This paper analyzes reasons for the high post-war correlations of saving and investment, both across countries and over …

results from the requirement that non-traded inputs are used in the investment process. In the short-run, though, the effects … changes in the world interest rate …

with an access to the world capital market. The paper examines the efficiency of quantity restrictions on capital exports …

Enhancing public and private investment, but also ensuring that this translates into higher growth and employment, have … long been key policy challenges in Arab countries. Reflecting an improvement in policies and global conditions, investment … differences across the region-investment has on average been somewhat weaker than in peer countries and less effective at …

This note reflects macroeconomic and fiscal forecasts presented with the April 2009 World Economic Outlook, as well as …

in commodity and asset prices, are leading to sharp increases in deficits and debt stocks around the world. Expansionary … on the April 2009 World Economic Outlook to quantify the fiscal implications of the crisis for a cross-section of …

. Articles also look at the expansion of world trade, explore the impact of globalization on jobs, taxation, and the poor, and …