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| Cover photos (all from the World Bank): Women picking tea leaves in Sri Lanka, by Yosef Hadar (top left); female inspector at HES Ltd., an alarm and electric clock part manufacturer in India, by Ray Witlin (top right); electric power lines in India, by Curt Carnemark (bottom left); and worker surveying a construction area, Tarbela, Pakistan, by Tomas Sennett (bottom right). |
| This report was prepared by a team drawn from the Prospects and Research Groups, Development Economics, The World Bank. The team was lead by Miria Pigato and comprised Caroline Farah, Ken Itakura, Kwang Jun, Will Martin, Kim Murrell, and T. G. Srinivasan, working under the guidance of Uri Dadush. Sara Crow and Chi Ezenwa provided production assistance. |
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