The International Comparison Program (ICP) is a worldwide statistical initiative led by the World Bank under the … the world's economies. The report provides ICP results for the benchmark year 2017 and revised results for earlier years …-operation and Development, the United Nations, and the World Bank. Notably, PPPs and ICP data are used in indicators monitoring …

This paper explores the determinants of public employment across the world and finds that it is negatively associated …

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 …

A star is born -- Freeing the world of poverty -- How much farther can we see? -- Where to now? …

alleviation. Global Economic Prospects is a World Bank Group Flagship Report that examines global economic developments and …

We revisit the relevance of the World Bank's Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA)against growth …

no exception. Building on a recent World Bank flagship report, this paper introduces a concise framework for describing … economy, raise efficiency by complementing other production factors, and foster innovation by dramatically reducing …

down countries' growth (relative to the world) into three trade-related channels: (i) an export pull measuring the traction …