Author/Editor: Yuanyan Sophia Zhang, Steven Barnett.

Release Date:January, 2014

China weathered the global financial crisis better than most, thanks to a large and timely stimulus. This stimulus, however, was mainly in the form of off-budget infrastructure spending and thus not more...

Author/Editor: Steven A Barnett, Rodolfo Maino.

Release Date:April, 2013

This Departmental Paper portrays a cross-country dimension of macroprudential policy implementation in Asia, advancing a comprehensive overview of institutional arrangements and instruments deployed more...

Author/Editor: Steven Barnett, Julia Bersch, Yasuhisa Ojima.

Release Date:July, 2012

Inflation in Mongolia resembles a roller coaster ride with sharp rises and steep drops. Understanding why is critical for formulating and assessing monetary policy. Food prices are found to be a key more...

Author/Editor: Steven Barnett, Ray Brooks.

Release Date:January, 2010

Consumption in China is unusually low and has continued to decline as a share of GDP over the past decade. A key policy question is how to reverse this trend, and rebalance growth away from reliance more...

Author/Editor: Steven Barnett, Ray Brooks.

Release Date:November, 2006

Investment has grown rapidly in China in recent years, reaching more than 40 percent of GDP. Despite good progress on bank and enterprise reforms, weaknesses remain that could contribute to more...

Author/Editor: Steven Barnett, Rolando Ossowski.

Release Date:October, 2002

Oil-producing countries face challenges arising from the fact that oil revenue is exhaustible, volatile, and uncertain, and largely originates from abroad. Reflecting these challenges, the paper more...