Rural-to-urban migration in China has
transformed the lives of millions of rural residents. This
paper reviews empirical evidence on the impacts of migration
on the...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10784Date: May 23, 2024Author:
Giles,John T. ;
Mu,Ren
In the dawn of the new millennium, Japan
found itself lagging in the global race to embrace
information and communication technology (ICT). In 2000, its
internet penetration...
Reform of formal technical and
vocational education and training (TVET) is urgently needed
in most low- and middle-income countries. Demographic
trends, coupled with...
Type: ReportReport#: 183938Date: May 22, 2024Author:
Levin,Victoria ;
Santos,Indhira Vanessa ;
Weber,Michael ;
Iqbal,Syedah Aroob ;
Ashwani Aggarwal ;
Comyn,Paul John ;
Katayama,Hiromichi ;
Hoftijzer,Margo A.
What drives citizen’s trust
in state institutions? There are longstanding debates on the
pathways towards institutional trust: is trust driven by
citizen’s...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10783Date: May 22, 2024Author:
Zovighian,Diane ;
Cloutier,Mathieu ;
Bove,Abel Paul Basile
This report provides an assessment of
the current state of poverty and inequality in Lebanon. It
documents the impact of a protracted economic crisis on
households,...
Type: Poverty AssessmentReport#: 190554Date: May 22, 2024Author:
World Bank
This paper provides one of the first
estimates of elasticities of substitution across suppliers
within the same product. This paper estimates these
elasticities using...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10782Date: May 22, 2024Author:
Fujiy,Brian C. ;
Ghose,Devaki ;
Khanna,Gaurav
The Country Opinion Survey in Chile
assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better understanding
how stakeholders in Chile perceive the WBG. It provides the
WBG with...
Type: ReportReport#: 190556Date: May 22, 2024Author:
World Bank
The Country Opinion Survey in Chile
assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better understanding
how stakeholders in Chile perceive the WBG. It provides the
WBG with...
Type: ReportReport#: 190556Date: May 22, 2024Author:
World Bank
This paper provides an assessment of the
fiscal and social impacts resulting from the fuel price
adjustments undertaken in 2022. The note lays out policy
options and...
As the conduit between power demand and
supply, the utilities that operate the world's
transmission and distribution networks will be the critical
link in the energy...
Type: ReportReport#: 190500Date: May 21, 2024Author:
World Bank
Jumpstarting sustained and inclusive
growth is the only way to improve the living conditions of
the Gambians. Heightened global and regional uncertainties
coupled with...
Economic zone programs are generally
pursued to improve firms' performance within discrete
areas by removing the constraints firms face. Whether or not
they succeed...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10781Date: May 21, 2024
Algeria’s growth was robust
in 2023, and inflation started to decelerate. GDP growth
accelerated to 4.1 percent, supported by hydrocarbon sector
growth, as natural...
This paper studies the consequences of a
U.S. cabotage law for Puerto Rico (PR). Data on ship
arrivals in PR show that the fleet of U.S. vessels that call
there lacks...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10780Date: May 21, 2024Author:
Hillberry,Russell Henry ;
Cases Jimenez,Manuel Felipe
To adequately prepare the labor force
for the green economy, policy makers and workers require a
detailed understanding of the nature of green jobs. This
study profiles...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10779Date: May 21, 2024Author:
Mosomi,Jacqueline ;
Cunningham,Wendy
The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed the
need for public health departments to improve how they
address the behavioral components of health. Efforts to
understand and...
Type: ReportReport#: 190513Date: May 21, 2024Author:
World Bank
As the conduit between power demand and
supply, the utilities that operate the world's
transmission and distribution networks will be the critical
link in the energy...
Type: ReportReport#: 190500Date: May 21, 2024Author:
World Bank
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