David Francis

World Bank, Development Economics

1818 H St NW

Washington , DC 20433

United States

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

10

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1,150

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Scholarly Papers (10)

1.

Smes, Age, and Jobs: A Review of the Literature, Metrics, and Evidence

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 7493
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Gemechu Aga, David Francis and Jorge Rodríguez-Meza
World Bank, World Bank, Development Economics and World Bank
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Employment and Shared Growth, Equity and Development, Achieving Shared Growth, Pro-Poor Growth, Private Sector Development Law, Marketing, Private Sector Economics

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As the Market Churns: Estimates of Firm Exit and Job Loss Using the World Bank's Enterprise Surveys

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 7218
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Gemechu Aga and David Francis
World Bank and World Bank, Development Economics
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Business in Development

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Do Politically Connected Firms Innovate, Contributing to Long-Term Economic Growth?

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 8502
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 28 Aug 2018
World Bank, Development Economics, World Bank and World Bank
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Common Carriers Industry, Construction Industry, General Manufacturing, Business Cycles and Stabilization Policies, Plastics & Rubber Industry, Textiles, Apparel & Leather Industry, Pulp & Paper Industry, Food & Beverage Industry, Economic Growth, Industrial Economics, Economic Theory & Research, International Trade and Trade Rules, De Facto Governments, Public Sector Administrative and Civil Service Reform, Democratic Government, Public Sector Administrative & Civil Service Reform, State Owned Enterprise Reform, Economics and Finance of Public Institution Development, Energy Privatization, Privatization, Economic Assistance, Energy Policies & Economics, Access of Poor to Social Services, Se

Mapping the Landscape of Transactions: The Governance of Business Relations in Latin America

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 8564
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 28 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 01 May 2019
David Francis, Nona Karalashvili and Peter Murrell
World Bank, Development Economics, World Bank and University of Maryland - Department of Economics
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Public Sector Management and Reform, Employment and Unemployment, Primary Metals, Settlement of Investment Disputes, Private Sector Development Law, Private Sector Economics, Marketing

Mapping the Landscape of Transactions: The Governance of Business Relations in Latin America

Number of pages: 70 Posted: 26 Apr 2019
David Francis, Nona Karalashvili and Peter Murrell
World Bank, Development Economics, World Bank and University of Maryland - Department of Economics
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Governance, Transactions, Law, Bilateralism, Latin America

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The Effect of the Swedish Payroll Tax Cut for Youths on Firm Profitability

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 7854
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 12 Oct 2016
Arvid Malm, Johan E Eklund, David Francis and Nan Jiang
Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) - Department of Industrial Economics and Management (INDEK), Jonkoping University - Jonkoping International Business School (JIBS), World Bank, Development Economics and World Bank
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Consumption, Fiscal & Monetary Policy, Private Sector Development Law, Marketing, Private Sector Economics

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Not so Different From Non-Traders: Trade Premia in the Middle East and North Africa

EBRD Working Paper No. 199
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 08 Feb 2018
David Francis and Helena Schweiger
World Bank, Development Economics and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) - Office of the Chief Economist
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International Trade, Firms, Manufacturing, Services, Developing Countries

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Surviving Firms of the Syrian Arab Republic: A Rapid Assessment

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 8397
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 03 Apr 2018
Kinley Clemens Salmon, Nabila Assaf and David Francis
World Bank, World Bank and World Bank, Development Economics
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Pulp & Paper Industry, Textiles, Apparel & Leather Industry, General Manufacturing, Common Carriers Industry, Construction Industry, Plastics & Rubber Industry, Food & Beverage Industry, Business Cycles and Stabilization Policies, Hydrology, Transport Services, Public Finance Decentralization and Poverty Reduction, Economic Adjustment and Lending, Macro-Fiscal Policy, Taxation & Subsidies, Public Sector Economics, Armed Conflict

8.

Deepening Without Broadening? Jobs in Ghana's Private Sector

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 7835
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 07 Oct 2016
David Francis and Maddalena Honorati
World Bank, Development Economics and World Bank
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Microenterprises, Small Scale Industry (Superceded), Small Scale Enterprise (Superceded), Small and Medium Size Enterprises, Cottage Industry, Small Scale Enterprise

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Herder-Related Violence, Agricultural Work, and the Informal Sector as a Safety Net

Number of pages: 70 Posted: 07 May 2024
World Bank, Development Economics, University of Minnesota, Macalester College - Department of Economics and University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
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Conflict, violence, informality, agriculture, farmer-herder, safety net

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The Pecuniary and Non-Pecuniary Returns to Micro-Entrepreneurship: Evidence from a Cross-Section of Women in Mexico

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 04 Feb 2025
Benjamin Williams, Jesica Torres and David Francis
George Washington University, World Bank and World Bank, Development Economics
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Female entrepreneurship, Roy Model, non-pecuniary benefits, selection correction, survey non-response