SSRN World Bank: Macroecon & Growth (Topic)

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

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Daniel Kaufmann, Aart Kraay and Massimo Mastruzzi

Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI), World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and World Bank Institute

Downloads 52,077

2.

Aggregating Governance Indicators

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2195

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 05 Nov 1999

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Daniel Kaufmann, Aart Kraay and Pablo Zoido

Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI), World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and Stanford University - Graduate School of Business

Downloads 5,875

3.

Aid, Policies, and Growth

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 569252

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 20 Apr 2016

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A. Craig Burnside and David Dollar

Duke University - Department of Economics and World Bank - Development Economics Group (DEC)

Downloads 5,188

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

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Ross Levine

UC Berkeley

Downloads 3,831

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

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Ross Levine and Sara Zervos

UC Berkeley and World Bank

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 2,941

6.

Investment and Saving in China

World Bank Policy Research Paper Series No. 3633

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 28 Jul 2005

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Louis Kuijs

World Bank

Downloads 2,783

7.

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

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César A. Calderón and Luis Servén

Central Bank of Chile and World Bank - Office of the Chief Economist

Downloads 2,264

8.

Trade, Growth, and Poverty

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2615

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 20 Apr 2016

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David Dollar and Aart Kraay

World Bank - Development Economics Group (DEC) and World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 2,150

9.

How Foreign Investment Affects Host Countries

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 1745

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 20 Apr 2016

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Magnus Blomstrom and Ari Kokko

Stockholm School of Economics - Department of Economics and Stockholm School of Economics

Downloads 1,919

10.

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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Ross Levine, Norman Loayza and Thorsten Beck

UC Berkeley, World Bank - Research Department and City University London - Sir John Cass Business School

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 1,912

11.

Finance and the Sources of Growth

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2057

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 20 Apr 2016

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Thorsten Beck, Ross Levine and Norman Loayza

City University London - Sir John Cass Business School, UC Berkeley and World Bank - Research Department

Downloads 1,911

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

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Graciela Kaminsky, Richard K. Lyons and Sergio L. Schmukler

George Washington University - Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley and World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 1,734

13.

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

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Alan Gelb, Benn Eifert and Nils Borje Tallroth

World Bank, World Bank and World Bank

Downloads 1,664

14.

The Social Rate of Return on Infrastructure Investments

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2390

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 20 Apr 2016

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David Canning and Esra Bennathan

Harvard University - T.H. Chan School of Public Health and University of Bristol - Department of Economics

Downloads 1,611

15.

Pro-Poor Growth: A Primer

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3242

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 20 Apr 2016

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Martin Ravallion

Georgetown University

Downloads 1,556

16.

Growth is Good for the Poor

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2587

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 20 Apr 2016

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David Dollar and Aart Kraay

World Bank - Development Economics Group (DEC) and World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)

Downloads 1,492

17.

Decentralization: The Way Forward for Rural Development?

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 1475

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 20 Apr 2016

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Andrew N. Parker

World Bank

Downloads 1,446

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

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Jacques P. Morisset

World Bank - Foreign Investment Advisory Service (FIAS)

Downloads 1,446

19.

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

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Hippolyte Fofack

World Bank

Downloads 1,419

20.

Promoting Innovation in Developing Countries: A Conceptual Framework

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3554

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 12 May 2005

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Jean-Eric Aubert

World Bank

Downloads 1,383

21.

Balance, Accountability, and Responsiveness: Lessons about Decentralization

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2021

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 20 Apr 2016

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Anwar Shah

World Bank

Downloads 1,375

22.

R&D and Development

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3024

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 07 Jul 2003

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Daniel Lederman and William F. Maloney

World Bank - Latin America and Caribbean Region and World Bank - Poverty and Economic Management Unit

Downloads 1,368

23.

Aid, Policies, and Growth: Revisiting the Evidence

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3251

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 20 Apr 2016

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A. Craig Burnside and David Dollar

Duke University - Department of Economics and World Bank - Development Economics Group (DEC)

Downloads 1,357

24.

Volatility and Growth

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3184

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 20 Apr 2016

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Norman Loayza and Viktoria V. Hnatkovska

World Bank - Research Department and University of British Columbia (UBC) - Department of Economics

Downloads 1,325

25.

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

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Louis Kuijs and Tao Wang

World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Downloads 1,301

26.

Globalization, Poverty, and Inequality since 1980

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3333

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 20 Apr 2016

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David Dollar

World Bank - Development Economics Group (DEC)

Downloads 1,283

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

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Guillermo E. Perry and Luis Servén

World Bank - Latin America and Caribbean Region and World Bank - Office of the Chief Economist

Downloads 1,276

28.

On the Measurement and Impact of Fiscal Decentralization

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2809

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 20 Apr 2016

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Robert D. Ebel and Serdar Yilmaz

affiliation not provided to SSRN and World Bank

Downloads 1,129

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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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Santiago Herrera and Gaobo Pang

World Bank and Northern Trust Asset Management

There are 3 versions of this paper

Downloads 1,063

30.

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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Sergio L. Schmukler and Esteban Vesperoni

World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and International Monetary Fund (IMF)

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 1,057

31.

Trade Structure and Growth

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3025

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 20 Jun 2003

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Daniel Lederman and William F. Maloney

World Bank - Latin America and Caribbean Region and World Bank - Poverty and Economic Management Unit

Downloads 1,034

32.

Foreign Direct Investment and Poverty Reduction

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2613

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 20 Apr 2016

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Michael U. Klein, Carl Aaron and Bita Hadjimichael

Frankfurt School of Finance and Management, East West Management Institute, Washington DC and World Bank

Downloads 1,024

33.

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

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Shaohua Chen and Yan Wang

World Bank and Peking University

Downloads 1,009

34.

Stock Market Development and Long-Run Growth

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 1582

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 20 Apr 2016

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Sara Zervos and Ross Levine

World Bank and UC Berkeley

Downloads 989

35.

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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Malcolm Knight, Norman Loayza and Delano Villanueva

World Bank, World Bank - Research Department and World Bank

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 977

36.

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

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Frederic S. Mishkin

Columbia Business School - Finance and Economics

Downloads 962

37.

Asset Distribution, Inequality, and Growth

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2375

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 20 Apr 2016

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Klaus Deininger and Pedro Olinto

World Bank - Development Economics Group (DEC) and World Bank

Downloads 961

38.

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

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William Easterly

New York University - Department of Economics

Downloads 954

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

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Claudio Bravo-Ortega and Jose de Gregorio

University of Chile - Department of Economics and Central Bank of Chile

Downloads 946

40.

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

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Abhijit V. Banerjee

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics

Downloads 942

41.

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

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Delfin S. Go, Marna Kearney, Sherman Robinson and Karen Thierfelder

Development Prospects Group, The World Bank, South Africa National Treasury, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and United States Naval Academy - Department of Economics

Downloads 940

42.

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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Graciela Kaminsky and Sergio L. Schmukler

George Washington University - Department of Economics and World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)

Downloads 931

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

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B. Essama-Nssah

World Bank

Downloads 879

44.

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

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Michael U. Klein

Frankfurt School of Finance and Management

Downloads 859

45.

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

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William Easterly

New York University - Department of Economics

Downloads 848

46.

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

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Josef Ludger Loening

University of Goettingen (Gottingen) - Ibero-America-Institute for Economic Research

Downloads 833

47.

Globalization and the Challenge for Developing Countries

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2618

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 20 Apr 2016

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Shahid Yusuf

World Bank

Downloads 812

48.

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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Thorsten Beck, Asli Demirgüç-Kunt and Ross Levine

City University London - Sir John Cass Business School, World Bank - Development Research Group and UC Berkeley

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 791

49.

Reform, Growth, and Poverty in Vietnam

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2837

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 20 Apr 2016

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David Dollar

World Bank - Development Economics Group (DEC)

Downloads 790

50.

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

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Hana Polackova

World Bank

Downloads 781

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