1.
The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Methodology and Analytical Issues
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 5430
Number of pages: 31
Posted: 24 Sep 2010
Working Paper Series
Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI), World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and World Bank Institute
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60,799
2.
Aggregating Governance Indicators
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2195
Number of pages: 42
Posted: 05 Nov 1999
Working Paper Series
Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI), World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and Stanford University - Graduate School of Business
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6,583
3.
Aid, Policies, and Growth
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 569252
Number of pages: 54
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
Duke University - Department of Economics and World Bank - Development Economics Group (DEC)
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5,542
4.
Financial Development and Economic Growth: Views and Agenda
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 1678
Number of pages: 84
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business
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4,089
5.
Stock Markets, Banks, and Economic Growth
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 1690; A1.213 Working Paper No. 297
Number of pages: 52
Posted: 06 Jan 2005
Working Paper Series
University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business and World Bank
There are 2 versions of this paper
Stock Markets, Banks, and Economic Growth
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 1690; A1.213 Working Paper No. 297
Number of pages: 52
Posted: 06 Jan 2005
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3,063
Stock Markets, Banks, and Economic Growth
American Economic Review, Vol. 88, pp. 537-558, 1998
Posted: 25 Jul 2000
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3,063
6.
Investment and Saving in China
World Bank Policy Research Paper Series No. 3633
Number of pages: 20
Posted: 28 Jul 2005
Working Paper Series
World Bank
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2,892
7.
Trade, Growth, and Poverty
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2615
Number of pages: 46
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank - Development Economics Group (DEC) and World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)
There are 2 versions of this paper
Trade, Growth, and Poverty
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2615
Number of pages: 46
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
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2,505
Trade, Growth, and Poverty
Economic Journal, Vol. 114, pp. F22-F49, February 2004
Number of pages: 28
Posted: 06 Oct 2004
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13
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2,505
8.
The Effects of Infrastructure Development on Growth and Income Distribution
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3400
Number of pages: 43
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
Central Bank of Chile and World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)
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2,343
9.
Finance and the Sources of Growth
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2057
Number of pages: 38
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
City University London - Sir John Cass Business School, University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business and World Bank - Research Department
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1,992
10.
How Foreign Investment Affects Host Countries
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 1745
Number of pages: 45
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
Stockholm School of Economics - Department of Economics and Stockholm School of Economics
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1,986
11.
Financial Intermediation and Growth: Causality and Causes
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2059
Number of pages: 47
Posted: 27 Oct 2000
Working Paper Series
University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business, World Bank - Research Department and City University London - Sir John Cass Business School
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Financial Intermediation and Growth: Causality and Causes
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2059
Number of pages: 47
Posted: 27 Oct 2000
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1,951
Financial Intermediation and Growth: Causality and Causes
Journal of Monetary Economics, Vol. 46, pp. 31-77, August 2000
Posted: 10 Oct 2000
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1,951
12.
Mutual Fund Investment in Emerging Markets: An Overview
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2529
Number of pages: 37
Posted: 05 Jun 2001
Working Paper Series
George Washington University - Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley and World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)
There are 2 versions of this paper
Mutual Fund Investment in Emerging Markets: An Overview
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2529
Number of pages: 37
Posted: 05 Jun 2001
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1,762
Mutual Fund Investment in Emerging Markets: An Overview
World Bank Economic Review, Vol, 15, No. 2, August 2001
Posted: 07 May 2002
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1,762
13.
The Social Rate of Return on Infrastructure Investments
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2390
Number of pages: 49
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
Harvard University - T.H. Chan School of Public Health and University of Bristol - Department of Economics
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1,742
14.
Pro-Poor Growth: A Primer
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3242
Number of pages: 28
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
Georgetown University
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1,714
15.
The Political Economy of Fiscal Policy and Economic Management in Oil-Exporting Countries
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2899
Number of pages: 35
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank, World Bank and World Bank
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1,702
16.
Growth is Good for the Poor
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2587
Number of pages: 51
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank - Development Economics Group (DEC) and World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)
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1,653
17.
Nonperforming Loans in Sub-Saharan Africa: Causal Analysis and Macroeconomic Implications
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3769
Number of pages: 36
Posted: 16 Nov 2005
Working Paper Series
World Bank
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1,652
18.
Foreign Direct Investment in Africa: Policies Also Matter
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2481
Number of pages: 21
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank - Foreign Investment Advisory Service (FIAS)
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1,513
19.
Decentralization: The Way Forward for Rural Development?
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 1475
Number of pages: 60
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank
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1,484
20.
Balance, Accountability, and Responsiveness: Lessons About Decentralization
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2021
Number of pages: 43
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank
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1,476
21.
R&D and Development
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3024
Number of pages: 39
Posted: 07 Jul 2003
Working Paper Series
World Bank - Latin America and Caribbean Region and World Bank - Poverty and Economic Management Unit
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1,443
22.
Aid, Policies, and Growth: Revisiting the Evidence
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3251
Number of pages: 36
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
Duke University - Department of Economics and World Bank - Development Economics Group (DEC)
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1,434
23.
Volatility and Growth
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3184
Number of pages: 40
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank - Research Department and University of British Columbia (UBC) - Department of Economics
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1,421
24.
Promoting Innovation in Developing Countries: A Conceptual Framework
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3554
Number of pages: 39
Posted: 12 May 2005
Working Paper Series
World Bank
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1,410
25.
Globalization, Poverty, and Inequality Since 1980
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3333
Number of pages: 46
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank - Development Economics Group (DEC)
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1,355
26.
China's Pattern of Growth: Moving to Sustainability and Reducing Inequality
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3767
Number of pages: 13
Posted: 16 Nov 2005
Working Paper Series
World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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1,346
27.
The Anatomy of a Multiple Crisis: Why Was Argentina Special and What Can We Learn from it?
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3081
Number of pages: 60
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank - Latin America and Caribbean Region and World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)
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1,311
28.
An Analysis of South Africa's Value Added Tax
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3671
Number of pages: 21
Posted: 09 Aug 2005
Working Paper Series
Development Prospects Group, The World Bank, South Africa National Treasury, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and United States Naval Academy - Department of Economics
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1,209
29.
Globalization and the Challenge for Developing Countries
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2618
Number of pages: 46
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank
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1,195
30.
On the Measurement and Impact of Fiscal Decentralization
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2809
Number of pages: 26
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
affiliation not provided to SSRN and World Bank
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1,156
31.
Efficiency of Public Spending in Developing Countries: An Efficiency Frontier Approach
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3645
Number of pages: 69
Posted: 26 Jul 2005
Working Paper Series
World Bank and Northern Trust Asset Management
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Efficiency of Public Spending in Developing Countries: An Efficiency Frontier Approach
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3645
Number of pages: 69
Posted: 26 Jul 2005
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1,091
Efficiency of Public Spending in Developing Countries : An Efficiency Frontier Approach
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3645
Number of pages: 69
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
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456
Efficiency of Public Spending in Developing Countries: An Efficiency Frontier Approach
Number of pages: 52
Posted: 09 Mar 2012
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33
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1,091
32.
Trade Structure and Growth
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3025
Number of pages: 27
Posted: 20 Jun 2003
Working Paper Series
World Bank - Latin America and Caribbean Region and World Bank - Poverty and Economic Management Unit
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1,088
33.
Globalization and Firms' Financing Choices: Evidence from Emerging Economies
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2323; 3rd Annual Fin. Mkt. Dev. Conf., Hong Kong 2001; William Davidson Institute Working Paper No. 388
Number of pages: 37
Posted: 12 Jun 2000
Working Paper Series
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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Globalization and Firms' Financing Choices: Evidence from Emerging Economies
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2323; 3rd Annual Fin. Mkt. Dev. Conf., Hong Kong 2001; William Davidson Institute Working Paper No. 388
Number of pages: 37
Posted: 12 Jun 2000
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1,067
Globalization and Firms' Financing Choices: Evidence from Emerging Economies
IMF Working Paper No. 01/95
Number of pages: 26
Posted: 01 Feb 2006
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111
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1,067
34.
Foreign Direct Investment and Poverty Reduction
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2613
Number of pages: 44
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
Frankfurt School of Finance and Management, East West Management Institute, Washington DC and World Bank
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1,051
35.
Land Reforms: Prospects and Strategies
Conference Paper, Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics, Washington D.C.; and MIT Department of Economics Working Paper No. 99-24
Number of pages: 20
Posted: 01 Oct 1999
Working Paper Series
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
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1,039
36.
Stock Market Development and Long-Run Growth
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 1582
Number of pages: 32
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank and University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business
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1,031
37.
China's Growth and Poverty Reduction: Recent Trends between 1990 and 1999
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2651
Number of pages: 24
Posted: 26 Sep 2001
Working Paper Series
World Bank and Peking University
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1,026
38.
Asset Distribution, Inequality, and Growth
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2375
Number of pages: 28
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank - Development Economics Group (DEC) and World Bank
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1,023
39.
The Relative Richness of the Poor? Natural Resources, Human Capital, and Economic Growth
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3484
Number of pages: 48
Posted: 13 Jan 2005
Working Paper Series
School of Business, Universidad Adolfo Ibañez and Central Bank of Chile
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1,007
40.
The Peace Dividend: Military Spending Cuts and Economic Growth
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 1577
Number of pages: 60
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank, World Bank - Research Department and World Bank
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The Peace Dividend: Military Spending Cuts and Economic Growth
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 1577
Number of pages: 60
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
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994
The Peace Dividend: Military Spending Cuts and Economic Growth
IMF Working Paper No. 95/53
Number of pages: 40
Posted: 15 Feb 2006
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225
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994
41.
Financial Policies and the Prevention of Financial Crises in Emerging Market Economies
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2683
Number of pages: 52
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
Columbia Business School - Finance and Economics
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993
42.
The Ghost of Financing Gap: How the Harrod-Domar Growth Model Still Haunts Development Economics
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 1807
Number of pages: 30
Posted: 06 Jan 2005
Working Paper Series
New York University - Department of Economics
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970
43.
Building and Running General Equilibrium Models in Eviews
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3197
Number of pages: 37
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank
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963
44.
Emerging Markets Instability: Do Sovereign Ratings Affect Country Risk and Stock Returns?
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2678
Number of pages: 40
Posted: 25 Jan 2002
Working Paper Series
George Washington University - Department of Economics and World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)
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Emerging Markets Instability: Do Sovereign Ratings Affect Country Risk and Stock Returns?
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2678
Number of pages: 40
Posted: 25 Jan 2002
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956
Emerging Markets Instability: Do Sovereign Ratings Affect Country Risk and Stock Returns?
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2678
Number of pages: 35
Posted: 29 Sep 2017
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13
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956
45.
Effects of Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Education on Economic Growth
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3610
Number of pages: 80
Posted: 08 Jul 2005
Working Paper Series
University of Goettingen (Gottingen) - Ibero-America-Institute for Economic Research
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894
46.
Contingent Government Liabilities: A Hidden Risk for Fiscal Stability
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 1989
Number of pages: 36
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank
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883
47.
Risk, Taxpayers, and the Role of Government in Project Finance
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 1688
Number of pages: 20
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
Frankfurt School of Finance and Management
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879
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How Did Highly Indebted Poor Countries Become Highly Indebted? Reviewing Two Decades of Debt Relief
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2225
Number of pages: 39
Posted: 29 Nov 1999
Working Paper Series
New York University - Department of Economics
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855
49.
Reform, Growth, and Poverty in Vietnam
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2837
Number of pages: 26
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank - Development Economics Group (DEC)
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847
50.
Bank Concentration and Crises
University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management Working Paper; and World Bank Policy Research Paper No. 3041
Number of pages: 42
Posted: 13 Aug 2003
Working Paper Series
City University London - Sir John Cass Business School, World Bank - Development Research Group and University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business
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Bank Concentration and Crises
University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management Working Paper; and World Bank Policy Research Paper No. 3041
Number of pages: 42
Posted: 13 Aug 2003
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799
Bank Concentration and Crises
NBER Working Paper No. w9921
Number of pages: 43
Posted: 25 Aug 2003
Last Revised: 04 Nov 2010
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82
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