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Asif Islam

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Terminal Degree: Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics; University of Maryland (from RePEc Genealogy)

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Working papers

  1. Islam,Asif Mohammed & Gatti,Roberta V., 2024. "Dysfunctional Family Management : Family-Managed Businesses and the Quality of Management Practices," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10684, The World Bank.
  2. Roberta V. Gatti & Asif M Islam & Maue,Casey & Esha Dilip Zaveri, 2024. "Thirsty Business : A Global Analysis of Extreme Weather Shocks on Firms," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10923, The World Bank.
  3. Brancati,Emanuele & Di Maio,Michele & Roberta V. Gatti & Asif M Islam, 2024. "Conflict and Firms’ Performance : A Global View," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10898, The World Bank.
  4. Islam,Asif Mohammed & Nguyen,Ha, 2024. "Distributional Crowding Out Effects of Public Debt on Private Investment in Developing Economies," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10786, The World Bank.
  5. Islam,Asif Mohammed, 2023. "Data Transparency in the Middle East and North Africa," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10346, The World Bank.
  6. Amin,Mohammad & Jolevski,Filip & Islam,Asif Mohammed, 2023. "The Resilience of SMEs and Large Firms in the COVID-19 Pandemic : A Decomposition Analysis," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10562, The World Bank.
  7. Gatti,Roberta V. & Lederman,Daniel & Islam,Asif Mohammed & Nguyen,Ha & Lotfi,Rana Mohamed Amr Mohamed Nabil & Mousa,Mennatallah Emam Mohamed Sayed, 2023. "Data Transparency and GDP Growth Forecast Errors," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10406, The World Bank.
  8. Islam,Asif Mohammed & Rodriguez Meza,Jorge Luis, 2023. "How Prevalent Are Credit-Constrained Firms in the Formal Private Sector ?Evidence Using Global Surveys," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10502, The World Bank.
  9. Islam, Asif Mohammed & Moosa, Dalal Hasan Sharif Sayed & Saliola, Federica, 2022. "Jobs Undone: Reshaping the Role of Governments toward Markets and Workers in the Middle East and North Africa," Jobs Group Papers, Notes, and Guides 33863304, The World Bank.
  10. Islam,Asif Mohammed & Gatti,Roberta V., 2022. "Management Practices and the Partial Government Ownership of Firms in the Middle East and North Africa Region," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10062, The World Bank.
  11. Islam,Asif Mohammed & Gatti,Roberta V., 2022. "The Human Capital of Firms and the Formal Training of Workers," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10063, The World Bank.
  12. Remi Jedwab & Roberto Samaniego & Paul Romer & Asif Islam, 2022. "Scars of Pandemics from Lost Schooling and Experience: Aggregate Implications and Gender Differences Through the Lens of COVID-19," Working Papers 2022-02, The George Washington University, Institute for International Economic Policy.
  13. Islam,Asif Mohammed & Amin,Mohammad, 2022. "The Gender Labor Productivity Gap across Informal Firms," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10011, The World Bank.
  14. Amin,Mohammad & Islam,Asif Mohammed, 2022. "The Impact of Paid Maternity Leave on Women’s Employment : Evidence Using Firm-LevelSurvey Data from Developing Countries," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10188, The World Bank.
  15. Rabah Arezki & Asif Islam & Grégoire Rota-Graziosi, 2021. "Working Paper 350 - Taming Private Leviathans: Regulation versus Taxation," Working Paper Series 2476, African Development Bank.
  16. Amin,Mohammad & Islam,Asif Mohammed, 2021. "Exports and Women Workers in Formal Firms," Policy Research Working Paper Series 9527, The World Bank.
  17. Islam,Asif Mohammed & Rodriguez Meza,Jorge Luis, 2021. "A Cautionary Tale : An Experiment on The Stability of Business Environment Perceptions in a Firm Survey," Policy Research Working Paper Series 9610, The World Bank.
  18. Hyland,Marie Caitriona & Islam,Asif Mohammed, 2021. "Gendered Laws, Informal Origins, and Subsequent Performance," Policy Research Working Paper Series 9766, The World Bank.
  19. Grégoire Rota-Graziosi & Islam Asif & Rabah Arezki, 2021. "Taming Private Leviathans : Regulation versus Taxation," CERDI Working papers hal-03129746, HAL.
  20. Saliola,Federica & Mohamed Islam, Asif & Winker, Hernan, 2020. "Adapting Jobs Policies And Programs In The Face Of Accelerated Technological Change," Jobs Group Papers, Notes, and Guides 32005526, The World Bank.
  21. Remi Jedwab & Asif Islam & Paul Romer & Robert Samaniego, 2020. "Human Capital Accumulation at Work: Estimates for the World and Implications for Development," Working Papers 2020-3, The George Washington University, Institute for International Economic Policy.
  22. Islam,Asif Mohammed & Muzi,Silvia, 2020. "Mobile Money and Investment by Women Businesses in Sub-Saharan Africa," Policy Research Working Paper Series 9338, The World Bank.
  23. Abi-Nassif,Christophe & Islam,Asif Mohammed & Lederman,Daniel, 2020. "Perceptions, Contagion, and Civil Unrest," Policy Research Working Paper Series 9416, The World Bank.
  24. Islam,Asif Mohammed & Lederman,Daniel, 2020. "Data Transparency and Long-Run Growth," Policy Research Working Paper Series 9493, The World Bank.
  25. Hyland,Marie Caitriona & Islam,Asif Mohammed & Muzi,Silvia, 2020. "Firms' Discriminatory Behavior, and Women's Employment in the Democratic Republic of Congo," Policy Research Working Paper Series 9224, The World Bank.
  26. Amin,Mohammad & Islam,Asif Mohammed & Khalid,Usman, 2019. "Decomposing the Labor Productivity Gap between Upper-Middle-Income and High-Income Countries," Policy Research Working Paper Series 9073, The World Bank.
  27. Amin,Mohammad & Islam,Asif Mohammed, 2019. "Paid Maternity Leave and Female Employment : Evidence Using Firm-Level Survey Data for Developing Countries," Policy Research Working Paper Series 8715, The World Bank.
  28. Islam,Asif Mohammed & Gaddis,Isis & Palacios-Lopez,Amparo & Amin,Mohammad, 2018. "The labor productivity gap between female and male-managed firms in the formal private sector," Policy Research Working Paper Series 8445, The World Bank.
  29. Ghossein,Tania & Islam,Asif Mohammed & Saliola,Federica, 2018. "Public Procurement and the Private Business Sector : Evidence from Firm-Level Data," Policy Research Working Paper Series 8575, The World Bank.
  30. Islam,Asif Mohammed & Hyland,Marie Caitriona, 2018. "The Drivers and Impacts of Water Infrastructure Reliability : A Global Analysis of Manufacturing Firms," Policy Research Working Paper Series 8637, The World Bank.
  31. Islam,Asif Mohammed, 2018. "The burden of water shortages on informal firms," Policy Research Working Paper Series 8457, The World Bank.
  32. Islam,Asif Mohammed & Muzi,Silvia & Amin,Mohammad, 2017. "Unequal laws and the disempowerment of women in the labor market : evidence from firm-level data," Policy Research Working Paper Series 8202, The World Bank.
  33. Djankov,Simeon & Ghossein,Tania & Islam,Asif Mohammed & Saliola,Federica, 2017. "Public procurement regulation and road quality," Policy Research Working Paper Series 8234, The World Bank.
  34. Amin,Mohammad & Islam,Asif Mohammed & Sakhonchik,Alena, 2016. "Does paternity leave matter for female employment in developing economies ? evidence from firm data," Policy Research Working Paper Series 7588, The World Bank.
  35. Islam,Asif Mohammed & Muzi,Silvia & Rodriguez Meza,Jorge Luis, 2016. "Does mobile money use increase firms'investment ? evidence from enterprise Surveys in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania," Policy Research Working Paper Series 7890, The World Bank.
  36. Iqbal,Sarah & Islam,Asif Mohammed & Ramalho,Rita & Sakhonchik,Alena, 2016. "Unequal before the law : measuring legal gender disparities across the world," Policy Research Working Paper Series 7803, The World Bank.
  37. Islam,Asif Mohammed, 2016. "An exploration of the relationship between police presence, crime, and business in developing countries," Policy Research Working Paper Series 7560, The World Bank.
  38. Amin,Mohammad & Islam,Asif Mohammed & Lopez Claros,Augusto, 2016. "Absent laws and missing women: can domestic violence legislation reduce female mortality ?," Policy Research Working Paper Series 7622, The World Bank.
  39. Amin,Mohammad & Islam,Asif Mohammed, 2015. "Women managers and the gender-based gap in access to education : evidence from firm-level data in developing countries," Policy Research Working Paper Series 7269, The World Bank.
  40. Islam, Asif, 2015. "Entrepreneurship and the allocation of government spending under imperfect markets," Policy Research Working Paper Series 7163, The World Bank.
  41. Amin, Mohammad & Islam, Asif, 2014. "Are there more female managers in the retail sector ? evidence from survey data in developing countries," Policy Research Working Paper Series 6843, The World Bank.
  42. Amin, Mohammad & Islam, Asif, 2014. "Imports of intermediate inputs and country size," Policy Research Working Paper Series 6758, The World Bank.
  43. Amin, Mohammad & Islam, Asif, 2014. "Does mandating nondiscrimination in hiring practices influence women's employment ? evidence using firm-level data," Policy Research Working Paper Series 7076, The World Bank.
  44. Amin, Mohammad & Islam, Asif, 2014. "Use of imported inputs and the cost of importing : evidence from developing countries," Policy Research Working Paper Series 7005, The World Bank.
  45. Islam, Asif, 2014. "Economic growth and crime against small and medium sized enterprises in developing economies," Policy Research Working Paper Series 6768, The World Bank.
  46. Islam, Asif, 2014. "Do government private subsidies crowd out entrepreneurship ?," Policy Research Working Paper Series 6917, The World Bank.
  47. Islam, Asif M. & López, Ramón E., 2013. "Government Spending and Air Pollution in the US," Working Papers 144406, University of Maryland, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics.
  48. Islam, Asif M., 2013. "US Government Spending Allocation Database by State (SADS)," Working Papers 147368, University of Maryland, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics.
  49. Islam, Asif, 2012. "Is Economic Growth Criminogenic for Firms In Developing Economies?," MPRA Paper 36724, University Library of Munich, Germany.
  50. Islam, Asif, 2012. "Is There a Gender Bias in Crime Against Firms for Developing Economies?," MPRA Paper 36726, University Library of Munich, Germany.
  51. López, Ramón & Islam, Asif, 2011. "Fiscal spending for economic growth in the presence of imperfect markets," CEPR Discussion Papers 8709, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  52. Islam, Asif, 2011. "Police and Crime Against Firms in Developing Economies," MPRA Paper 36725, University Library of Munich, Germany.
  53. Lopez, Ramon E. & Galinato, Gregmar I. & Islam, Asif M., 2009. "Pollution and the State: The Role of the Structure of Government," 2009 Conference (53rd), February 11-13, 2009, Cairns, Australia 48055, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society.
  54. Ramon Lopez & Gregmar Galinato & Asif Islam, 2009. "Fiscal Spending and the Environment: Theory and Empirics," Working Papers 2009-22, School of Economic Sciences, Washington State University.
  55. Lopez, Ramon E. & Islam, Asif M., 2008. "Trade and the Environment," Working Papers 45982, University of Maryland, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics.
  56. Lopez, Ramon E. & Islam, Asif M., 2008. "When Government Spending Serves the Elites: Consequences for Economic Growth in a Context of Market Imperfections," Working Papers 45875, University of Maryland, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics.
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Articles

  1. Asif Mohammed Islam & Daniel Lederman, 2024. "Data transparency and growth in developing economies during and after the global financial crisis," Kyklos, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 77(4), pages 1169-1205, November.
  2. Gatti, Roberta & Lederman, Daniel & Islam, Asif M. & Nguyen, Ha & Lotfi, Rana & Emam Mousa, Mennatallah, 2024. "Data transparency and GDP growth forecast errors," Journal of International Money and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 140(C).
  3. Mohammad Amin & Asif M. Islam, 2023. "Export intensity and its effect on women's employment," Kyklos, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 76(4), pages 676-704, November.
  4. Islam, Asif M. & Amin, Mohammad, 2023. "The gender labor productivity gap across informal firms," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 167(C).
  5. Marie Hyland & Asif M. Islam & Silvia Muzi, 2023. "Firms’ Behavior Under Discriminatory Laws and Women’s Employment in the Democratic Republic of Congo," Feminist Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 29(1), pages 70-96, January.
  6. Islam Asif M. & Gatti Roberta, 2023. "The human capital of firms and the formal training of workers," IZA Journal of Development and Migration, Sciendo & Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit GmbH (IZA), vol. 14(1), pages 1-39, January.
  7. Remi Jedwab & Paul Romer & Asif M. Islam & Roberto Samaniego, 2023. "Human Capital Accumulation at Work: Estimates for the World and Implications for Development," American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, American Economic Association, vol. 15(3), pages 191-223, July.
  8. Mohammad Amin & Asif M. Islam, 2022. "Does manager education play a role in the productivity of informal firms in developing economies? Evidence from firm‐level surveys," Review of Development Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 26(2), pages 962-984, May.
  9. Asif M. Islam & Silvia Muzi, 2022. "Does mobile money enable women-owned businesses to invest? Firm-level evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 59(3), pages 1245-1271, October.
  10. Galinato, Gregmar I. & Hyland, Marie & Islam, Asif M., 2022. "Does corporate social responsibility benefit society? Evidence from Latin America," Emerging Markets Review, Elsevier, vol. 53(C).
  11. Asif Islam & Gregmar I. Galinato & Wentao Zhang, 2021. "Can government spending boost firm sales?," Kyklos, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 74(4), pages 488-511, November.
  12. Mohammad Amin & Asif M. Islam & Augusto Lopez‐Claros, 2021. "Absent laws and missing women: Can domestic violence legislation reduce female mortality?," Review of Development Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 25(4), pages 2113-2132, November.
  13. Asif M. Islam & Isis Gaddis & Amparo Palacios López & Mohammad Amin, 2020. "The Labor Productivity Gap between Formal Businesses Run by Women and Men," Feminist Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 26(4), pages 228-258, October.
  14. Asif Islam & Amparo Palacios Lopez & Mohammad Amin, 2019. "Decomposing the Labour Productivity Gap between Migrant-Owned and Native-Owned Firms in Sub-Saharan Africa," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 55(9), pages 2065-2082, September.
  15. Asif Islam, 2019. "The Burden of Water Shortages on Informal Firms," Land Economics, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 95(1), pages 91-107.
  16. Islam, Asif & Hyland, Marie, 2019. "The drivers and impacts of water infrastructure reliability – a global analysis of manufacturing firms," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 163(C), pages 143-157.
  17. Asif Islam & Silvia Muzi & Mohammad Amin, 2019. "Unequal Laws and the Disempowerment of Women in the Labour Market: Evidence from Firm-Level Data," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 55(5), pages 822-844, May.
  18. Vasilaky, Kathryn N. & Islam, Asif M., 2018. "Competition or cooperation? Using team and tournament incentives for learning among female farmers in rural Uganda," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 103(C), pages 216-225.
  19. Asif Islam & Silvia Muzi & Jorge Luis Rodriguez Meza, 2018. "Does mobile money use increase firms’ investment? Evidence from Enterprise Surveys in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 51(3), pages 687-708, October.
  20. Galinato, Gregmar I. & Islam, Asif, 2017. "The challenge of addressing consumption pollutants with fiscal policy," Environment and Development Economics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 22(5), pages 624-647, October.
  21. Mohammad Amin & Asif Islam & Alena Sakhonchik, 2016. "Does paternity leave matter for female employment in developing economies? Evidence from firm-level data," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 23(16), pages 1145-1148, November.
  22. Asif Islam & Mohammad Amin, 2016. "Women Managers and The Gender-Based Gap in Access to Education: Evidence from Firm-Level Data in Developing Countries," Feminist Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 22(3), pages 127-153, July.
  23. Asif Islam, 2016. "An exploration of the relationship between police presence, crime and firms in developing countries," Development Policy Review, Overseas Development Institute, vol. 34(5), pages 691-719, September.
  24. Mohammad Amin & Asif Islam, 2015. "Does Mandating Nondiscrimination in Hiring Practices Influence Women's Employment? Evidence Using Firm-Level Data," Feminist Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 21(4), pages 28-60, October.
  25. Islam, Asif M. & López, Ramón E., 2015. "Government Spending and Air Pollution in the US," International Review of Environmental and Resource Economics, now publishers, vol. 8(2), pages 139-189, July.
  26. Amin, Mohammad & Islam, Asif, 2015. "Are Large Informal Firms More Productive than the Small Informal Firms? Evidence from Firm-Level Surveys in Africa," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 74(C), pages 374-385.
  27. Mohammad Amin & Asif Islam, 2015. "Use of imported inputs and the cost of importing: evidence from developing countries," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 22(6), pages 488-492, April.
  28. Mohammad Amin & Asif Islam, 2015. "The Time Cost of Documents to Trade," The International Trade Journal, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 29(4), pages 254-272, October.
  29. Islam, Asif, 2015. "Entrepreneurship and the Allocation of Government Spending Under Imperfect Markets," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 70(C), pages 108-121.
  30. Mohammad Amin & Asif Islam, 2014. "Are there more female managers in the retail sector? Evidence from survey data in developing countries," Journal of Applied Economics, Universidad del CEMA, vol. 17, pages 213-228, November.
  31. Mohammad Amin & Asif Islam, 2014. "Imports of intermediate inputs and country size," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 21(11), pages 738-741, July.
  32. Islam , Asif, 2014. "Do government private subsidies crowd out entrepreneurship?," European Economic Letters, European Economics Letters Group, vol. 3(1), pages 22-25.
  33. Asif Islam, 2014. "Economic growth and crime against small and medium sized enterprises in developing economies," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 43(3), pages 677-695, October.
  34. López, Ramón & Galinato, Gregmar I. & Islam, Asif, 2011. "Fiscal spending and the environment: Theory and empirics," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier, vol. 62(2), pages 180-198, September.

Books

  1. Richard Damania & Sébastien Desbureaux & Marie Hyland & Asif Islam & Scott Moore & Aude-Sophie Rodella & Jason Russ & Esha Zaveri, 2017. "Uncharted Waters," World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group, number 28096.

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NEP is an announcement service for new working papers, with a weekly report in each of many fields. This author has had 36 papers announced in NEP. These are the fields, ordered by number of announcements, along with their dates. If the author is listed in the directory of specialists for this field, a link is also provided.
  1. NEP-PBE: Public Economics (12) 2009-01-10 2009-03-28 2010-01-16 2011-12-19 2013-03-09 2013-04-20 2014-03-15 2014-06-28 2021-02-22 2021-11-15 2022-03-14 2022-11-14. Author is listed
  2. NEP-DEV: Development (5) 2012-02-20 2012-02-20 2014-03-15 2014-05-17 2016-03-06. Author is listed
  3. NEP-ENV: Environmental Economics (5) 2009-01-10 2009-03-28 2010-01-16 2013-03-09 2022-08-22. Author is listed
  4. NEP-FDG: Financial Development and Growth (4) 2011-12-19 2012-02-20 2014-03-15 2020-08-17
  5. NEP-LAW: Law and Economics (4) 2012-02-20 2012-02-20 2014-03-15 2022-11-07
  6. NEP-PUB: Public Finance (4) 2013-03-09 2021-02-08 2021-02-22 2021-11-15
  7. NEP-CSE: Economics of Strategic Management (3) 2014-03-15 2014-06-28 2016-03-06
  8. NEP-INT: International Trade (3) 2009-01-10 2014-02-02 2014-09-05
  9. NEP-MAC: Macroeconomics (3) 2020-07-27 2020-10-12 2022-02-14
  10. NEP-BEC: Business Economics (2) 2014-11-17 2020-02-24
  11. NEP-ENT: Entrepreneurship (2) 2014-06-28 2015-01-26
  12. NEP-GEN: Gender (2) 2022-11-07 2022-11-07
  13. NEP-GRO: Economic Growth (2) 2020-07-27 2022-11-07
  14. NEP-IUE: Informal and Underground Economics (2) 2022-11-07 2022-11-07
  15. NEP-REG: Regulation (2) 2021-11-15 2022-11-14
  16. NEP-AFR: Africa (1) 2020-08-17
  17. NEP-AGR: Agricultural Economics (1) 2009-01-10
  18. NEP-ARA: MENA - Middle East and North Africa (1) 2022-11-21
  19. NEP-DEM: Demographic Economics (1) 2012-02-20
  20. NEP-EFF: Efficiency and Productivity (1) 2020-02-24
  21. NEP-ENE: Energy Economics (1) 2013-03-09
  22. NEP-HEA: Health Economics (1) 2016-04-16
  23. NEP-HIS: Business, Economic and Financial History (1) 2022-02-14
  24. NEP-HME: Heterodox Microeconomics (1) 2016-03-23
  25. NEP-LAB: Labour Economics (1) 2022-02-14
  26. NEP-LMA: Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages (1) 2014-11-17
  27. NEP-MFD: Microfinance (1) 2020-08-17
  28. NEP-PAY: Payment Systems and Financial Technology (1) 2020-08-17
  29. NEP-RES: Resource Economics (1) 2009-03-28
  30. NEP-SBM: Small Business Management (1) 2014-03-15
  31. NEP-SEA: South East Asia (1) 2022-08-22
  32. NEP-URE: Urban and Real Estate Economics (1) 2014-06-28

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