 | Remittances and Vulnerability in Developing Countries Author/Editor: Giulia Bettin, Andrea Presbitero, Nicola Spatafora. Release Date:January, 2014 This paper examines how international remittances are affected by structural characteristics, macroeconomic conditions, and adverse shocks in both source and recipient economies. We exploit a novel, more...
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| Export Quality in Developing Countries Author/Editor: Christian Henn, Chris Papageorgiou, Nicola Spatafora. Release Date:May, 2013 This paper develops new, far more extensive estimates of export quality, covering 178 countries and hundreds of products over 1962–2010. Quality upgrading is particularly rapid during the early more...
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 | Economic Diversification in LICs : Stylized Facts and Macroeconomic Implications Author/Editor: Chris Papageorgiou, Nicola Spatafora. Release Date:December, 2012 Limited diversification is an underlying characteristic of many low-income countries (LICs). Concentration in sectors with limited scope for increases in productivity and quality may result in less more...
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 | Capital Inflows, Financial Development, and Domestic Investment: Determinants and Inter-Relationships Author/Editor: Oana Luca, Nicola Spatafora. Release Date:May, 2012 We examine determinants of, and interactions between, capital inflows, financial development, and domestic investment in developing countries during 2001-07, a period of surging global liquidity and more...
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| Structural Transformation and the Sophistication of Production Author/Editor: Nicola Spatafora, Rahul Anand, Saurabh Mishra. Release Date:February, 2012 A new dataset on export sophistication reveals that in many countries the importance of modern services, and the sophistication of manufactured and service exports, has increased over time. However, more...
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| Global Shocks and their Impacton Low-Income Countries : Lessons From theglobal Financial Crisis Author/Editor: Chris Papageorgiou, Hans Weisfeld, Catherine A. Pattillo, Martin Schindler, Nicola Spatafora, Andrew Berg. Release Date:February, 2011 This paper investigates the short-run effects of the 2007-09 global financial crisis on growth in (mainly non-fuel exporting) low-income countries (LICs). Four conclusions stand out. First, for many more...
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| The End of An Era? the Medium- and Long-Term Effects of the Global Crisison Growth in Low-Income Countries Author/Editor: Chris Papageorgiou, Andrew Berg, Catherine A Pattillo, Nicola Spatafora. Release Date:September, 2010 This paper investigates the medium- and long-term growth effects of the global financial crises on Low-Income Countries (LICs). Using several methodological approaches, including impulse response more...
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