This paper uses a panel data set of microfinance institutions (MFI) across the world to compare several identification …

A number of recent studies have empirically documented links between characteristics of World Bank projects and their … ultimate outcomes as evaluated by the World Bank's Independent Evaluation Group. This paper explores the in-sample and out … project. Such models perform better than self-assessments of project performance provided by World Bank staff during the …

Until the late 1960s, the World Bank presented itself as an institution devoted to making sound and directly productive …

The World Bank Legal Review, Volume 2 is a publication for policy makers and their advisers, attorneys, and other … justice systems promote poverty reduction, economic development, and the rule of law. In keeping with the theme of the World … Development Report 2006: Equity and Development, and following the success of the World Bank Group's Legal Forum on 'Law, Equity …