The International Monetary Fund (IMF)

World Economic Outlook  (April 2004) 

World Economic Outlook  (September 2003) 

World Economic Outlook  (Dec 2001) The World Economic Outlook presents the IMF staff’s analysis and projections of economic developments at the global level, in major country groups (classified by region, stage of development, etc.), and in many individual countries. It focuses on major economic policy issues as well as on the analysis of economic developments and prospects.

Transparency International

Global Corruption Report  (2003) The 2003 edition of the Global Corruption Report focuses on the need for greater access to information in the struggle against corruption. It explores how civil society, the public and private sectors and the media use and control information to combat – or conceal – corruption.

The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) 

Economic Survey of Europe  (2003, Issue No. 1) 

Economic Survey of Europe  (2001, Issue No. 2) This survey provides regular, comprehensive analyses of economic developments and prospects in the entire ECE region. Following the radical changes in political regimes in the formerly centrally planned economies of the ECE region, the Survey has since 1990 placed particular emphasis on developments in the countries in transition of eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union and the western response in terms of aid, trade, and private investment.

United Nations 

Human Development Report 2003

E-Commerce and Development Report 2003

UNCTAD

World Investment Report 2003

The Least Developed Countries Report 2002  The least developed countries (LDCs) are a group of 49 countries that have been identified by the UN as "least developed" in terms of their low GDP per capita, their weak human assets and their high degree of economic vulnerability. This Report is the first international comparative analysis of poverty in the LDCs.

UNECE

Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Countries in Transition (2003) 

(The report can be found under the heading "Programmes" in the category "Statistics")

The World Bank (WB)

World Development Report 2004:  Making Services Work For Poor People  

Global Economic Prospects 2004 : Realizing the Development Promise of the Doha Agenda  

Global Development Finance 2004 : Harnessing Cyclical Gains for Developement  

Global Development Finance 2003 : Striving for Stability in Development Finance  

United Nations / World Bank Joint Iraq Needs Assessment  (October 2003) 

Globalization and Workers in Developing Countries (Jan 2003)  This paper reviews the academic literature on the subject, including several studies currently under way, and derives the implications for public policy. First, it deals with the effects of openness to trade, foreign direct investment, and financial crises on average wages. Second, it discusses the impact of exposure to world markets on the dispersion of wages by occupation, skill, and gender. Third, it describes the pattern of job destruction and job creation associated with globalization.

World Development Report 2003: Sustainable Development in a Dynamic Economy  (2002)  Growth in material well-being is a central element in advancing human welfare and reducing poverty. However, if policies to increase aggregate wealth waste natural resources, inflict unnecessary damage on critical environmental processes, undermine social cohesion, or fail to rapidly reduce poverty, they can generate serious problems. Sustaining growth over the long term therefore requires that such problems be addressed integrally in current growth strategies and investment programs.

Development, Trade, and the WTO: A Handbook (2002)  This handbook offers guidance on the design of trade policy reform, surveys key disciplines and the functioning of the World Trade Organization (WTO), and discusses numerous issues and options that confront developing countries in using international cooperation to improve domestic policy and obtain access to export markets. (The printed product also includes two CD-ROMs (with content not available via this PDF version): CD-ROM 1 with "A Dataset on Trade and Production, 1976-99" by Alessandro Nicita and Marcelo Olarreaga; and CD-ROM 2 with “Applied Trade Policy for Developing Countries: Outline, Content, and Readings for a Short Course” by Jaime de Melo and Marc Bacchetta.)

Global Economic Prospects 2002  This report begins with a review of global prospects and ways globalization links the fates of industrial and developing countries. The report then considers issues in four broad areas that are particularly important to developing countries: merchandise trade, services, transport, and intellectual property rights. A final chapter summarizes the forward-looking policy agenda, and assesses the potential impact of further global integration and more rapid growth for the standards of living in poor countries everywhere.

Global Development Finance 2002  Global Development Finance (GDF) was formerly published as World Debt Tables. The new name reflects the report's expanded scope and greater coverage of private financial flows. GDF Volume I consists of Analysis and Summary Tables which contain analysis and commentary on recent developments in international finance for developing countries. Summary statistical tables are included for selected regional and analytical groups comprising 148 countries. 

Transition - The First Ten Years: Analysis and Lessons for Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union  (Jan 2002) According to this report, published almost exactly ten years after the dissolution of the Soviet Union in December 1991, barriers to the creation of new firms are a critical obstacle to sustained growth in the transition countries of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. 

Globalization, Growth, and Poverty: Building an Inclusive World Economy  (2002) According to this report, globalization has helped reduce poverty in a large number of developing countries but it must be harnessed better to help the world’s poorest, most marginalized countries improve the lives of their citizens.

A Preliminary Strategy To Develop A Knowledge Economy in European Union Accession Countries (2002) This report discusses the implications for the EU Accession countries of the global revolution in knowledge, and of the development of knowledge economies in the most advanced industrial countries. It provides a very preliminary strategy for the countries to follow in developing knowledge economies, and a preliminary strategy for the World Bank to assist them in this process.

Documents and Reports  For more of the World Bank's documents and reports, visit their Documents and Reports search engine. 

OECD

Statistics Newsletter  Periodic newsletter of the OECD's Statistical Network.  Topics vary.  Of special interest:  the "Database of the Month" (May 2002) towards the end of the publication.

Transition At A Glance  (2001 Ed.) Since 1989, more than twenty-five countries in Central, Eastern, and Southern Europe have begun the transition to a market economy. Transition at a Glance shows how twelve of them have fared.

Recent Privatisation Trends  (2001)  A review of privatisation trends in OECD and non-OECD countries. The review is based on data from the OECD's privatisation database.

US AID

Investor's Roadmap Information Center  The Investors' Roadmap is a comprehensive in-depth diagnostic study of the individual steps required of an investor to become legally established and operational in a specific country. Country-by-country reports address the procedural and administrative barriers to investment and business operations in each country.

UNICEF

A Decade of Transition  (Monee Report No. 8) This report reviews the record of the transition countries in the 1990s on income inequality, poverty, health and education, and discusses policies to address emerging problems.  The report is based on detailed analysis of both administrative and household survey data.

William Davidson Institute (WDI)

Data Watch: Research Data from Transition Economies  (Dec 2001) The purpose of this paper by R. Filer and J. Hanousek is to provide an indication of possible sources for data that can be used for economic analysis, as well as some general cautions regarding data use.  Forthcoming in: The Journal of Economic Perspectives

The Association of European Chambers of Commerce and Industry (EUROCHAMBRES)

Eurochambres Economic Survey - "European Analysis" The Business Climate in Europe's Regions (2003)  

A Company Survey on the State of Preparations for the Single Market (Cape III) Corporate Readiness for Enlargement in Central Europe ( 2003 Edition)

The Development Gateway

The Development Gateway  

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Last Update : May 18 2004