The Day After Tomorrow: A Different Kind of Trade
Over the past three decades, global trade grew almost twice as fast as global gross domestic product (GDP). The massive process of commercial integration was made possible by technological…
Traders work on the floor of the Ghana Stock Exchange in Accra, Ghana, June 15, 2006. (Photo by Jonathan Ernst)
Sophisticated Exports
What do call centers in Kenya, accounting companies in Sri Lanka, and human resources firms in Abu Dhabi have in common? From the surface, perhaps not much; but from…
Picking Up The Pieces
For the 600 million people living in fragile and conflict affected economies, the threat of relapsing into violence and slipping into deeper poverty is a reality they must face…
The Day After Tomorrow: Commodities And Uncomfortable Natural Riches
Commodity prices are experiencing a lot of volatility right now, with food and oil prices nearing record highs. But what about the medium-term? The answer is fundamental for developing…
How Human Rights Have Contributed to Development
The last 20 years have seen a growing engagement between development and human rights practitioners. But are we still mainly talking past each other? Or has there been valuable…
Delivering Aid Differently
There has been an ongoing debate on the future need for foreign aid—a debate made ever more crucial by the current budget constraints in many countries as a result…
How Public Spending Can Help You Grow
Last week’s State of the Union underscored the debate surrounding public spending as a measure to stimulate economic growth. President Barrack Obama argued that to “win the future” the…
Risky Growth Engines
While the rich world puts its post-crisis house in order, developing countries as a whole are becoming the new engine of global growth. But switching locomotives is never free of risk.
How Do Women Weather Economic Shocks?
From the Latin American Debt crises to East Asia’s financial sector turmoil, past macroeconomic shocks have traditionally affected women differently than men. Such asymmetries are even more evident in…
The Day After Tomorrow: If You Want To Grow, Learn
Why is it that some countries are more developed than others? A country is “less developed” not only because it lack inputs (labor and capital) but because it uses…
The Day After Tomorrow: A Handbook on the Future of Economic Policy in the Developing World
The Day After Tomorrow: A Handbook on the Future of Economic Policy in the Developing World (at the Wilson Center) https://youtu.be/bAu0GhuwX7Y Economists Otaviano Canuto (right) and Marcelo Giugale pointed to a major…
The Day After Tomorrow: Will We Ever Trust the State?
This is the fourth in a series of blogs where we take a look at the issues and the countries that will be at the forefront of the development…
The Day After Tomorrow: The Final Battle in the War Against Poverty
This is the third in a series of blogs where we take a look at the issues and the countries that will be at the forefront of the development…
The Day After Tomorrow: Fiscal Quality
This is the second in a series of blogs where we take a look at the issues and the countries that will be at the forefront of the development…
The Day After Tomorrow: A Handbook on the Future of Economic Policy in the Developing World
While the rich world puts its house in order, developing countries are becoming a new engine of global growth and a pulling force for advanced economies, says a new book by World Bank economists. According to The Day After Tomorrow: A Handbook on the Future of Economic Policy in the Developing World, almost half of global growth is currently coming from developing countries. As a group, it is projected that their economic size will surpass that of their developed peers in 2015.