Research & Policy Briefs and Blogs

Research & Policy Briefs

The research & policy briefs are designed to be a bridge between formal scholarship and development policy and practice. They seek to summarize the key findings of recent formal research on a relevant topic and, on this basis, explore the implications for policy and social debate. This may include a discussion on how policies could be more effectively implemented and assessed, considering a country’s particular context.

No.	Date	Authors	Affiliation	Title
64	July 2024	Ha,Jongrim, Islamaj,Ergys, Mattoo,Aaditya	World Bank	Implications of Heightened Global Uncertainty for the East Asia and Pacific Region
63	June 2023	Fukuzawa,Daisuke, Islamaj,Ergys, Li,Yusha	World Bank	Assessing the Impact of the March 2023 US and Europe Banking Turmoil on East Asia's Financial Sector
62	May 2023	Fukuzawa,Daisuke, Islamaj,Ergys, Ruch,Franz Ulrich	World Bank	How Do Rising US Interest Rates Affect Developing East Asian Economies?
61	Jan 2023	Mateo Ambrosio, David Dawe, Ergys Islamaj, Alban Mas Aparisi, Aaditya Mattoo, Aka Kyaw Min Maw, and Animesh Shrivastava	World Bank	From Food Security to Nutrition Security in the East Asia and Pacific Region
60	Dec 2022	Ergys Islamaj and Agustin Samano	World Bank	Drivers of Public Debt in East Asia and Pacific Economies
59	Dec 2022	Daisuke Fukuzawa and Ergys Islamaj	World Bank	Non-financial Corporates in Emerging Market and Developing Economies: Evaluating Liquidity and Solvency Risk
58	Nov 2022	Hector Pollitt, Ergys Islamaj, Rahul Kitchlu, Duong Trung Le, and Aaditya Mattoo	World Bank	The Road Not Taken?: Responding to the Energy Price Shock in East Asia
57	Nov 2022	Francesca de Nicola	World Bank	Resource Misallocation and Distortions: Some Evidence from East Asia
56	May 2022	Undral Batmunkh and Tobias Pfutze	World Bank	Temporary Price Controls as a Second-Best Option to Control Sudden Spikes in the Prices of Basic Necessities
55	Mar 2022	Young Eun Kim, Tonny Brian Mungai Muthee, Aneesa Arur	World Bank	COVID Vaccination in East Asia and the Pacific: Situations and Constraints
54	Feb 2022	Lodewijk Smets and Richard Record	World Bank	The Pandemic’s Extensive Reform Agenda: How Can the Development Community Contribute?
53	Dec 2021	Mahama Samir Bandaogo	World Bank	Why Central Bank Independence Matters
52	Nov 2021	Yu Cao	World Bank	How Financial Market Development Can Encourage Innovation Activity
51	Oct 2021	Aneesa Arur, Ergys Islamaj, Young Eun Kim, Duong Trung Le, Aaditya Mattoo, and Aparnaa Somanathan.	World Bank	Managing Long COVID in East Asia and the Pacific
50	Sept 2021	Tobias Pfutze	World B ank	The Role of Existing Social Protection Programs in Alleviating Poverty Caused by Large-Scale Negative Shocks
49	Aug 2021	Mamta Murthi and Tristan Reed	World Bank	Policy Actions to Increase the Supply of COVID-19 Vaccines in the Short Term
48	Aug 2021	Alyssa Farha Jasmin and Amanina Abdur Rahman	World Bank	Does Elderly Employment Reduce Job Opportunities for Youth?
47	May 2021	Ergys Islamaj, Franz Ulrich Ruch, and Eka Vashakmadze	World Bank	Demand and Supply Dynamics in East Asia during the COVID-19 Recession
46	Apr 2021	Francesca de Nicola, Aaditya Mattoo, Jonathan Timmis, and Trang Thu Tran	World Bank	Productivity in the Time of COVID-19 : Evidence from East Asia and Pacific
45	Mar 2021	Pierre Bachas	World Bank	Targeting Tax Enforcement Efforts on Larger Firms: A Necessary Distortion?
44	Mar 2021	Erhan Artuc	World Bank	Distributional Effects of International Trade : Misconceptions about Losses and Gains
43	Feb 2021	Tristan Reed, William Waites, David Manheim, Damien De Walque, Chiara Vallini, Roberta Gatti and, Timothy B.Hallett	World Bank, University of Edinburgh, University of Haifa, World Bank, Boston Consulting Group, World Bank and, Imperial College London	Five Ways that COVID-19 Diagnostics Can Save Lives: Prioritizing Uses of Tests to Maximize Cost-Effectiveness
42	Feb 2021	Facundo Abraham, Juan J. Cortina and Sergio L. Schmukler	World Bank	The Boom in Corporate Borrowing after the Global Financial Crisis: Different Tales from East Asia and Latin America
41	Feb 2021	Fabien Clavier and Francis Ghesquiere	World Bank	Leveraging Digital Solutions to Fight COVID-19 : Lessons from ASEAN Countries
40	Jan 2021	Ergys Islamaj, Duong Trung Le, Young Eun Kim	World Bank	The Spread of COVID-19 and Policy Responses
39	Oct 2020	Sharmila Devadas, Young Eun Kim	World Bank	Exploring the Potential of Gender Parity to Promote Economic Growth
38	Sept 2020	Norman V. Loayza, Apurva Sanghi, Nurlina Shaharuddin, Lucie Johanna Wuester	World Bank	Recovery from the Pandemic Crisis : Balancing Short-Term and Long-Term Concerns
37	Aug 2020	Stewart Nixon	Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University & Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of Malaya	Global Integration Is More Important than Ever to Contain the Economic and Health Fallout and Exit the COVID-19 Pandemic Crisis
36	July 2020	Mahama Samir Bandaogo	World Bank	Fiscal Rules in Times of Crisis
35	May 2020	Norman V. Loayza	World Bank	Costs and Trade-Offs in the Fight Against the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Developing Country Perspective Video \| Slides
34	May 2020	Daniel Garrote Sanchez, Nicolas Gomez Parra, Caglar Ozden, and Bob Rijkers.	World Bank	Which Jobs Are Most Vulnerable to COVID-19? What an Analysis of the European Union Reveals
33	May 2020	Achim D. Schmillen	World Bank	Causes and Impacts of Job Displacements and Public Policy Responses
32	May 2020	Stuti Khemani	World Bank	An Opportunity to Build Legitimacy and Trust in Public Institutions in the Time of COVID-19
31	Apr 2020	Fabian Mendez Ramos	World Bank	Sudden Influxes of Resource Wealth to the Economy : Avoiding "Dutch Disease"
30	Apr 2020	Tatiana Didier, Federico Huneeus, Mauricio Larrain, Sergio L. Schmukler	World Bank; Yale University and Central Bank of Chile; Catholic University of Chile; World Bank	Financing Firms in Hibernation during the COVID-19 Pandemic
29	Apr 2020	Damien B. C. M. De Walque, Jed Friedman, Roberta V. Gatti, Aaditya Mattoo	World Bank	How Two Tests Can Help Contain COVID-19 and Revive the Economy
28	Mar 2020	Norman V. Loayza, Steven Michael Pennings	World Bank	Macroeconomic Policy in the Time of COVID-19 : A Primer for Developing Countries Presentation Slides \| Event Materials (Development Policy and Covid-19 eSeminar Series) \| Policy Summary
27	Jan 2020	Lay Lian Chuah, Norman V. Loayza, Bernard Myers	World Bank	The Fight against Corruption: Taming Tigers and Swatting Flies
26	Nov 2019	Facundo Abraham, Sergio L. Schmukler, José Tessada	World Bank, World Bank, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Using Big Data to Expand Financial Services: Benefits and Risks
25	Oct 2019	J.P. Singh	George Mason University	How Do Cultural Differences Affect Trade Reciprocity between Developed and Developing Countries?
24	Jul 2019	Pedro M. G. Martins	World Bank	Structural Change Rediscovered: The Role of Human and Physical Capital
23	Jun 2019	Facundo Abraham, Sergio L. Schmukler, José Tessada	World Bank, World Bank, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Financial Innovation and Additionality: The Power of Economic Analysis and Data Analytics
22	Jun 2019	Shahridan Faiez, Vijayendra Rao	Think City, World Bank	Improving Governance through Enhanced Citizen Engagement: The Case of Malaysia
21	Feb 2019	Facundo Abraham, Sergio L. Schmukler, José Tessada	World Bank, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile	Robo-Advisors: Investing through Machines
20	Dec 2018	Norman Loayza	World Bank	Informality: Why Is It So Widespread and How Can It Be Reduced?
19	Nov 2018	Ayhan Kose, Lieselotte Franziska Ohnsorge, Naotaka Sugawara	World Bank	Fiscal Space: Concept, Measurement, and Policy Implications
18	Oct 2018	Juan J. Cortina, Tatiana Didier, and Sergio L. Schmukler	World Bank	Corporate Borrowing in Emerging Markets: Fairly Long Term, But Only for a Few
17	Oct 2018	Sharmila Devadas, Norman Loayza	World Bank	When Is a Current Account Deficit Bad?
16	Aug 2018	Lay Lian Chuah, Norman V. Loayza, and Achim D. Schmillen	World Bank	The Future of Work: Race with—not against—the Machine
15	May 2018	Ruth Llovet Montanes, Sergio L. Schmukler	World Bank	Financial Integration in East Asia and Pacific: Regional and Interregional Linkages
14	Apr 2018	Juan J. Cortina, Sergio L. Schmukler	World Bank	The Fintech Revolution: A Threat to Global Banking?
13	Mar 2018	Young Eun Kim, Norman Loayza	World Bank	The Drive toward Universal Health Coverage
12	Feb 2018	Dorina Georgieva, Norman Loayza, and Fabian Mendez-Ramos	World Bank	Global Trade: Slowdown, Factors, and Policies
11	Nov 2017	Facundo Abraham, Sergio L. Schmukler	World Bank	Are Public Credit Guarantees Worth the Hype?
10	Oct 2017	Facundo Abraham, Sergio L. Schmukler	World Bank	A New Role for Development Banks?
9	Oct 2017	Facundo Abraham, Sergio L. Schmukler	World Bank	Addressing the SME Finance Problem
8	Jul 2017	Michael Woolcock	World Bank	Enhancing the Quality of Public Service Delivery: Insights from Recent Research
7	May 2017	Lay Lian Chuah, Norman Loayza	World Bank	Open Data: Differences and Implications across Countries
6	Mar 2017	Sharmila Devadas	World Bank	Threat or Help? The Effects of Unskilled Immigrant Workers on National Productivity Growth
5	Jan 2017	Fabian Mendez-Ramos, Nina Paustian	World Bank	Measurement and Patterns of World Agribusiness Trade
4	Oct 2016	Norman Loayza, Fabian Mendez-Ramos	World Bank	Should We Fear Foreign Exchange Depreciation?
3	Aug 2016	Young Eun Kim, Norman Loayza, Claudia Meza-Cuadra	World Bank	Productivity as a Key to Economic Growth and Development
2	Mar 2016	Raian Divanbeigi, Nina Paustian, Norman Loayza	World Bank	Structural Transformation of the Agricultural Sector: a Primer
1	Mar 2016	Greg Larson, Norman Loayza, Michael Woolcock	World Bank	The Middle-Income Trap: Myth or Reality?

Blogs

Blogs, aimed at a wide audience, are used to communicate the main messages and outcomes from research and to discuss topical areas of current debate.

Date	Author	Title
Feb 23, 2021	Norman Loayza & Tea Tumbric	Women, Business and the Law 2021: Women´s economic empowerment is critical to resilient recovery efforts
May 6, 2020	Norman Loayza	Aid effectiveness during the COVID-19 pandemic: This time it must be better
Apr 7, 2020	Norman Loayza	Smart Containment and Mitigation Measures to Confront the COVID-19 Pandemic: Tailoring the Pandemic Response to the Realities of Poor and Developing Countries
Mar 5, 2020	Norman Loayza & Michael Woolcock	Designing good policies is one thing, implementing them is another
Jun 4, 2019	Fabian Mendez-Ramos	Uncertainty in Ending Extreme Poverty
Feb 12, 2019	Inci Otker	Building A More Resilient Caribbean to Natural Disasters and Climate Change
Jan 16, 2019	Carlos Végh, with Guillermo Vuletin and Daniel Riera-Crichton	On Risk and Black Swans in Developing Countries
Jan 10, 2019	Vijayendra Rao, with Paromita Sanyal	Oral Democracy
Dec 10, 2018	Lay Lian Chuah, Norman V. Loayza, and Achim D. Schmillen	The Future of Work: Race with – not against – the Machine
Nov 28, 2018	Stéphane Hallegatte, with Brian Walsh and Jun Erik Rentschler	From Risk to Opportunity: Expanding the Risk Management Toolbox to Build More Resilient Societies
Nov 23, 2018	Norman Loayza	¿Cómo manejar una crisis?
Oct 25, 2018	Norman Loayza	The Winter is Coming: Crisis Management Should Be Prepared Before a Crisis Strikes, Not in the Midst of It
Jun 29, 2017	Norman Loayza	Industrial Policies Versus Public Goods to Spur Growth
May 24, 2017	Sharmila Devadas	Should a Country Limit Unskilled Immigrant Workers to Safeguard National Productivity Growth?
May 2, 2017	Ruth Llovet Montanes, with Tatiana Didier and Sergio L. Schmukler	Asia’s Financial Connections with the Rest of the World: Changing Patterns
Feb 23, 2017	Fabian Mendez Ramos, with Nina Paustian	Agribusiness Trade as a Pillar of Development: Measurement and Patterns
Jul 25, 2016	Norman Loayza	How to Defeat Terrorism: Intelligence, Integration and Development
Jul 20, 2016	World Bank Feature Story	New Study Reveals the Complexity of the Informal Sector
Jul 20, 2016	Michael Woolcock	Using Case Studies to Explore and Explain Complex Interventions
Jun 2, 2016	Norman Loayza, with Jamele Rigolini	Do Local Communities Benefit from Mining?
May 26, 2016	Michael Woolcock	Policy-Practice Mismatches: Insights from Indigenous Affairs
Dec 22, 2015	Michael Woolcock	Beyond the Quest for "Policy Implications": Alternative Options for Applied Development Researchers

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