Background papers used in the preparation of the WESS 2008.

Assessing the success of microinsurance programmes in meeting the insurance needs of the poor
Paul Mosley
2007

Financial Instability and Countercyclical Policy
Yilmaz Akyüz
2008

Globalization, Offshoring and Economic Insecurity in Industrialized Countries
William Milberg and Deborah Schöller
2008

Insurance against Losses from Natural Disasters in Developing Countries
Joanne Linnerooth-Bayer and Reinhard Mechler
2008

Insurance, Credit and Safety Nets for the Poor in a World of Risk
Daniel Clarke and Stefan Dercon

Post-Conflict Countries: Aid Effectiveness and Permanent Peace
M. Panić

Post-Conflict Recovery: Resource Mobilization and Reconstruction
James K. Boyce

The Impact of Armed Civil Conflict on Household Welfare and Policy Responses
Patricia Justino

Background papers used in the preparation of the WESS 2007.

Population Aging, Wealth, and Economic Growth: Demographic Dividends and Public Policy
Ronald Lee and Andrew Mason
2007

Projection of health care expenditure by disease: a case study from Australia
Theo Vos, John Goss, Stephen Begg and Nicholas Mann

Poverty among the Elderly in Latin America and the Caribbean
Leonardo Gasparini, Javier Alejo, Francisco Haimovich, Sergio Olivieri and Leopoldo Tornarolli
2007

The Implications of Aging for the Structure and Stability of Financial Markets
Jane D’Arista
2006

Population Ageing and Health Expenditure: Sri Lanka 2001-2101
Ravi P. Rannan-Eliya and Associates
2007

Draft background papers used in the preparation of the WESS 2006.

Developing and Transition Economies in the Late 20th Century: Diverging Growth Rates, Economic Structures, and Sources of Demand
Codrina Rada and Lance Taylor
2006

Governance, Economic Growth and Development since the 1960s
Mushtaq H. Khan

Real Income Stagnation of Countries,1960-2001
Sanjay G. Reddy and Camelia Minoiu
2005

Turning Swords to Ploughshares & Little Acorns to Tall Trees: the Conflict-Growth Nexus & the Poverty of Nations
S, Mansoob Murshed
2006

Financial Development and Economic Growth: a Critical View
Valpy FitzGerald
2006

Have Collapses in Infrastructure Spending led to Cross-Country Divergence in per Capita GDP?
Francisco Rodríguez
2007

Growth Empirics When the World is Not Simple
Francisco Rodríguez
2006

Openness and Growth: What Have We Learned?
Francisco Rodríguez
2007

Growth after Globalisation: a ‘Structuralist-Kaldorian’ game of musical chairs?
José Gabriel Palma
2006

Industrial Policy and Growth
Helen Shapiro
2005

Development Aid and Economic Growth: a Positive Long-Run Relation
Sanjay G. Reddy and Camelia Minoiu
2006