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Title:
"Measuring Integrated Market and Credit Risks in Bank Portfolios: An Application to a Set of Hypothetical Banks Operation in South Africa"
Author/Editor:
Barnhill, Theodore M. ; Papapanagiotou, Panagiotis ; Schumacher, Liliana
lblSeries:
Working Paper No. 00/212
Subject:
Banking
;
Capital markets
;
South Africa
;
Credit risk
;
Economic models
Title:
A Hybrid Approach to Estimating the Efficiency of Public Spending on Education in Emerging and Developing Economies
Author/Editor:
Francesco Grigoli
lblSeries:
Working Paper No. 14/19
Subject:
Government expenditures
;
Education
;
Africa
;
Emerging markets
;
Developing countries
;
Cross country analysis
Title:
Adjusting to New Realities: MENA, The Uruguay Round, and the EU-Mediterranean Initiative
Author/Editor:
Alonso-Gamo, Patricia ; Fennell, Susan ; Sakr, Khaled
lblSeries:
Working Paper No. 97/5
Subject:
Trade
;
Middle East
;
Africa
;
Trade liberalization
;
Multilateral trade negotiations
;
European Economic and Monetary Union
;
World Trade Organization
Title:
Adjustment and Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa
Author/Editor:
Calamitsis, Evangelos A. ; Basu, Anupam ; Ghura, Dhaneshwar
lblSeries:
Working Paper No. 99/51
Subject:
Economic growth
;
Sub-Saharan Africa
;
Adjustment policy
Title:
Adjustment Costs, Irreversibility, and Investment Patterns in African Manufacturing
Author/Editor:
Bigsten, Arne
lblSeries:
Working Paper No. 99/99
Subject:
Investment
;
Africa
;
Manufacturing
;
Cameroon
;
Ghana
;
Kenya
;
Zambia
;
Zimbabwe
;
Economic models
Title:
Africa - Is This the Turning Point?
Author/Editor:
Hernández-Catá, Ernesto ; Fischer, Stanley ; Khan, Mohsin S.
lblSeries:
Papers on Policy Analysis and Assessment No. 98/6
Subject:
Economic growth
;
Africa
;
Structural adjustment
Title:
The Africa Growth and Opportunity Act and Its Rules of Origin: Generosity Undermined?
Author/Editor:
Mattoo, Aaditya ; Roy, Devesh ; Subramanian, Arvind
lblSeries:
Working Paper No. 02/158
Subject:
Trade restrictions
;
Africa
;
Access to foreign markets
Title:
Africa in the Doha Round: Dealing with Preference Erosion and Beyond
Author/Editor:
Yang, Yongzheng
lblSeries:
Policy Discussion Paper No. 05/8
Subject:
Multilateral trade negotiations
;
Africa
;
World Trade Organization
Title:
Africa Rising: Harnessing the Demographic Dividend
Author/Editor:
Paulo Drummond ; Vimal Thakoor ; Shu Yu
lblSeries:
Working Paper No. 14/143
Subject:
Demographic transition
;
Africa
;
Sub-Saharan Africa
;
Population growth
;
Human capital
;
Labor force participation
;
Econometric models
Title:
Africa's Got Work to Do : Employment Prospects in the New Century
Author/Editor:
Louise Fox ; Cleary Haines ; Jorge Huerta Munoz ; Alun H. Thomas
lblSeries:
Working Paper No. 13/201
Subject:
Employment
;
Sub-Saharan Africa
;
Labor markets
;
Agricultural sector
;
Private sector
;
Wages
;
Cross country analysis
Title:
Africa's Oil Abundance and External Competitiveness: Do Institutions Matter?
Author/Editor:
Qureshi, Mahvash Saeed
lblSeries:
Working Paper No. 08/172
Subject:
Sub-Saharan Africa
;
Oil producing countries
;
Oil exporting countries
;
Competition
;
Financial institutions
;
Terms of trade
;
Export diversification
;
Foreign investment
Title:
Africa's Trade Revisted
Author/Editor:
Natalia T. Tamirisa ; Arvind Subramanian
lblSeries:
Working Paper No. 01/33
Subject:
Africa
;
Globalization
;
Regional integration
Title:
Agricultural Growth in Sub-Saharan African Countries and China
Author/Editor:
Khan, Mahmood Hasan ; Khan, Mohsin S.
lblSeries:
Papers on Policy Analysis and Assessment No. 95/7
Subject:
Agricultural policy
;
Sub-Saharan Africa
;
China
;
Food production
;
Labor productivity
;
Land reform
Title:
Alternative Exchange Rate Strategies and Fiscal Performance in Sub-Saharan Africa
Author/Editor:
Nashashibi, Karim A. ; Bazzoni, Stefania
lblSeries:
Working Paper No. 93/68
Subject:
Exchange rates
;
Sub-Saharan Africa
;
Exchange rate policy
;
Fiscal policy
;
Tax revenues
Title:
An Analysis of External Debt and Capital Flight in the Severely Indebted Low Income Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa
Author/Editor:
Ajayi, Simeon Inidayo
lblSeries:
Working Paper No. 97/68
Subject:
External debt
;
Sub-Saharan Africa
;
Low income developing countries
;
Capital outflows
Title:
Apartheid, Growth and Income Distribution in South Africa: Past History and Future Prospects
Author/Editor:
Corker, Robert J. ; Bayoumi, Tamim A.
lblSeries:
Working Paper No. 91/116
Subject:
Income distribution
;
South Africa
;
Labor market policy
;
Economic models
Title:
The Arab World: Performance, Challenges, and Prospects
Author/Editor:
Al-Hamad, Abdlatif Y.
lblSeries:
Per Jacobssen
Subject:
Africa
;
Economic conditions
;
Economic growth
;
Economic reform
;
Middle East
Title:
Are African Current Account Deficits Different? Stylized Facts, Transitory Shocks, and Decomposition Analysis
Author/Editor:
Zanforlin, L. ; Chong, Alberto ; Calderón, César
lblSeries:
Working Paper No. 01/4
Subject:
Current account deficits
;
Africa
;
Economic models
;
China, People's Republic of
Title:
Are African Households Heterogeneous Agents? : Stylized Facts on Patterns of Consumption, Employment, Income and Earnings for Macroeconomic Modelers
Author/Editor:
Louise Fox
lblSeries:
Working Paper No. 15/102
Subject:
Econometric models
;
Djibouti
;
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
;
Congo, Republic of
;
Comoros
;
Central African Republic
;
Chad
;
Algeria
;
Angola
;
Burkina Faso
;
Burundi
;
Benin
;
Botswana
;
Business cycles
;
Cameroon
;
Employment
;
Ethiopia
;
Eritrea
;
Equatorial Guinea
;
Egypt
;
Rwanda
;
Seychelles
;
Senegal
;
Sierra Leone
;
Somalia
;
South Africa
;
South Sudan
;
Ghana
;
Gambia, The
;
Gabon
;
Guinea-Bissau
;
Guinea
;
Income distribution
;
Income inequality
;
Household consumption
;
Mali
;
Mauritania
;
Mauritius
;
Nigeria
;
Niger
;
Morocco
;
Mozambique
;
Namibia
;
Kenya
;
Lesotho
;
Liberia
;
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
;
Madagascar
;
Malawi
;
Sub-Saharan Africa
;
Sudan
;
Swaziland
;
Tanzania
;
Togo
;
Uganda
;
Tunisia
;
Zimbabwe
;
Zambia
Title:
Are Banks Really Lazy? Evidence from Middle East and North Africa
Author/Editor:
Simon Gray ; Philippe D Karam ; Rima Turk Ariss
lblSeries:
Working Paper No. 14/86
Subject:
Central banks
;
Middle East
;
North Africa
;
Financial intermediation
;
Commercial banks
;
Foreign exchange reserves
;
Bank credit
;
Credit demand
Title:
Bank Behavior in Developing Countries: Evidence from East Africa
Author/Editor:
Cihák, Martin ; Podpiera, Richard
lblSeries:
Working Paper No. 05/129
Subject:
Africa
;
Banking systems
;
Developing Countries
;
Economic reforms
;
Financial sector
Title:
Bank Efficiency in Sub-Saharan African Middle Income Countries
Author/Editor:
Chen, Chuling
lblSeries:
Working Paper No. 09/14
Subject:
Banks
;
Africa
;
Developing countries
;
Economic conditions
;
Political economy
;
Banking sector
;
Profits
;
Cross country analysis
Title:
Banking in Sub-Saharan Africa: the Macroeconomic Context
Author/Editor:
Montfort Mlachila ; Masafumi Yabara
lblSeries:
African Departmental Paper No. 13/3
Subject:
Economic growth
;
Banking systems
;
Bank supervision
;
Sub-Saharan Africa
Title:
Banking in Sub-Saharan Africa: What Went Wrong?
Author/Editor:
Daumont, Roland ; Le Gall, Françoise ; Leroux, François
lblSeries:
Working Paper No. 04/55
Subject:
Banking systems
;
Africa
;
Financial crisis
;
Intervention
;
Bank regulations
Title:
Basel Capital Requirements and Credit Crunch in the MENA Region
Author/Editor:
Sami Ben Naceur ; Magda E. Kandil
lblSeries:
Working Paper No. 13/160
Subject:
Banking sector
;
Egypt
;
Jordan
;
Lebanon
;
Morocco
;
Tunisia
;
International banks
;
Capital
;
Middle East
;
North Africa
;
Cross country analysis
Title:
A Bayesian-Estimated Model of InflationTargeting in South Africa
Author/Editor:
Harjes, Thomas ; Ricci, Luca Antonio
lblSeries:
Working Paper No. 08/48
Subject:
Inflation targeting
;
South Africa
;
Inflation
;
Energy prices
;
Exchange rate instability
;
Demand
Title:
Benchmarking Banking Sector Efficiency Across Regional Blocks in Sub-Saharan Africa : What Room for Policy?
Author/Editor:
Francois Boutin-Dufresne ; Santiago Peña ; Oral Williams ; Tomasz A. Zawisza
lblSeries:
Working Paper No. 13/51
Subject:
Banking sector
;
Sub-Saharan Africa
;
Interest rates
;
Cross country analysis
Title:
Beyond the Curse : Policies to Harness the Power of Natural Resources
Author/Editor:
Mr. Amadou N Sy ; Mr. Rabah Arezki ; Thorvaldur Gylfason
Subject:
Commodity markets
;
Exchange rates
;
Financial stability
;
Natural resources
;
Fiscal policy
;
Governance
;
Sub-Saharan Africa
Title:
Bond Markets in Africa
Author/Editor:
Yibin Mu ; Peter Phelps ; Janet Gale Stotsky
lblSeries:
Working Paper No. 13/12
Subject:
Bond markets
;
Africa
;
Corporate sector
;
Cross country analysis
;
Economic models
Title:
Boom, Bust, or Prosperity? Managing Sub-Saharan Africa’s Natural Resource Wealth
Author/Editor:
Charlotte J. Lundgren ; Alun H. Thomas ; Robert C. York
lblSeries:
Departmental Paper No. 13/2
Subject:
Natural resources
;
Sub-Saharan Africa
;
Fiscal policy
;
Public investment
;
Tax revenues
;
Tax administration
;
Transparency
;
Fiscal sustainability
Title:
Building on Progress: Reform and Growth in the Middle East and North Africa
Author/Editor:
International Monetary Fund. Middle Eastern Dept.
Subject:
Economic reform
;
Middle East
;
Africa
;
Economic growth
Title:
Building Resilience in Sub-Saharan Africa's Fragile States
Author/Editor:
Enrique Gelbard ; Corinne Deléchat ; Ejona Fuli ; Mumtaz Hussain ; Ulrich Jacoby ; Dafina Glaser ; Marco Pani ; Gustavo Ramirez ; Rui Xu
lblSeries:
African Departmental Paper No. 15/5
Subject:
Ethiopia
;
Economic growth
;
Cross country analysis
;
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
;
Central African Republic
;
Mozambique
;
Mali
;
Fiscal reforms
;
Fiscal policy
;
Stabilization measures
;
Sierra Leone
;
Political economy
;
Rwanda
;
Sub-Saharan Africa
Title:
Building Supervisory Structures in Sub-Saharan Africa--An Analytical Framework
Author/Editor:
Quintyn, Marc ; Taylor, Michael
lblSeries:
Working Paper No. 07/18
Subject:
Bank supervision
;
Sub-Saharan Africa
;
Financial sector
;
Absorptive capacity
Title:
The Burden of Sub-Saharan African Own Commitments in the Uruguay Round - Myth or Reality?
Author/Editor:
Sorsa, Piritta
lblSeries:
Working Paper No. 95/48
Subject:
Multilateral trade negotiations
;
Sub-Saharan Africa
;
Trade liberalization
Title:
Cameroon : Selected Issues
lblSeries:
Country Report No. 15/332
Subject:
Sub-Saharan Africa
;
Public enterprises
;
Corporate governance
;
Oil prices
;
Gasoline prices
;
Oil subsidies
;
Price structures
;
Selected Issues Papers
;
Cameroon
Title:
Can Regional Cross-listings Accelerate Stock Market Development? Empirical Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa
Author/Editor:
Adelegan, O. Janet
lblSeries:
Working Paper No. 08/281
Subject:
Stock markets
;
Sub-Saharan Africa
;
Money markets
;
Capital markets
;
Economic integration
;
Economic models
Title:
Can Regional Integration Accelerate Development in Africa? CGE Model Simulations of the Impact of the SADC FTA on the Republic of Madagascar
Author/Editor:
Hallaert, Jean-Jacques
lblSeries:
Working Paper No. 07/66
Subject:
International trade agreements
;
Madagascar
;
Trade policy
;
Southern African Development Community
;
Africa
;
Trade liberalization
;
Economic models
Title:
Capacity Building, Governance, and Economic Reform in Africa
Author/Editor:
Dessart, Michel ; Ubogu, Roland E.
Subject:
Governance
;
Africa
;
Economic reform
Title:
Cape Verde, Namibia, and Kingdom of Swaziland : Selected Issues Paper on the Challenges of Small Middle-Income Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa
lblSeries:
Country Report No. 13/292
Subject:
Fiscal policy
;
Sub-Saharan Africa
;
Reserves adequacy
;
Economic growth
;
Employment
;
Financial systems
;
Financial stability
;
Cross country analysis
;
Selected issues
;
Cape Verde
;
Namibia
;
Swaziland
Title:
The CFA Arrangements--More than Just an Aid Substitute?
Author/Editor:
Yehoue, Etienne B.
lblSeries:
Working Paper No. 07/19
Subject:
Monetary unions
;
Africa
;
Risk management
;
Development assistance
;
Fiscal policy
;
Price stabilization
;
International cooperation
Title:
Challenges of Growth and Globalization in the Middle East and North Africa
Author/Editor:
Abed, George T. ; Davoodi, Hamid Reza
Subject:
Africa
;
Economic growth
;
Globalization
;
Middle East
Title:
The Choice Between External and Domestic Debt in Financing Budget Deficits: The Case of Central and West African Countries
Author/Editor:
Beaugrand, Philippe ; Loko, Boileau ; Mlachila, Montfort
lblSeries:
Working Paper No. 02/79
Subject:
External debt
;
Africa
;
Domestic debt
;
Budget deficits
Title:
Choosing Exchange Regimes in the Middle East and North Africa
Author/Editor:
Jbili, A. ; Kramarenko, V.
Subject:
Africa
;
Currency pegs
;
Exchange rate policy
;
Exchange rate regimes
;
Floating exchange rates
;
Middle East
Title:
COMESA and SADC: Prospects and Challenges for Regional Trade Integration
Author/Editor:
Khandelwal, Padamja
lblSeries:
Working Paper No. 04/227
Subject:
Trade Relations
;
Africa
;
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
;
Southern African Development Community
;
Trade liberalization
;
Economic cooperation
;
Trade integration
Title:
Commodity Prices and Inflation in the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia
Author/Editor:
Crowley, Joseph
lblSeries:
Working Paper No. 10/135
Subject:
Commodity prices ; Cross country analysis ; Dollarization ; Economic models ; Exchange rate policy ; Exchange rates ; Inflation ; Middle East and Central Asia ; Monetary policy ; Money supply ; North Africa ; Oil prices ; Time series
Title:
A Comparative Analysis of Government Social Spending Indicators and Their Correlation with Social Outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa
Author/Editor:
Lopes, Paulo Silva
lblSeries:
Working Paper No. 02/176
Subject:
Social indicators
;
Sub-Saharan Africa
;
Government expenditures
;
Development assistance
;
Poverty
Title:
A Comparison Between Two Public Expenditure Management Systems in Africa
Author/Editor:
Lienert, Ian
lblSeries:
Working Paper No. 03/2
Subject:
Government expenditures
;
Africa
;
Budgeting
Title:
The Composition of Capital Flows: Is South Africa Different?
Author/Editor:
Arezki, Rabah ; Ahmed, Faisal ; Funke, Norbert
lblSeries:
Working Paper No. 05/40
Subject:
Capital flows
;
South Africa
;
Exchange rates
;
Foreign investment
Title:
Contrasting Monetary Regimes in Africa
Author/Editor:
Honohan, Patrick ; O'Connell, Stephen A.
lblSeries:
Working Paper No. 97/64
Subject:
Monetary policy
;
Africa
;
Central Banks
Title:
Cotton Sector Strategies in West and Central Africa
Author/Editor:
Badiane, Ousmane ; Ghura, Dhaneshwar ; Goreux, Louis M. ; Masson, Paul R.
lblSeries:
Working Paper No. 02/173
Subject:
Cotton
;
Africa
;
Subsidies
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