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Asif Islam

  • Researcher
  • World Bank

Roles

Researchers

Asif Islam is an Economist with the Enterprise Analysis Unit at the World Bank Group. His research experience encompasses private sector development, government fiscal policy, entrepreneurship, gender, informality, trade, and environment. Asif holds a Ph.D. in Applied Economics at the University of Maryland - College Park.

Projects

Estimating the returns to human capital in the cities of developing countries

Remi Jedwab, Paul Romer, Daniel Pereira, Asif Islam 30 Nov 2018
Project

All contributions

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Returns to work are lower in developing countries: Is it due to their sectoral and urban structure?

Remi Jedwab, Paul Romer, Dietrich Vollrath, Asif Islam, Daniel Pereira
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