This report presents the results of a recent survey on business perceptions of trade liberalization in Laos called the Business Perceptions Survey, or BPS. The goal of the BPS was to obtain data on how businesses in Lao PDR are ...

The survey aimed to identify constraints to MSMEs’ development and growth with a focus on access to finance, infrastructure, business development services, markets and technology ...

This paper provides a summary of the evidence and a synthesis of the key arguments around how a range of features affect the relationship between urbanisation and productivity, employment and salaries ...

Weak linkages between businesses within an economy result in inefficiencies, missed opportunities and often, over reliance upon imported goods and services. This topic guide looks at initiatives to improve these linkages and create sustainable economic ties with and between local ...

This Topic Guide seeks to provide an introduction to the main questions and controversies in education economics, especially with respect to developing countries ...

This paper presents the results of a literature review of evidence that supports the assertion that economically empowering girls can contribute to the prevention of certain outcomes such as early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation/cutting in developing country ...