Leo Iacovone
@leoiacovone.bsky.social
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Middle-income countries in Europe and Central Asia can reach high-income status only if firms are able to grow, innovate, and compete. The @WorldBank’s #GreaterHeights report provides recommendations for how the region can unleash the private sector.
www.worldbank.org/en/region/ec...
www.worldbank.org/en/region/ec...
Greater Heights: Growing to High Income in Europe and Central Asia
The Greater Heights: Growing to High Income in Europe and Central Asia report outlines recommendations for how middle-income countries across the region can reach their growth goals.
www.worldbank.org
March 12, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Middle-income countries in Europe and Central Asia can reach high-income status only if firms are able to grow, innovate, and compete. The @WorldBank’s #GreaterHeights report provides recommendations for how the region can unleash the private sector.
www.worldbank.org/en/region/ec...
www.worldbank.org/en/region/ec...
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In today's blog, I summarize 7-7.5 year impacts of a RCT we did in Togo that tested personal initiative (PI) training against a control and traditional business training. PI training has large and growing impacts for men, which diverge from those for women 1/3 blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...
Personal initiative training continues to yield positive benefits after 7 years, but impacts vary with gender
blogs.worldbank.org
March 3, 2025 at 4:03 PM
In today's blog, I summarize 7-7.5 year impacts of a RCT we did in Togo that tested personal initiative (PI) training against a control and traditional business training. PI training has large and growing impacts for men, which diverge from those for women 1/3 blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...
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Working from home has stabilized at about 25 percent of all full worked days in the US according to a new analysis of 9 different US datasets, from Shelby R. Buckman, Jose Maria Barrero, @nickbloom.bsky.social, and Steven J. Davis https://www.nber.org/papers/w33508
March 1, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Working from home has stabilized at about 25 percent of all full worked days in the US according to a new analysis of 9 different US datasets, from Shelby R. Buckman, Jose Maria Barrero, @nickbloom.bsky.social, and Steven J. Davis https://www.nber.org/papers/w33508
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We need to be honest with people who want to get PhDs and not just about the job market lucris.lub.lu.se/ws/portalfil...
September 19, 2024 at 4:37 PM
We need to be honest with people who want to get PhDs and not just about the job market lucris.lub.lu.se/ws/portalfil...