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Three macroeconomic trends around the onset of armed conflict in developing economies

Lederman, Daniel; Rojas, Claudio J. - 2018

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 …

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Latin America and the Rising South : Changing World, Changing Priorities

de la Torre, Augusto - 2015 - Online-Ausg.

The world economy is not what it used to be twenty years ago. For most of the 20th century, the world economy was characterized by developed (North) countries acting as 'center' to a 'periphery' of developing (South) countries. However, the recent rise of developing economies suggests the need...

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Institutions for Regulatory Governance

World Bank (contributor); … - International Finance Corporation - 2010

This paper looks at the role and design of regulatory reform institutions in developing countries. These institutions … and by promoting the regulatory reform agenda; and 4) Ad hoc institutions for regulatory reform, established to launch …: section one briefly reviews the theoretical debate and literature about the role of institutions in facilitating higher …

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Is 3D printing a threat to global trade? : the trade effects you didn’t hear about : World Development Report 2020 background paper

Freund, Caroline L.; Mulabdic, Alen; Ruta, Michele - 2019

In the mid-2000s, the production of hearing aids shifted almost entirely to 3D printing. Using difference-in-differences and synthetic control methods, this paper examines the effects of this shift on trade flows. The analysis finds that trade increased roughly 60 percent following the...

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Stages of development of payment systems : leapfrogging across countries and MENA's place in the world

Gévaudan, Clément; Lederman, Daniel - 2020

This paper studies the relationship between the level of economic development and the incidence of three forms of payments across countries, namely the incidence of bank accounts, digital payments, and mobile money accounts among the adult populations across countries. It presents simple...

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Third-country effects of regional trade agreements : a firm-level analysis

Lee, Woori; Mulabdic, Alen; Ruta, Michele - 2019

Do regional trade agreements negatively impact non-members? This paper revisits this long-standing trade policy question using firm-level data and detailed information on the content of trade agreements. Differently from the conventional view on trade diversion, the analysis identifies a...

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Inequality and economic growth : the role of initial income

Brückner, Markus; Lederman, Daniel - 2018

This paper estimates a panel model in which the relationship between inequality and gross domestic product per capita growth depends on countries' initial incomes. Estimates of the model show that the relationship between inequality and gross domestic product per capita growth is significantly...

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Anatomy and impact of export promotion agencies

Cruz, Marcio José Vargas da; Lederman, Daniel; … - 2018

Recent literature has shown evidence of positive contributions of export promotion agencies around the world in raising exports, through the intensive and extensive margins of trade. The number of export promotion agencies has increased substantially over the past two decades, and most of them...

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How much will the Belt and Road Initiative reduce trade costs?

Soyres, François de; Mulabdic, Alen; Murray, Siobhan; … - 2018

This paper studies the impact of transport infrastructure projects of the Belt and Road Initiative on shipment times and trade costs. Based on a new data on completed and planned Belt and Road transport projects, Geographic Information System analysis is used to estimate shipment times before...

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Are banks engines of export? : financial structures and export dynamics

Minetti, Raoul; Mulabdic, Alen; Ruta, Michele; Zhu, … - 2018

This paper studies the impact of financial structures on the dynamics of the export sector using rich data from over 60 countries. The results reveal that bank-oriented financial systems boost the size of the export sector more than market-oriented financial systems. However, especially in...

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