Addressing Serbia’s labor market problems is critical to enhancing growth and job creation. Low labor force participation, relatively high unemployment, particularly among youth and other disadvantaged...
This report provides an overview of the demand and supply side of MSME finance as well as certain aspects of the enabling environment. A detailed analysis of the financial sector infrastructure for MSME...
Global growth in Q3 is currently estimated at about 2.4 percent (q-o-q, saar), little changed from previous quarters. Growth in the U.S. and the Euro Area slowed in Q3, while Japan’s economy contracted...
Mixed signals on the trajectory of U.S. economic growth are complicating the Fed interest rate decision. Euro Area industrial production declined at the fastest pace in a year in the third quarter, but...
As in the first quarter, global growth of about 2.3 percent (saar) disappointed in the second quarter of 2015. In August, equity markets corrected sharply (40 percent from mid-June) in China and fell across...
Recent indicators suggest a continued recovery in high-income countries. The U.S. labor market improved further in the second quarter, while manufacturing and services growth in the Euro Area moved up...
As presented in its June Global Economic Prospects, the World Bank lowered again its 2015 growth forecast for developing countries, to 4.4 percent. The report points to likely improvements in economic...
This brief summarizes the information, role models and perceived returns to education experimental evidence from Madagascar. This paper shows that increasing perceived returns to education strengthens...
This paper aims to investigate empirically how international migration and remittances in Indonesia, particularly female migration, affect child outcomes and labor supply behavior in sending households...