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Papers on Policy Analysis and Assessment are intended to make. staff’nark in the area of policy design available to a wide audience. A list of the PPAA.s issued in 1998:1 follows. Papers may also be considered for inclusion in the journal.
“Aid Effectiveness: A Survey of the Recent Empirical Literature” by Tsidi M. Tsikata[98/l]
“Transparency in Central Bank Operations in the Foreign Exchange Market” by Charles Enoch [98/2]
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