projections and scenario analysis. Such forecasting has become increasingly challenging, thanks to the rapid pace of globalization … the world urgently need to see the big picture if they are to deal with the specific challenges and opportunities they …-house researchers and global experts who work on state-of-the-art models related to globalization, technological progress and …

these countries, representing major world regions and accounting for close to 80 percent of the developing world's GDP, they …

statistical learning to large-scale country-level data obtained from the World Development Indicators and Google Earth Engine. The … method that departs slightly from current World Bank practice - performs nearly as well as models using statistical learning …

One of the most contentious issues of globalization is the effect of global economic integration on inequality and … poverty. This paper documents five trends in the modern era of globalization, starting around 1980. Trend #1: Poor country … developing world economy grew at more than 3.5 percent per capita in the 1990s. Trend #2: The number of poor people in the world …

barriers (in agriculture and textiles) are particularly harmful to the world's poorest people, as are barriers to worker … process at the World Trade Organization (WTO), and freeing up the international movement of workers. A review of the economic … required to rank this set of opportunities against those aimed at addressing the world's other key challenges as part of the …

of "globalization." The author views the issue through both "macro" and "micro" empirical lenses. The macro lens uses … micro approaches cast doubt on some wide generalizations from both sides of the globalization debate. Additionally the micro …