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Understanding inflation in emerging and developing economies

Ha, Jongrim; Kose, M. Ayhan; Ohnsorge, Franziska - 2019

Emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs) have experienced an extraordinary decline in inflation since the early 1970s. After peaking in 1974 at 17.3 percent, inflation in these economies declined to 3.5 percent in 2017. Despite a checkered history of managing inflation among many EMDEs,...

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Global inflation synchronization

Ha, Jongrim; Kose, M. Ayhan; Ohnsorge, Franziska - 2019

The paper studies the extent of global inflation synchronization using a dynamic factor model in a large set of countries over a half century. The authors' methodology allows them to account for differences across groups of countries (advanced economies and emerging market and developing...

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Bank ownership : trends and implications

Cull, Robert J.; Martínez Pería, María Soledad; … - 2018

This paper presents recent trends in government and foreign bank ownership across countries and summarizes the evidence regarding the implications of bank ownership structure for bank performance and competition, financial stability, and access to finance. The evidence reviewed suggests that...

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What investors want : perceptions and experiences of multinational corporations in developing countries

Kusek, Peter; Silva, Andrea - 2018

This paper discusses the results of a survey of multinational corporations with affiliates in developing countries. The … interviews with 754 executives, the survey finds that political stability and a business-friendly regulatory environment are the … predictable, transparent, and efficient conduct of public agencies. The survey results also show that investors are heterogeneous …

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Are the "poor" getting globalized?

Mendoza, Adelina; Nayyar, Gaurav; Piermartini, Roberta - 2018

households in different income deciles by matching household survey data from India based on the industrial classification of …

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World development report 2020 : trading for development in the age of global value chains

World Bank (Washington, District of Columbia) - 2019

"Global value chains (GVCs) powered the surge of international trade after 1990 and now account for almost half of all trade. This shift enabled an unprecedented economic convergence: poor countries grew rapidly and began to catch up with richer countries. Since the 2008 global financial crisis,...

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Global Development at a Pivotal Time

Kim, Jim Yong - 2012

World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim discussed the priorities for the World Bank under his new leadership, including the immediate priority to help developing countries maintain growth and progress against poverty in these volatile economic times. The lesson of the last decade is that...

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Inclusive and Sustainable Industrialization in the Future Global Development Agenda

Kim, Jim Yong - 2015

Remarks delivered by Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group discuss the critical role of inclusive and sustainable industrialization in the future global development agenda, including to end extreme poverty by 2030. He speaks about working with UNIDO and the government of Ethiopia to...

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Global Experiences on Expanding Services to the Urban Poor

World Bank Group - 2009

In 2006-07, the Water and Sanitation Program-South Asia (WSP-SA) initiated a research toidentify barriers to service delivery for the urban poor. The research included a review ofvarious initiatives from across the globe that have resulted in improved service delivery for theurban poor and...

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Speech at Migration and the Global Development Agenda Conference

Kim, Jim Yong - 2015

Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group, discussed the following topics. The Bank is helping many manage the humanitarian and development challenge. The Bank supports the global knowledge partnership on migration and development (KNOMAD), which helps countries develop evidence-based...

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