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  • Exchange rate economics (English)

    Much of the paper is devoted to expounding the standard model of the exchange rate accepted by most economists today. This regards the exchange rate as a forward-looking asset price. Its steady-state level...

    Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 57702 Document Date: January 1, 2008 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Williamson, John

  • Development challenges in the 1990s : leading policymakers speak from experience (English)

    This book brings together the insights and experiences of some of the world's leading policymakers and global thought leaders, individuals who have had substantial influence on the policy reforms and development...

    Document Type: Publication Report No.: 32921 Document Date: January 1, 2005 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Besley,Timothy John,Zagha,N. Roberto,Ahluwalia,Montek S.,Aninat,Eduardo U.,Balcerowicz, Leszek,Blejer,Mario,Botchwey,Kwesi,Cardoso, Fernando Henrique,Dervis,Kemal,Foxley, Alejandro,Gaidar, Yegor,Hunaidi, Rima Khalaf,Summers, Lawrence H.,Williamson, John,Xiaochuan, Zhou

  • The World Bank research observer 15 (2) (English)

    International approaches to global climate change; by Richard N. Cooper. Comments on Cooper; by Kenneth J. Arrow. Understanding how contagion spreads; by Rudiger Dornbusch, Yung Chul Park, and Stijn Claessens...

    Document Type: Publication Report No.: 21164 Document Date: August 31, 2000 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Arrow, Kenneth J.,Claessens, Stijn,Cooper,Richard N.,Dornbusch,Rudiger,Filmer,Deon P.,Hammer,Jeffrey S.,Narayan,Deepa,Pritchett,Lant Hayward,Srinivasan,Thirukodikaval N.,Williamson, John,Woolcock,Michael,Park,Yung Chul

  • What should the world bank think about the Washington consensus? (English)

    The phrase ' Washington Consensus ' has become a familiar term in development policy circles in recent years, but it is now used in several different senses, causing a great deal of confusion. In this...

    Document Type: Journal Article Report No.: 76650 Document Date: August 1, 2000 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Williamson, John

  • Currency boards and external shocks : how much pain, how much gain? (English)

    These proceedings provide an account of a roundtable discussion on the subject of "External Shocks and Currency Boards: How Much Pain? How Much Gain?" held at the World Bank on October 4, 1996. The panelists...

    Document Type: Publication Report No.: 16251 Document Date: January 31, 1997 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Calvo,Guillermo A.,Corden, W. Max,Fischer,Stanley,Perry, Guillermo E. [editor],Walters, Sir Alan,Williamson, John

  • Transition 5 (5) (English)

    World Bank conference helps develop development economics. Development issues in a changing world - excerpts from Michael Bruno's keynote address. How to stabilize - policy lessons from early reformers...

    Document Type: Newsletter Report No.: 16453 Document Date: May 31, 1994 Disclosure Status: Author: Aslund,Anders,Balcerowicz,Leszek,Bruno,Michael P.,Desai, Padma,Gelb,Alan Harold,Kornai,Janos,Sachs, Jeffery D.,Stern,Nicholas H.,Williamson, John