enhance the integration of plants into the global economy through increased exports and imports. "--World Bank web site …

"The authors formulate and test hypotheses about the role of bank ownership types-foreign, state-owned, and private … hypotheses with regard to foreign banks. These banks tend to serve as the main bank for transparent firms, and firms with foreign … across bank ownership types. The data are also consistent with the hypothesis that firms with state-owned main banks are …

The corporate scorecard provides information on the Bank's overall performance and the results achieved by its clients … direction for the Bank's work. These high-level outcomes cannot be attributed directly to the Bank, because countries and their … highlights development results that countries have achieved with Bank support. Tier three indicators provide information on the …

Two ambitious goals guide World Bank Group actions: (i) ending extreme poverty by reducing the percentage of people … burdens future generations will inherit. The World Bank Group is committed to supporting countries in the achievement of these … goals with a combination of financing, knowledge, and convening services. The World Bank Corporate Scorecard provides …

The Corporate Scorecard is designed to provide a snapshot of the Bank???s overall performance, including its business … made and areas that need attention. The World Bank has comprehensive systems??? on which it continuously improves … Association (IDA13) in 2002, the Bank became the first multilateral development institution to use a framework with quantitative …

, predictions of recent theoretical work. "--World Bank web site …

"Recent research highlights the relationship between economic development and productive diversification, which may be … hindered by market failures. After identifying stages of diversification in disaggregated export data, the authors develop a … introduction of new export products, (2) export diversification measured by an index of export-revenue concentration, and (3) on …