Documents et rapports
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Gender equality and economic growth in Brazil (anglais)
This note studies the long-run impacts of policies aimed at fostering gender equality on economic growth in Brazil. After a brief review of gender issues in Brazil, this note describes a framework for...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 75835 Date du document: 1 mars 2013 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Agenor, Pierre-Richard, Canuto, Otaviano
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Contracting models of the Phillips curve - empirical estimates for Middle-income countries (anglais)
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...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS3139 Date du document: 30 septembre 2003 Auteur: Agenor, Pierre-Richard,Bayraktar, Nihal
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The integrated macroeconomic model for poverty analysis : a quantitative macroeconomic framework for the analysis of poverty reduction strategies (anglais)
The authors present a dynamic, quantitative macroeconomic framework designed for analyzing the impact of adjustment policies and exogenous shocks on poverty and income distribution. They emphasize the...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS3092 Date du document: 31 juillet 2003 Auteur: Agenor, Pierre-Richard,Izquierdo, Alejandro,Fofa
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Financial sector inefficiencies and the debt Laffer curve (anglais)
The authors analyze the implications of inefficient financial intermediation for dbt management, using a model in which firms rely on bank credit to finance their working capital needs, and, lenders face...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS2842 Date du document: 31 mai 2002 Auteur: Agenor, Pierre-Richard,Aizenman, Joshua
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The credit crunch in East Asia : what can bank excess liquid assets tell us ? (anglais)
The authors propose a two-step approach for assessing the extent to which the fall in credit in crisis-stricken East Asian countries was a supply- or demand-induced phenomenon. The first step involves...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS2483 Date du document: 30 novembre 2000 Auteur: Agenor, Pierre-Richard,Aizenman, Joshua,Hoffmais
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Savings and the terms of trade under borrowing constraints (anglais)
The authors examine the extent to which permanent terms-of-trade shocks have an asymmetric effect on private savings. Using a simple three-period model, they show that if households expect to face binding...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS2381 Date du document: 30 juin 2000 Auteur: Agenor, Pierre-Richard,Aizenman, Joshua
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Disinflation and the supply side (anglais)
The authors study the dynamics of output, consumption, and real wages induced by a disinflation program based on permanent and temporary reductions in the nominal devaluation rate. They use an intertemporal...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS2304 Date du document: 31 mars 2000 Auteur: Agenor, Pierre-Richard,Lodovico, Pizzati
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Contagion, bank lending spreads, and output fluctuations (anglais)
The authors study how contagion affects bank lending spreads and fluctuations in output in Argentina. They analyze what determines bank lending spreads when verification and enforcement costs for loan...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS2186 Date du document: 30 septembre 1999 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Aizenman, Joshua,Hoffmais,Agenor, Pierre-Richard
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Financial sector inefficiencies and coordination failures : implications for crisis management (anglais)
The authors analyze the implications for crisis management of inefficient financial intermediation in a country (such as Indonesia or the Republic of Korea) where firms are highly indebted. They base their...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS2185 Date du document: 30 septembre 1999 Auteur: Agenor, Pierre-Richard,Aizenman, Joshua
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Volatility and the welfare costs of financial market integration (anglais)
The authors examine the effect of volatility on the costs and benefits of financial market integration. The authors use a basic framework that combines the costly state verification model and the contract...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS1974 Date du document: 30 septembre 1998 Auteur: Agenor, Pierre-Richard,Aizenman, Joshua