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Impact Factor
2.150
5 year Impact Factor
3.118

Editor
Peter Lanjouw

Editorial Board

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The World Bank Research Observer seeks to inform nonspecialist readers about research being undertaken within the Bank and outside the Bank in areas of economics relevant for development policy …

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Submissions Deadline for Fall 2017 Editorial Board Meeting

The World Bank Research Observer (WBRO) seeks to publish policy-relevant surveys of development issues, aimed at a non-specialist audience. Papers for consideration at the Fall 2017 meeting of the Editorial Board of the Observer should be submitted at [email protected], no later than Monday, September 5, 2017.

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