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Equilibrium fictions : a cognitive approach to societal rigidity
Hoff, Karla Ruth; Stiglitz, Joseph E. - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003942040
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Toward successful development policies : insights from research in development economics
Artuc, Erhan; Cull, Robert J.; Dasgupta, Susmita; Jaef, … - 2020
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012228661
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Does rainfall matter for economic growth? : evidence from global sub-national data (1990-2014)
Damania, Richard; Desbureaux, Sébastien; Zaveri, Esha - 2019
(especially in the climate economy literature) finds that precipitation has no robust and significant impact on various measures …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012051944
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Measuring human capital
Angrist, Noam; Djankov, Simeon; Goldberg, Pinelopi K.; … - 2019
Students around the world are going to school but are not learning-an emerging gap in human capital formation. To … percent of the world's population from 2000 to 2017. The data set will be publicly available and updated annually by the World …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012007954
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Data transparency and long-run growth
Islam, Asif Mohammed; Lederman, Daniel - 2020
For centuries states have engaged in collecting data to serve various interests. In modern times, a data gap has emerged between developing and developed economies, with the latter having more advanced data systems. The authors explore the effects of data transparency on long-run growth for a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012434608
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Productivity of public spending, sectoral allocation choices, and economic growth
Baffes, John; Shah, Anwar - 1993
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000892515
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Looking at the facts: what we know about policy and growth from cross-country analysis
Levine, Ross; Zervos, Sara - 1993
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000874934
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Finance and growth : Schumpeter might be right
King, Robert G.; Levine, Ross - 1993
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000138792
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Credibility of rules and economic growth : evidence from a worldwide survey of the private sector ; background paper for World development report 1997
Brunetti, Aymo; Kisunko, Gregory; Weder, Beatrice - 1997
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000963042
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Explaining enterprise performance in developing countries with business climate survey data
Dethier, Jean-Jacques (contributor);  … - 2008
100 countries around the world. The literature that has analyzed this data provides evidence that a good business climate … research agenda and possible improvements in survey design. "--World Bank web site …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003790861