Documents et rapports
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When is external debt sustainable? (anglais)
This paper examines the determinants of "debt distress," which they define as periods in which countries resort to exceptional finance in any of three forms: (1) significant arrears on external debt, (2)...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS3200 Date du document: 1 février 2004 Auteur: Kraay, Aart, Nehru, Vikram
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Government matters III : governance indicators for 1996-2002 (anglais)
The authors present estimates of six dimensions of governance covering 199 countries and territories for four time periods: 1996, 1998, 2000, and 2002. These indicators are based on several hundred individual...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS3106 Date du document: 31 août 2003 Auteur: Kaufmann, Daniel,Kraay, Aart,Mastruzzi, Massimo
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Institutions, trade, and growth : revisiting the evidence (anglais)
Several recent papers have attempted to identify the partial effects of trade integration and institutional quality on long-run growth using the geographical determinants of trade and the historical determinants...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS3004 Date du document: 31 mars 2003 Auteur: Dollar, David,Kraay, Aart
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Growth without governance (anglais)
It is well known that there is a strong positive correlation between per capita incomes and the quality of governance across countries. the authors propose an empirical strategy that allows separation...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS2928 Date du document: 30 novembre 2002 Auteur: Kaufmann, Daniel,Kraay, Aart
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Governance matters II - updated indicators for 2000-01 (anglais)
The authors construct aggregate governance indicators for six dimensions of governance, covering 175 countries in 2000-01. They apply the methodology developed in Kaufmann, Kraay, and Zoido-Lobaton ("Aggregating...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS2772 Date du document: 28 février 2002 Auteur: Kaufmann, Daniel,Kraay, Aart,Zoido-Lobaton, Pabl
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Product quality, productive efficiency, and international technology diffusion : evidence from plant-level panel data (anglais)
What mechanisms most frequently transmit foreign technologies to developing country firms? Do these foreign technologies affect both productive efficiency and product quality in the recipient firms? Under...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS2759 Date du document: 31 janvier 2002 Auteur: Kraay, Aart,Soloaga, Isidro,Tybout, James
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Trade, growth, and poverty (anglais)
The evidence from individual cases and from cross-country analysis supports the view that globalization leads to faster growth and poverty reduction in poor countries. To determine the effect of globalization...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS2615 Date du document: 30 juin 2001 Auteur: Dollar, David,Kraay, Aart
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Growth is good for the poor (anglais)
When average income rises, the average incomes of the poorest fifth of society rise proportionately. This is a consequence of the strong empirical regularity that the share of income accruing to the bottom...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS2587 Date du document: 30 avril 2001 Auteur: Dollar, David,Kraay, Aart
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Measuring growth in total factor productivity (chinois)
Gains in total factor productivity (TFP) reflecting more efficient use of inputs, have long been recognized as an important source of improvements in income and welfare. Cross-country differences in income...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 21598 Date du document: 30 septembre 2000 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Ghosh, Swati R.,Kraay, Aart
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Measuring growth in total factor productivity : O crescimento medido pela produtividade total de fatores (portugais)
Gains in total factor productivity (TFP) reflecting more efficient use of inputs, have long been recognized as an important source of improvements in income and welfare. Cross-country differences in income...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 21598 Date du document: 30 septembre 2000 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Ghosh, Swati R.,Kraay, Aart
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Measuring growth in total factor productivity (anglais)
Gains in total factor productivity (TFP) reflecting more efficient use of inputs, have long been recognized as an important source of improvements in income and welfare. Cross-country differences in income...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 21598 Date du document: 30 septembre 2000 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Ghosh, Swati R.,Kraay, Aart
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Growth forecasts using time series and growth models (anglais)
The authors consider two alternative methods of forecasting real per capita GDP at various horizons: 1) univariate time series models estimated country by country; and 2) cross-country growth regressions...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS2224 Date du document: 30 novembre 1999 Auteur: Kraay, Aart,Monokroussos, George
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Governance matters (anglais)
In a cross-section of more than 150 countries, the authors provide new empirical evidence of a strong causal relationship from better governance to better development outcomes. They base their analysis...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS2196 Date du document: 31 octobre 1999 Auteur: Kaufmann, Daniel,Kraay, Aart,Zoido-Lobaton, Pabl
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Aggregating governance indicators (anglais)
In recent years the growing interest of academics and policymakers in governance has been reflected in the proliferation of cross-country indices measuring various aspects of governance. The authors explain...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS2195 Date du document: 31 octobre 1999 Auteur: Kaufmann, Daniel,Kraay, Aart,Zoido-Lobaton, Pabl
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Governance matters,Governance matters (russe)
In a cross-section of more than 150 countries, the authors provide new empirical evidence of a strong causal relationship from better governance to better development outcomes. They base their analysis...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS2196 Date du document: 1 octobre 1999 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Kaufmann, Daniel,Kraay, Aart,Zoido-Lobaton, Pabl
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Small states, small problems? (anglais)
Small states have attracted a good deal of research. The authors test whether micro-states are any different from other states in income, growth, and volatility. They find that, controlling for location...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS2139 Date du document: 30 juin 1999 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Easterly, William,Kraay, Aart
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Comparative advantage and the cross-section of business cycles (anglais)
Business cycles are less volatile in rich countries than in poor ones. They are also more synchronized with the world cycle. The authors develop two alternative but noncompeting explanations for those...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS1948 Date du document: 31 juillet 1998 Auteur: Kraay, Aart,Ventura, Jaume
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China 2020 : development challenges in the new century (chinois)
For China, swift growth and structural change, while resolving many problems, have created new challenges: employment insecurity, growing inequality, stubborn poverty, mounting environmental pressures...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 17087 Date du document: 30 septembre 1997 Auteur: Nehru, Vikram,Kraay, Aart,Xiaoqing Yu
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China 2020 : development challenges in the new century (anglais)
For China, swift growth and structural change, while resolving many problems, have created new challenges: employment insecurity, growing inequality, stubborn poverty, mounting environmental pressures...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 17087 Date du document: 30 septembre 1997 Auteur: Nehru, Vikram,Kraay, Aart,Xiaoqing Yu
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Current accounts in debtor and creditor countries (anglais)
The authors reexamine a classic question in international economics: What is the current account response to a transitory income shock such as a temporary improvement in the terms of trade, a transfer...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS1825 Date du document: 30 septembre 1997 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Kraay, Aart,Ventura, Jaume