"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 …

This study was commissioned by climate investment funds (CIF's) E and L initiative to distill lessons from CIF's pilot … program on climate resilience (PPCR) support in identifying, designing, and implementing hydrometeorological and climate … climate services. The outputs from the study comprise of one synthesis report and three country studies for Jamaica …

This study was commissioned by climate investment funds (CIF's) E and L initiative to distill lessons from CIF's pilot … program on climate resilience (PPCR) support identifying, designing, and implementing hydrometeorological and climate services … national hydrological and meteorological agencies to develop, deliver, and strengthen hydrometeorological and climate services …

the macroeconomy"--World Bank web site …

Turkey’s demographic and economic transformation has been one of the world’s most dramatic, with urban growth and …

ninth biggest in the world, compared to the eleventh biggest in 2007. This year, Russia's output might exceed US$2 trillion … go a long way to make the most of the economic benefits of Russia's World Trade Organization accession in summer 2012. …