"The authors assess the effects of private capital and independent regulatory agencies on telecommunications … it affects performance and interacts with reform policies. "--World Bank web site …

"Despite recent reforms, world agricultural markets remain highly distorted by government policies. Traditional … sector policies are generated without a formal model of global markets or even price elasticity estimates. "--World Bank web …

inequality (inequality between citizens of the world). It discusses the relationship between globalization and global inequality …. And it shows why global inequality matters and proposes a scheme for global redistribution. "--World Bank web site …

markets. "--World Bank web site …

increasing volatility or by amplifying the adverse effect of external shocks. "--World Bank web site …

"The authors contribute to the field of urban governance and globalization through an empirically-based exploration of … indicators of globalization (at the country and city level), city governance, city performance (access and quality of … globalization (at both the country and city level) do matter for city-level performance in terms of access and quality of delivery …

a larger effort in the network to document the state of the sector"--World Bank web site …

Reduction and Economic Management Division, World Bank Institute--is part of a larger effort in the institute to understand the … concept of 'good' governance and to disseminate its work in this area"--World Bank web site …