This paper explores new firm-level data to examine the gender gap in technology adoption and the associated effect on firm performance. The data show a small difference in technology sophistication between...
There is limited evidence on the role of participating in international trade in the diffusion of technologies. This paper analyzes the impact of exporting on firms’ adoption of more sophisticated technologies...
Over the last two decades, Ethiopia has achieved remarkable progress toward social and economic development. A growing economy with a population of over 100 million located in the conflict-affected Horn...
The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the digital transformation of businesses. Using a unique global panel dataset, this paper documents the patterns of digital adoption during the pandemic across firms in...
This paper characterizes the firm size distribution by exploiting establishment-level censuses covering both formal and informal firms in Sub-Saharan Africa. The paper finds a "missing middle" in the employment-based...
This paper uses a novel firm-level dataset and finds a missing middle in the employment based firm size distribution in four sub-Saharan African countries. This missing middle hinges on the inclusion of...
The Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic has had widespread negative effects in developing countries around the world, generating an unprecedented shock. Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) was a particularly...
Poverty reduction and shared prosperity can be achieved only with sustained growth. But the global economy is increasingly vulnerable to global shocks. The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic and its devastating...
Poverty reduction and shared prosperity can be achieved only with sustained growth. But the global economy is increasingly vulnerable to global shocks. The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic and its devastating...
Technology is key to boost productivity and generate more and better-quality jobs in Kenya. This paper uses a novel approach to measure technology adoption at the firm level and applies it to a representative...
COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the digital transformation of businesses. Using a unique global panel dataset, this paper documents the patterns of digital adoption across firms in 38 mostly developing...
This paper estimates the impact of technology sophistication pre-COVID-19 on the performance of firms during the early stages of the pandemic. It exploits a unique data set covering firms from Brazil...
Argentinean firms’ investments in R&D are well below its regional peers. One potential explanation for this fact is the existence of low and heterogeneous returns for these investments. This paper uses...
This paper estimates the impact of technology sophistication pre-COVID-19 on the performance of firms during the early stages of the pandemic. A unique data covering firms from Brazil, Senegal, and Vietnam...
Detailed data was collected on the technologies used in a comprehensive set of business functions in a representative sample of firms in Vietnam, Senegal, and the Brazilian state of Ceará, and measures...
Building on prior work that documented the impact of COVID-19 on firms in developing countries using the first wave of Business Pulse Surveys, this paper presents a new set of stylized facts on firm recovery...
Strengthening private sector innovation and productivity is a cornerstone of Indonesia’s medium-term economic development strategy. The Government of Indonesia (GoI), in its Medium-term Development Plan...
The COVID-19 pandemic has generated an unprecedented shock to the private sector. Using six rounds of data from the Business Pulse Survey in the state of Sao Paulo, we document the impact on micro and...
The COVID-19 pandemic has generated an unprecedented shock to the private sector. Using six rounds of data from the Business Pulse Survey in the state of Sao Paulo, we document the impact on micro and...
The science, technology, and innovation (STI) report provide analytical support for Vietnam’s upcoming ten-year STI strategy 2021-2030 and the socio-economic development strategy (SEDS) 2021-2030. The...