Documents et rapports
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Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics 2001-2002 (anglais)
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...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 25492 Date du document: 1 janvier 2002 Auteur: 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
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Will the Euro create a bonanza for Africa? (anglais)
In considering how the euro will affect Sub-Saharan Africa, the authors examine the transmission channels through which the euro could affect economies in the region. They examine the risks and opportunities...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS2251 Date du document: 30 novembre 1999 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Cohen,Daniel,Kristensen,Nicolai,Verner,Dorte
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The sustainability of African debt (anglais)
The role of debt forgiveness is to alleviate what is known as "debt overhang". This concept is the core idea of the Brady deals, and it now comes to the African debt crisis. How can one gauge the hypothesis...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS1621 Date du document: 31 juillet 1996 Auteur: Cohen,Daniel
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A valuation formula for LDC debt (anglais)
A large gap may lie between the amount of debt relief that is nominally granted to a debtor and that which is actually given up by the creditors. To help put that gap in perspective, the author proposes...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS763 Date du document: 30 septembre 1991 Auteur: Cohen,Daniel
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Debt relief : implications of secondary market discounts and debt overhangs (anglais)
An efficient rescheduling of the debt must take into account the market value of the debt. The author argues that the appropriate approach is not to write down the debt to its value on the secondary market...
Type de document: Article de revue Numéro du rapport: 14250 Date du document: 31 janvier 1990 Auteur: Cohen,Daniel
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The World Bank economic review 4(1) (anglais)
Do African countries pay more for imports? - Yes. Investment incentives: new money, debt relief, and the critical role of conditionality in the debt crisis. Debt relief: implications of secondary market...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 17593 Date du document: 31 janvier 1990 Auteur: Yeats, Alexander J.,Claessens, Stijn,Diwan,Ishac,Cohen,Daniel,Mundlak,Yair,Cavallo,Domingo F.,Domenech, Roberto,Mintz,Jack M.,Pursell,Garry
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Is the discount on the secondary market a case for LDC debt relief? (anglais)
In 1988, the prices on the secondary market of LDC debt averaged 50 cents per dollar of face value. From the observation of such discount, this paper goes one step further and argues that the debt should...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS132 Date du document: 30 novembre 1988 Auteur: Cohen,Daniel
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The management of the developing countries' debt : guidelines and applications to Brazil (anglais)
Some principles which may be useful in formulating a debt management strategy are articulated. There are four major policy recommendations : 1) stretch out the repayment of the debt; 2) monitor both exports...
Type de document: Article de revue Numéro du rapport: 14172 Date du document: 31 janvier 1988 Auteur: Cohen,Daniel
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The World Bank economic review 2(1) (anglais)
Primary commodity prices, manufactured goods prices, and the terms of trade of developing countries: what the long run shows. Price and income elasticities of demand for modern health care: the case of...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 17560 Date du document: 31 janvier 1988 Auteur: Grilli,Enzo R.,Yang,Maw-Cheng,Schwartz, J. Brad,Akin,John S.,Popkin,Barry M.,Cohen,Daniel,Martin, Ricardo,Selowsky,Marcelo,Sicat, Gerardo P.,Virmani,Arvind
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Rules of thumb for external borrowing (anglais)
During the perid 1983-85, most indebted LDC's undertook major adjustment efforts in order to achieve trade balance surpluses aimed at "repaying their debt." In Latin America, the results have been, on...
Type de document: Document de travail départemental Numéro du rapport: CPD8618 Date du document: 31 janvier 1986 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Cohen,Daniel