economic growth are ambiguous in theory. Moreover, measuring competition in the financial sector can be complex. In this paper … theory. They then relate this competition measure to growth of industries and find that greater competition in countries … in banking"--World Bank web site …

"The authors determine how time delays affect international trade using newly collected World Bank data on the days it …-sensitive to time-insensitive agricultural goods by 6 percent. "--World Bank web site …

first decade of transition. "--World Bank web site …

higher than the Kyoto target, thereby putting much-needed growth at risk, Lecocq and Shalizi revisit the discussion on the … adaptation options"--World Bank web site …

thus dampens the negative effect that deposit insurance has on banks' risk taking. "--World Bank web site …

institutions dispose a country toward adopting design features that inadequately control risk-shifting. "--World Bank web site …