World Bank Publications
Global Financial Crisis 2010
Global Development Finance 2010 External Debt of Developing Countries Global Development Finance (GDF ) is available in print or electronically. The print edition: • Includes an overview section focusing on trends in financial flows as well as trends in external debt for developing countries in 2008. • Highlights support from the World Bank Group to developing countries and the developments in debt restructuring in 2008. • Includes summary tables of regional and income group aggregates, and country tables. The electronic editions contain the complete time-series database and are available as a single- or multi-user CD-ROM. Data can be downloaded for further analysis from the CD-ROM. It includes more than 200 historical time series from 1970 to 2008. The database covers external debt stocks and flows and their components, foreign direct investment, and equity flows along with key debt ratios, providing a detailed, country-by-country picture of the debt of developing countries. The mapping and charting functions included on the CD-ROM allow users to visualize the data and save images for use in other applications. These features plus data export options in standard formats like Excel make GDF the most comprehensive and detailed source of economic data on external debt and financial flows. The CD-ROM system requires Windows XP SP3 or higher, 1 GB of available hard disk space, 1 GB of RAM, and Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher. *PRINT EDITION | Feb 2010 | 327 pages | 978-0-8213-8229-5 | Paperback | $350.00 SINGLE USER CD-ROM | 978-0-8213-8231-8 | $400.00 MULTIPLE USER CD-ROM | 978-0-8213-8230-1 | $1,000.00 PRINT EDITION + SINGLE USER CD-ROM | 978-0-8213-8270-7 | $700.00 PRINT EDITION + MULTIPLE USER CD-ROM | 978-0-8213-8271-4 | $1,330.00
* In previous years this volume was published as Global Development Finance: Volume 2.
This new edition will be published as a single volume, and Volume 1 will no longer be published.
Post-Crisis Growth in Developing Countries A Special Report of the Commission on Growth and Development on the Implications of the 2008 Financial Crisis Commission on Growth and Development
Assesses the 2008 financial crisis longer term impact on developing countries. It explains how developing countries can make themselves more resilient in the face of such blows, and examines what international institutions and forums can do to help. Jan 2010 | $15.00 | Paperback | 978-0-8213-8165-6 | 96 pages
Globalization and Growth Implications for a Post-Crisis World Edited by Michael Spence & Danny Leipziger
Provides a comprehensive overview of the financial and economic crises of 2008-2009 and the economic and financial policy implications for growth in developing countries. Mar 2010 | $40.00 | Paperback | 978-0-8213-8220-2 | 342 pages
Global Economic Prospects 2010 Crisis, Finance, and Growth Presents the World Bank’s latest short-term forecasts. The report warns that while the worst of the financial crisis may be over, the global recovery is fragile. It predicts that the fallout from the crisis will change the landscape for finance and growth over the next 10 years. Despite the return to positive growth, it will take several years before economies recoup the losses already endured. Further, over the next 5 to 10 years, increased risk aversion, a more prudent regulatory stance, and the need to curb some of the riskier lending practices during the boom period that preceded the crisis can be expected to result in scarcer, more expensive capital for developing countries. Feb 2010 | $38.00 | Paperback | 978-0-8213-8226-4 | 200 pages
Global Monitoring Report 2010 Achieving the MDGs in the Aftermath of the Global Economic Crisis Essential reading for those who wish to follow the global development agenda and debate. It provides a comprehensive assessment of progress toward the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and related policies. It will discuss the new policy challenges that have emerged as a result of the crisis, with special emphases on Sub-Saharan Africa. Apr 2010 | $29.95 | Paperback | 978-0-8213-8316-2 | 250 pages
World Trade Indicators 2009/2010 Trade Under Crisis World Trade Indicators (WTI) highlights the main patterns in policy and performance for countries by region or income, and the 20 best and 20 worst country rankings for a number of indicators. It includes a CD-ROM which provides more than 300 performance indicators measuring at-the-border and behind-the-border country trade policy, institutions, and outcomes from 1995 to 2007. May 2010 | US$125 | Paperback | 978-0-8213-8040-6 | 100 pages
The Little Data Book on External Debt 2010 Provides a quick reference for users interested in external debt stocks and flows, major economic aggregates, key debt ratios, and the currency composition of long-term debt for all countries reporting through the Debtor Reporting system. A pocket edition of Global Development Finance 2010, it contains statistical tables for 135 countries as well as summary tables for regional and income groups. Apr 2010 | $15.00 | Paperback | 978-0-8213-8246-2 | 152 pages
Global Monitoring Report 2009
Getting Finance in South Asia 2010
Indicators and Analysis of the Commercial Banking Sector: Managing the Impact of the Global Financial Crisis and Economic Slowdown By Kiatchai Sophastienphong & Anoma Kulathunga
Utilizing standardized indicators from 2001 to 2008, this book analyzes the financial performance and soundness of commercial banks in eight South Asian countries. While the indicators cannot predict the onset of a financial crisis, their analysis has identified specific weaknesses in regional financial sectors that should be addressed by the supervisory authorities. This edition adds two new development dimensions – payment systems developments and savings mobilization – to the six dimensions covered in the previous edition, and also expands the country coverage to include Afghanistan, Bhutan and Maldives. The book also discusses the challenges facing South Asian banks and the impact of the global financial crisis on their operations. Apr 2010 | $45.00 | Paperback | 978-0-8213-8057-4 | 290 pages
World Investment and Political Risk 2009 Over one year into its deepest global financial crisis in the post-war era, the world economy is entering a phase of economic recovery and financial stabilization. This objective for this report is to examine overall trends in political risk perceptions, and how they relate to financial flows and whether the political risk insurance industry is well positioned to deal with the fallout from the crisis. Dec 2009 | $28.00 | Paperback | 978-0-8213-8115-1 | 100 pages
A Development Emergency
A Global View of Business Insolvency Systems
The global economic crisis, the most severe since the Great Depression, is rapidly turning into a human and development crisis. This text assesses the impact on developing countries, their growth, poverty reduction, and other Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). And it sets out priorities for policy response, both by developing countries themselves and by the international community.
The recent crises underscore the need for modern, sophisticated systems to govern the resolution of business distress, in order to maximize value in the distressed estate and to protect economic institutions. This work analyses how legal systems around the world respond to the general default of business debtors.
Apr 2009 | $29.95 | Paperback | 978-0-8213-7859-5 | 256 pages
Jan 2010 | $35.00 | Paperback | 978-0-8213-8261-5 | 318 pages
Comparing European and U.S. Securities Regulations MiFID versus Corresponding U.S. Regulations By Tanja Boskovic, Caroline Cerruti & Michel Noel
The paper compares the EU and US securities regulations, and specifically the Market in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) with the corresponding US regulations. It primarily focuses on the regulatory and supervisory framework, trading venues, and the provision of investment services. Jan 2010 | $30.00 | Paperback 978-0-8213-8253-0 | 240 pages
Migration and Remittances Factbook 2010 Attempts to present the numbers and facts behind the stories of international migration and remittances, drawing on authoritative, publicly available data. It provides a snapshot of statistics on immigration, emigration, skilled emigration, and remittance flows for 194 countries, and 13 regional and income groups. Apr 2010 | $39.95 | Paperback 978-0-8213-8218-9 | 256 pages
The Crisis Hits Home Stress Testing Households in Eastern Europe and Central Asia By Erwin R. Tiongson et al
The crisis threatens the welfare of about 160 million people in the Europe and Central Asia (ECA) region who are poor or are just above the poverty line. Using pre-crisis household data along with aggregate macroeconomic outturns to simulate the impact of the crisis on households, this report finds that adverse effects are widespread and that poor and non-poor households alike are vulnerable. Nov 2009 | $20.00 | Paperback 978-0-8213-8222-6 | 112 pages
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