International Journal of Development Issues: Volume 7 Issue 2

Sovereign‐wealth funds: A new role for the emerging market economies in the world of global finance

Dilip K. Das

Over the last two decades global cross‐border investment has increased. State‐owned and managed, sovereign‐wealth funds (SWFs), largely from the emerging‐market economies, have…

Benchmarking developing Asia's manufacturing sector

Jesus Felipe, Gemma Estrada

The purpose of this paper is to document the transformation of developing Asia's manufacturing sector during the last three decades.

Post‐socialist transformation and growth regime: some comments about the Chinese case

Sébastien Charles, Ilyess El Karouni

This paper attempts to show that Chinese post‐socialist transformation has involved a deep change in growth regime.

A comparative analysis of exchange rate fluctuations and economic activity: The cases of Egypt and Turkey

Magda Kandil, Nazire Nergiz Dincer

The paper aims to examine the effects of exchange rate fluctuations on real output, the price level, and the real value of components of aggregate demand in Egypt and Turkey.

Pro‐poor growth: explaining the cross‐country variation in the growth elasticity of poverty

Ajay Chhibber, Gaurav Nayyar

The aim of this paper is to analyse the cross‐country variation in the growth elasticity of poverty across a sample of developing countries during the period from 1990 to 2000.

Note from the publisher

Vicky Williams