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  • Indonesia GDP Release : 2018 Second Quarter (English)

    This issue of Indonesia MTI Economic Note contains economic highlights, including: Indonesia’s economy expanded 5.3 percent yoy in Q2, higher than the 5.1 percent growth posted in Q1, the highest growth...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 131141 Document Date: July 1, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author:

  • The labor productivity gap between female and male-managed firms in the formal private sector (English)

    This study analyzes gender differences in labor productivity in the formal private sector, using data from 128 mostly developing economies. The results reveal a sizable unconditional gap, with labor productivity...

    Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS8445 Document Date: May 16, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Islam,Asif Mohammed,Gaddis,Isis,Palacios-Lopez,Amparo,Amin,Mohammad

  • Audit Training of Trainers : Group Challenge - The Ethical Dilemmas Board Game (English)

    The objective of the exercise is to enable participants to approach professional ethics training and education in a practical way, by analyzing threats that arise and selecting an appropriate course of...

    Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 129512 Document Date: January 1, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Shukarova Savovska,Kalina,Pyziak,Piotr

  • Female Top Managers in Malaysia (English)

    Recent firm-level survey data collected by the World Bank’s Enterprise Surveys (ES) shows that about a quarter of all Malaysian firms have a female top manager. Female top managers are more likely to be...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 138328 Document Date: January 1, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Amin,Mohammad,Mayoral,Amanda

  • Labor drops : experimental evidence on the return to additional labor in microenterprises (English)

    The majority of enterprises in many developing countries have no paid workers. This paper reports on a field experiment conducted in Sri Lanka that provided wage subsidies to randomly chosen microenterprises...

    Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS7924 Document Date: December 19, 2016 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: De Mel,Suresh,Mckenzie,David J.,Woodruff,Christopher Marshall

  • The effect of the Swedish payroll tax cut for youths on firm profitability (English)

    Payroll taxes in Sweden were reduced substantially for people ages 26 years or younger on July 1, 2007. The objective of this tax cut was to lower youth unemployment. The question of how gains from payroll...

    Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS7854 Document Date: October 11, 2016 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Malm,Arvid,Eklund,Johan,Francis,David C.,Jiang,Nan

  • DECPG global daily economic news (English)

    Some of the headings included in this issue of the Development Economics Prospects Group (DECPG) global daily economic news are as follows: high income economies; and developing economies in East Asia...

    Document Type: Newsletter Report No.: 96678 Document Date: May 13, 2015 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Chen,Derek Hung Chiat

  • DECPG daily economic news (English)

    Some of the headings included in this issue of the Development Economics Prospects Group (DECPG) daily economic news are as follows: financial markets; high income economies; and developing economies in...

    Document Type: Newsletter Report No.: 94226 Document Date: January 27, 2015 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Chen,Derek Hung Chiat,Kim,Eung Ju,Kida,Mizuho

  • Women in the private sector in Latin America and the Caribbean (English)

    An Enterprise Survey is a firm-level survey of a representative sample of an economy’s private sector. The surveys cover a broad range of business environment topics including access to finance, competition...

    Document Type: Report No.: 92281 Document Date: September 1, 2014 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author:

  • Idea Cellular (English)

    This brief talks about the performance of Idea Cellular Limited (Idea) is the fastest growing telecom service provider in India. In February 2007, Idea engaged in an initial public offering to raise the...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 119887 Document Date: August 1, 2012 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author:

  • India economic update (English)

    In fiscal year 2010-11, India's economy has expanded at a rate close to that observed prior to the global financial crisis. However, growth in the second half of the year slowed, and the performance of...

    Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 68356 Document Date: June 1, 2011 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author:

  • Running a business in Indonesia (English)

    Recently obtained enterprise surveys data indicate that senior managers in Indonesia spend the least amount of time dealing with the requirements of government regulations when compared to countries in...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 65102 Document Date: January 1, 2011 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: