panel data models with country-specific fixed effects. The empirical results show that the most robust growth determinants … are the price of investment goods, distance to major world cities, and political rights. This suggests that growth … different prior assumptions on expected model size. "--World Bank web site …

smoothing properties of trade and financial openness in periods of currency crisis. "--World Bank web site …

"The paper presents a major overhaul to the World Bank's past estimates of global poverty, incorporating new and better … data. Extreme poverty-as judged by what "poverty" means in the world's poorest countries-is found to be more pervasive than … early 1980s. For 2005 we estimate that 1.4 billion people, or one quarter of the population of the developing world, lived …

100 countries around the world. The literature that has analyzed this data provides evidence that a good business climate … research agenda and possible improvements in survey design. "--World Bank web site …

Global Economic Prospects 2008: Technology Diffusion in the Developing World examines the state of technology in … of strong growth and a 15 year period of strong performance in much of the developing world, which has contributed to …