The World Bank economic review 21 (1)

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This issue includes the following: growth and risk: methodology and micro evidence; by Chris Elbers, Jan Willem Gunning, and Bill Kinsey. Dollars, debt, and international financial institutions: dedollarizing multilateral lending; by Eduardo Levy Yeyati. Business cycle synchronization and regional integration: a case study for Central America; by Norbert Fiess. Protecting the vulnerable: the tradeoff between risk reduction and public insurance; by Shantayanan Devarajan, and William Jack. The incidence of public spending on healthcare: comparative evidence from Asia; by Owen O'Donnell, Eddy van Doorslaer, Ravi P. Rannan-Eliya, Aparnaa Somanathan, Shiva Raj Adhikari, Deni Harbianto, Charu C. Garg, Piya Hanuorauongchai, Mohammed N. Hug, Anup Karan, Gabriel M. Leung, Chiu Wan Ng, Badri Raj Pande, Keith Tin, Kanjana Tisayaticom, Laksono Trisnantoro, Yuhui Zhang, and Yuxin Zhao. Did the health card program ensure access to medical care for the poor during Indonesia's economic crisis? By Menno Pradhan, Fadia Saadah, and Robert Sparrow. A short note on updating the grilli and yang commodity price index; by Stephan Pfaffenzeller, Paul Newbold, and Anthony Rayner. Trade, production, and protection database, 1976-2004; by Alessandro Nicita, and Marcelo Olarreaga.