Occasional Brief
Issues and Facts on Development is an occasional brief that looks at up-to-date topics in development and shows them in a new light. Every brief consists of a main feature titled “The Current
Issue” and a number of mini features called “Facts at a Glance.”
Issue 7, November/December 2008
Highlights:
- Remittances and the Business Cycle - Where do we Stand? by Heloisa Marone.
- Mapping Remittances in 2007 by Heloisa Marone.
- Four-Step Summary of the Current Financial Crisis by Heloisa Marone and Nina Thelen.
Issue 6, September/October 2008
Highlights:
- Is Driving More Affordable in the U.S. Than in China? by Yanchun Zhang.
- Exploring Innovative Strategies for Insuring Against Weather-Related Disasters—The Case of the CCRIF by Nina Thelen.
- Thinking of Opening a Business in the BRICS? by Heloisa Marone.
- Readings on the Distributional Impact of Increasing Oil Prices by Namsuk Kim.
Issue 5, July 2008
Highlights:
- The HDI at 20 by Romina Bandura.
- Mushrooming Composite Indices by Romina Bandura.
Issue 4, June 2008
Highlights:
- Public Support for Economic Globalization: Assessing Convergence and Divergence by Thierry Soret with Nergis Gulasan.
- Looking Behind the Projected Trend of Selected Death Causes by Nina Thelen.
Issue 3, May 2008
Highlights:
- Lucas, Tolstoy, and Development by Pedro Conceição.
- Microscoping China's CPI Inflation by Yanchun Zhang.
Issue 2, April 2008
Highlights:
- Migration, Remittances and Development by Ronald U. Mendoza.
- Post-Conflict Recovery Takes Time by Pedro Conceição and Ronald U. Mendoza.
- Mega-Sporting Events and Economic Development by Namsuk Kim.
Issue 1, March 2008
Highlights:
- Slipping up the Income Ladder by Heloisa Marone.
- In Search for Renewable Energy by Heloisa Marone and Nina Thelen.
- Rising Food Prices and the Inflation Scare by Heloisa Marone.
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