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Forecasting Migrant Remittances During the Global Financial Crisis

Mohapatra, Sanket - 2017

The financial crisis has highlighted the need for forecasts of remittance flows in many developing countries where these flows have proved to be a lifeline to the poor people and the economy. This note describes a simple methodology for forecasting country-level remittance flows in a manner...

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Trade Barrier Volatility and Domestic Price Stabilization : Evidence from Agriculture

Anderson, Kym - 2017

-- the opposite of what is usually thought of when considering inter-sector trade retaliation. Phasing down World Trade … to raise their import restrictions when international prices slump. To date there is no parallel discipline in the World … through new World Trade Organization rules could help alleviate the extent to which government responses to exogenous price …

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The Economics of Natural Disasters : Concepts and Methods

Hallegatte, S. - 2017

Large-scale disasters regularly affect societies over the globe, causing large destruction and damage. After each of these events, media, insurance companies, and international institu-tions publish numerous assessments of the "cost of the disaster." However these assessments are based on...

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Why Multi-Stakeholder Groups Succeed and Fail

Truex, Rory - 2017

Anti-corruption initiatives increasingly use multi-stakeholder groups, comprised of representatives from government, private sector, and civil society organizations, to drive implementation at the local level and serve as a force for transparency. In theory, the multi-stakeholder groups ideal is...

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The Impact of Business Environment Reforms on New Firm Registration

Klapper, Leora - 2017

This paper uses panel data on the number of new firm registrations in 91 countries to study how the ease of registering a business and the magnitude of registration reforms affect new firm registrations. The authors find that the costs, days and procedures required to start a business are...

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Measures of Fixed Capital in Agriculture

Butzer, Rita - 2017

Capital is a fundamental component of agricultural production, and the accumulation of capital is key to growth in agriculture and the process of development. Unfortunately, cross-country data sets on agricultural fixed capital are rare. Using a common methodology that allows comparisons across...

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The Co-Movement of Asset Returns and the Micro-Macro Focus of Prudential Oversight

Majnoni, Giovanni - 2017

The integration of micro-prudential oversight with the macro-approach to financial stability -- long in the making -- raises several issues of coordination of regulatory responsibilities. This paper argues that a decomposition of the covariance of asset returns into an endogenous volatility...

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Beyond Market Access : The New Normal of Preferential Trade Agreements

Chauffour, Jean-Pierre - 2017

This paper takes stock of the growing success of preferential trade agreements. It revisits what are the defining characteristics of modern preferential trade agreements, which are typically pursued for a diverse array of motives. In particular, the market access justification traditionally used...

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The Impact of the Financial Crisis on New Firm Registration

Klapper, Leora - 2017

The authors use panel data on the number of new firm registrations in 95 countries to study the impact of the business environment and 2008 financial crisis on new firm registration. The data show that more dynamic formal business creation occurs in countries that provide entrepreneurs with a...

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Taking Stock of Antidumping, Safeguards, and Countervailing Duties, 1990-2009

Bown, Chad P. - 2017

subject to the combined use of these TTBs before applying these measures to new data drawn from the World Bank's Temporary …

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