A large percentage of workers and firms
operate in the informal economy, outside the line of sight
of governments in emerging market and developing economies.
This may...
Type: ReportReport#: 160311Date: January 1, 2022Author:
Ohnsorge,Franziska Lieselotte ;
Yu,Shu
The global recovery is set to decelerate
amid diminished policy support, continued COVID-19
flare-ups, and lingering supply bottlenecks. In contrast to
that in advanced...
Type: PublicationReport#: 167864Date: January 1, 2022Author:
World Bank
This paper uses a “mystery client”
approach and visits the websites of national statistical
offices and international microdata libraries to assess
whether foundational...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9892Date: December 29, 2021Author:
Ekhator-Mobayode,Uche Eseosa ;
Hoogeveen,Johannes G.
Algeria is enjoying temporarily
breathing space, as hydrocarbon prices reach new highs and
the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic eases. After peaking
during the summer,...
Type: ReportReport#: 167267Date: December 23, 2021
The traditional consumer price index is
often produced at an aggregate level, using data from few,
highly urbanized, areas. As such, it poorly describes price
trends...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9886Date: December 16, 2021Author:
Andree,Bo Pieter Johannes
The COVID-19 pandemic and its negative
economic effects create a need for timely data and evidence
to help monitor and mitigate the social and economic impacts
of the...
The World Bank launched the Rapid Web
based Survey on the Impact of the Conflict (RWSIC) on June
9, 2021, covering key topics such as access to basic
services, labor...
Type: ReportReport#: 167893Date: December 15, 2021Author:
Aghajanian,Alia Jane ;
Tao,Tao ;
Malasquez Carbonel,Eduardo Alonso ;
Chatila,Mohamad ;
Afif,Zeina ;
Zoratto,Laura De Castro
These remarks were delivered by World
Bank Group President David Malpass at the IDA20
Replenishment Meeting on December 15, 2021. He said that
Japan has increasingly...
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 167062Date: December 15, 2021Author:
Malpass,David
The identification of key determinants
of aid effectiveness is a long-standing question in the
development community. This paper reviews the literature on
aid effectiveness...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9884Date: December 14, 2021Author:
Ashton,Helen Louise ;
Friedman,Jed ;
Goldemberg,Diana ;
Hussain,Mustafa Zakir ;
Kenyon,Thomas ;
Khan,Akib ;
Zhou,Mo
This Country Program Evaluation aims to
assess the World Bank Group’s contribution to
Morocco’s development trajectory over the past
decade (fiscal years...
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 167307Date: December 13, 2021
This study applies the
cost-of-basic-needs approach to estimate food and total
poverty lines for the Brazilian case. Using detailed data on
expenditures from a 2017/18...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9878Date: December 13, 2021Author:
Lara Ibarra,Gabriel ;
Paffhausen,Anna Luisa ;
Vasconcellos Archer Duque,Daniel
Why is governance in resource-rich
countries so poor? This paper argues that it is because
governments in these countries do not rely on taxation,
which is an important...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9880Date: December 13, 2021Author:
Devarajan,Shantayanan ;
Do,Quy-Toan
Even before Coronavirus disease 2019
(COVID-19) hit, the world was already experiencing a
learning crisis. 258 million primary- and secondary-school
age children and...
Type: ReportReport#: 166631Date: December 10, 2021Author:
Azevedo,Joao Pedro Wagner De ;
Rogers,F. Halsey ;
Ahlgren,Sanna Ellinore ;
Cloutier,Marie-Helene ;
Chakroun,Borhene ;
Chang,Gwang-Chol ;
Mizunoya,Suguru ;
Reuge,Nicolas Jean ;
Brossard,Matt ;
Bergmann,Jessica Lynn
The structure of the paper is as
follows: chapter one, ‘introduction and context,’ summarizes
the background and the vision of GovTech. Chapter two,
‘Advancing GovTech,’...
Type: ReportReport#: 166658Date: December 7, 2021Author:
Farooq,Khuram ;
Haslinger,Reinhard ;
Siess,Katherine Elizabeth Wolff
Since the beginning of the pandemic,
efforts have been made to monitor both school closures (and
re-opening) and the measures put in place to ensure
continuity of learning....
Type: ReportReport#: 166492Date: December 7, 2021Author:
Nannyonjo,Harriet ;
Azevedo,Joao Pedro Wagner De ;
Akmal,Maryam ;
Wong,Yi Ning ;
Yoshimoto,Hana ;
Ligao,Minghui ;
Ouedraogo,Alassane
The MENA Crisis Tracker is a weekly
newsletter that provides information on public health
indicators, expected economy-wide losses, and social
consequences of the ongoing...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 148629Date: December 6, 2021
The Country Program Evaluation (CPE) for
the Kyrgyz Republic seeks to assess the World Bank
Group’s efforts to help the Kyrgyz Republic
address its main development...
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 167120Date: December 6, 2021
These remarks were delivered by World
Bank Group President David Malpass at China’s 1+6 Roundtable
with Premier Li Keqiang on December 6, 2021. He mentioned
that the...
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 166889Date: December 6, 2021Author:
Malpass,David
This brochure summarizes the key
messages of the white paper on education in the Sahel and
identifies key priorities to help countries improve access
to quality education:...
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