Climate change is unfolding amid the greatest information andcommunication revolution in human history. From e-commerce andsocial media to smart manufacturing and precision farming, digitaltechnologies have become prevalent in all aspects of economic andsocial life. Digital technologies also...

Development involves change, but many development initiatives produce unimpressive results. The authors ask why and consider how to close the gap between the intended change and what we actually see in the evidence. This paper presents the findings of a study, initiated by the multi-donor Global...

"This paper uses firm-level data from the Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Surveys to study the process of convergence of transition countries with developed market economies. The study focuses on competition and market structure, finance and the structure of lending to firms, and...