Global Economic Prospects and the Developing Countries 2000

Developing countries are now recovering from the worst ravages of the financial crisis of 1997-98. However, the recovery is both uneven and fragile, and many countries continue to struggle in the aftermath. In addition to a review of international economic developments, this report considers three a...

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spelling okr-10986-147762021-04-23T14:03:21Z Global Economic Prospects and the Developing Countries 2000 World Bank Financial crises Economic recovery Poverty incidence External shocks Restructuring Exchange rate depreciation Supply and demand Commodity prices Labor markets Labor mobility Wages Bank restructuring Corporate restructuring Oil exporting countries Poverty reduction Savings Uncertainty agriculture bank deposits banking systems bankruptcy bonds capital incomes Capital flows Central Bank commercial banks Consumer price index consumption expenditures CPI debt developing countries developing country developing regions developing world development assistance Development Economics development strategy domestic demand domestic savings economic circumstances economic crises Economic performance economic progress economic sectors employment exchange rate Exchange rates expenditures exports external environment External Shocks Financial Crises financial crisis financial institutions financial sector financial sectors financial systems forecasts Global conditions global economy Global Trade Gross domestic product growth prospects growth rate growth rates health services imports Income income income countries income distribution income groups income inequality Income poverty increase poverty inflation informal sector Institutional arrangements institutional environment interest rate interest rates International Labour labor markets liquidity local currency long term long-term growth Long-term trends M2 macroeconomic policies medium term mergers Metals middle income monetary policy money supply multilateral trade oil oil exporters oil prices OPEC Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries output growth per capita income policy measures policy reforms poor countries positive effects poverty poverty levels poverty rates Poverty Reduction price declines private consumption producers production costs productivity public expenditures Public sector Public spending Real GDP Real income real incomes real wages risk averse risk aversion rural areas safety nets savings smoothing consumption social costs social services Sustainable Growth Terms of trade trade negotiations transition economies Unemployment urban areas Urban poverty world economy Developing countries are now recovering from the worst ravages of the financial crisis of 1997-98. However, the recovery is both uneven and fragile, and many countries continue to struggle in the aftermath. In addition to a review of international economic developments, this report considers three areas where the crisis has had a major impact on growth and welfare in the developing world. First, the crisis has increased poverty in the East Asian crisis countries, Brazil, and the Russian Federation, and elsewhere. Chapter 2 reviews the evidence on the crisis' social impact on East Asia and other developing countries, and addresses the broader issue of the impact of external shocks on poverty in developing countries. Second, though the East Asian crisis countries are experiencing a strong cyclical recovery, severe structural problems remain. Chapter 3 outlines the depth of the problems faced by the corporate and financial sectors of these economies, analyzes the challenges facing the restructuring process, and discusses the appropriate role of government in supporting restructuring and reducing systemic risk. Third, exchange rate depreciations and declines in demand in East Asia exacerbated the fall in primary commodity prices that began in 1996. Chapter 4 examines how the most commodity-dependent economies in the world--the major oil exporting countries and the non-oil exporters of Sub-Saharan Africa--have adjusted to the commodity price cycle. 2013-08-02T20:41:13Z 2013-08-02T20:41:13Z 2000 0-8213-4550-8 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14776 en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank: Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research
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topic Financial crises
Economic recovery
Poverty incidence
External shocks
Restructuring
Exchange rate depreciation
Supply and demand
Commodity prices
Labor markets
Labor mobility
Wages
Bank restructuring
Corporate restructuring
Oil exporting countries
Poverty reduction
Savings
Uncertainty
agriculture
bank deposits
banking systems
bankruptcy
bonds
capital incomes
Capital flows
Central Bank
commercial banks
Consumer price index
consumption expenditures
CPI
debt
developing countries
developing country
developing regions
developing world
development assistance
Development Economics
development strategy
domestic demand
domestic savings
economic circumstances
economic crises
Economic performance
economic progress
economic sectors
employment
exchange rate
Exchange rates
expenditures
exports
external environment
External Shocks
Financial Crises
financial crisis
financial institutions
financial sector
financial sectors
financial systems
forecasts
Global conditions
global economy
Global Trade
Gross domestic product
growth prospects
growth rate
growth rates
health services
imports
Income
income
income countries
income distribution
income groups
income inequality
Income poverty
increase poverty
inflation
informal sector
Institutional arrangements
institutional environment
interest rate
interest rates
International Labour
labor markets
liquidity
local currency
long term
long-term growth
Long-term trends
M2
macroeconomic policies
medium term
mergers
Metals
middle income
monetary policy
money supply
multilateral trade
oil
oil exporters
oil prices
OPEC
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
output growth
per capita income
policy measures
policy reforms
poor countries
positive effects
poverty
poverty levels
poverty rates
Poverty Reduction
price declines
private consumption
producers
production costs
productivity
public expenditures
Public sector
Public spending
Real GDP
Real income
real incomes
real wages
risk averse
risk aversion
rural areas
safety nets
savings
smoothing consumption
social costs
social services
Sustainable Growth
Terms of trade
trade negotiations
transition economies
Unemployment
urban areas
Urban poverty
world economy
spellingShingle Financial crises
Economic recovery
Poverty incidence
External shocks
Restructuring
Exchange rate depreciation
Supply and demand
Commodity prices
Labor markets
Labor mobility
Wages
Bank restructuring
Corporate restructuring
Oil exporting countries
Poverty reduction
Savings
Uncertainty
agriculture
bank deposits
banking systems
bankruptcy
bonds
capital incomes
Capital flows
Central Bank
commercial banks
Consumer price index
consumption expenditures
CPI
debt
developing countries
developing country
developing regions
developing world
development assistance
Development Economics
development strategy
domestic demand
domestic savings
economic circumstances
economic crises
Economic performance
economic progress
economic sectors
employment
exchange rate
Exchange rates
expenditures
exports
external environment
External Shocks
Financial Crises
financial crisis
financial institutions
financial sector
financial sectors
financial systems
forecasts
Global conditions
global economy
Global Trade
Gross domestic product
growth prospects
growth rate
growth rates
health services
imports
Income
income
income countries
income distribution
income groups
income inequality
Income poverty
increase poverty
inflation
informal sector
Institutional arrangements
institutional environment
interest rate
interest rates
International Labour
labor markets
liquidity
local currency
long term
long-term growth
Long-term trends
M2
macroeconomic policies
medium term
mergers
Metals
middle income
monetary policy
money supply
multilateral trade
oil
oil exporters
oil prices
OPEC
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
output growth
per capita income
policy measures
policy reforms
poor countries
positive effects
poverty
poverty levels
poverty rates
Poverty Reduction
price declines
private consumption
producers
production costs
productivity
public expenditures
Public sector
Public spending
Real GDP
Real income
real incomes
real wages
risk averse
risk aversion
rural areas
safety nets
savings
smoothing consumption
social costs
social services
Sustainable Growth
Terms of trade
trade negotiations
transition economies
Unemployment
urban areas
Urban poverty
world economy
World Bank
Global Economic Prospects and the Developing Countries 2000
description Developing countries are now recovering from the worst ravages of the financial crisis of 1997-98. However, the recovery is both uneven and fragile, and many countries continue to struggle in the aftermath. In addition to a review of international economic developments, this report considers three areas where the crisis has had a major impact on growth and welfare in the developing world. First, the crisis has increased poverty in the East Asian crisis countries, Brazil, and the Russian Federation, and elsewhere. Chapter 2 reviews the evidence on the crisis' social impact on East Asia and other developing countries, and addresses the broader issue of the impact of external shocks on poverty in developing countries. Second, though the East Asian crisis countries are experiencing a strong cyclical recovery, severe structural problems remain. Chapter 3 outlines the depth of the problems faced by the corporate and financial sectors of these economies, analyzes the challenges facing the restructuring process, and discusses the appropriate role of government in supporting restructuring and reducing systemic risk. Third, exchange rate depreciations and declines in demand in East Asia exacerbated the fall in primary commodity prices that began in 1996. Chapter 4 examines how the most commodity-dependent economies in the world--the major oil exporting countries and the non-oil exporters of Sub-Saharan Africa--have adjusted to the commodity price cycle.
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title_short Global Economic Prospects and the Developing Countries 2000
title_full Global Economic Prospects and the Developing Countries 2000
title_fullStr Global Economic Prospects and the Developing Countries 2000
title_full_unstemmed Global Economic Prospects and the Developing Countries 2000
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