-market premium and putting more downward pressure on domestic prices. "--World Bank web site …

ABCDE 2010 Global presents papers from a global gathering of the world's leading development scholars and practitioners …

The World Bank group, among the world's largest development institutions, is a major source of financial and technical … assistance to developing countries around the world. In fiscal 2009, the World Bank group sponsored 767 projects with a total …

accommodative. A World Bank study of Philippines migration pattern during the global recession reveals that deployment of overseas … were not as affected as the rest of the world. The most affected OFWs were males, production workers (especially …

sizes around the world. Raballand and Aldaz-Carroll examine the case of pallets to illustrate the impact of multiplicity of … standards on trade costs. They select this case because pallets are used all around the world, pallet standards are not too … standards, the World Bank's strategy should be divided in two directions: to develop awareness of costs related to the …

countries but not necessarily with the rest of the world. Adopting a common standard in a region--that is, harmonization … a larger effort in the group to understand the implications for trade of agreements on standards"--World Bank web site …