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  • Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics 2001-2002 (English)

    The Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics is a forum for discussion, and debate of important policy issues facing developing countries. This report for 2001-2002 focuses on two main themes...

    Document Type: Publication Report No.: 25492 Document Date: January 1, 2002 Disclosure Status: Author: Stern,Nicholas H.,Mccarthy,F. Desmond,Wolfensohn,James D.,O'Rourke, Kevin H.,Cohen,Daniel,Cooper,Richard N.,Venables, AnthonyJ.,Rostrup,Morten,Lanjouw,Jean O.,Case,Anne C.,Philipson,Tomas,Soares,Rodrigo Reis,Pleskovic,Boris

  • Social policy and macroeconomics : the Irish experience (English)

    The remarkable performance of the Irish economy in recent years has attracted much attention. Within a 10-year period the economy went from an 18 percent unemployment rate to nearly full employment, while...

    Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS2736 Document Date: December 31, 2001 Disclosure Status: Author: Mccarthy,F. Desmond

  • Comparative life expectancy in Africa (English)

    For health outcomes, is poverty destiny? The authors explore this question for life expectancy in Africa, where health outcomes are positively correlated with income, but where the link is far from uniform...

    Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS2668 Document Date: August 31, 2001 Disclosure Status: Author: Mccarthy,F. Desmond,Wolf,Holger C.

  • Adjustment lending retrospective (English)

    In September 2000, the Development Committee discussed supporting country development: the World Bank role and instruments in low- and middle-income countries. That paper suggested adapting adjustment...

    Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 44666 Document Date: June 15, 2001 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Koeberle,Stefan G.,Bedoya,Harold Luis,Factora,John,Mccarthy,F. Desmond

  • Malaria and growth (English)

    The authors explore the two-sided link between malaria morbidity and Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita growth. Climate significantly affects cross-country differences in malaria morbidity. Tropical...

    Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS2303 Document Date: March 31, 2000 Disclosure Status: Author: Mccarthy,F. Desmond,Wolf,Holger C.,Wu,Yi

  • Bolivia - Public Expenditure Review : Bolivia - Revision del Gasto Publico (Spanish)

    Bolivia has made tremendous progress in macroeconomic stabilization and in structural reforms. This Public Expenditure Review concentrates on three things: a) an evaluation of the budget as a whole; b)...

    Document Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector Report Report No.: 19232 Document Date: August 3, 1999 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Gonzalez Aleu,Jose Antonio,Mccarthy,F. Desmond

  • Bolivia - Public Expenditure Review (English)

    Bolivia has made tremendous progress in macroeconomic stabilization and in structural reforms. This Public Expenditure Review concentrates on three things: a) an evaluation of the budget as a whole; b)...

    Document Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector Report Report No.: 19232 Document Date: June 14, 1999 Disclosure Status: Author: Gonzalez Aleu,Jose Antonio,Mccarthy,F. Desmond

  • Economic performance in small open economies : the Caribbean experience, 1980-1992 (English)

    The authors study the economic performance of ten Caribbean islands in two groups: six small islands from the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) and four larger islands: Barbados, Dominican...

    Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS1544 Document Date: November 30, 1995 Disclosure Status: Author: Mccarthy,F. Desmond,Zanalda, Giovanni

  • External shocks and performance responses during systemic transition : the case of Ukraine (English)

    Ukraine encountered many economic problems in its first years of independence. Most serious among external shocks were the collapse of trade with the former Soviet Union and the sharp price increases for...

    Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS1361 Document Date: September 30, 1994 Disclosure Status: Author: Mccarthy,F. Desmond,Pant,Chandrashekar,Zheng,Kangbin,Zanalda, Giovanni

  • Economic shocks and the global environment (English)

    Policy formulation in most countries is complicated by the role of the external economic environment, especially during periods of great external shocks. The authors examine how individual countries were...

    Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS870 Document Date: March 31, 1992 Disclosure Status: Author: Mccarthy,F. Desmond,Dhareshwar,Ashok M.

  • Problems of developing countries in the 1990s : volume 1 - general topics (English)

    This paper contains an overview paper, two Bank staff papers, and general topics. It reviews the current outlook for the world economy in the 1990s and identifies some key economic issues likely to confront...

    Document Type: Publication Report No.: WDP97 Document Date: November 30, 1990 Disclosure Status: Author: Mccarthy,F. Desmond

  • Developing economies in transition : country studies (English)

    The purpose of this paper is to help strengthen the analysis and forecasting capability for global economic prospects of 11 countries and invite experts to exchange views on: (a) how each views his own...

    Document Type: Publication Report No.: WDP65 Document Date: February 28, 1990 Disclosure Status: Author: Mccarthy,F. Desmond

  • Developing economies in transition : country studies (English)

    The purpose of this paper is to help strengthen the analysis and forecasting capability for global economic prospects of 11 countries and invite experts to exchange views on: (a) how each views his own...

    Document Type: Publication Report No.: WDP64 Document Date: December 31, 1989 Disclosure Status: Author: Mccarthy,F. Desmond

  • Argentina : toward the year 2000 (English)

    This paper discusses the essential elements that govern the medium/long term economic growth prospects for Argentina. It first reviews the broad process of development in comparable countries during the...

    Document Type: Internal Discussion Paper Report No.: IDP13 Document Date: June 30, 1987 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Mccarthy,F. Desmond

  • Trade patterns in developing countries, 1964-82 (English)

    This paper presents a regression analysis of import and export shares of GDP for 14 commodity and service categories in 55 developing countries over the period 1964-82. Explanatory variables include GNP...

    Document Type: Journal Article Report No.: REP431 Document Date: January 1, 1987 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Mccarthy,F. Desmond,Taylor,Lance J.,Talati,Cyrus P.