Background Papers

Commissioned Papers (provisional list)

The papers below were commissioned either as background papers to the Report or as conference papers for the various World Development Report 1999–2000 conferences and workshops. The financial support of the Japanese Government and the Department for International Development (U.K. Government) is gratefully acknowledged.

The list below is provisional and will be periodically updated. Full text of the papers will be available online as of September 1999. Papers that have been presented are linked to their abstracts.

Background Papers and conference notes

Akizuki, Kengo. Decentralization, Local Government and New Approaches for Governance: The Case of Japan.

Anderson, Kym. Global Trade and the WTO.

Ariff, Mohamed, Mohd. Haflah Piei and Tiangchye Tan. Finance and Economic Policy in Malaysia.

Barrett, Scott. Facilitating International Cooperation (short paper).

Bourguignon, François. Crime as a Social Cost of Poverty and Equality: A Review Focusing on Developing Countries.

Choe, Sang-Chuel. Globalization and Urbanization in Korea.

Cooper, Richard. International Approaches to Global Climate Change.

Fujikura, Ryo. Public Participation in Urban Environmental Management in Japan.

Gang, Fan. Impacts of Globalization on Developing Countries: The Case of China.

Glaeser, Edward and Jordan Rappaport. Cities and Governments.

Guo, Shuqing. Impact of Globalization on the Chinese Economy.

Hayami, Yujiro. Toward a New Model of Rural-Urban Linkages under Globalization.

Henderson, J. Vernon. Urbanization in Developing Countries.

Hohenberg, Paul. Urban Systems and Economic Development: The European Long Term and its Implications.

Hufbauer, Gary and Barbara Kotschwar. The Future Course of Trade Liberalization.

Hughes Hallett, A.J. Policy Coordination: Globalization or Localization in International Monetary Arrangements?

Kaothien, Utis and Douglas Webster. Thailand's Urban System Under Globalization.

Kitano, Naohiro. Analysis of Spatial Organization and Transportation Demand in an Expanding Urban Area Using Centrographic Methods: Sendai 1972-1992.

Kueh, Yak-Yeow. The Greater China Growth Triangle in the Asian Financial Crisis.

Litan, Robert. Toward a Global Financial Architecture for the 21^st Century.

Lucas, Robert E.B. Internal Migration and Urbanization: Recent Contributions and New Evidence.

Malpezzi, Stephen. The Regulation of Urban Development: Lessons from International Experience.

Mitlin, Diana and David Satterthwaite. Urban Poverty Alleviation and Social Policies.

Mohan, Rakesh. Decentralization and Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations in India.

Ocampo, Romeo. Local Governance and Metropolitan Coordination in the Philippines.

Phang, Sock-Yong. Urban Transportation and Land Regulations in Singapore.

Quigley, John. Real Estate and Housing Cycles.

Rimmer, Peter J. and Howard Dick. Telecommunications, Transportation and Urban Growth.

Sit, Victor F.S. Foreign Investment and Urban Growth.

Smoke, Paul. Strategic Fiscal Decentralization in Developing Countries: Issues and Cases.

Srinivasan, T.N. Think Globally, Act Locally!: Development Policy at the Turn of the Century.

Stren, Richard. Urban Governance and Politics in a Global Context: The Growing Importance of the Local.

Wong, Christine. Municipal Finance with Chinese Characteristics: Growing Out of the Budget. (short paper)

Yamada, Junichi. Regional Development Policies in China and Indonesia and Japan’s Experience.

Yanagihara, Toru. Regional Policy Coordination in Asia.

Yeung, Yeu-man. Urban Poverty Alleviation in the Age of Globalization in Pacific Asia.