Trabajos presentados al: First Bank Economist's Forum, May 1999, Washington.

Incluye bibliografía

v.1. Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Pte.1. Confronting crises, visible and invisible: Crisis management in capital markets: the impact of Argentine policy during the Tequilla effect / Eduardo J. J. Ganapolsky and Sergio L. Schmukler -- Fiscal policy, hidden deficits, and currency crises / Homi Kharas and Deepak Mishra -- Fiscal adjustment and contingent government liabilities: case studies of the Czech Republic and FYR Macedonia / Hana Polackova Brixi, Hafez Ghanem, and Roumeen Islam -- Pte.2. Integration and decentralization: macro effects: A preliminary investigation of the impact of UEMOA tariffs on the fiscal revenues of Burkina Faso / Douglas Addison -- Decentralization inregional fiscal systems in Russia: trends and links to economic performance / Lev Freinkman and Plamen Yossifov -- Pte.3. Understanding and managing unemployment: Self-employment and labor turnover in developing countries: cross-country evidence / William F. Maloney -- Do separation packages need to be that generous? Simulations for government employees in Guinea-Bissau / Alberto Chong and Martín Rama -- Pte.4. Public services and development: Training for the urban unemployed: a reevaluation of Mexico's trainig program, Probecat / Quentin Wodon and Mari Minowa -- The impact of access to urban potable water and sewerage connection on child mortality: city-level evidence, 1993 / Anqing Shi -- v.2. Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Pte.1. Household behavior and health: Estimating the extent of patient ignorance of the health care market / Mukesh Chawla -- Public transfers and migrants' remittances: evidence from the recent Armenian experience / Edmundo Murrugarra -- Pte.2. Communities and welfare: Better a hundred friends than a hundred rebles? Social networks in transition-the Kyrgyz Republic / Kathleen Kuehnast and Nora Dudwick -- An empirical investigation of collective action possibilities for industrial water pollution abatement: case study of a cluster of small-scale industries in India / Smita Misra -- Pte.3. Local governments and basic services: An assessment of the impact of decentralization on the quality of education in Chile / Emanuela Di Gropello -- Who benefits from the increased access to public services at the local level? A marginal benefit incidence analysis for education and basic infrastructure / Mohamed Ihsan Ajwad and Quentin Wodon-- Pte.4. Firms and governments under uncertainty: Contractual savings, capital markets, and financing choices of firms / Gregorio Impavido, Alberto R. Musalem, and Thierry Tressel -- Public expenditures and risk reduction / Shantayanan Devarajan and Jeffrey S. Hammer.

The first World Bank Economists ' Forum was held on May 3-4, 1999. The forum attempts to answer these questions: How do you recognize a hidden fiscal crisis? When capital flows are volatile, what types of policy announcements can help fend off currency crises? Do government training programs for unemployed workers have an effect? What infrastructure investments reduce infant mortality? This book collects nine outstanding papers presented at the forum. The main theme surveyed in this book include fiscal policy, capital flows, trade, decentralization, labor markets, infrastructure, health, and worker training. The second volume collects eight more papers, concerned with household behavior and health, communities and welfare, local governments and basic services, and firms and governments under uncertainty.