The world economy is emerging from the throes of a historically deep and synchronized recession provoked by the …

Global Economic Prospects 2010: Crisis, Finance and Growth presents the World Bank's latest short-term forecasts. In …

the world economy. This arises as the recovery is transitioning toward a more mature phase during which the influence of … developing-country risk premia. And despite a sharp deceleration in bond flows in May, year-to-date capital flows to developing …

"This paper examines the implications of bank activity and short-term funding strategies for bank risk and returns …-interest income generating activities such as trading increases the rate of return on assets, and it may offer some risk …, although it can offer some risk reduction at commonly observed low levels of non-deposit funding. A sizeable proportion of …

are the price of investment goods, distance to major world cities, and political rights. This suggests that growth … different prior assumptions on expected model size. "--World Bank web site …

larger effort in the group to understand the sources of growth and volatility"--World Bank web site …

socially very profitable. "--World Bank web site …