China’s lending boom to developing
countries is morphing into defaults and debt distress. Given
the secrecy surrounding China’s loans, also the associated
defaults remain...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9925Date: February 4, 2022Author:
Horn,Sebastian Andreas ;
Reinhart,Carmen M. ;
Trebesch,Christoph
This publication provides a
comprehensive overview of topics focusing on assessment,
analysis, and management of financial risks in banking. It
emphasizes risk management...
Type: PublicationReport#: 158168Date: February 3, 2022Author:
Greuning, Hennie van ;
Brajovic-Bratanovic,S.
The report focuses on sectoral choice as
one of the contributors to the gender gap in firm
performance. It explores the difference in profits among
female entrepreneurs...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 168394Date: February 3, 2022Author:
Kalra,Naira ;
Goldstein,Markus P. ;
Cucagna,Maria Emilia ;
Delavelle,Fannie ;
Iacovone,Leonardo ;
Johnson,Hillary C. ;
Gonzalez Martinez,Paula Lorena ;
Rubiano Matulevich,Eliana Carolina ;
Perova,Elizaveta ;
Pierotti,Rachael Susan ;
Roberts,Gareth Arthur ;
Trujillo,Jose Daniel
Tanzania was again one of the top growth
performers in the region. Official GDP figures show that
growth remained steady in the first half of the year, driven
by higher...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 144126Date: February 3, 2022Author:
Mungunasi,Emmanuel A.
The economy sustained its growth
performance in Q4 2021, ending with a full-year growth of
5.6 percent. This positive news, along with the rapid
decline in COVID-19...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 168855Date: February 1, 2022Author:
Chua,Kevin C. ;
Cruz,Kevin Thomas Garcia ;
Lazaro,Karen ;
Santos,Eduard Renzo ;
Garces,Ludigil Laborte ;
Song,Jiyoung ;
Endo,Isaku ;
Qian,Rong ;
Moller,Lars Christian
This paper quantifies global demand,
supply, and uncertainty shocks and compares two major global
recessions: the 2008–09 Great Recession and the COVID-19
pandemic....
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9922Date: February 1, 2022Author:
Ruch,Franz Ulrich ;
Taskin,Temel
The key messages of this newsletter
include: (i) Merchandise trade strengthened in November 2021
despite persistent value-chain bottlenecks and logistics
constraints;...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 168638Date: February 1, 2022Author:
Constantinescu,Ileana Cristina ;
Arvis,Jean Francois ;
Dairabayeva,Karlygash Serikovna ;
Dubey,Pratyush ;
Gillson,Ian John Douglas ;
Mulabdic,Alen ;
Souza Muramatsu,Karen ;
Nyawo,Mike ;
Ulybina,Daria ;
Wellisz,Chris L ;
Nucifora,Antonio ;
Haddad,Mona E.
The February research newsletter
features the topic "Long-Term Growth: Prospects,
Policies, and the Future of Prosperity." The
newsletter's featured research highlights...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 168632Date: February 1, 2022
This brief discusses the economic
development of Vietnam for the month of February 2022.
Industrial production continued to grow, though at a slower
pace and with mixed...
Turkey’s economic performance has been a
tale of two economies, overall high growth, matched by a
deterioration in macro-financial conditions. Good progress
in vaccination...
More than 20 developing countries do not
publish any data on their sovereign debt. In those that do
disclose data, public debt statistics usually do not comply
with...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9920Date: January 31, 2022Author:
Rivetti,Diego
Building upon the literature on contact
theory, this paper explores the role of inter-group
interaction in shaping social cohesion between refugees and
host communities...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9917Date: January 27, 2022Author:
Betts,Alexander Milton Stedman ;
Stierna,Maria Flinder ;
Omata,Naohiko ;
Sterck,Olivier Christian Brigitte
The Philippines was among the most
infected countries in East Asia at the onset of the COVID-19
outbreak. This study analyzes how international trade on
various margins...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9911Date: January 26, 2022Author:
Arenas,Guillermo Carlos ;
Majune,Socrates Kraido ;
Montfaucon,Angella Faith Lapukeni
In 2015, Germany welcomed close to one
million asylum seekers and refugees from Syria, Afghanistan,
the Western Balkans and elsewhere. Although the country was
often...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9913Date: January 26, 2022Author:
Albarosa,Emanuele ;
Elsner,Benjamin
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...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9906Date: January 20, 2022Author:
Meyer,Josefin ;
Reinhart,Carmen M. ;
Trebesch,Christoph
Access to infrastructure supports
economic development through structural transformation. This
paper investigates the links between investments in
electricity, Internet,...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9899Date: January 13, 2022Author:
Lebrand,Mathilde Sylvie Maria
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