The Commission on Growth and Development has put out a nice survey by Maury Obstfeld of the impact of international finance on growth in developing countries. Here is the first part of the abstract: Despite an abundance of cross‐section ...

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Wouter Bos fifth best finance minister. Wednesday 19 November 2008. Wouter Bos has slipped to the number five position in the Financial Times top five list of European finance ministers. The British newspaper praises his crisis ...

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British bank offers shareholders a slice of the proposed $8.7bn capital injection.

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In an effort to remove fundraising barriers, the Republican National Committee is filing a suit to challenge campaign finance laws that ban the use of soft money and limit coordinated efforts between candidates and the committee. ...

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