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 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 …

). The first of two volumes discusses the World Bank's goals and strategies; overviews Bank activities in fiscal year 2002 …

The World Bank group, among the world's largest development institutions, is a major source of financial and technical … assistance to developing countries around the world. In fiscal 2009, the World Bank group sponsored 767 projects with a total …

planning and has been financed by the joint economic research program between the government of Kazakhstan and the World Bank …