of war; 2) given the war, what explains the reduction in economic growth in terms physical capital, labor force, human … capital, and productivity; and 3) what potential growth scenarios for Syria there could be in the aftermath of war. Estimates …

What major insights have emerged from development economics in the past decade, and how do they matter for the World … Bank? This challenging question was recently posed by World Bank Group President David Malpass to the staff of the …

This is the background paper for the productivity extension of the World Bank's Long-Term Growth Model (LTGM). Based on … Penn World Table, and assesses the pattern of productivity growth across regions and income groups over the same sample …