Diamonds May Be Forever, Natural Resource Wealth Is Not
Imagine a low-income country in the developing world suddenly discovering a large endowment of natural resources within its borders. Perhaps a large oil reserve is found just offshore, or…
March 3, 2010 - Washington, D. C.
The "Oil and Gas in Federal Systems Conference" was held at The World Bank headquarters in Washington, D. C.
Organized by the World Bank and the Forum of Federations, with sponsorship from NORAD
OECD/World Bank recommends more inclusive growth economic policy
OECD/World Bank Recommends More Inclusive Growth Economic Policy MercoPress | May 25, 2012 "A key challenge for policymakers is to create an environment with fewer obstacles to the provision of…
Entrevista Radio ONU 21 maio 2012
Entrevista: Otaviano Canuto 21 maio 2012 Vice-presidente para Redução da Pobreza e Gerenciamento Econômico do Banco Mundial participou, sexta-feira, em Nova York, dos debates de alto nível sobre o…
China Daily USA – Aggressive reforms bring logistics growth
Aggressive reforms brings logistics growth China Daily USA | May 17, 2012 "Trade logistics is key to economic competitiveness, growth and poverty reduction," said Canuto. "Unfortunately, the logistics gap between…
Connected to Compete? Not as Much as We Could Be
Trade logistics, or the capacity of countries and companies to ship goods to international markets, is a key ingredient for economic competitiveness, growth, and poverty reduction. Poor logistics performance…
Macroeconomics and Sovereign Risk Ratings
The objective of this paper is to analyse the concept and determinants of “sovereign risk” and the role of the credit risk rating agencies which serve internationally as the…
Global food prices on the rise again: World Bank
Reuters BUSINESS NEWS APRIL 25, 2012 / 10:44 AM / 7 YEARS AGO Global food prices on the rise again: World Bank WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Global food prices are…
Less Poor but More Unequal
First, the good news: The world has become considerably less poor. Today, 43 percent of people are considered to be living in poverty—that is, living on less than $2 per…
As Poverty Shrinks, Should We Worry About Inequality?
FORBES Apr 25, 2012, 04:00pm As Poverty Shrinks, Should We Worry About Inequality? Kenneth RapozaSenior Contributor I write about business and investing in emerging markets. There are less children living…
Emerging Markets Lead in Job Recovery
One of the most distressing aspects of the frail economic recovery from the global crisis has been lagging job creation. In developed and developing countries alike, millions of people…
“Ascent after Decline: Regrowing Global Economies after the Great Recession”
Российская экономическая школа Published on Apr 11, 2012 New Schools of Economics, Moscow, Russia April 4, 2012 Public Seminar: Otaviano Kanuto (Vice President, Head of Poverty Reduction and Economic Management…
Collaborative Border Management: A New Approach to an Old Problem
Perhaps it is not surprising that trade with emerging economies is often more complicated, time consuming, and costly than one would want. In addition to lacking some of the…
What Can We Learn from Islamic Finance?
In over 70 countries, from financial centers in Malaysia to the Middle East, Islamic finance has been growing rapidly around the world. In fact, Shariah-compliant financial assets have increased…
Euro Area Sovereign Debt Crisis: Putting the House in Order
The recent IMF recommendation for a second aid package to Greece—amounting to 28 billion Euros over the next four years—helped push through the biggest sovereign debt restructuring in history,…
Ascent after Decline: Regrowing Global Economies after the Great Recession
ASCENT AFTER DECLINE: REGROWING GLOBAL ECONOMIES AFTER THE GREAT RECESSION Q&A transcript: Regrowing the Global Economy with co-editor and World Bank VP Otaviano Canuto The great recession of…
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