Publications

This paper is part of the Copenhagen Consensus process, which aims to assess and evaluate the opportunities available to address the lack of education. The author defines “lack of education” in terms ...chevron_right

This paper provides the Commitment to Development Index of the Center for Global Development which rates 21 rich countries for the “development-friendliness” of their policies. In the 2004 edition, th...chevron_right

This brief examines the potential positive synergies between globalization, development and labor standards. The author argues that certain core labor standards can be applied globally without undermi...chevron_right

This paper argues that the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are unlikely to be met by 2015, even if huge increases in development assistance materialize. However, the author suggests that the rates...chevron_right

This paper focuses on key ways in which donors can improve the quality of foreign assistance and make it more effective in achieving the Millennium Development Goals. The author stresses that donors s...chevron_right

This paper describes “pro-poor growth” as the revised mantra of the development community with a focus on economic growth as the primary vehicle for sustainable reductions in poverty, distributional i...chevron_right

This paper quantifies how long it has taken countries to make the transition toward high school enrollments and gender parity. The author notes a remarkable uniformity of experience in the rates of en...chevron_right

This paper carries out four empirical economic illustrations of the potential magnitude of the boom towns and ghost countries problem by showing that the desired population of any given geographic reg...chevron_right

This brief reports that despite positive microeconomic results, privatization in Latin America is highly and increasingly unpopular. The authors argue that the right policies and strengthened institut...chevron_right

This brief proposes a new job-based social contract for Latin America, geared to the aspirations of the region’s vast majority of near-poor “middle” households, whose participation is key to achieving...chevron_right

This paper outlines the recent trend in foreign development assistance toward "sustainability," which stresses community mobilization, education and cost-recovery. The authors examine evidence from ra...chevron_right

This paper revisits the issue of the impact of barriers to international trade on economic growth, referring especially to the 30- to 40-year global experiment with import-substituting industrializati...chevron_right

This publication asks what should the World Bank should envision on when it dreams of a world free of poverty. The author argues that the dream should be a bold one that treats citizens of all nations...chevron_right

The trade ministers of WTO member countries met in Cancun, Mexico in 2003 to review progress in multilateral trade negotiations. There was concern that Cancun could mark the collapse of the Doha Round...chevron_right

This publication gives an overview of privatization processes and their implications for society in Latin America. In a first part, the paper reviews the existing literature on that issue, while the s...chevron_right