The World Bank Research Observer
Last updated ISSN 0257-3032
The World Bank Research Observer is published by Oxford University Press in economics, econometrics and finance. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $3,986.
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What it publishes
Recent work in The World Bank Research Observer concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
- Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
- Income, Poverty, and Inequality
- International Development and Aid
- Global Financial Crisis and Policies
- Economic Theory and Policy
- Banking stability, regulation, efficiency
- Agricultural risk and resilience
- Microfinance and Financial Inclusion
- Global trade and economics
Key facts
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0257-3032, 1564-6971 |
| Subject area | Economics, Econometrics and Finance |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $3,986 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Social Sciences Citation Index · Scopus |
| Articles published | 612 |
| Publishing since | 1986 |
| Journal website | www.worldbank.org/html/extpb/observer/obscont.htm |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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