Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Executive Summary -- Overview -- Part I. Monitoring global development progress -- Development progress over the MDG period has been impressive -- Despite solid development gains, significant work remains -- Amid...

Second Review Under the Policy Support Instrument -- Contents -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- I. GROWTH REMAINS STRONG, BUT INFLATION HAS TRENDED HIGHER -- II. POLICY DISCUSSIONS AND PROGRAM FOR THE REMAINDER OF 2007/08 -- III. PSI PROGRAM MONITORING FOR 2007/08 -- IV. STAFF APPRAISAL AND RISKS --...

Contents -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. HOW GLOBALIZED IS LABOR? -- III. HOW HAS THE GLOBALIZATION OF LABOR AFFECTED WORKERS IN ADVANCED ECONOMIES -- IV. LABOR SHARE AND THE GLOBALIZATION OF LABOR: AN EMPIRICAL EXAMINATION -- V. THE STORY BEHIND THE DECLINE OF THE LABOR SHARE -- VI. LABOR...

Contents -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- I. BACKGROUND -- II. RECENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS -- III. REPORT ON POLICY DISCUSSIONS -- IV. CAPACITY BUILDING AND DATA ISSUES -- V. STAFF APPRAISAL -- APPENDIX I -- APPENDIX II -- APPENDIX III -- APPENDIX IV -- APPENDIX V -- Statement by the IMF Staff...

Joint Staff Advisory Note on the Second Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper -- I. Overview -- II. Poverty Trends -- III. Macroeconomic Developments and Growth and Employment Policies -- IV. Improving Governance -- V. Promoting Access To Basic Services -- VI. Monitoring and Evaluation and...

Contents -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Executive Summary -- Introduction -- Background -- SGPRS - Progress and Challenges -- The NDP - A Review of the Poverty Reduction Strategy -- Chapter 1: Citizen Participation -- 1.1 The Will of the Country -- 1.2 The Participatory Process in the NDP...

Features -- Sustaining a Global Recovery -- What's In and Out in Global Money -- Rebuilding the Financial Architecture -- Looking Ahead -- Growth after the Crisis -- The Future of Reserve Currencies -- Overhauling the System -- Anticipating the Next Crisis -- Faces of the Crisis -- Dial Growth...

Features -- Right Time for Africa -- Making Aid Work -- Bankable Assets -- Unblocking Trade -- Beyond the Ballot Box -- Taking Care of Business -- Enticing Investors -- Point of View: Out of the Trap -- Point of View: Spend Now or Save? -- Getting Real on Health Financing -- Departments --...