Unconventional Monetary Policy Normalization in High-Income Countries : Implications for Emerging Market Capital Flows and Crisis Risks

As the recovery in high-income countries firms amid a gradual withdrawal of extraordinary monetary stimulus, developing countries can expect stronger demand for their exports as global trade regains momentum, but also rising interest rates and pote...

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Main Authors: Burns, Andrew, Kida, Mizuho, Lim, Jamus Jerome, Mohapatra, Sanket, Stocker, Marc
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
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Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/04/19333380/unconventional-monetary-policy-normalization-high-income-countries-implications-emerging-market-capital-flows-crisis-risks
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topic ACCOUNTING
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY
ASSET PRICE
ASSET PRICES
BALANCE OF PAYMENT
BALANCE OF PAYMENTS
BALANCE SHEET
BANK BALANCE SHEETS
BANK LENDING
BANK LOANS
BANKING CRISES
BANKING CRISIS
BANKING SECTOR
BASIS POINTS
BOND FLOWS
BOND ISSUANCE
BOND SPREADS
BOND YIELDS
BONDS
BUSINESS CYCLES
CAPITAL ACCOUNT
CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
CAPITAL FLOW
CAPITAL FLOWS
CAPITAL INFLOW
CAPITAL INFLOWS
CAPITAL OUTFLOW
CAPITAL OUTFLOWS
CENTRAL BANK
CENTRAL BANKS
COMMODITY PRICES
CREDIT EXPANSION
CREDIT EXPANSIONS
CREDIT GROWTH
CREDIT QUALITY
CREDIT RATINGS
CREDIT RISK
CREDIT RISKS
CREDITORS
CRISIS COUNTRIES
CURRENCY CRISES
CURRENCY CRISIS
CURRENCY DEPRECIATION
CURRENCY DEPRECIATIONS
CURRENCY MISMATCH
CURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICITS
DEBT CRISES
DEBT CRISIS
DEBT RATIO
DEBT RATIOS
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRY
DOMESTIC BOND
DOMESTIC CREDIT
DOMESTIC CURRENCIES
DOMESTIC FINANCIAL MARKETS
DUMMY VARIABLE
DUMMY VARIABLES
EMERGING ECONOMIES
EMERGING MARKET
EMERGING MARKET BOND
EMERGING MARKET ECONOMIES
EMERGING MARKETS
EQUITY FLOWS
EQUITY ISSUANCE
EQUITY ISSUANCES
EQUITY MARKETS
EXCHANGE RATE
EXCHANGE RATE MOVEMENTS
EXCHANGE RATES
EXTERNAL DEBT
FEDERAL RESERVE
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK
FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
FINANCIAL ASSETS
FINANCIAL CONTAGION
FINANCIAL CRISES
FINANCIAL CRISIS
FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENTS
FINANCIAL EXPOSURE
FINANCIAL FLOWS
FINANCIAL MARKET
FINANCIAL MARKETS
FINANCIAL RISK
FINANCIAL SHOCKS
FINANCIAL STABILITY
FINANCIAL STRESS
FINANCIAL SYSTEM
FISCAL POLICIES
FIXED INCOME
FIXED INCOME PORTFOLIOS
FLEXIBLE EXCHANGE RATE
FLOATING EXCHANGE RATES
FOREIGN CAPITAL
FOREIGN CURRENCIES
FOREIGN CURRENCY
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
FOREIGN EXCHANGE MARKETS
FOREIGN EXCHANGE RESERVES
FOREIGN INVESTORS
GLOBAL BOND
GLOBAL CAPITAL
GLOBAL ECONOMY
GLOBAL FINANCIAL STABILITY
GLOBAL MARKET
GLOBAL TRADE
GLOBALIZATION
GOVERNMENT BOND
GOVERNMENT BOND YIELDS
GOVERNMENT BONDS
GOVERNMENT FINANCING
INDEBTEDNESS
INFLATION
INFLATIONARY PRESSURES
INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR
INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS
INTEREST RATE
INTEREST RATE CHANGES
INTEREST RATE DIFFERENTIAL
INTEREST RATE DIFFERENTIALS
INTEREST RATES
INTERNATIONAL BANK
INTERNATIONAL BANK LENDING
INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
INTERNATIONAL FINANCE
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENTS
INVESTMENT CLIMATE
INVESTMENT RATES
INVESTOR CONFIDENCE
ISSUANCES
LABOR MARKETS
LENDING PORTFOLIO
LEVEL OF DEBT
LIQUIDITY
LIQUIDITY RISKS
LOAN
LOAN QUALITY
LONG-TERM DEBT
LONG-TERM INTEREST
LONG-TERM INTEREST RATE
LONG-TERM INTEREST RATES
MACROECONOMIC POLICIES
MACROECONOMIC POLICY
MACROECONOMIC STABILIZATION
MARKET ACCESS
MARKET CONDITIONS
MARKET CONFIDENCE
MARKET MECHANISMS
MARKET RISKS
MONETARY AUTHORITIES
MONETARY FUND
MONETARY POLICIES
MONETARY POLICY
MONEY SUPPLY
MORTGAGE
MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES
MUTUAL FUND
MUTUAL FUNDS
NONPERFORMING LOANS
OPEN ECONOMIES
OUTSTANDING CREDIT
PENSION
POLICY RESPONSE
POLITICAL ECONOMY
PORTFOLIO
PORTFOLIO FLOWS
PORTFOLIO INFLOWS
PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT
PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS
POST-CRISIS PERIOD
POST-CRISIS PERIODS
PRIVATE CAPITAL
PRIVATE CAPITAL INFLOW
PRIVATE CAPITAL INFLOWS
PRIVATE CREDIT
PUSH FACTORS
RATE OF RETURN
REAL EXCHANGE RATE
REAL INTEREST
REAL INTEREST RATE
REPAYMENT
RESERVES
RETURN
RISK ASSESSMENTS
RISK AVERSION
RISK FACTORS
SECONDARY MARKETS
SHORT TERM DEBT
SHORT-TERM DEBT
SHORT-TERM EXTERNAL DEBT
SHORT-TERM INTEREST RATE
SHORT-TERM INTEREST RATES
SOLVENCY
SOVEREIGN DEBT
STOCK MARKET
STOCK MARKET VOLATILITY
SWAP
SWAPS
TOTAL DEBT
TRADING
TRANSACTION
TREASURY
TREASURY BILLS
WITHDRAWAL
WORLD MARKET INTEGRATION
YIELD CURVE
spellingShingle ACCOUNTING
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY
ASSET PRICE
ASSET PRICES
BALANCE OF PAYMENT
BALANCE OF PAYMENTS
BALANCE SHEET
BANK BALANCE SHEETS
BANK LENDING
BANK LOANS
BANKING CRISES
BANKING CRISIS
BANKING SECTOR
BASIS POINTS
BOND FLOWS
BOND ISSUANCE
BOND SPREADS
BOND YIELDS
BONDS
BUSINESS CYCLES
CAPITAL ACCOUNT
CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
CAPITAL FLOW
CAPITAL FLOWS
CAPITAL INFLOW
CAPITAL INFLOWS
CAPITAL OUTFLOW
CAPITAL OUTFLOWS
CENTRAL BANK
CENTRAL BANKS
COMMODITY PRICES
CREDIT EXPANSION
CREDIT EXPANSIONS
CREDIT GROWTH
CREDIT QUALITY
CREDIT RATINGS
CREDIT RISK
CREDIT RISKS
CREDITORS
CRISIS COUNTRIES
CURRENCY CRISES
CURRENCY CRISIS
CURRENCY DEPRECIATION
CURRENCY DEPRECIATIONS
CURRENCY MISMATCH
CURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICITS
DEBT CRISES
DEBT CRISIS
DEBT RATIO
DEBT RATIOS
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRY
DOMESTIC BOND
DOMESTIC CREDIT
DOMESTIC CURRENCIES
DOMESTIC FINANCIAL MARKETS
DUMMY VARIABLE
DUMMY VARIABLES
EMERGING ECONOMIES
EMERGING MARKET
EMERGING MARKET BOND
EMERGING MARKET ECONOMIES
EMERGING MARKETS
EQUITY FLOWS
EQUITY ISSUANCE
EQUITY ISSUANCES
EQUITY MARKETS
EXCHANGE RATE
EXCHANGE RATE MOVEMENTS
EXCHANGE RATES
EXTERNAL DEBT
FEDERAL RESERVE
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK
FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
FINANCIAL ASSETS
FINANCIAL CONTAGION
FINANCIAL CRISES
FINANCIAL CRISIS
FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENTS
FINANCIAL EXPOSURE
FINANCIAL FLOWS
FINANCIAL MARKET
FINANCIAL MARKETS
FINANCIAL RISK
FINANCIAL SHOCKS
FINANCIAL STABILITY
FINANCIAL STRESS
FINANCIAL SYSTEM
FISCAL POLICIES
FIXED INCOME
FIXED INCOME PORTFOLIOS
FLEXIBLE EXCHANGE RATE
FLOATING EXCHANGE RATES
FOREIGN CAPITAL
FOREIGN CURRENCIES
FOREIGN CURRENCY
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
FOREIGN EXCHANGE MARKETS
FOREIGN EXCHANGE RESERVES
FOREIGN INVESTORS
GLOBAL BOND
GLOBAL CAPITAL
GLOBAL ECONOMY
GLOBAL FINANCIAL STABILITY
GLOBAL MARKET
GLOBAL TRADE
GLOBALIZATION
GOVERNMENT BOND
GOVERNMENT BOND YIELDS
GOVERNMENT BONDS
GOVERNMENT FINANCING
INDEBTEDNESS
INFLATION
INFLATIONARY PRESSURES
INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR
INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS
INTEREST RATE
INTEREST RATE CHANGES
INTEREST RATE DIFFERENTIAL
INTEREST RATE DIFFERENTIALS
INTEREST RATES
INTERNATIONAL BANK
INTERNATIONAL BANK LENDING
INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
INTERNATIONAL FINANCE
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENTS
INVESTMENT CLIMATE
INVESTMENT RATES
INVESTOR CONFIDENCE
ISSUANCES
LABOR MARKETS
LENDING PORTFOLIO
LEVEL OF DEBT
LIQUIDITY
LIQUIDITY RISKS
LOAN
LOAN QUALITY
LONG-TERM DEBT
LONG-TERM INTEREST
LONG-TERM INTEREST RATE
LONG-TERM INTEREST RATES
MACROECONOMIC POLICIES
MACROECONOMIC POLICY
MACROECONOMIC STABILIZATION
MARKET ACCESS
MARKET CONDITIONS
MARKET CONFIDENCE
MARKET MECHANISMS
MARKET RISKS
MONETARY AUTHORITIES
MONETARY FUND
MONETARY POLICIES
MONETARY POLICY
MONEY SUPPLY
MORTGAGE
MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES
MUTUAL FUND
MUTUAL FUNDS
NONPERFORMING LOANS
OPEN ECONOMIES
OUTSTANDING CREDIT
PENSION
POLICY RESPONSE
POLITICAL ECONOMY
PORTFOLIO
PORTFOLIO FLOWS
PORTFOLIO INFLOWS
PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT
PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS
POST-CRISIS PERIOD
POST-CRISIS PERIODS
PRIVATE CAPITAL
PRIVATE CAPITAL INFLOW
PRIVATE CAPITAL INFLOWS
PRIVATE CREDIT
PUSH FACTORS
RATE OF RETURN
REAL EXCHANGE RATE
REAL INTEREST
REAL INTEREST RATE
REPAYMENT
RESERVES
RETURN
RISK ASSESSMENTS
RISK AVERSION
RISK FACTORS
SECONDARY MARKETS
SHORT TERM DEBT
SHORT-TERM DEBT
SHORT-TERM EXTERNAL DEBT
SHORT-TERM INTEREST RATE
SHORT-TERM INTEREST RATES
SOLVENCY
SOVEREIGN DEBT
STOCK MARKET
STOCK MARKET VOLATILITY
SWAP
SWAPS
TOTAL DEBT
TRADING
TRANSACTION
TREASURY
TREASURY BILLS
WITHDRAWAL
WORLD MARKET INTEGRATION
YIELD CURVE
Burns, Andrew
Kida, Mizuho
Lim, Jamus Jerome
Mohapatra, Sanket
Stocker, Marc
Unconventional Monetary Policy Normalization in High-Income Countries : Implications for Emerging Market Capital Flows and Crisis Risks
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6830
description As the recovery in high-income countries firms amid a gradual withdrawal of extraordinary monetary stimulus, developing countries can expect stronger demand for their exports as global trade regains momentum, but also rising interest rates and potentially weaker capital inflows. This paper assesses the implications of a normalization of policy and activity in high-income countries for financial flows and crisis risks in developing countries. In the most likely scenario, a relatively orderly process of normalization would imply a slowdown in capital inflows amounting to 0.6 percent of developing-country GDP between 2013 and 2016, driven in particular by weaker portfolio investments. However, the risk of more abrupt adjustments remains significant, especially if increased market volatility accompanies the unwinding of unprecedented central bank interventions. According to simulations, abrupt changes in market expectations, resulting in global bond yields increasing by 100 to 200 basis points within a couple of quarters, could lead to a sharp reduction in capital inflows to developing countries by between 50 and 80 percent for several months. Evidence from past banking crises suggests that countries having seen a substantial expansion of domestic credit over the past five years, deteriorating current account balances, high levels of foreign and short-term debt, and over-valued exchange rates could be more at risk in current circumstances. Countries with adequate policy buffers and investor confidence may be able to rely on market mechanisms and countercyclical macroeconomic and prudential policies to deal with a retrenchment of foreign capital. In other cases, where the scope for maneuver is more limited, countries may be forced to tighten fiscal and monetary policy to reduce financing needs and attract additional inflows.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Burns, Andrew
Kida, Mizuho
Lim, Jamus Jerome
Mohapatra, Sanket
Stocker, Marc
author_facet Burns, Andrew
Kida, Mizuho
Lim, Jamus Jerome
Mohapatra, Sanket
Stocker, Marc
author_sort Burns, Andrew
title Unconventional Monetary Policy Normalization in High-Income Countries : Implications for Emerging Market Capital Flows and Crisis Risks
title_short Unconventional Monetary Policy Normalization in High-Income Countries : Implications for Emerging Market Capital Flows and Crisis Risks
title_full Unconventional Monetary Policy Normalization in High-Income Countries : Implications for Emerging Market Capital Flows and Crisis Risks
title_fullStr Unconventional Monetary Policy Normalization in High-Income Countries : Implications for Emerging Market Capital Flows and Crisis Risks
title_full_unstemmed Unconventional Monetary Policy Normalization in High-Income Countries : Implications for Emerging Market Capital Flows and Crisis Risks
title_sort unconventional monetary policy normalization in high-income countries : implications for emerging market capital flows and crisis risks
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2014
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/04/19333380/unconventional-monetary-policy-normalization-high-income-countries-implications-emerging-market-capital-flows-crisis-risks
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17711
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spelling okr-10986-177112021-04-23T14:03:40Z Unconventional Monetary Policy Normalization in High-Income Countries : Implications for Emerging Market Capital Flows and Crisis Risks Burns, Andrew Kida, Mizuho Lim, Jamus Jerome Mohapatra, Sanket Stocker, Marc ACCOUNTING AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY ASSET PRICE ASSET PRICES BALANCE OF PAYMENT BALANCE OF PAYMENTS BALANCE SHEET BANK BALANCE SHEETS BANK LENDING BANK LOANS BANKING CRISES BANKING CRISIS BANKING SECTOR BASIS POINTS BOND FLOWS BOND ISSUANCE BOND SPREADS BOND YIELDS BONDS BUSINESS CYCLES CAPITAL ACCOUNT CAPITAL ACCOUNTS CAPITAL FLOW CAPITAL FLOWS CAPITAL INFLOW CAPITAL INFLOWS CAPITAL OUTFLOW CAPITAL OUTFLOWS CENTRAL BANK CENTRAL BANKS COMMODITY PRICES CREDIT EXPANSION CREDIT EXPANSIONS CREDIT GROWTH CREDIT QUALITY CREDIT RATINGS CREDIT RISK CREDIT RISKS CREDITORS CRISIS COUNTRIES CURRENCY CRISES CURRENCY CRISIS CURRENCY DEPRECIATION CURRENCY DEPRECIATIONS CURRENCY MISMATCH CURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICITS DEBT CRISES DEBT CRISIS DEBT RATIO DEBT RATIOS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY DOMESTIC BOND DOMESTIC CREDIT DOMESTIC CURRENCIES DOMESTIC FINANCIAL MARKETS DUMMY VARIABLE DUMMY VARIABLES EMERGING ECONOMIES EMERGING MARKET EMERGING MARKET BOND EMERGING MARKET ECONOMIES EMERGING MARKETS EQUITY FLOWS EQUITY ISSUANCE EQUITY ISSUANCES EQUITY MARKETS EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATE MOVEMENTS EXCHANGE RATES EXTERNAL DEBT FEDERAL RESERVE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM FINANCIAL ASSETS FINANCIAL CONTAGION FINANCIAL CRISES FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENTS FINANCIAL EXPOSURE FINANCIAL FLOWS FINANCIAL MARKET FINANCIAL MARKETS FINANCIAL RISK FINANCIAL SHOCKS FINANCIAL STABILITY FINANCIAL STRESS FINANCIAL SYSTEM FISCAL POLICIES FIXED INCOME FIXED INCOME PORTFOLIOS FLEXIBLE EXCHANGE RATE FLOATING EXCHANGE RATES FOREIGN CAPITAL FOREIGN CURRENCIES FOREIGN CURRENCY FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS FOREIGN EXCHANGE FOREIGN EXCHANGE MARKETS FOREIGN EXCHANGE RESERVES FOREIGN INVESTORS GLOBAL BOND GLOBAL CAPITAL GLOBAL ECONOMY GLOBAL FINANCIAL STABILITY GLOBAL MARKET GLOBAL TRADE GLOBALIZATION GOVERNMENT BOND GOVERNMENT BOND YIELDS GOVERNMENT BONDS GOVERNMENT FINANCING INDEBTEDNESS INFLATION INFLATIONARY PRESSURES INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS INTEREST RATE INTEREST RATE CHANGES INTEREST RATE DIFFERENTIAL INTEREST RATE DIFFERENTIALS INTEREST RATES INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL BANK LENDING INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS INTERNATIONAL FINANCE INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENTS INVESTMENT CLIMATE INVESTMENT RATES INVESTOR CONFIDENCE ISSUANCES LABOR MARKETS LENDING PORTFOLIO LEVEL OF DEBT LIQUIDITY LIQUIDITY RISKS LOAN LOAN QUALITY LONG-TERM DEBT LONG-TERM INTEREST LONG-TERM INTEREST RATE LONG-TERM INTEREST RATES MACROECONOMIC POLICIES MACROECONOMIC POLICY MACROECONOMIC STABILIZATION MARKET ACCESS MARKET CONDITIONS MARKET CONFIDENCE MARKET MECHANISMS MARKET RISKS MONETARY AUTHORITIES MONETARY FUND MONETARY POLICIES MONETARY POLICY MONEY SUPPLY MORTGAGE MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES MUTUAL FUND MUTUAL FUNDS NONPERFORMING LOANS OPEN ECONOMIES OUTSTANDING CREDIT PENSION POLICY RESPONSE POLITICAL ECONOMY PORTFOLIO PORTFOLIO FLOWS PORTFOLIO INFLOWS PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS POST-CRISIS PERIOD POST-CRISIS PERIODS PRIVATE CAPITAL PRIVATE CAPITAL INFLOW PRIVATE CAPITAL INFLOWS PRIVATE CREDIT PUSH FACTORS RATE OF RETURN REAL EXCHANGE RATE REAL INTEREST REAL INTEREST RATE REPAYMENT RESERVES RETURN RISK ASSESSMENTS RISK AVERSION RISK FACTORS SECONDARY MARKETS SHORT TERM DEBT SHORT-TERM DEBT SHORT-TERM EXTERNAL DEBT SHORT-TERM INTEREST RATE SHORT-TERM INTEREST RATES SOLVENCY SOVEREIGN DEBT STOCK MARKET STOCK MARKET VOLATILITY SWAP SWAPS TOTAL DEBT TRADING TRANSACTION TREASURY TREASURY BILLS WITHDRAWAL WORLD MARKET INTEGRATION YIELD CURVE As the recovery in high-income countries firms amid a gradual withdrawal of extraordinary monetary stimulus, developing countries can expect stronger demand for their exports as global trade regains momentum, but also rising interest rates and potentially weaker capital inflows. This paper assesses the implications of a normalization of policy and activity in high-income countries for financial flows and crisis risks in developing countries. In the most likely scenario, a relatively orderly process of normalization would imply a slowdown in capital inflows amounting to 0.6 percent of developing-country GDP between 2013 and 2016, driven in particular by weaker portfolio investments. However, the risk of more abrupt adjustments remains significant, especially if increased market volatility accompanies the unwinding of unprecedented central bank interventions. According to simulations, abrupt changes in market expectations, resulting in global bond yields increasing by 100 to 200 basis points within a couple of quarters, could lead to a sharp reduction in capital inflows to developing countries by between 50 and 80 percent for several months. Evidence from past banking crises suggests that countries having seen a substantial expansion of domestic credit over the past five years, deteriorating current account balances, high levels of foreign and short-term debt, and over-valued exchange rates could be more at risk in current circumstances. Countries with adequate policy buffers and investor confidence may be able to rely on market mechanisms and countercyclical macroeconomic and prudential policies to deal with a retrenchment of foreign capital. In other cases, where the scope for maneuver is more limited, countries may be forced to tighten fiscal and monetary policy to reduce financing needs and attract additional inflows. 2014-04-10T18:47:19Z 2014-04-10T18:47:19Z 2014-04 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/04/19333380/unconventional-monetary-policy-normalization-high-income-countries-implications-emerging-market-capital-flows-crisis-risks http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17711 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6830 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research