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The current corporate publications that are World Bank Group flagships are: World Development Report (WDR); Global Economic Prospects (GEP), Poverty and Shared Prosperity (PSP), Women, Business and the Law (WBL) and Business Ready. All go through a formal Bank-wide review and are discussed with the Board prior to their release. In terms of branding, the phrase “A World Bank Group Flagship Report” will be used exclusively on the cover of these publications. This label will signal that the institution assumes a higher level of responsibility for the positions held by these reports.
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Publication Global Economic Prospects 2006 : Economic Implications of Remittances and Migration(Washington, DC: World Bank, 2005-11) World BankThe themes of the 2006 Global Economic Prospects (GEP) are international remittances and migration, their economic consequences, and how policies can increase their role in reducing poverty. The GEP explores the gains and losses from international migration from the perspective of developing countries, with special attention to the money that migrants send home. The report also considers policy initiatives that could improve the developmental impact of migration, with particular attention to remittances. The first chapter reviews recent developments in and prospects for the global economy and their implications for developing countries. Chapter 2 uses a model-based simulation to evaluate the potential global welfare gains and distributional impact from an increase in high-income countries' labor force caused by migration from developing countries. Chapter 3 surveys the economic literature on the benefits and costs of migration for migrants and their countries of origin. Chapter 4 investigates the size of remittance flows to developing countries, the use of formal and informal channels, the role of government policies in improving the development impact of remittances, and, their macroeconomic impact. Chapter 5 addresses the impact of remittances at the household level. The last chapter investigates policy measures that could lower the cost of remittance transactions for poor households and measures to strengthen the financial infrastructure supporting remittances.Publication Global Economic Prospects and the Developing Countries 1998-99(Washington, DC: World Bank, 1999) World BankThe global economic crisis that began in Thailand on July 2, 1997, dominates the world economic scene for more than a year. Global Economic Prospects and the Developing Countries 1998/99 lays out the anatomy of the crisis, and assesses both the short- and long-term outlooks for the world economy and developing countries in the aftermath of the crisis. There is not unanimity on many key issues, yet Chapters 2 and 3 represent the World Bank’s interim research findings. The report aims to identify areas where there is and where there is not a consensus; and when there is not, trying to identify the reasons, whether it is alternative models of the economy or interpretations of the evidence.Publication Global Economic Prospects and the Developing Countries 1997(Washington, DC: World Bank, 1997-09-30) World BankThe year’s report projects an increase in the growth rate of global output, with notable contributions from Sub-Saharan Africa, the developing countries of Europe and Central Asian, and East Asian countries. This report places special emphasis on the role of the “Big 5” developing and transition economies – China, India, Indonesia, Brazil, and Russia – in the future of the global economy. In addition to assessing the current state of the world economy, this report discusses the expansion of global production and the costs of making the transition to a more open economyPublication Global Economic Prospects and the Developing Countries 1996(Washington, DC: World Bank, 1996-04-30) World BankThis year's report starts from the observation that the participation of developing countries in the accelerated pace of integration over the past decade has been marked by large disparities. While some developing countries have rapidly expanded their engagements in world trade and capital markets, many others have not. Some have even become less integrated with the global economy. Globalization and its impact on developing countries raises policy and research issues that researchers are now beginning to understand more clearly.Publication Global Economic Prospects and the Developing Countries 1995(Washington, DC: World Bank, 1995-04-30) World BankThis year’s report derives its main theme from a fundamental change that is taking place in the world economy today – globalization. This change is being driven both by widespread adoption of market liberalization policies and by technological change that is fast eroding physical barriers to international transactions. The report also reviews the prospects for developing countries in the context of their increasing integration into world markets for goods, services, and capital, highlighting the new opportunities and challenges that arise from closer international economic integration. The process of integration also brings frictions, the report notes, which requires closer monitoring and quicker policy responses at the country, regional, and global levels.Publication Global Economic Prospects and the Developing Countries 1994(Washington, DC: World Bank, 1994-04-30) World BankThis year’s report gives special attention to international trade in commodities, a subject of central importance to many developing countries, as commodity exports continue to be a large component of their total exports. Chapter 1 deals with global conditions and prospects for developing countries. Chapters 2 and 3 examine trends in international commodity markets and implications of commodity dependence for growth and development in low-income countries.Publication Global Economic Prospects and the Developing Countries 1993(Washington, DC: World Bank, 1993-04-30) World BankThis year's report focuses on the role of external finance in development, as external finance has an important bearing on the growth and economic prospects of developing countries. Chapters 1 and 2 describes the new pattern of external finance in the 1990s and the consequences of increased financial integration of developing countries with global capital markets. Chapters 3-5 addresses major issues in external finance, including the benefits of foreign direct investment, the sustainability and volatility of portfolio flows, and the imbalance between slow growth in aid flows and fast growth in the number of claimants eligible for aid. Finally, Chapters 6 and 7 discuss the outlook for the global economy over the next decade, examines developments in the international economic environment, and discusses the implications for developing country growth, both in aggregate and by region.Publication Global Economic Prospects and the Developing Countries 1992(Washington, DC: World Bank, 1992-04-30) World BankThis year’s report gives special emphasis to international trade in manufactured goods, which have quickly become an important component of developing countries’ exports. Chapter 1 discusses the outlook for the global economy over the next decade, highlights trends in global trading and financial systems, and examines the implications of these trends for developing countries’ growth prospects. Chapter 2 takes stock of the international policy climate and discusses the gains from reductions in industrial countries’ trade barriers. Chapter 3 analyses growing interlinkages in manufacturing and explores their implications for exporters in developing countries.Publication Global Economic Prospects and the Developing Countries 1991(Washington, DC: World Bank, 1991-05-31) World BankThis year’s report focuses on trade in primary commodities. Chapter 1 reviews structural factors affecting the world economy, including interdependences between industrial and developing economies and on how this has helped shape economic growth and development. Chapter 2 explores this issue further with a detailed analysis of the international market in primary commodities. Chapter 3 reports on the state of the world economy today and examines the challenges it faces in the coming decade. Chapter 4 lays out several scenarios for the world economy and prospects for development in the 1990s.