First of all, I’d like to welcome all the iSimulate users that have been granted access to the system recently. iSimulate was designed from day one as a framework to facilitate collaboration between expert practitioners. But a framework is only as powerful as its users, and that’s why we’re pleased that so many of you [...]

Just yesterday we released a new version of iSimulate @ World Bank and have a Site Tour to go with it. I’m going to use this small post to provide a few more details on executing simulations.

To begin with, the WB Global macro model comprises National Income Accounts and Balance of Payments data for [...]

Over the last month, we have been working to make the iSimulate user experience more friendly and intuitive. So as we begin letting in new users, here is a brief backgrounder on some nitty-gritties of the system and what to expect when you log-in:

iSimulate @ World Bank is based on the idea of users [...]

Now that we have taken the initiative to start this blog, I cannot resist the opportunity to explain how economic modelers worked in the old days, so that all of us realize how close we believe we are to an innovative breakthrough. By developing iSimulate @ World Bank, and more importantly, by pressing for a [...]

Over the many years, the Development Economics group at the World Bank has been involved, amongst other things, in macroeconomic forecasting for the global economy. Some of our work gets published in the World Bank’s Global Economic Prospects and Global Development Finance publications. A few years ago, the team began experimenting with various technologies to [...]

It gives me great pleasure to write the first blog post on what we expect to be a long and successful initiative at the World Bank. After looming under the radar for a few weeks without being noticed, we have quickly been thrust into public view due to two wonderful blog posts (@FreeGovInfo and @PSD [...]