report addresses the expected sluggish world economic growth as oil-importing countries reduce their current account deficits …

banks, ministries of finance, major multilateral organizations, and many departments of the World Bank. …

the treatment of endogenous globalization measures. "--World Bank web site … "globalization years" of 1986-2004. Controlling for trade openness and two indicators of financial globalization, the authors find … the output costs of promoting high interest rates to attract capital flows in a global world. These findings are robust to …

promising. Although global competition is creating new opportunities for developing countries, harnessing globalization requires …

the way forward. The World Development Report 1999/2000, the 22nd edition in this annual series, focuses on two forces of … change: the integration of the world economy and the increasing demand for self government, which will affect responses to … key issues such as poverty reduction, climate change, and water scarcity. The forces of globalization and localization …