How hospitable will the global environment be for economic growth in the developing world as we come out of the present financial crisis?…
The global climate regime, as represented by the Kyoto Protocol, may be on a collision course with the global trade policy regime, as…
Chapter abstract: This chapter analyzes economic growth in Southeast Asia and the impact of the current recession on countries in the…
India poses a development puzzle on a grand scale. Sixty years of electoral democracy, thirty years of rapid growth, and a number of world…
We exploit experimental variation in repayment meeting frequency across micro finance groups
to show that more frequent interaction among…
The race is on to fill the most important economic policy position in the world. United States Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke’s…
The current banking crisis highlights the challenges faced in the traditional lending model, particularly in terms of screening smaller…
The present paper updates the question: what precisely is the exchange rate regime that China has put into place since 2005, when it…
We estimate the impact on pilgrims of performing the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca. Our method compares successful and unsuccessful applicants…
The lack of "social capital" is frequently given as an explanation for why communities perform poorly. Yet to what extent can project…