Documents et rapports
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The Role of Firm Dynamics in Aggregate Productivity, Job Flows, and Wage Inequality in Ecuador (anglais)
This paper examines the role of firm dynamics in aggregate total factor productivity, job flows, and wage inequality in Ecuador. Utilizing a comprehensive employer-employee dataset, the paper documents...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS10739 Date du document: 27 mars 2024 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Patino Pena,Fausto Andres,Ferro,Esteban
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Job creation in the private sector : an exploratory assessment of patterns and determinants at the macro, sector, and firm levels (anglais)
Why do some countries create more jobs than others? To consider this question, in this paper we focus on one of the most basic relationships, between growth and employment. In practice, the private sector...
Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: AUS22807 Date du document: 1 janvier 2017 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Farole,Thomas,Ferro,Esteban,Michel Gutierrez,Veronica
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Colombia - US free trade agreement : a positive analysis of its implementation (anglais)
Over the last decade, Colombia has taken important steps towards the strengthening of its economic apparatus and its integration into the Global economy.The Colombian economy strategy is cemented in a...
Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 106858 Date du document: 1 juin 2016 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Ferro,Esteban,Higuera,Juliana Laura,Portugal Perez,Luis Alberto,Reyes,Jose Daniel
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Sudan - Country economic memorandum : realizing the potential for diversified development (Vol. 2 of 2) : السودان-مذكرة اقتصادية قطرية: إمكانات للتنمية المتنوعة (arabe)
From 1999 to 2011 Sudan had a period where it benefited from extensive discoveries of natural wealth through oil. But the oil economy had also clear symptoms of Dutch disease. Agriculture suffered from...
Type de document: Mémorandum économique sur un pays Numéro du rapport: 103352 Date du document: 30 septembre 2015 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Geiger,Michael Tobias,Lofgren,Hans Lennart,Bogoev,Jane,Nishiuchi,Toru,Nguyen, Ha,Garlick,Robert James,Lyasse,Omar,Yousif,Iman Sachet,Goldberg,Joseph R.,Ferrantino,Michael Joseph,Schmidt,Gabriela,Dihel,Nora Carina,Fernandes,Ana Margarida,Ferro,Esteban,Battaile,William G.,Land,Bryan Christopher
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Sudan - Country economic memorandum : realizing the potential for diversified development (Vol. 2 of 2) : Summary (anglais)
From 1999 to 2011 Sudan had a period where it benefited from extensive discoveries of natural wealth through oil. But the oil economy had also clear symptoms of Dutch disease. Agriculture suffered from...
Type de document: Mémorandum économique sur un pays Numéro du rapport: 103352 Date du document: 30 septembre 2015 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Geiger,Michael Tobias,Lofgren,Hans Lennart,Bogoev,Jane,Nishiuchi,Toru,Nguyen, Ha,Garlick,Robert James,Lyasse,Omar,Yousif,Iman Sachet,Goldberg,Joseph R.,Ferrantino,Michael Joseph,Schmidt,Gabriela,Dihel,Nora Carina,Fernandes,Ana Margarida,Ferro,Esteban,Battaile,William G.,Land,Bryan Christopher
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Sudan - Country economic memorandum : realizing the potential for diversified development (Vol. 1 of 2) : Main report (anglais)
From 1999 to 2011 Sudan had a period where it benefited from extensive discoveries of natural wealth through oil. But the oil economy had also clear symptoms of Dutch disease. Agriculture suffered from...
Type de document: Mémorandum économique sur un pays Numéro du rapport: 103352 Date du document: 30 septembre 2015 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Geiger,Michael Tobias,Lofgren,Hans Lennart,Bogoev,Jane,Nishiuchi,Toru,Nguyen, Ha,Garlick,Robert James,Lyasse,Omar,Yousif,Iman Sachet,Goldberg,Joseph R.,Ferrantino,Michael Joseph,Schmidt,Gabriela,Dihel,Nora Carina,Fernandes,Ana Margarida,Ferro,Esteban,Battaile,William G.,Land,Bryan Christopher
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Product standards and firms’ export decisions (anglais)
The paper estimates the effect of product standards on firms’ export decisions using two novel datasets. The first covers all exporting firms in 42 developing countries. The second covers pesticide standards...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS7315 Date du document: 18 juin 2015 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Fernandes,Ana Margarida,Ferro,Esteban,Wilson,John S.
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The effect of product standards on agricultural exports from developing countries (anglais)
The authors create a standards restrictiveness index using newly available data on maximum residue levels of pesticides for 61 importing countries. The paper analyzes the impact that food safety standards...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS6518 Date du document: 1 juin 2013 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Ferro,Esteban,Otsuki,Tsunehiro,Wilson,John S.
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Aid to the services sector : does it affect manufacturing exports ? (anglais)
This paper evaluates the impact of foreign aid to five service sectors (transportation, information and communications technologies, energy, banking/financial services, and business services) on exports...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS5728 Date du document: 1 juillet 2011 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Ferro,Esteban,Portugal Perez,Luis Alberto,Wilson,John S.
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Foreign aid and business bottlenecks : a study of aid effectiveness (anglais)
This paper proposes a new framework to analyze aid effectiveness. Using World Bank firm survey data and OECD aid flow data, the authors analyze whether aid targets areas that firms in developing countries...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS5546 Date du document: 1 janvier 2011 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Ferro,Esteban,Wilson,John S.
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Signaling and technological marketing tools for exporters (anglais)
Besides superior productivity, what other firm characteristics are associated with export success? This empirical study identifies the effects of signaling tools (foreign technical license, International...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS5547 Date du document: 1 janvier 2011 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Ferro,Esteban