This paper studies external sovereign bonds as an asset class. It compiles a new database of 266,000 monthly prices of foreign-currency government bonds traded in London and New York between 1815 (the...
These remarks were delivered by by World Bank Group President David Malpass and Panel Discussion in Sudan Ahead of the 2021 Annual Meetings Full Transcript on September 30, 2021. This is the focus of the...
South Asia is heavily impacted by the devastating loss of lives and human capital from the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and the converging technology revolution sweeping the globe. The report looks...
The Constanta metropolitan area has great potential for growth, but fulfilling that potential depends on attracting high added-value investors. The World Bank flagship study magnet cities shows that the...
The experience of development, as well as understandings of and responses to it, are uniquely rendered via popular culture generally, and popular music. Music has been a medium of choice through which...
Sub-Saharan Africa urgently needs to accelerate the pace of agricultural growth to improve livelihoods, ensure food security, and keep droughts from turning into famines. However, this requires the region...