The papers and books are rigorous analytical pieces designed to tackle specific research questions relevant for social and economic development.
Journal Articles/Publications
Date |
Authors |
Affiliation |
Details |
August 2022 |
Agustin Samano |
World Bank |
"International reserves and central bank independence”, Journal of International Economics, Volume 139, November 2022 |
June 2022 |
Young Eun Kim |
World Bank |
Young Eun Kim, 2021. “Child mortality after the Ebola virus disease outbreak across Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone”, International Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol 122 |
December 2021 |
Young Eun Kim |
World Bank |
Young Eun Kim, 2021, Unemployment and child maltreatment during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Republic of Korea, Child Abuse & Neglect, Dec 30 |
November 2021 |
Shafaat Yar Khan and Armen Khederlarian |
World Bank |
Khan, Shafaat Yar, and Armen Khederlarian, 2021. "How Does Trade Respond to Anticipated Tariff Changes? Evidence from NAFTA", Journal of International Economics, Vol 133 |
July 2021 |
Sharmila Devadas, Ibrahim Elbadawi, and Norman V. Loayza |
Bank Negara Malaysia, Economic Research Forum, and World Bank |
Devadas, Sharmila, Ibrahim Elbadawi, and Norman V. Loayza. 2021. “Growth in Syria: Losses from the War and Potential Recovery in the Aftermath.” Middle East Development Journal. |
April 2021 |
Young Eun Kim |
World Bank |
Kim, Young Eun. 2021. “Determinants of childhood vaccination in Nagaland, India: a cross-sectional study with multilevel modelling.” BMJ Open 2021;11:e045070. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-045070 |
March 2021 |
Young Eun Kim and Norman V. Loayza |
World Bank |
Kim, Young Eun, and Norman V. Loayza. 2021. “Economic loss from COVID-19 fatalities across countries: a VSL approach." Applied Economics Letters, pp. 1-7. |
May 2020 |
Lay Lian Chuah, Norman V. Loayza and Ha Nguyen |
World Bank |
Lay Lian Chuah, Norman V. Loayza and Ha Nguyen. 2020. Is Resource Misallocation Leading To Productivity Gaps In Malaysia’s Manufacturing Sector? The Singapore Economic Review Vol. 65, No. 05, pp. 1213-1235 |
Dec 2019 |
Young Eun Kim, Norman V. Loayza |
World Bank |
Kim, Young Eun, and Norman V. Loayza. 2019. Productivity Growth: Patterns and Determinants across the World. ECONOMÍA 42(84), 36-93. |
Aug 2019 |
Young Eun Kim, Norman V. Loayza |
World Bank |
Kim, Young Eun, and Norman V. Loayza. 2019. Productivity Growth: Patterns and Determinants Across the World and An Application to China. China Policy Review. Issue 4 and 5. |
May 2019 (published online) |
Ramya Parthasarathy, Vijayendra Rao, Nethra Palaniswamy |
McKinsey & Co, World Bank, World Bank |
Parthasarathy, Ramya, Vijayendra Rao and Nethra Palaniswamy. 2019. Deliberative Democracy in an Unequal World: A Text-As-Data Analysis of South India’s Village Assemblies. American Political Science Review. |
Apr 2019 |
Rajah Rasiah, Latifah Merican Cheong, Cheong Kee Cheok, Norman V. Loayza |
University of Malaya; Malaysian Economic Association (formerly); University of Malaya; World Bank |
Rasiah, Rajah, Latifah Merican Cheong, Cheong Kee Cheok, and Norman V. Loayza. 2019. Introduction: ASEAN — Towards Economic Convergence. Journal of Southeast Asian Economies Vol 36 (1). Special Issue on "ASEAN: Towards Economic Convergence" by Rajah Rasiah, Latifah Merican Cheong, Cheong Kee Cheok, Norman V Loayza, editors. |
Apr 2019 |
Sharmila Devadas, Steven Pennings |
World Bank |
Devadas, Sharmila and Steven Pennings. 2019. Assessing the Effect of Public Capital on Growth: An Extension of the World Bank Long-Term Growth Model. Journal of Infrastructure, Policy and Development, 3(1): 22-55. |
Mar 2019 |
Nethra Palaniswamy, Ramya Parthasarathy, Vijayendra Rao |
World Bank, |
Parthasarathy, Ramya, Vijayendra Rao and Nethra Palaniswamy. 2019. Unheard Voices: The Challenge of Inducing Women's Civic Speech. World Development 115: 64-77. |
Mar 2019 |
Paul Christian, |
World Bank |
Christian, Paul, Eeshani Kandpal, and Nethra Palaniswamy and Vijayendra Rao. 2019. Safety Nets and Natural Disaster Mitigation: Evidence from Cyclone Phailin in Odisha. Climatic Change Vol. 153 Issue 1-2: 141-164. |
Mar 2019 |
Lay Lian Chuah, Norman V. Loayza, and Achim D. Schmillen |
World Bank |
Loayza, Norman V., Lay Lian Chuah, and Achim D. Scmillen. 2019. El futuro del trabajo: Una carrera con la máquina y no contra esta. Revista Moneda, Banco Central de Reserva del Perú, Vol 177: 32-38. |
Mar 2019 |
Paromita Sanyal, Vijayendra Rao, Umang Prabhakar |
Florida State University, World Bank, Florida State University |
Sanyal, Paramita, Vijayendra Rao, and Umang Prabhakar. 2019. How Women Talk in Democracy. Qualitative Sociology, 42(1): 49-70. |
June 2018 |
Suzanne Verver, Martin Walker, Young Eun Kim, Grace Fobi, Afework H Tekle, Honorat G.M. Zouré, Samuel Wanji, Daniel A. Boakye, Annette C. Kuesel, Sake J. de Vlas, Michel Boussinesq, Maria-Gloria Basáñez, Wilma A. Stolk |
University Medical Center Rotterdam; Imperial College London; World Bank; Independent Consultant, Cameroon; World Health Organization (WHO); WHO; University of Buea; University of Ghana; WHO; University Medical Center Rotterdam; Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Montpellier, France;Imperial College London; University Medical Center Rotterdam |
Verver, Suzanne, Martin Walker, Young Eun Kim, Grace Fobi, Afework H. Tekle, Honorat G.M. Zouré, Samuel Wanji, Daniel A. Boakye, Annette C. Kuesel, Sake J. de Vlas, Michel Boussinesq, Maria-Gloria Basáñez, Wilma A. Stolk. 2018. How Can Onchocerciasis Elimination in Africa Be Accelerated? Modeling the Impact of Increased Ivermectin Treatment Frequency and Complementary Vector Control. Clinical Infectious Diseases 66(4): S267–S274. June. |
Nov 2017 |
Nur Ain Shahrier, Lay Lian Chuah |
Sunway University Business School; World Bank |
Shahrier, Nur Ain and Lay Lian Chuah. 2017. Estimating Malaysia’s Output Gap: Have We Closed the Gap? The Singapore Economic Review |
Oct 2017 (published online) |
Norman Loayza, Edgar Villa, Martha Misas |
World Bank; Universidad de La Sabana, Campus Puente del Común. Chía, Colombia; Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Colombia |
Loayza, Norman, Edgar Villa, and Martha Misas. 2019. Illicit Activity and Money Laundering from an Economic Growth Perspective: A Model and an Application to Colombia. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization Volume 159: 442-487. |
Nov 2017 |
Vijayendra Rao, |
World Bank; |
Rao, Vijayendra, Kripa Ananthpur, and Kabir Malik. 2017. The Anatomy of Failure: An Ethnography of a Randomized Trial to Deepen Democracy in Rural India. World Development 99: 481 – 497. |
June 2017 (published online) |
Roberto Chang, |
Rutgers University; |
Chang, Roberto, Constantino Hevia, and Norman Loayza. 2017. Privatization and Nationalization Cycles. Macroeconomic Dynamics |
Mar 2017 |
Young Eun Kim, Wilma A. Stolk, Marcel Tanner, Fabrizio Tediosi |
World Bank; Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, University of Basel, Switzerland; Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, University of Basel, Switzerland |
Kim, Young Eun, Wilma A. Stolk, Marcel Tanner, and Fabrizio Tediosi. 2017. Modelling the Health and Economic Impacts of the Elimination of River Blindness (Onchocerciasis) in Africa. BMJ Global Health, 2(2). |
Dec 2016 |
Norman Loayza |
World Bank |
Loayza, Norman V. 2016.Informality in the Process of Development and Growth.World Econ. 39: 1856–1916. |
Sep 2016 |
Michael Woolcock |
World Bank |
Woolcock, Michael. 2016. Critical Elements for Ensuring the Success of More Inclusive Social Policies, in World Social Science Report 2016, Challenging Inequalities: Pathways to a Just World. UNESCO Publishing, Paris. Pages 241-244. |
2016 |
Raphael Bergoeing, Norman Loayza, Facundo Piguillem |
Chile's Center for Public Studies and University of Chile; World Bank; Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance |
Bergoeing, Raphael, Norman V. Loayza, and Facundo Piguillem. 2016. The Whole is Greater than the Sum of Its Parts: Complementary Reforms to Address Microeconomic Distortions. World Bank Economic Review 30 (2): 268-305. |
Aug 2016 |
Norman Loayza, Jamele Rigolini |
World Bank; Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Germany |
Loayza, Norman, and Jamele Rigolini. 2016. The Local Impact of Mining on Poverty and Inequality: Evidence from the Commodity Boom in Peru. World Development 84 (Issue C): 219-234. |
Apr 2016 |
Ximena Del Carpio, Norman Loayza, |
World Bank; World Bank; |
Del Carpio, Ximena, Norman Loayza, and Tomoko Wada. 2016. The Impact of Conditional Cash Transfers on the Amount and Type of Child Labor. World Development 80 (Issue C): 33-47. |
Nov 2015 |
Deval Desai, |
Harvard Law School; World Bank |
Desai, Deval and Michael Woolcock. 2015.Experimental Justice Reform: Lessons from the World Bank and Beyond. Annual Review of Law and Social Science 11: 155-174 |