Documents & Reports
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Investment efficiency and the distribution of wealth (English)
The point of departure of this paper is that in the absence of effectively functioning asset markets the distribution of wealth matters for efficiency. Inefficient asset markets depress total factor productivity...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 57752 Document Date: January 1, 2009 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Banerjee, Abhijit V.
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Pitfalls of participatory programs : evidence from a randomized evaluation in education in India (English)
Participation of beneficiaries in the monitoring of public services is increasingly seen as key to improving their efficiency. In India, the current government flagship program on universal primary education...
Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS4584 Document Date: March 1, 2008 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Banerjee, Abhijit V.,Banerji,Rukmini,Duflo,Esther Caroline,Glennerster,Rachel,Khemani,Stuti
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Annual World Bank Conference on development economics - 2000 (English)
These are the proceedings of the Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics, which gathers the global perspective of scholars, and practitioners of development policy from academic life, government...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 23244 Document Date: July 31, 2001 Author: Pleskovic,Boris,Stern, Nicholas [editors],Karlsson,Mats,Stiglitz,Joseph Eugene,SACHS, JEFFREY D.,Kornai,Janos,Collier,Paul,Rodrik,Dani,Birdsall,Nancy M.,Bourguignon,Francois Jean,Kimura,Fukunari,Gunning, Jan Willem,Hoff,Karla,Easterly,William R.,Islam,Roumeen,Caballero, Ricardo J.,Hammour, Mohamad L.,Banerjee, Abhijit V.,Sakakibar, Eisuke,Lederman,Daniel,Menendez Jaramillo,Ana Maria,Perry,Guillermo,Dyck, I.J.Alexander,Roland,Gerard,Orszag, J. Michael,Orszag, Peter R.,Attanasio, Orazio P.,Szekely, Miguel,Holzman, Robert