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Incl. Electronic Paper Drawing a Roadmap for Oil Pricing Reform
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6450
Masami Kojima
World Bank
Date Posted: May 21, 2013
Working Paper Series
1 downloads

Incl. Electronic Paper Micro Dynamics of Turkey's Export Boom in the 2000s
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6452
Tolga Cebeci and Ana M. Fernandes
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and World Bank
Date Posted: May 21, 2013
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Incl. Electronic Paper Non-Farm Diversification, Poverty, Economic Mobility and Income Inequality: a Case Study in Village India
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6451
Himanshu , Peter Lanjouw , Rinku Murgai and Nicholas Stern
Jawaharlal Nehru University , World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) , World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE), Chairman of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment
Date Posted: May 21, 2013
Working Paper Series
2 downloads

Incl. Electronic Paper The Effect of Biodiesel Policies on World Oilseed Markets and Developing Countries
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6453
Harry de Gorter , Dusan Drabik and Govinda R. Timilsina
Cornell University - School of Applied Economics and Management , Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management and World Bank - Development Research Group
Date Posted: May 21, 2013
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Incl. Electronic Paper The Inequality Possibility Frontier: Extensions and New Applications
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6449
Branko Milanovic
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)
Date Posted: May 18, 2013
Working Paper Series
7 downloads

Incl. Electronic Paper Jobs, Wellbeing, and Social Cohesion: Evidence from Value and Perception Surveys
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6447
Frank-Borge Wietzke and Catriona McLeod
LSE and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Date Posted: May 17, 2013
Working Paper Series
1 downloads

Incl. Electronic Paper Trade Insulation as Social Protection
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6448
Quy-Toan Do , Andrei A. Levchenko and Martin Ravallion
World Bank - Development Economics Research Group (DECRG) , University of Michigan - Department of Economics and Georgetown University
Date Posted: May 17, 2013
Working Paper Series
1 downloads

Incl. Electronic Paper Conducting Ethical Economic Research: Complications from the Field
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6446
Harold Alderman , Jishnu Das and Vijayendra Rao
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) , World Bank - Development Economics Research Group (DECRG) and World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)
Date Posted: May 16, 2013
Working Paper Series
17 downloads

Incl. Electronic Paper Farther on Down the Road: Transport Costs, Trade and Urban Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6444
Adam Storeygard
Tufts University
Date Posted: May 16, 2013
Working Paper Series
3 downloads

Incl. Electronic Paper Poverty Reduction During the Rural-Urban Transformation: The Role of the Missing Middle
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6445
Luc Christiaensen and Yasuyuki Todo
World Bank and University of Tokyo - Graduate School of Science
Date Posted: May 16, 2013
Working Paper Series
8 downloads

Incl. Electronic Paper Water Hauling and Girls' School Attendance: Some New Evidence from Ghana
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6443
Celine Nauges and Jon Strand
University of Queensland - School of Economics and World Bank
Date Posted: May 16, 2013
Working Paper Series
6 downloads

Incl. Electronic Paper A 'Greenprint' For International Cooperation on Climate Change
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6440
Aaditya Mattoo and Arvind Subramanian
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Date Posted: May 14, 2013
Working Paper Series
14 downloads

Incl. Electronic Paper Bank Competition, Concentration, and Credit Reporting
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6442
Miriam Bruhn , Subika Farazi and Martin Kanz
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) , World Bank - Middle East & North Africa Region and World Bank
Date Posted: May 14, 2013
Working Paper Series
13 downloads

Incl. Electronic Paper Biodiversity and National Accounting
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6441
Kirk Hamilton
World Bank
Date Posted: May 14, 2013
Working Paper Series
18 downloads

Incl. Electronic Paper Why is Voluntary Financial Education so Unpopular? Experimental Evidence from Mexico
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6439
Miriam Bruhn , Gabriel Lara Ibarra and David McKenzie
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) , World Bank and World Bank Development Research Group
Date Posted: May 10, 2013
Working Paper Series
18 downloads

Incl. Electronic Paper A Model of Gendered Production in Colonial Africa and Implications for Development in the Post-Colonial Period
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6438
Hippolyte Fofack
World Bank
Date Posted: May 09, 2013
Working Paper Series
2 downloads

Incl. Electronic Paper How Can Safety Nets Contribute to Economic Growth?
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6437
Harold Alderman and Ruslan Yemtsov
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and World Bank - Eastern Europe & Central Asia Poverty Reduction & Economic Management
Date Posted: May 08, 2013
Working Paper Series
34 downloads

Incl. Electronic Paper Different Dreams, Same Bed: Collecting, Using, and Interpreting Employment Statistics in Sub-Saharan Africa -- The Case of Uganda
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6436
Louise Fox and Obert Pimhidzai
World Bank - Office of the Chief Economist and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Date Posted: May 08, 2013
Working Paper Series
12 downloads

Incl. Electronic Paper A Helping Hand or the Long Arm of the Law? Experimental Evidence on What Governments Can Do to Formalize Firms
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6435
Gustavo Henrique de Andrade , Miriam Bruhn and David McKenzie
Governo do Estado de Minas Gerais , World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and World Bank Development Research Group
Date Posted: May 08, 2013
Working Paper Series
7 downloads

Incl. Electronic Paper Trade Policy Barriers: An Obstacle to Export Diversification in Eurasia
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6434
Ana Cusolito and Claire H. Hollweg
World Bank and World Bank
Date Posted: May 04, 2013
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10 downloads

Incl. Electronic Paper Political Economy of Public Policies: Insights from Distortions to Agricultural and Food Markets
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6433
Kym Anderson , Gordon C. Rausser and Johan F. M. Swinnen
University of Adelaide - Centre for International Economic Studies (CIES) , University of California, Berkeley - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics and KU Leuven - LICOS - Centrum voor Transitie-economie
Date Posted: May 03, 2013
Working Paper Series
21 downloads

Incl. Electronic Paper Informality and Profitability: Evidence from a New Firm Survey in Ecuador
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6431
Denis Medvedev and Ana Maria Oviedo
World Bank and World Bank
Date Posted: May 02, 2013
Working Paper Series
10 downloads

Incl. Electronic Paper Services Linkages and the Value Added Content of Trade
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6432
Joseph F. Francois , Miriam Manchin and Patrick Tomberger
Johannes Kepler University Linz , University College London and Johannes Kepler University Linz
Date Posted: May 02, 2013
Working Paper Series
28 downloads

Incl. Electronic Paper Energy Intensive Infrastructure Investments with Retrofits in Continuous Time: Effects of Uncertainty on Energy Use and Carbon Emissions
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6430
Nils Christian Framstad and Jon Strand
University of Oslo - Department of Economics and World Bank
Date Posted: May 01, 2013
Working Paper Series
10 downloads

Incl. Electronic Paper Models of Public Service Reform: A Problem-Solving Approach
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6428
Willy McCourt
World Bank
Date Posted: May 01, 2013
Working Paper Series
33 downloads

Incl. Electronic Paper Risk Sharing and Internal Migration
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6429
Joachim De Weerdt and Kalle Hirvonen
Economic Development Initiatives (EDI) and University of Sussex - School of Business, Management and Economics
Date Posted: May 01, 2013
Working Paper Series
11 downloads

Incl. Electronic Paper Eliciting Illegal Migration Rates Through List Randomization
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6426
David McKenzie and Melissa Siegel
World Bank Development Research Group and Maastricht University - Graduate School of Governance
Date Posted: April 30, 2013
Working Paper Series
4 downloads

Incl. Electronic Paper How to Avoid Middle Income Traps? Evidence from Malaysia
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6427
Aaron Flaaen , Ejaz Ghani and Saurabh Mishra
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor , World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Date Posted: April 28, 2013
Working Paper Series
30 downloads

Incl. Electronic Paper Productivity Growth in Europe
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6425
Andrea Dall'Olio , Mariana Iootty , Naoto Kaneira and Federica Saliola
World Bank , World Bank , World Bank and World Bank
Date Posted: April 28, 2013
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52 downloads

Incl. Electronic Paper Potential and Actual FDI Spillovers in Global Value Chains: The Role of Foreign Investor Characteristics, Absorptive Capacity and Transmission Channels
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6424
Deborah E. Winkler
World Bank
Date Posted: April 25, 2013
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15 downloads

Incl. Electronic Paper Building or Bypassing Recipient Country Systems: Are Donors Defying the Paris Declaration?
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6423
Stephen Knack
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)
Date Posted: April 24, 2013
Working Paper Series
11 downloads

Incl. Electronic Paper Export Liberalization, Job Creation and the Skill Premium: Evidence from the U.S.-Vietnam Bilateral Trade Agreement
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6419
Emiko Fukase
World Bank
Date Posted: April 24, 2013
Working Paper Series
10 downloads

Incl. Electronic Paper Foreign Job Opportunities and Internal Migration in Vietnam
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6420
Emiko Fukase
World Bank
Date Posted: April 24, 2013
Working Paper Series
11 downloads

Incl. Electronic Paper Foreign Wage Premium, Gender and Education: Insights from Vietnam Household Surveys
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6421
Emiko Fukase
World Bank
Date Posted: April 24, 2013
Working Paper Series
9 downloads

Incl. Electronic Paper Urbanization and Poverty Reduction -- The Role of Rural Diversification and Secondary Towns
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6422
Luc Christiaensen , Joachim De Weerdt and Yasuyuki Todo
World Bank , Economic Development Initiatives (EDI) and University of Tokyo - Graduate School of Science
Date Posted: April 24, 2013
Working Paper Series
31 downloads

Incl. Electronic Paper Schooling, Violent Conflict, and Gender in Burundi
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6418
Philip Verwimp and Jan Van Bavel
Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management and University of Leuven - Centre for Sociological Research
Date Posted: April 24, 2013
Working Paper Series
5 downloads

Incl. Electronic Paper Municipal Vulnerability to Climate Change and Climate Related Events in Mexico
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6417
Christian Borja-Vega and Alejandro de la Fuente
World Bank and World Bank
Date Posted: April 23, 2013
Working Paper Series
15 downloads

Incl. Electronic Paper Financial Inclusion and Legal Discrimination Against Women: Evidence from Developing Countries
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6416
Asli Demirguc-Kunt , Leora F. Klapper and Dorothe Singer
World Bank , World Bank and Tilburg University
Date Posted: April 20, 2013
Working Paper Series
24 downloads

Incl. Electronic Paper Is Labor Income Responsible for Poverty Reduction? A Decomposition Approach
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6414
Gabriela Inchauste , Sergio Olivieri , Jaime Saavedra and Hernan Winkler
World Bank , Universidad Nacional de La Plata , GRADE and World Bank
Date Posted: April 20, 2013
Working Paper Series
17 downloads

Incl. Electronic Paper Should Marginal Abatement Costs Differ Across Sectors? The Effect of Low-Carbon Capital Accumulation
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6415
Adrien Vogt-Schilb , Guy Meunier and Stéphane Hallegatte
CIRED, Centre international de recherche sur l’environnement et le développement , INRA - UR1303 ALISS and World Bank
Date Posted: April 20, 2013
Working Paper Series
10 downloads

Incl. Electronic Paper Export Entrepreneurship and Trade Structure in Latin America During Good and Bad Times
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6413
Ana M. Fernandes , Daniel Lederman and Mario Gutierrez-Rocha
World Bank , The World Bank - International Trade Department and World Bank
Date Posted: April 18, 2013
Working Paper Series
10 downloads

Incl. Electronic Paper Food Prices, Wages, and Welfare in Rural India
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6412
Hanan G. Jacoby
World Bank - Agriculture and Rural Development Department
Date Posted: April 18, 2013
Working Paper Series
24 downloads

Incl. Electronic Paper Bank Bailouts, Competition, and the Disparate Effects for Borrower and Depositor Welfare
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6410
Cesar Calderon and Klaus Schaeck
World Bank and University of Wales - Bangor Business School
Date Posted: April 16, 2013
Working Paper Series
20 downloads

Incl. Electronic Paper Estimating the Half-Life of Theoretically Founded Real Exchange Rate Misalignments
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6411
Megumi Kubota
World Bank
Date Posted: April 16, 2013
Working Paper Series
18 downloads

Incl. Electronic Paper Subnational Fiscal Policy in Large Developing Countries: Some Lessons from the 2008-09 Crisis for Brazil, China and India
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6409
Shahrokh Fardoust and V.J. Ravishankar
World Bank and World Bank
Date Posted: April 16, 2013
Working Paper Series
28 downloads

Incl. Electronic Paper How Does Competition Affect the Performance of MFIs? Evidence from Bangladesh
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6408
Shahidur R. Khandker , Gayatri B. Koolwal and Syed Badruddoza
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) , World Bank and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Date Posted: April 16, 2013
Working Paper Series
13 downloads

Incl. Electronic Paper Harnessing Emotional Connections to Improve Financial Decisions: Evaluating the Impact of Financial Education in Mainstream Media
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6407
Gunhild Berg and Bilal Zia
World Bank and World Bank - Finance Research Group
Date Posted: April 11, 2013
Working Paper Series
36 downloads

Incl. Electronic Paper Joining, Upgrading and Being Competitive in Global Value Chains: A Strategic Framework
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6406
Olivier Cattaneo , G. Gereffi , S. Miroudot and D. Taglioni
World Bank , Duke University - Department of Sociology - Director, Center on Globalization, Governance & Competitiveness , Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) - Trade Directorate (ECH) and World Bank
Date Posted: April 11, 2013
Working Paper Series
42 downloads

Incl. Electronic Paper Public Policy and Industrial Transformation in the Process of Development
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6405
Pierre-Richard Agenor and Hinh T. Dinh
University of Manchester - School of Social Sciences and World Bank
Date Posted: April 11, 2013
Working Paper Series
37 downloads

Incl. Electronic Paper Are Microcredit Participants in Bangladesh Trapped in Poverty and Debt?
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6404
Shahidur R. Khandker and Hussain A. Samad
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and World Bank
Date Posted: April 09, 2013
Working Paper Series
29 downloads


 

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