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Women in Charge
Rohini Pande and Petia Topalova
Women in positions of power change public attitudes
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Ready to Bloom?
Mark Blackden and Mary Hallward-Driemeier
Working in high-return activities offers new path for African women
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The Coming Wave
G. Andrew Karolyi, David T. Ng, and Eswar S. PrasadPrivate investors from emerging markets invest abroad
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The End of Cheap Labor
Mitali Das and Papa N'DiayeAn impending decline in China's workforce means big changes
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Liquid Gold
Jacqueline Deslauriers
A maple syrup heist sheds light on supply management
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Maple syrup heist
In Search of Sweet Liquid Gold
A WOMAN’S WORLD
Different Sight Lines
Ann Mari May
U.S. economists' views vary by gender, with potential implications for national policymaking
Women in Charge
Rohini Pande and Petia Topalova
A policy experiment in India suggests that placing female leaders in positions of power can dramatically change public attitudes
Ready to Bloom?
Mark Blackden and Mary Hallward-Driemeier
Employment in high-return activities is the pathway to economic empowerment for African women
Connections on Wall Street
Lily Fang
Are male and female analysts evaluated on the basis of different criteria?
Straight Talk: Dare the Difference
Christine Lagarde
More women at work means good news for the global economy
Secrets of Their Success
Niccole Braynen-Kimani, Glenn Gottselig,
Lika Gueye, Yusun Lee, Maureen Burke
Five women leaders share stories of how they got ahead
Picture This: Equal Treatment
Natalie Ramírez-Djumena
Closing the gender gap would boost economic growth in OECD countries
Also in This Issue
The Coming Wave
G. Andrew Karolyi, David T. Ng, and
Eswar S. Prasad
Private investors from emerging market economies increasingly put their funds in overseas assets
The End of Cheap Labor
Mitali Das and Papa N'Diaye
China's working-age population is poised to decline, with big implications for China and the rest of the world
Banks on the Treadmill
Hiroko Oura and Liliana Schumacher
Stress tests assess banks' strength by simulating their performance in extreme economic scenarios
Prudent or Profligate?
Paolo Mauro, Rafael Romeu,
Ariel Binder, and Asad Zaman
A new database permits a two-century look at countries' success in managing their debt
Liquid Gold
Jacqueline Deslauriers
What an $18 million maple syrup heist tells us about the economics of supply management
DEPARTMENTS
From the Editor
People in Economics
Reinhart on This Time Is Different
Back to Basics
What Is Shadow Banking?
Laura E. Kodres
Many financial institutions that act like banks are not supervised like banks
Book Reviews
Tower of Basel: The Shadowy History of the Secret Bank That Runs the World, Adam LeBor
Story of My People, Edoardo Nesi
Why Growth Matters: How Economic Growth in India Reduced Poverty and the Lessons for Other Developing Countries, Jagdish Bhagwati and Arvind Panagariya
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Letters to the Editor
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