Lamin Njie

International Sovereign Bonds by Emerging Markets and Developing Economies

Drivers of Issuance and Spreads

What determines the ability of low-income developing countries to issue bonds in international capital and what explains the spreads on these bonds? T...

Credit Booms and Macroeconomic Dynamics

Stylized Facts and Lessons for Low-Income Countries

Using a comprehensive database on bank credit, covering 135 developing countries over the period 1960–2011, we identify, document, and compare the m...

Reassessing the Productivity Gains from Trade Liberalization

This paper reassesses the impact of trade liberalization on productivity. We build a new, unique database of effective tariff rates at the country-ind...