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Timor-Leste 2016 TATOLI! Public Opinion Poll

Foundation, The Asia (The Asia Foundation, 2017-06-07)

Timor-Leste under the VIth Constitutional Government has made great progress in the collection and utilization of evidence in policy making. Initiatives such as the newly established Unit for Planning, Monitoring, and Evaluation within the Office of the Prime Minister and various other planning units in other ministries are indicative of an increased emphasis on the important role that data and ...

Combining good business and good development: Evidence from IFC Operations

Desai, Raj M.; Kharas, Homi; Amin, Magdi (Brookings India, 2017-05-09)

Most studies of the links between corporate environmental and socially sustainable actions find a positive link with financial performance. Most of these studies, however, have analyzed firms only in developed countries, and their identifying assumptions do not typically allow causal inferences. We are able to study firm performance in developing countries by using data from investments made by the ...

Bangladesh Economy in FY2016-17 June 2017 Interim Review of Macroeconomic Performance

Dialogue, Centre for Policy (Centre for Policy Dialogue, 2017-06-30)

This report has picked up three major issues of the economy from the perspective of investment and employment generation. These broad areas are: (i) growth and structural transformation; (ii) external sector with focus on exports and remittances; and (iii) sources of finance by looking into banking sector and capital market. These issues are discussed in four sections which are titled as follows: 1. ...