With less than five years left to achieve the MDGs, this year's report looks at the prospects and challenges for reaching the goals. It also examines the great diversity of performance across indicators, countries, and categories of countriesto determine the necessary policies to fill the...

This paper investigates the emerging global landscape for public-private co-investments in infrastructure. The creation of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and other so-called 'infrastructure investment platforms' are an attempt to tap into the pool of both public and private long-term...

Der Beitrag untersucht zuerst die Rahmenbedingungen im früheren sozialistischen Wirtschaftssystem und beschreibt die Maßnahmen die beim Übergang zu einer Marktwirtschaft unternommen werden müssen. Vor diesem Hintergrund werden wichtige Probleme und gemachte Erfahrungen während des...

In a report presented at the UN Conference on Financing for Development in March 2002, the World Bank claims that the effectiveness of its financial aid has improved substantially by targeting aid at poor developing countries pursuing sound economic policies. However, the World Bank's success...