Adoption of digital technologies is widely acknowledged to boost productivity and employment, stimulate investment, and promote growth and development. Africa has already benefited from a rapid diffusion...
Adoption of digital technologies is widely acknowledged to boost productivity and employment, stimulate investment, and promote growth and development. Africa has already benefited from a rapid diffusion...
Imported digital goods are critical for productivity growth in low-income countries. Using detailed data on international trade flows and tariffs, this paper finds that African nations tend to import relatively...
This paper investigates the relationship between disruptive technologies and access to finance for digital tech firms in Africa. Through textual analysis of data from Crunchbase and Pitchbook, the study...
The World Bank has a large portfolio of investments supporting entrepreneurship. These investments are spread across countries in different regions, with varying income levels, and in various World Bank...
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...
Entrepreneurship and micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) play a critical role in creating more and better jobs. MSMEs across the world account for a large share of jobs. Many jobs created by MSMES...
An entrepreneurial ecosystem consists of the set of complementary factors required to start a business with the potential to scale up and innovate in a particular geographic space. This paper develops...
This report presents a diagnostic of MSMEs and entrepreneurship ecosystems in Kenya. The report is organized in four chapters combining a comprehensive set of information assessing the entrepreneurship...
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...
Digital Senegal for Inclusive Growth explores possible solutions for a more intensive use of digital technologies, especially by small and medium enterprises, to increase their productivity and create...
Digital Senegal for Inclusive Growth explores possible solutions for a more intensive use of digital technologies, especially by small and medium enterprises, to increase their productivity and create...
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...
The report is organized in four chapters that together provide a comprehensive assessment of entrepreneurship and startup performance in Romania. Chapter one examines the context of entrepreneurship in...