Cotton production in West and Central Africa (WCA) has contributed to growth and poverty reduction. Recently, the … by major cotton producers outside Africa). Several countries in WCA are undergoing reforms in the cotton sector to …

driven by a combination of low initial industrialization, its cotton production, and its self-sufficiency in energy …

Thailand stands out in international comparison as a country with a high dispersion of productivity across sectors. It … typical for a country at Thailand's level of income. This suggests large potential productivity gains from labor reallocation … across sectors, but that process-which made a significant contribution to Thailand's growth in the past-appears to have …

nonresident investors in Thailand in 2005 and 2006. Higher returns in the stock market relative to a reference stock market are …

. Empirical results based on macro and firm-level data from Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand (ASEAN-3) support this hypothesis …

Thailand had to endure three major shocks during 2008–2011: the global financial crisis, the Japanese earthquake, and … the Thai floods of 2011. Over this period, consistent with its inflation targeting framework, the Bank of Thailand (BOT … added up to a total of 4 percentage points to real GDP growth during periods when Thailand had to weather these three major …