Showing 1 - 10 of 274
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003917783
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009489143
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000946204
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 Development Research Group. This paper assembles a set of 13...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012228661
Emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs) weathered the 2009 global recession relatively well. However, the impact of the global recession varied across economies. EMDEs with stronger pre-crisis fundamentals - such as large foreign exchange reserves, sound fiscal positions, and low...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012257019
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001565341
of these variables in conflict-afflicted economies with economies that did not experience social conflict. The analyses … cover episodes of conflict from around the world and study the evolution of these variables during the five years prior to … and five years after the onset of conflicts. Further, four alternative definitions of social conflict are used to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012002364
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012002513