Small and medium-sized enterprises in developing countries tend to struggle with growth compared to their counterparts in more developed economies. Attempts to understand impediments to SME growth have...
Type: BriefReport#: 126697Date: May 1, 2018Author:
Bruhn,Miriam ;
Karlan,Dean S. ;
Schoar,Antoinette
Sand mining is just what it sounds like, and has been theessential ingredient for the building of cities since civilizationbegan. Workers dig quarries, or take sand fromriverbeds and beaches or dredge...
MENA economies have been experiencing moderate to high growth in GDP with stagnant growth in employment, a phenomenon of "jobless growth" since the 1970s. This dire situation in MENA is a result of the...
Type: BriefReport#: 126181Date: May 1, 2018Author:
Mottaghi,Lili
Lack of financial resources prompted many LSG to seek effective ways to mobilize and utilize local resources to improve living standards of the population, however, there was no platform to share best...
Like most emerging markets, Peru suffers from low banking penetration and faces challengesto providing financial services. Beginning in 2015, a strategy called Modelo Peru emerged as acollaboration between...
Type: BriefReport#: 128786Date: May 1, 2018Author:
Del Carpio Ponce,Paola Elvira
Road crashes are among the most significant public health issues of the century; they account for 97 percent of deaths across all modes of transport. The latest WHO estimate of 1.34 million road crash...
Type: BriefReport#: 130018Date: May 1, 2018Author:
Bose,Dipan ;
Marquez,Patricio V. ;
Job,Raymond Franklin Soames
Ensuring equitable access to jobs and reducing gender gaps is essential for putting MENA countries on the path to inclusive growth and stability. Giving women and girls the opportunity to succeed can transform...
Type: BriefReport#: 126361Date: May 1, 2018Author:
Elzir,Angela ;
Sayed,Haneen Ismail
Belize is highly exposed to natural disasters of varying intensity and severity, including hurricanes, tropical storms, earthquakes, droughts, floods and landslides. Between 2000 and 2016, nine storms...
During the last two decades, economies in East Asia and Pacific have been integrating internationally through trade and financial investments. One trend is puzzling. Whereas most of the trade integration...
Type: BriefReport#: 126031Date: May 1, 2018Author:
Llovet Montanes,Ruth ;
Schmukler,Sergio L.
West Africa has enormous potential, greater than that of any other African region, fornatural gas and oil exports. Net natural gas exports from West Africa are envisagedto grow at a robust average annual...
The Jakarta Composite Index fell 2.1 percent over the week, in line with most markets in the region. The Rupiah depreciated against the US Dollar and Japanese Yen by 0.5 and 0.6 percent, respectively,...
Deep-rooted biases can inhibit our best intentions. Research has found that we all have unconscious biases and preferences related to gender, race, sexual orientation, socio-economic background, or other...
This research shows that teacher and administration absences can negatively affect students’ reading and math abilities.Working with the Peruvian Ministry of Education (MINEDU) and the UK’s Behavioural...
This issue of Indonesia daily economic update for April 23, 2018 contains economic highlights, including: The government is preparing a regulation on incentive packages for small and medium-sized investments...
This issue of Indonesia daily economic update for April 20, 2018 contains economic highlights, including that the Bank of Indonesia Board of Governor’s Meeting (RDG) on 18 and 19 April 2018 decided to...
To prepare for the future, countries must invest in the earliest years of their citizens' lives. Robust scientific and economic evidence shows that experiences in early childhood have a profound impact...
This issue of Indonesia daily economic update for April 19, 2018 contains economic highlights, including: the Ministry of Finance will revise the Regulation No.46/2013 on income tax for Small and Medium...
This issue of Indonesia daily economic update for April 18, 2018 contains economic highlights, including: the government is currently finalizing a bill that aims to set an IDR 100 million limit on cash...
This issue of Indonesia daily economic update for April 17, 2018 contains economic highlights, including: Bank Indonesia (BI) has announced that Indonesia’s foreign debt reached USD 356.2 billion (includes...
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