With the COVID-19 pandemic, the development context for the world is fundamentally challenged in many ways. The …

This evaluation assesses the quality of the World Bank's early response to the COVID-19 crisis and the initial steps … Evaluation Group evaluation looks at the World Bank Group support to address the economic implications of the pandemic. To assess … recommendations for ensuring stronger future preparedness: (i) Use the World Bank's crisis recovery efforts to strengthen the …

"Globalization brings opportunities and pressures for domestic firms in emerging markets to innovate and improve their … competitive position. Using data on firms in 27 transition economies, the authors test for the effects of globalization through … competition and innovation, or that they are more sensitive to foreign presence. "--World Bank web site …

evidence suggests that globalization and local knowledge increase the likelihood that firms will introduce new products. By … contrast, domestic regulatory impediments to competition are not robustly correlated with product innovation. "--World Bank web …