Weekend Reading
"The real barrier to firm growth in poor countries could be management".The top ten emerging financial centers. Plus, the next six BRICS.
View ArticleAnnouncing...IFC on YouTube!
IFC has launched its own YouTube channel, complete with videos that discuss topics ranging from IFC investments in private health care sectors, to the latest ideas on how to improve regulatory...
View ArticleHaiti Roundup
Here's a rough look at some of the best of the blogoshere regarding the ongoing tragedy in Haiti:
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Does economic news from China influence markets more than from America?If so, maybe it's because Chinese foreign exchange reserves equal 20% of the S&P 500.
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What is the meaning of the word "friendly"?Greece: It's a bailout!Unemployment today vs The Great Depression.
View ArticleIs the system of international aid about to collapse?
So says Owen Barder. Money quote:So we may be on the brink of a collapse of the entire “business model”, as traumatic as the closure of newspapers in the United States (the UK is a year or so behind)....
View ArticleHow is registering a business like getting married?
Editor's Note: Yara Salem is a Private Sector Development Specialist with the Doing Business project and manages the Starting a Business indicator.
View ArticleBurnishing a tarnished brand
No, I'm not referring to Tiger Woods's recent return to golf. George Soros is trying to rebuild the economics profession from the ground up at the Institute for New Economic Thinking. The site has a...
View ArticleWhat would a better PR campaign for microfinance look like?
Microfinance has had its share of PR problems lately.
View ArticleHappy (belated) tax day!
April 15 is the date that Americans have to send in their tax returns. Many folks scramble at the last minute to get their returns post-marked by this date or pay penalties on their taxes. (Of course,...
View ArticleDoes the investment climate matter?
Editor's note: Dorsati Madani is a Senior Economist with the Strategy and Analysis Unit of the World Bank Group's Investment Climate Advisory department.
View ArticleThe day 2,000 development indicators were set free
Just last week, Chris Kreuz was commenting on the “small first movers” in the long journey to open development data, and the WSJ was reporting on the promises of opening up scientific databases to...
View ArticleSpring meetings for the rest of us
Haven't received your all-access pass to the World Bank Group's spring meetings? You can still get a taste of the action. Danny Leipziger, a former Vice President of the World Bank and now a professor...
View ArticleBecome a fan of Women, Business and the Law
As I blogged about not too long ago, the World Bank recently launched a report on Women, Business and the Law that has put a spotlight on the many legal differentiations that may make it harder for...
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