Beyond 2015: The Future of Development Goals
Beyond 2015: The Future of Development Goals New Delhi | October 18, 2012 Remarks to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's 4th World Forum Remarks to the 4th…
Natural wealth: Is it a blessing or a curse?
Using data series recently released by the World Bank (2011) on natural capital and other forms of countries’ wealth, this column revisits some of the conclusions reached in the…
Fiscal Policy for Shared Prosperity
As part of their response to negative shocks coming from advanced economies after Lehman's collapse in 2008, most developing countries resorted to countercyclical fiscal policy. Such a policy choice…
Like a Hummingbird – From Chile to Mongolia
Increased cross-learning and cooperation among developing countries has been a remarkable feature of the global economy in recent decades. It's been some time now since knowledge and technology flowed…
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.
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The Post- 2015 Development Agenda
Remarks to the Briefing Seminar for the High-level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post- 2015 Development Agenda New York | September 24, 2012 Speech to United Nations panel…
Not All That Glitters Is Gold
Gross Domestic Product, better known as GDP, is the market value of all final goods and services produced within a country in a given period. That's why GDP per…
Harnessing Trade Opportunities for Growth and Development
Capital Finance International, autumn 2012 The pace of global trade integration over the past two decades has been extraordinary. Trade has been a key driver of global growth, convergence,…
In this Jan.10, 2011 photo, shipping containers are loaded on a ship for export at the Port of Long Beach in Long Beach, Calif. The U.S. trade deficit widened in December, closing out a year in which America's trade gap ballooned by the largest amount in a decade.(AP Photo/Noaki Schwartz)
Facilitating Trade, Facilitating Development
In 2001, trade representatives from around the world first arrived in Doha, the capital of tiny Qatar, for the latest round of World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations. The goal…
Drugging Development
Drug trafficking is nothing new. But with the current levels of violence we are seeing, its effects on society and economic activity are staggering. From the suffering of victims,…
Sewing Success: How Textile Jobs Help Reduce Poverty
Whenever we think of textile workers nowadays, we tend to think about cheap labor—particularly women sewing in overcrowded factories. In fact, the textile industry nurtures the narrative of how maquiladoras in…
Natural Wealth: Is It Inevitably a Curse?
It has been argued for some decades that large endowments of natural resources—oil, gas, and minerals in particular—may actually become more of a curse, often leading to slow economic…
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…
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…
Women in Nepal.
Women’s Day: A Time for Concern, Not Complacency
As we mark International Women’s Day this week, let’s not be complacent. Over the past century, we have come a long way in increasing women’s voice, participation, and agency…
How to Ascend after Declining?
Growth in emerging economies – and developing countries in general – has exhibited strong resilience to the downward pull from advanced economies. However, its full potential can only be tapped if all boats are lifted; if advanced economies also find how to ascend after declining.