literacy (Vol. 1 of 2) : Key findings and recommendations (English)
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 79003 Document Date: April 1, 2013 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Coleman,Brett E.,Izaguirre Araujo,Juan Carlos,Perolli,Bujana,Reynolds, Sarah,Irving,Jacqueline Theresa
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Projecting demand for skilled foreign labor and meeting skills shortages : selected country approach (English)
Policy makers apply skilled labor gap projections to their immigration policies in a number of ways including: differentiating immigration policies by region, based on skills supply and demand mismatches;...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 76950 Document Date: January 1, 2013 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Irving,Jacqueline Theresa
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Projecting demand for skilled foreign labor and meeting skills shortages : selected country approach (Russian)
Policy makers apply skilled labor gap projections to their immigration policies in a number of ways including: differentiating immigration policies by region, based on skills supply and demand mismatches;...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 76950 Document Date: January 1, 2013 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Irving,Jacqueline Theresa
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Global development horizons 2011 : Multipolarity - the new global economy (English)
The world economy is in the midst of a transformative change. One of the most visible outcomes of this transformation is the rise of a number of dynamic emerging-market countries to the helm of the global...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 62698 Document Date: June 13, 2011 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Timmer,Hans,Dailami,Mansoor,Irving,Jacqueline Theresa,Hauswald,Robert B.H.,Masson,Paul R.
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Remittance markets in Africa (English)
A substantive literature suggests that migration generates benefits for migrants, the host societies, and the countries of origin. The economic benefits for the countries of origin are realized primarily...
Document Type: Foreign Trade, FDI, and Capital Flows Study Report No.: 61310 Document Date: April 21, 2011 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Mohapatra,Sanket,Ratha,Dilip Kumar,Irving,Jacqueline Theresa
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Global development horizons 2011 : Multipolarity - the new global economy (Chinese)
The world economy is in the midst of a transformative change. One of the most visible outcomes of this transformation is the rise of a number of dynamic emerging-market countries to the helm of the global...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 62698 Document Date: January 1, 2011 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Timmer,Hans,Dailami,Mansoor,Irving,Jacqueline Theresa,Hauswald,Robert B.H.,Masson,Paul R.
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Migrant remittance flows : findings from a global survey of central banks (English)
Drawing on the findings from responses to a survey conducted in 2008-09 from 114 central banks worldwide (of which 33 are in Africa), this paper aims to better understand how central banks and other national...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 53884 Document Date: March 26, 2010 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Irving,Jacqueline Theresa,Mohapatra,Sanket,Ratha,Dilip Kumar
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Local sources of financing for infrastructure in Africa : a cross-country analysis (English)
With the exception of South Africa, local financial markets in sub-Saharan Africa remain underdeveloped and small, with a particular dearth of financing with maturity terms commensurate with the medium-...
Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS4878 Document Date: March 1, 2009 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Irving,Jacqueline Theresa,Manroth,Astrid
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Global development finance 2007 : the globalization of corporate finance in developing countries (Vol. 1 of 2) : Review, analysis, and outlook (English)
The globalization of corporate finance also points to other challenges. As emerging-market corporations have expanded their international operations, they have increased their exposure to interest rate...
Document Type: Global Development Finance - formerly World Debt Tables Report No.: 47722 Document Date: January 1, 2007 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Dailami,Mansoor,Burns,Andrew,Hostland,Douglas,Sulla,Olga,Aykut,Dilek,Irving,Jacqueline Theresa,Van Horen,Neeltje,Kim,Eung Ju,Ren,Haocong,Bruno,Valentina G.
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Recycling of petrodollars in the recent oil price increase (English)
This briefing note summarizes ongoing work that examines how oil export revenues are being recycled in the recent oil price increase (2002-present) as compared with the previous episode in 1979-81. Main...
Document Type: Newsletter Report No.: 43272 Document Date: December 14, 2006 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Irving,Jacqueline Theresa
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Global development finance 2006 - the development potential of surging capital flows (Vol. 1 of 3) : Review, analysis, and outlook (English)
Global Development Finance is the World Bank's annual review of global financial conditions facing developing countries. The current volume provides analysis of key trends and prospects, including coverage...
Document Type: Global Development Finance - formerly World Debt Tables Report No.: 36280 Document Date: May 30, 2006 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Dailami,Mansoor,Shaw,William,Burns,Andrew,Dalla,Ismail,Aykut,Dilek,Kim,Eung Ju,Hostland,Douglas,Azarbayejani,Gholam H.,Irving,Jacqueline Theresa,Van Horen,Neeltje,Francis,Johanna L.