In 2013, the Board of Executive Directors of the World Bank Group endorsed two ambitious goals: eliminating extreme poverty in the world by 2030 and boosting shared prosperity. The latter is defined as fostering the growth in the income of the poorest 40 percent of the population in each...

This research note investigates the impact of phone reminders on response rates in the context of a web-based survey in an international organization, the World Bank. After randomly assigning treatment to 248 survey participants, the study finds an intention-to-treat effect of 19.86 percentage...

The Washington consensus : an overview -- The Washington consensus and IMF Conditionality -- The free market doctrine and economic freedom -- The first commandment : fiscal discipline -- The second commandment : redirection of public spending -- The third commandment : tax reform -- The fourth...

Wissen Sie, was eine Behinderung ist? Mit dieser Frage beginnt dieses Buch, ohne jedoch im weiteren Verlauf eine Antwort zu formulieren. Vielmehr zeigt es anhand einer empirischen Studie, wie Behinderung in unterschiedlichen Kontexten verschieden konstruiert und verstanden wird. Datenbasis...

This paper develops new error assessment methods to evaluate the performance of debt sustainability analyses (DSAs) for low-income countries (LICs) from 2005-2015. We find some evidence of a bias towards optimism for public and external debt projections, which was most appreciable for LICs with...

This paper investigates the emerging global landscape for public-private co-investments in infrastructure. The creation of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and other so-called 'infrastructure investment platforms' are an attempt to tap into the pool of both public and private long-term...