Drawing on recently completed firm-level surveys in Bangladesh, Brazil, China, Honduras, India, Nicaragua, Pakistan, and Peru, Dollar, Hallward-Driemeier, and Mengistae investigate the relationship between investment climate and international integration. These standardized surveys of large,...

Intro -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF FIGURES -- LIST OF TABLES -- Part I: Hunger in the Modern World -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Past and Present -- 1.2 Famine and Chronic Undernourishment -- 1.3 Some Elementary Concepts -- 1.4 Public Action for Social Security -- 2 Entitlement and...

Drawing on recently completed firm-level surveys in Bangladesh, Brazil, China, Honduras, India, Nicaragua, Pakistan, and Peru, this paper investigates the relationship between investment climate and international integration. These standardized surveys of large, random samples of firms in common...