Policy Research Working Paper Series The World Bank Top 25 Working Papers by Total File Downloads, according to REPEC Click on a column heading to sort by a different category Rank Working Paper File Downloads Abstract Views 2015 06 3 months 12 months Total 2015 06 3 months 12 months Total 1 Returns to investment in education: a further update George Psacharopoulos and Harry Anthony Patrinos 23 69 209 5,899 49 162 665 11,865 2 Aid, policies, and growth: revisiting the evidence Craig Burnside and David Dollar 5 24 75 5,158 14 57 241 11,787 3 Financial development and economic growth: views and agenda Ross Levine 8 21 94 4,438 19 63 296 9,681 4 Returns to investment in education: a global update George Psacharopoulos 8 27 107 4,040 26 68 323 11,933 5 Growth is good for the poor David Dollar and Aart Kraay 4 21 146 4,028 7 55 320 8,655 6 A new database on financial development and structure Thorsten Beck, Asli Demirguc-Kunt and Ross Levine 1 14 64 3,466 8 33 164 6,637 7 Determinants of commercial bank interest margins and profitability: some international evidence Asli Demirguc-Kunt and Harry P. Huizinga 5 33 133 3,367 22 92 360 8,252 8 Some new evidence on determinants of foreign direct investment in developing countries Harinder Singh and Kwang W. Jun 2 3 20 3,317 4 14 76 6,356 9 Economic growth and environmental quality: time series and cross-country evidence Nemat Shafik and Sushenjit Bandyopadhyay 6 13 62 2,988 22 51 204 8,019 10 Trade, growth, and poverty David Dollar and Aart Kraay 5 37 84 2,812 9 60 172 5,640 Share this:TwitterFacebookEmailPrintLinkedInLike this:Like Loading...