anticipated the collapse of the first era of globalization that began in the mid-nineteenth century. He admonished the short … organize: World War I, Bretton Woods, 1970s Great Inflation and Managed Floating. Each turning point was characterized by …

rights institutions. Indeed, we document world-wide improvements in the quality of institutions facilitating property …

How far is the world away from ensuring that every child obtains the basic skills needed to be internationally … competitive? And what would accomplishing this mean for world development? Based on the micro data of international and regional … skills for 159 countries that cover 98.1% of world population and 99.4% of world GDP. We find that at least two-thirds of the …