Legal institutions play an important role in shaping gender equality in economic domains, from inheritance to labor markets. But where do gender equal laws come from? Using cross-country data on social...
This paper estimates the impact of bilateral labor arrangements on migration between two countries. It uses comprehensive data on bilateral migration and bilateral labor agreements across all country pairs...
Microfinance is an important tool for improving livelihoods at the base of the pyramid by increasing access to finance to underserved households and microentrepreneurs, especially women. Yet the sector...
This paper uses data from a survey of 116,061 households in India to study people’s beliefs about inequality and demand for redistribution. The findings show that a household’s beliefs about inequality...
Este pacote de Notas de Políticas Públicas é dirigido à sociedade brasileira e especificamente aos candidatos à presidência e sua equipe econômica na eleição de 2018. Ele apresenta o diagnóstico do Banco...
This package of policy notes is addressed to Brazilian society and specifically to the Presidential candidates and their teams of economic advisors in the 2018 election. It provides the World Bank’s diagnosis...
Serbia has been on the path of reform since the turn of the new millennium – although improvements in living standards were evident, growth was based on domestic demand fueled by significant financial...
This press release announces that project finance in emerging markets took a beating during recent financial turmoil, but the method of financing projects through their own revenues and assets will rebound...