Today’s blog is a background note I prepared for a forthcoming Policy Research Report on “Industrial Policy for Development”
In many developing countries, productive firms remain too small, while less productive firms are too large. Such misallocation contributes
Between regaining independence in 1991 and the Russian invasion in 2022, Ukraine went from being on par with the
Does prosperity bring democracy? Does democracy boost prosperity? This column argues that the answer to both questions depends critically
From urbanization to agriculture, land systems touch nearly every aspect of development. That’s why the World Bank Group has
Throughout history, water has been the quiet engine behind progress: farmers irrigate fields to grow crops; industry needs it
A cyberattack against Morocco’s National Social Security Fund, which resulted in the leakage of the personal and financial details of nearly two million people; a cyber
History provides many examples of large changes in the relative economic size of nations. This column examines the impact
Recent changes in the tariff policies of the US and China are likely to affect developing countries in complex
Increases in Brazil’s national minimum wage between 2000 and 2009 moved the country from a regime of low minimum
Today’s blog is a background note I prepared for a forthcoming Policy Research Report on “Industrial Policy for Development”
In many developing countries, productive firms remain too small, while less productive firms are too large. Such misallocation contributes
Between regaining independence in 1991 and the Russian invasion in 2022, Ukraine went from being on par with the
Does prosperity bring democracy? Does democracy boost prosperity? This column argues that the answer to both questions depends critically
From urbanization to agriculture, land systems touch nearly every aspect of development. That’s why the World Bank Group has
Throughout history, water has been the quiet engine behind progress: farmers irrigate fields to grow crops; industry needs it
A cyberattack against Morocco’s National Social Security Fund, which resulted in the leakage of the personal and financial details of nearly two million people; a cyber
History provides many examples of large changes in the relative economic size of nations. This column examines the impact
Recent changes in the tariff policies of the US and China are likely to affect developing countries in complex
Increases in Brazil’s national minimum wage between 2000 and 2009 moved the country from a regime of low minimum
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