Implicit contingent liabilities, such as those generated by natural disasters, are often not quantified in the government balance sheet. However, when they materialize, they place pressure on government...
When a natural disaster destroys public capital, these direct losses are exacerbated by indirect losses arising from reduced output while reconstruction takes place. These indirect losses may be much larger...
This paper focuses on the impact of disasters on public expenditures, and how this impact might be valued. The impact may involve changes in the composition of spending, concurrently and over time. It...
Contemporary policy debates on the macroeconomics of aid often concentrate on short-run Dutch disease effects, ignoring the possible supply-side impact of aid financed public expenditure. In the simple...
The Doha round and preference erosion: a symposium by Bernard Hoekman; Doha merchandise trade reform: what is at stake for developing countries? By Kym Anderson, Will Martin, and Dominique van der Mensbrugghe;...
This paper reviews a sample of World Bank documents, as well as other materials for workshops selected as representative of the best of the World Bank's work falling within the broad area of public expenditure...
The study looks at the Government of Uganda's approach to budgetary management, which evolved steadily during the past decade, as well as at the changes in the institutional framework, which in the process...
This book analyzes economic developments of Indonesia and Nigeria during the period 1950-85. It addresses why Indonesia was so much more successful than Nigeria during this period. The book consists of...
Drawing on evidence from Africa - especially Ethiopia and Uganda - the authors of this volume draw conclusions about economic policy in the aftermath of civil war. A sample of conclusions follows. Civil...
Rapid export growth has been the hallmark of the fast-growing economies in East Asia. More recently, countries like Chile, China, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Indonesia, Thailand, and Turkey have shown...