The Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics(ABCDE)-Europe 2003 presents selected papers from the fourth annual ABCDE-Europe meetings, held June 24-26, 2002, in Oslo, Norway. More than 350 eminent scholars and practitioners from 50 countries met to deliberate on the theme 'Towards...

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Toward Pro-Poor Policies: An Overview -- Part I. Aid -- Scaling Up: The Challenge of Monterrey -- New Perspectives on Aid Effectiveness -- In Search of the Holy Grail: How to Achieve Pro-Poor Growth? -- Aid and Growth Revisited: Policy, Economic...

Since 2000, an international reform process has been underway to reduce the negative impact of tax havens. This article analyses whether the reform period has favoured protected tax havens, i.e. havens with strong connections to the United Kingdom, the European Union, the United States and...