survey of private bank lending towards developing countries is undertaken in order to identify the private banks most active … an international division of labour in bank lending: within the developing world, banks from OECD countries tend to focus … their credit on specific regions and countries. This mapping of private bank lending also allows us to pinpoint concrete …

In a report presented at the UN Conference on Financing for Development in March 2002, the World Bank claims that the … policies. This paper argues that the World Bank's success story rests on a weak empirical foundation. The evidence does not … support the view that poverty concerns and policy assessments dominated the distribution of World Bank financing in the 1990s …

much of Asia grows its way out of poverty, aid will increasingly be focused on Africa and on countries plagued by …

maize production in Asia, and derives R&D priorities for specific maize production environments and markets. Village … of marginal maize farmers in Asia. There is a growing trend towards commercializing and intensifying maize production …

Provides an overview of the approaches central banks in developing Asia have taken towards promoting economic stability … and employment. It looks at ways central banks are concerned with labour market outcomes, and what central bank policies …