This book explores country case studies and works that detail the exact transmission mechanisms through which financial development can enhance pro-poor development in order to derive best practices in this field. This is an important companion for professionals and policymakers, and also a...

A positive chapter has begun in finance for poor countries. Yet progress remains tentative. This book looks at how to make international finance better serve the needs of poor countries and poor people. It contains contributions by economists and political scientists who have been at the centre...

This book provides analytical insights into if and how the targets adopted by the international community are likely to be achieved. A key feature of the analysis is the recognition that most of the MDG targets are endogenously related. These inter-dependencies are crucial not only in analysing...

chapter 1 Introduction -- chapter 2 Initial conditions: Yugoslavia and Albania -- chapter 3 The early reformers: Croatia, Macedonia and Albania -- chapter 4 The late reformers: BiH, Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo -- chapter 5 Privatization and foreign direct investment -- chapter 6...

chapter 1 Introduction -- part PART I Socio-demographic issues -- chapter 2 Population and household characteristics -- part Part II: Monetary issues -- chapter 3 Distribution of household income and expenditure -- chapter 4 Household assets and liabilities -- part PART III Health and nutrition...

chapter 1 Establishing the linkage: The trade�environment interface -- chapter 2 The United Nations approach to trade, the environment and sustainable development -- chapter 3 GATT/WTO approaches to trade, the environment and sustainable development -- chapter 4 The trade�environment linkage...