The authors assess the effect of economic instability on the success of projects funded by the World Bank using the outcome of the projects, which is a notation of their overall success determined by the...
Top Indian Incomes, 1922-2000 by Abhijit Banerjee and Thomas Piketty; Can We Discern the Effect of Globalization on Income Distribution? Evidence from Household Surveys by Branko Milanovic; Financing Pharmaceutical...
The estimated coefficient of distance on the volume of trade is generally found to increase rather than decrease through time using the traditional gravity model of trade. This distance puzzle proved robust...
This book synthesizes the findings from ten case studies that investigate whether, when, and how foreign aid affected economic policy in Africa, and reveals the range of African policy experience. Results...
This country case study is one of ten prepared for the World Bank Development Economics Group, for its study of aid and reform in Africa. The purpose of the case studies is to review country reform experience...
Traditionally, most developing countries have attempted to stabilize the prices paid to producers of agricultural export products. In trying to stabilize domestic producer prices, countries have followed...