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authors find that the stock of human capital, the level of domestic innovation and technological adaptation, and the level of ….15 percentage point. In terms of innovation, the authors find that a 20 percent increase in the annual number of USPTO patents … to increase by 0.11 percentage point. This paper a product of the Global Knowledge and Learning Division, World Bank …
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lead to greater entry into relatively capital-intensive enterprises by migrants' origin households. "--World Bank web site …
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"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 …
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The national accounts are the single most important source of information about the economy, and are widely used in all countries to assess economic performance and for policy analysis. However, the national accounts have a number of well-known shortcomings when it comes to treatment of the...
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: More than 215 million people, or 3 percent of the world population, live outside their countries of birth. Current … the largest migration corridor in the world, accounting for 11.6 million migrants in 2010. Migration corridors in the …
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reduces home country fertility by about 0.3 percent for origin countries. "--World Bank web site …
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by tearing down the paper walls they place around their own citizens. "--World Bank web site …
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International migration, the movement of people across international boundaries to improve economic opportunity, has enormous implications for growth and welfare in both origin and destination countries. An important benefit to developing countries is the receipt of remittances or transfers from...
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