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Macroeconomic Volatility

A strategy for macroeconomic stability in developing countries
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April 1, 2008 - Research Highlights 2007 provides a brief account of the activities of the Development Research Group during 2007, as well as a comprehensive list of new publications and public-access datasets.  
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Sept 1, 2007   Martin Ravallion new Director of the Bank's Development Research Group. Note on Research in Practice at the World Bank  by Ravallion.

 



With financial markets in
turmoil, World Bank researchers say the best way forward for developing countries is to develop comprehensive strategies to fight macroeconomic volatility on several fronts, including by improving their ability to absorb external shocks.

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Research on climate change adaptation (Dec 2007) More

POLICY RESEARCH REPORT: Finance for All? (Nov 2007) Website

Trends in HIV/AIDS data (Nov 2007) More

Book on Migration of Women (Nov 2007) More

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Indoor air pollution

Cooking with "Dirty" Fuel: A Serious Health Threat

Nov. 2007      A recent World Bank research effort in Bangladesh finds that young children and poorly-educated women in poor households face pollution exposures that are about 1.6 times higher than those for their counterparts in higher-income households.    Featured article       

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Trade Facilitation

Transparency & Trade Facilitation in the Asia Pacific

Sept. 2007      A new World Bank-APEC trade research paper, " Transparency & Trade Facilitation in the Asia Pacific: Estimating the Gains from Reform" highlights that improving the transparency of trade policy is also a critical aspect of trade facilitation and any structural reform agenda that interfaces with regional or global integration goals.   Featured article

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New Policy Research Working Papers

4617Quality of schooling, returns to schooling and the 1981 vouchers reform in Chile2008/05
4616Migration, sorting and regional inequality : evidence from Bangladesh2008/05
4615Trade facilitation in ASEAN member countries : measuring progress and assessing priorities2008/05
4614Is migration a good substitute for education subsidies ?2008/05
4613A gendered assessment of the brain drain2008/05

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