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World Development Report 2005 : A Better Investment Climate for Everyone
The World Bank - 2004
Firms and entrepreneurs of all types - from microenterprises to multinationals - play a central role in growth and poverty reduction. Their investment decisions drive job creation, the availability and affordability of goods and services for consumers, and the tax revenues governments can draw...
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Development and Climate Change : A Strategic Framework for the World Bank Group
World Bank - 2008
global climate policy and neutrality of the supporting institutions is critical for such cooperation to succeed. Difficulties …
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Testing supply-side climate policies for the global steam coal market : can they curb coal consumption?
Mendelevitch, Roman - 2016
The achieved international consensus on the 1.5‐2°C target entails that most of current fossil fuel reserves must remain unburned. Currently, a majority of climate policies aiming at this goal are directed towards the demand side. In the absence of a global carbon regime these polices are...
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Terrorism and trade
Nitsch, Volker; Schumacher, Dieter - 2003
This paper examines the effect of terrorism and warfare on international trade. We investigate bilateral trade flows between more than 200 countries over the period from 1960 to 1993. Applying an augmented gravity model that includes several measures of terrorism and largescale violence, we find...
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Latin American growth : a trade perspective
Torre, Augusto de la; Ize, Alain - 2019
This paper reviews the determinants of Latin America's uneven growth based on an accounting decomposition that breaks down countries' growth (relative to the world) into three trade-related channels: (i) an export pull measuring the traction exerted by the country's exports, (ii) an external...
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Economic Growth : The Path to the Alleviation of Debt and Poverty
Clausen, A. W. - 1985
In this speech by A. W. Clausen, President of the World Bank and International Finance Corporation, he reconfirms the Bank's commitment to do all that it can to help the middle-income member countries with severe debt problems to regain sustained, noninflationary economic growth with social...
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Conflict experiences and household expectations on recovery : survey evidence from northern Uganda
Bozzoli, Carlos; Brück, Tilman; Muhumuza, Tony - 2010
We analyse the role of mass violent conflict in influencing individual expectations. We hypothesise that individuals … are likely to report negative expectations if they were exposed to conflict events in the past. We combine individual and … household level data from the Northern Uganda Livelihood Survey of 2007 with a disaggregated conflict exposure index based on …
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Beyond the overall economic downturn : evidence on sector-specific effects of violent conflict from Indonesia
Vothknecht, Marc; Sumarto, Sudarno - 2011
This paper analyses the impact of violent conflict on economic growth using micro-level data from Indonesia. We compile … violent conflict into its sectoral components. Our results reveal substantial differences across sectors, with the most … be only temporal, and some evidence for the 'phoenix effect' in the early post-conflict period is found. The construction …
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External debt in post-conflict countries
Alvarez Plata, Patricia (contributor);  … - 2006
In the development literature, there exists no systematic study of external borrowing in post-conflict countries. We … exceptional debt relief based odious debt or on financial requirements. Debt relief for post-conflict reconstruction should …
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The determinants of church attendance and religious human capital in Germany : evidence from panel data
Heineck, Guido - 2001
This paper explores determinants of church attendance and the formation of 'religious human capital' in Germany within a Becker-style allocation-of-time framework. The analysis is based on data derived from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP). Taking advantage of the longitudinal structure...
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