There was substantial growth in the resource sector in Papua New Guinea during the last resource boom, increased revenue collection by the government associated with that growth, and significant increases...
Ghana’s Community Resource Management Area (CREMA) mechanism has shown mixed success, with some CREMAs achieving impressive conservation outcomes and socioeconomic development, while others have struggled...
This paper uses the construction of India's Golden Quadrilateral (GQ) highway to explore the impact of an exogenous increase in market access and competition across the firm life cycle and generates four...
The Russian invasion has had diverse effects on businesses, causing significant damage to Ukraine’s private sector. These effects can be attributed to three primary channels of transmission: disruptions...
After a long period of economic transformation that included introducing a series of market-oriented reforms and joining the European Union (EU), Poland was one of the fastest-growing economies in the...
After a long period of economic transformation that included introducing a series of market-oriented reforms and joining the European Union (EU), Poland was one of the fastest-growing economies in the...
The “resource curse” is often understood to imply poor growth in the non-resource sectors of the economy, but research into the diversification performance of resource-rich countries is limited. This paper...
The ferrous foundry industry is fundamental to machine building contributing to up to 90 percent of its final product. High quality-casting are essential to a range of heavy industries, including railroad...
This news release, dated March 17, 2005, announces World Bank President James D. Wolfensohn said good governance and transparency are key to ensuring that resource-rich developing countries benefit from...
This press release announces that the World Bank has approved a loan of thirteen million US dollars to Indonesia to help finance a national resource survey and mapping project on January 28, 1976. The...