After Indonesia liberalized investment rules, foreign direct investment (FDI) increased. The government promoted linkages between foreign investors and local firms, but the impact on employment and productivity...
The announcement of a new government program can provide immediate increases in subjective well-being as beneficiaries anticipate the benefits to come. However, the actual delivery of government programs...
This paper utilizes firm survey data to understand which formal private sector jobs are most at risk from COVID-19 or similar future crises, based on empirical evidence from two middle income economies...
In the clean energy transition, the value of natural gas infrastructure is very important for operating the energy system. Gas-fired power plants contribute to optimized energy systems when they are designed...
This paper is the first to systematically test the robustness of shared prosperity estimates to different methodological choices using a sample of countries from all regions in the world. The tests that...
The loan (0155) from the World Bank for the Qantas Empire Airways Modernization Project amounted to $9,230,000 and was signed on November 15, 1956. At that time Qantas was undertaking large expenditure...
A nation's utilization and creation of knowledge endeavors are globally acknowledged as the driving forces for economic development and competitiveness. Public and private investments in institutions of...
Employment recovery stalls in Europe and Central Asia (ECA) and Gross Domestic Product (GDP) continues to recover in most ECA countries, but the recovery remains fragile. Growth prospects remain poor in...
Employment recovery stalls in Europe and Central Asia (ECA) and Gross Domestic Product (GDP) continues to recover in most ECA countries, but the recovery remains fragile. Growth prospects remain poor in...
Empowering poor people to participate in development is one of the principal pillars underpinning our efforts to reduce poverty. Nowhere is this more important than in rural areas, where seventy-five percent...
Regional events continue to affect the short-term economic prospects in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), while major developments in the global economy over the past six months have put the region...
The Asian style of regional integration may be seen as a 'quasi-common economy' that eschews a formal linkup in political or monetary terms, but manages to generate similar results by strong physical integration...
SKS, the largest microfinance institution (MFI) in India, opened its IPO on July 28, 2010, forging the way for other Indian MFIs to follow. The IPO valued SKS at 4.2 times its post-issue book value and...
SKS, the largest microfinance institution (MFI) in India, opened its IPO on July 28, 2010, forging the way for other Indian MFIs to follow. The IPO valued SKS at 4.2 times its post-issue book value and...
Despite substantial improvements in labor market outcomes in recent years (in raising employment and participation and in lowering unemployment), unemployment rates in Egypt remain exceedingly high among...
How hospitable will the global environment be for economic growth in the developing world as we come out of the present financial crisis? The answer depends on how well the author manage the following...
Policies to tax farmers in low-income countries and policies to subsidize them in high-income countries have been identified as a major source of the disequilibrium of world agriculture. Recently, as many...
Over the past ten years, private-sector-led growth has revolutionized access to telecommunications. Every region of the developing world did benefit in terms of investment, and rollout. This revolution...
The Indigenous Peoples Leadership Capacity Building Program for the Andean Countries (Andean Program) is the result of an initiative of the Fund for the Development of Indigenous Peoples of Latin America...
The Indigenous Peoples Leadership Capacity Building Program for the Andean Countries (Andean Program) is the result of an initiative of the Fund for the Development of Indigenous Peoples of Latin America...