Policy makers around the world recognize the potentially harmful consequences of trademark counterfeiting and copyright piracy. Indeed, many countries...

There is a growing consensus that what you export matters for growth (see for instance, Haussman and al. 2007 and Krishna and Maloney (2011)). This paper examines whether and to...

Russia's science and technology diaspora is too visible and successful to evade attention from home. However, the public debate in Russia so far has been...

The informal sector in India has been exceptionally persistent over the past two decades. Is this a bad thing? Not necessarily. This paper shows that a...

Sustained improvements in living standards depend on broad-based economic growth. This will only take place when firms improve worker productivity by...

The report provides a brief summary of the existing Third Research and Innovation Strategy (RSI3s) and specifies the complementary activities that need...

This book is the result of a joint forum on 'innovation for development' held by the World Bank and the China-based Asia-Pacific Finance and...

Increased levels and volatility of food prices has led to a surge of interest in large-scale agriculture and land acquisition. This creates challenges...

Knowledge has always been an essential force in economic development. Chapter one, describes the knowledge revolution, which is leading us into a...

Innovation is often touted as a key component in unleashing private sector growth and the dynamism necessary for solving the Middle East and North...

Sustained improvements in living standards depend on broad-based economic growth. This will only take place when firms improve worker productivity by...

Despite rapid economic growth, gender disparities in women's economic participation have remained deep and persistent in India. What explains these...

The report comprises two volumes, the Executive Summary and Policy Recommendations (Volume 1), and the Background Documents (Volume 2), providing the...

This study investigates the impact of key business environment indicators on productivity, innovation, and growth in Sri Lanka through a cluster-level...

This paper identifies the relative importance of human and physical capital for entrepreneurship. A subset of rural microfinance clients were...

The report comprises two volumes, the Executive Summary and Policy Recommendations (Volume 1), and the Background Documents (Volume 2), providing the...

This note provides a medium-term agenda for supporting Mexico's competitiveness by fostering greater innovation. Globalization and the dynamism of...