Call for Papers for David Dollar Memorial Prize

Description

The World Bank’s Enterprise Analysis Unit invites you to submit papers for the 2025 David Dollar Memorial Prize, which is designed to encourage high-quality and policy-relevant research on private sector development and to honor the memory and contribution of David Dollar, an eminent economist with a distinguished career at UCLA, the World Bank, the U.S. Department of Treasury, and the Brookings Institution, who was one of the pioneers for the World Bank’s focus on the investment climate.

Only the full working papers that use the World Bank Enterprise Surveys as their main data source and that were produced in the last two years will be considered.

SUBMISSION: Please send papers to enterprisesurveys@worldbank.org, and include the following in the subject line: “[Submission] 2025 David Dollar Memorial Prize”.

DEADLINE: March 20, 2025 (11:59 PM EST).

SELECTION: The winner will be selected by a panel of experts, including the Director of the World Bank’s Global Indicators Group, and the Manager of the Enterprise Analysis Unit. The criteria include methodological rigor and high relevance for private sector development.

AWARD: The monetary prize will be awarded at the annual event on the World Bank’s Enterprise Surveys in May 2025. We will cover the travel and accommodation expenses of up to one author of the winning paper.

See more information here: https://www.enterprisesurveys.org/en/david-dollar-memorial-prize