Research Working papers

Corruption And Confidence In Public Institutions
pp. 1-42(42)
Authors: Clausen, Bianca; Kraay, Aart; Nyiri, Zsolt

Soil Fertility, Fertilizer, And The Maize Green Revolution In East Africa
pp. 1-36(36)
Authors: Matsumoto, Tomoya; Yamano, Takashi

Downward Nominal And Real Wage Rigidity
pp. 1-52(52)
Authors: Babecky, Jan; Caju, Philip Du; Kosma, Theodora; Lawless, Martina; Messina, Julian; Room, Tairi

The Margins Of Labor Cost Adjustment
pp. 1-36(36)
Authors: Babecky, Jan; Caju, Philip Du; Kosma, Theodora; Lawless, Martina; Messina, Julian; Room, Tairi

Density And Disasters
pp. 1-48(48)
Authors: Lall, Somik V.; Deichmann, Uwe

International aid and financial crises in donor countries
pp. 1-35(35)
Authors: Dang, Hai-Anh; Knack, Steve; Rogers, Halsey

"Green Stimulus," Economic Recovery, And Long-Term Sustainable Development
pp. 1-28(28)
Authors: Strand, Jon; Toman, Michael

Contrasting Future Paths For An Evolving Global Climate Regime
pp. 1-21(21)
Authors: Barrett, Scott; Toman, Michael

Krueger/Schiff/Valdes Revisited
pp. 1-46(46)
Author: Anderson, Kym

Trade Finance In Crisis
pp. 1-21(21)
Authors: Chauffour, Jean-Pierre; Saborowski, Christian; Soylemezoglu, Ahmet I.

Price Elasticity Of Nonresidential Demand For Energy In South Eastern Europe
pp. 1-61(61)
Author: Iimi, Atsushi

Developing Countries, Dispute Settlement, And The Advisory Centre On Wto Law
pp. 1-41(41)
Authors: McCulloch, Rachel; Bown, Chad P.

National Drought Insurance For Malawi
pp. 1-22(22)
Authors: Syroka, Joanna; Nucifora, Antonio

Social Impacts Of Climate Change In Chile
pp. 1-29(29)
Authors: Verner, Dorte; Andersen, Lykke E.

Taxes And Caps As Climate Policy Instruments With Domestic And Imported Fuels
pp. 1-47(47)
Author: Strand, Jon

Sponsoring A Race To The Top
pp. 1-37(37)
Author: Shah, Anwar

Understanding Options For Public-Private Partnerships In Infrastructure
pp. 1-75(75)
Author: Delmon, Jeffrey

Valuation Effects With Transitory And Trend Productivity Shocks
pp. 1-26(26)
Author: Nguyen, Ha

Hegelian Macroeconomics -- The Dialectics Of Global Imbalances
pp. 1-57(57)
Author: Monga, Celestin

At The Frontier Of Practical Political Economy
pp. 1-32(32)
Authors: Green, Amanda; Barma, Naazneen; Abdollahian, Mark; Nunberg, Barbara; Perlman, Deborah

Infrastructure And Economic Growth In Egypt
pp. 1-76(76)
Authors: Odawara, Rei; Loayza, Norman V.

The Inter-Linkages Between Rapid Growth In Livestock Production, Climate Change, And The Impacts On Water Resources, Land Use, And Deforestation
pp. 1-84(84)
Authors: Thornton, Philip K.; Herrero, Mario

A Note On The Economic Cost Of Climate Change And The Rationale To Limit It Below 2°C
pp. 1-19(19)
Authors: Hallegatte, Stephane; Dumas, Patrice; Hourcade, Jean-Charles

Potential Benefits And Risks Of Increased Aid Flows To Burundi
pp. 1-30(30)
Authors: Nielsen, Hannah; Madani, Dorsati

Citizen-Centric Governance Indicators
pp. 1-41(41)
Authors: Shah, Anwar; Ivanyna, Maksym

Earthquake Propensity And The Politics Of Mortality Prevention
pp. 1-41(41)
Authors: Plumper, Thomas; Neumayer, Eric; Keefer, Philip

Dysfunctional Finance
pp. 1-28(28)
Author: Hoff, Karla

What Constrains Africa's Exports ?
pp. 1-26(26)
Authors: Freund, Caroline; Rocha, Nadia

Private Education Provision And Public Finance
pp. 1-39(39)
Author: Patrinos, Harry Anthony

Mexico
pp. 1-47(47)
Authors: Tinajero, Monica; Lopez-Acevedo, Gladys

Bosnia And Herzegovina's Surprising Export Performance
pp. 1-35(35)
Authors: Ng, Francis; Kaminski, Bartlomiej

An Institutional Approach To Balancing International Monetary Relations
pp. 1-30(30)
Authors: Rossi, Sergio; Piffaretti, Nadia F.

The Determinants Of Wealth And Gender Inequity In Cognitive Skills In Latin America
pp. 1-56(56)
Authors: Guaqueta, Juliana; Macdonald, Kevin; Porta, Emilio; Patrinos, Harry Anthony; Barrera, Felipe

Paying Primary Health Care Centers For Performance In Rwanda
pp. 1-29(29)
Authors: Gertler, Paul J.; Soucat, Agnes L.B.; Vermeersch, Christel M.J.; Basinga, Paulin; Binagwaho, Agnes; Sturdy, Jennifer R.

Assessing The Impact Of Infrastructure Quality On Firm Productivity In Africa
pp. 1-117(117)
Authors: Escribano, Alvaro; Guasch, J. Luis; Pena, Jorge

Do Labor Statistics Depend On How And To Whom The Questions Are Asked ? Results From A Survey Experiment In Tanzania
pp. 1-58(58)
Authors: Serneels, Pieter; Bardasi, Elena; Beegle, Kathleen; Dillon, Andrew

The Economics Of Renewable Energy Expansion In Rural Sub-Saharan Africa
pp. 1-69(69)
Authors: Murray, Siobhan; Deichmann, Uwe; Wheeler, David; Meisner, Craig

Trade In 'Virtual Carbon'
pp. 1-30(30)
Authors: Ruta, Giovanni; Van Der Mensbrugghe, Dominique; Atkinson, Giles; Hamilton, Kirk

Export Restraints On Russian Natural Gas And Raw Timber
pp. 1-30(30)
Author: Tarr, David G.

Development Strategies
pp. 1-46(46)
Authors: Levy, Brian; Fukuyama, Francis

New Structural Economics
pp. 1-40(40)
Author: Lin, Justin Yifu

To What Extent Are Bangladesh's Recent Gains In Poverty Reduction Different From The Past?
pp. 1-35(35)
Authors: Kotikula, Aphichoke; Narayan, Ambar; Zaman, Hassan

Formulas And Flexibility In Trade Negotiations
pp. 1-36(36)
Authors: Laborde, David; Jean, Sebastien; Martin, Will

Mortgage Finance In Central And Eastern Europe -- Opportunity Or Burden ?
pp. 1-90(90)
Authors: Beck, Thorsten; Kibuuka, Katie; Tiongson, Erwin

When The Rivers Run Dry
pp. 1-56(56)
Author: Raddatz, Claudio

Measuring Inequality Of Opportunity With Imperfect Data
pp. 1-42(42)
Authors: Aran, Meltem; Ferreira, Francisco H. G.; Gignoux, Jeremie

What Are The Implications For Global Value Chains When The Market Shifts From The North To The South ?
pp. 1-27(27)
Authors: Farooki, Masuma; Kaplinsky, Raphael

What Happens When The Market Shifts To China ? The Gabon Timber And Thai Cassava Value Chains
pp. 1-36(36)
Authors: Kaplinsky, Raphael; Tijaja, Julia; Terheggen, Anne

A New Approach To Producing Geographic Profiles Of Hiv Prevalence
pp. 1-35(35)
Authors: Lanjouw, Peter; Ivaschenko, Oleksiy

Climate Cost Uncertainty, Retrofit Cost Uncertainty, And Infrastructure Closedown
pp. 1-32(32)
Authors: Miller, Sebastian; Strand, Jon

The Impact Of Roads On Poverty Reduction
pp. 1-39(39)
Authors: Najman, Boris; Gachassin, Marie; Raballand, Gael

The Short-Term Impact Of Higher Food Prices On Poverty In Uganda
pp. 1-31(31)
Author: Simler, Kenneth R.

Building Countercyclical Fiscal Policies In Latin America
pp. 1-40(40)
Authors: Gutierrez, Mario; Revilla, Julio E.

The Taxation Of Motor Fuel
pp. 1-22(22)
Authors: Ley, Eduardo; Boccardo, Jessica

Finances Of Egyptian Listed Firms And The Performance Of The Egyptian Stock Exchange
pp. 1-41(41)
Author: Feyen, Erik

Distance And Regionalization Of Trade For Low-Income Countries
pp. 1-50(50)
Authors: Carrere, Celine; Wilson, John; de Melo, Jaime

The Impact Of Economic Shocks On Global Undernourishment
pp. 1-23(23)
Authors: Tiwari, Sailesh; Zaman, Hassan

Learning From The Chinese Miracle
pp. 1-38(38)
Author: Zafar, Ali

Intellectual Property Rights, Human Capital And The Incidence Of R&D Expenditures
pp. 1-29(29)
Authors: Bravo-Ortega, Claudio; Lederman, Daniel

The Impact Of The Investment Climate On Employment Growth
pp. 1-42(42)
Authors: Hallward-Driemeier, Mary; Aterido, Reyes

Equilibrium Fictions
pp. 1-16(16)
Authors: Hoff, Karla; Stiglitz, Joseph E.

Estimating The Fiscal Multiplier In Argentina
pp. 1-17(17)
Authors: Trezzi, Riccardo; Anos-Casero, Paloma; Cerdeiro, Diego

Argentina
pp. 1-22(22)
Authors: Anos-Casero, Paloma; Rollo, Valentina

Trade Openness Reduces Growth Volatility When Countries Are Well Diversified
pp. 1-38(38)
Authors: Saborowski, Christian; Haddad, Mona E.; Lim, Jamus Jerome

Self-Enforcing Trade Agreements
pp. 1-48(48)
Authors: Bown, Chad P.; Crowley, Meredith A.

What Explains Stock Markets' Vulnerability To The 2007-2008 Crisis ?
pp. 1-42(42)
Authors: Love, Inessa; Didier, Tatiana; Peria, Maria Soledad Martinez

Estimating The Import Content Of Argentine Exports
pp. 1-17(17)
Authors: Anos-Casero, Paloma; de Astarloa, Bernardo Diaz

Productivity, Welfare And Reallocation
pp. 1-48(48)
Authors: Pascali, Luigi; Schiantarelli, Fabio; Serven, Luis; Basu, Susanto

Rethinking Market Discipline In Banking
pp. 1-40(40)
Author: Stephanou, Constantinos

Intellectual Property Rights And The TRIPS Agreement
pp. 1-48(48)
Author: Sonderholm, Jorn

Price Levels And Economic Growth
pp. 1-29(29)
Author: Ravallion, Martin

Financial Transactions Tax
pp. 1-37(37)
Authors: Yoder, Sean; Honohan, Patrick

A Closer Look At Child Mortality Among Adivasis In India
pp. 1-28(28)
Authors: Nikitin, Denis; Kapoor, Soumya; Das, Maitreyi Bordia

Assessing The Financial Vulnerability To Climate-Related Natural Hazards
pp. 1-35(35)
Authors: Williges, Keith; Hochrainer, Stefan; Lotsch, Alexander; Mechler, Reinhard; Pflug, Georg

Corporate Governance And Public Corruption
pp. 1-35(35)
Author: Cusolito, Ana

Benefit Incidence Analysis
pp. 1-25(25)
Author: Wagstaff, Adam

Incomplete Markets And Fertilizer Use
pp. 1-21(21)
Authors: Larson, Donald F.; Zerfu, Daniel

The Ethnicity Distraction ? Political Credibility And Partisan Preferences In Africa
pp. 1-47(47)
Author: Keefer, Philip

Of Floods And Droughts
pp. 1-52(52)
Authors: Nallari, Raj; Islam, Roumeen

Assessing Ex Ante The Poverty And Distributional Impact Of The Global Crisis In A Developing Country
pp. 1-45(45)
Authors: Habib, Bilal; Narayan, Ambar; Olivieri, Sergio; Sanchez-Paramo, Carolina

Will The Clean Development Mechanism Mobilize Anticipated Levels Of Mitigation ?
pp. 1-24(24)
Authors: Larson, Donald F.; Rahman, Shaikh M.; Dinar, Ariel

Long-Term Fiscal Risks And Sustainability In An Oil-Rich Country
pp. 1-33(33)
Authors: Smits, Karlis; van Wijnbergen, Sweder; Bogetic, Zeljko; Budina, Nina

Till Geography Do Us Part ? Prolegomena To An Economic And Monetary Union Between The Dominican Republic And Haiti
pp. 1-70(70)
Author: Moreira, Emmanuel Pinto

Quantitative Value Chain Analysis
pp. 1-61(61)
Authors: Keyser, John; Tchale, Hardwick

'Red Flags Of Corruption' In World Bank Projects
pp. 1-27(27)
Authors: Kenny, Charles; Musatova, Maria

Going Digital
pp. 1-26(26)
Authors: Goyal, Aparajita; Deininger, Klaus

Using Mixed Methods In Monitoring And Evaluation
pp. 1-30(30)
Authors: Woolcock, Michael; Rao, Vijayendra; Bamberger, Michael

Skills, Exports, And The Wages Of Five Million Latin American Workers
pp. 1-39(39)
Authors: Carneiro, Rafael Dix; Porto, Guido; Lederman, Daniel; Brambilla, Irene

Publishing Construction Contracts And Outcome Details
pp. 1-18(18)
Author: Kenny, Charles

The Effects Of School-Based Management In The Philippines
pp. 1-29(29)
Authors: Ling, Cristina; Khattri, Nidhi; Jha, Shreyasi

A Counterfactual Analysis Of The Poverty Impact Of Economic Growth In Cameroon
pp. 1-59(59)
Authors: Essama-Nssah, B.; Bassole, Leandre

Undervaluation Through Foreign Reserve Accumulation
pp. 1-42(42)
Authors: Korinek, Anton; Serven, Luis