Growth is the essential ingredient for sustained poverty reduction. The Macroeconomics and Growth Research Program focuses on identifying the contribution of policies and institutional changes to the diversity in growth and aggregate economic performance around the world.
The Macroeconomics, Trade, and Finance Seminar Series is a weekly series hosted by the World Bank's research department that invites leading researchers to present their recent research in a seminar format.
Macroeconomics examines economic performance—output, inflation, interest and exchange rates—guiding monetary and fiscal policies that support equity and sustainable growth.
The series invites leading researchers from the fields of macroeconomics, growth, trade, international integration, and finance to present the results of their most recent research in a seminar format.
Roberto N. Fattal Jaef is a Senior Economist in the Macroeconomics and Growth team of the World Bank’s Development Economics Vice-Presidency. His research interests cover various areas of macroeconomics, with a special emphasis on economic growth. Current and recent research topics include: 1) understanding the role of market distortions for firm level behavior, entrepreneurship, and long ...
As the new president of Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Illinois, Stephen Harris is focused on the health insurer’s long-term growth strategy and bolstering the bottom line. Harris took on the top role at ...
Overview Addison's disease is a rare condition that happens when the body doesn't make enough of some hormones. Another name for Addison's disease is primary adrenal insufficiency. With Addison's disease, the adrenal glands make too little of the hormone cortisol. Often, they also make too little of another hormone called aldosterone.
Lo que ocasiona la enfermedad de Addison es el daño en las glándulas suprarrenales. Los síntomas pueden aparecer lentamente. Los primeros síntomas incluyen cansancio extremo, ansias de consumir sal y pérdida de peso. La enfermedad de Addison puede afectar a cualquier persona y puede ser mortal si no se la trata. El tratamiento implica tomar hormonas producidas en laboratorios para ...