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Is the Developing World Catching Up? Global Convergence and National Rising Dispersion

Bussolo, Maurizio - 2017

rest of the world. Second, this convergence process will be accompanied by a widening of income distribution in two …

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Capital Control Liberalization and Stock Market Development

Belli, Paolo - 2017

The authors address two questions: What happens to stock market size, liquidity, volatility, and integration with world …

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Public Enterprise Reform : A Challenge for the World Bank

Ruppert, Elizabeth - 2017

Public enterprises (PEs) earn an average 10 percent of GDP in developing countries. Many governments are reexamining the role of the state, so questions about whether to divest PEs or make them more efficient are likely to intensify. The Bank will increasingly be called upon for advice and...

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Country Stakes in Climate Change Negotiations : Two Dimensions of Vulnerability

Buys, Piet - 2016

Using a comprehensive geo-referenced database of indicators relating to global change and energy, the paper assesses countries' likely attitudes with respect to international treaties that regulate carbon emissions. The authors distinguish between source and impact vulnerability and classify...

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Reducing Distortions to Agricultural Incentives : Progress, Pitfalls, and Prospects

Anderson, Kym - 2016

Most of the world's poorest people depend on farming for their livelihood. Earnings from farming in low …

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The World Trade Organization and Antidumping in Developing Countries

Bown, Chad P. - 2016

Since the 1995 inception of the World Trade Organization (WTO), developing countries have become some of the most …

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Does Aid Help Improve Economic Institutions?

Coviello, Decio - 2016

Aid is expected to promote better living standards by raising investment and growth. But aid may also affect institutions directly. In theory, these effects may or may not work in the same direction as those on investment. The authors examine the effect of aid on economic institutions and find...

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Covid-19 Mortality in Rich and Poor Countries : A Tale of Two Pandemics?

Schellekens, Philip - 2020

applies not just to the vulnerable in the rich world; the vulnerable in the rest of the world are not more immune. Yet … inequality creates the impression that the world is subjected to two different pandemics in terms of their impact. This paper … yet to run its course through the age distributions of the world …

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Transformational Climate Finance : Donors'Willingness to Support Deep and Transformational Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions in Lower-Income Countries

Strand, Jon - 2020

This paper uses simple analytical models to study high-income donor countries' willingness to pay to supply mitigation finance to low-income countries; how this depends on modality for finance supply; and how it changes as the global greenhouse gas mitigation agenda moves forward. The paper...

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How Does the World Bank Influence the Development Policy Priorities of Low-Income and Lower-Middle Income Countries?

Knack, Stephen F. - 2020

This study investigates the World Bank's use of lending and non-lending instruments to affect the policy priorities of … developing countries. In a typical year, the World Bank lends more than $30 billion to its client countries. It also spends … countries has made it difficult for policymakers and scholars to understand which World Bank instruments are most useful for …

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