Infrastructure plays a key role in facilitating trade, especially since recent trade liberalization in Asia has resulted in significant tariff reductions. This study quantifies the impacts of both hard and soft infrastructure on trade volume for exporters and importers in the region as well as...

Remittances play an important role in human capital development in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly when it comes to helping families to pay for their children's education, access health care and alleviate poverty. However, many countries on the continent lack the financial systems to...