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Explaining Differences between Groups: Oaxaca Decomposition The decomposition method outlined in this chapter, known as the Oaxaca decomposition (Oaxaca 1973), explains the gap in the means of an outcome vari-able between two groups (e g , between the poor and the nonpoor) The gap is decomposed into that part that is due to group differences in the magnitudes of the determinants of the outcome in question, on the one hand, and group differences in the
Unlocking Nepal’s Growth Potential: Nepal Country Economic Memorandum 2025 Unlocking Nepal’s Growth Potential: Nepal Country Economic Memorandum report examines Nepal’s past economic growth performance since 1996, current challenges, and policy recommendations to unlock pathways for accelerated growth Nepal has continued its remarkable success in reducing poverty and
Trade and Global Value Chains in Times of Insecurity The World Bank and the Asia School of Business are organizing a workshop to explore recent developments in international trade and cross-border economic activity
Hiau Looi Kee - World Bank Group Hiau Looi Kee is a Lead Economist with the Trade Team of the World Bank Research Department Currently, she also serves as an Associate Editor of the Review of International Economics and the Editor of the Policy Research Working Paper Series of the World Bank in Trade Her research focuses on trade, trade policies, and global value chains at the firm and aggregate levels Her current projects
Financial Constraints, Innovation Quality, and Growth Based on these empirical regularities, I build a tractable endogenous growth model in which a multi-product firm invests in heterogeneous innovation in the face of imperfect financial markets
Localizing Development: Does Participation Work? It suggests that a distinction between organic participation (endogenous efforts by civic activists to bring about change) and induced participation (large-scale efforts to engineer participation at the local level via projects) is key, and focuses on the challenges of inducing participation
“On Shaky Ground: The Effects of Earthquakes on Household Income and . . . 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 LAC Rest of the world Source: Calculations based on EM-DAT: The OFDA CRED International Disaster Database, Catholic University of Louvain Taken from Baez and Mason (2008) Notes: It includes disasters that meet at least one of the following criteria: (1) 10 or more people reported death, (2) 100 people reported affected, (3) declaration of a state of emergency