Having a single, universally applicable
tool for measuring the state of a country’s justice sector
can help judiciaries worldwide identify areas where each
could improve...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 159618Date: May 28, 2021
Several developing countries are
currently implementing phone surveys in response to
immediate data needs to monitor the socioeconomic impact of
COVID-19. However, phone...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9676Date: May 26, 2021Author:
Ambel,Alemayehu A. ;
Mcgee,Kevin Robert ;
Tsegay,Asmelash Haile
Teach ECE is a free classroom
observation tool that provides a window into one of the less
explored and more important aspects of a child’s education:
what goes on in...
Trade facilitation measures that
simplify, modernize, and harmonize export and import
processes are particularly important in a world of global
value chains where goods...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9674Date: May 24, 2021Author:
Lee,Woori ;
Rocha Gaffurri,Nadia Patrizia ;
Ruta,Michele
Aggregated data from mobile network
operators can provide snapshots of population mobility
patterns in real time, generating valuable insights when
other more traditional...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9667Date: May 21, 2021Author:
Arai,Ayumi ;
Knippenberg,Erwin Willem Yvonnick Leon ;
Meyer,Moritz ;
Witayangkurn,Apichon
Between 2014 and 2016 unprecedented and
consecutive climatic shocks ravaged Malawi, one of the
poorest countries in the world. The largest ever emergency
relief operation...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9666Date: May 20, 2021
Investments in natural resources hold
vast potential to contribute to sustainable economic growth
and improve the lives of billions of people. For more than a
decade,...
Type: ReportReport#: 159114Date: May 19, 2021Author:
Jacome Jaramillo,Michelle ;
Diaz,Amanda
This is the first of a three-part case
study under the Mashreq gender facility (MGF) partnership
with intaj and Jordanian national commission for women
(JNCW) to highlight...
Granules is a middle-market company that
has used investment and loans to fuel a major strategic
expansion. While based in India, it has always been
primarily oriented...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 159099Date: May 18, 2021Author:
Powell,Juliette ;
Kleiner,Art
As part of the World Bank’s analytical
support program in Russia, the team has been working with
their Russian counterparts on collecting and analyzing data
in order...
Type: ReportReport#: AUS0002233Date: May 17, 2021Author:
Shmis,Tigran ;
Ustinova,Maria ;
Chugunov,Dmitry ;
Melianova,Ekaterina ;
Parandekar,Suhas D. ;
Kruske,Lucy
During the COVID-19 pandemic, consumers
were encouraged to use contactless payments. An important
policy question is whether merchants with contactless
payment technology...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9665Date: May 17, 2021Author:
Camara,Youssouf
The COVID-19 pandemic has created urgent
demand for timely data, leading to a surge in mobile phone
surveys for tracking the impacts of and responses to the
pandemic....
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9660Date: May 13, 2021Author:
Brubaker,Joshua Milton ;
Kilic,Talip ;
Wollburg,Philip Randolph
The World Bank Financial Sector Advisory
Center (FinSAC) offers specialized technical assistance to
client countries in the Europe and Central Asia (ECA)
region, supporting...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 159563Date: May 13, 2021
This paper uses the World Bank database
on deep trade agreements to demonstrate the rapid increase
in preferential trade agreements with standards of
intellectual property...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9659Date: May 12, 2021Author:
Maskus,Keith E. ;
Ridley,William Clifton
Edge computing increases energy
efficiency, reduces latency, and provides context awareness
for compute-intensive applications far from data centers,
increasing the...
Type: ReportReport#: 158967Date: May 11, 2021Author:
Soh,Hoon Sahib ;
Goyal,Sameer ;
Khoury,Zaki Badie ;
Kim,Kevin Yunil ;
Karacaoglu,Yusuf ;
Mocan,Stela ;
Shin,Ji Ho ;
Park,Jinhee ;
Ozdag,Mert
Established in 2016, the World Bank
living standards measurement study - plus (LSMS+) program
works to enhance the availability and quality of
intra-household, self-reported,...
Type: ReportReport#: 158815Date: May 5, 2021Author:
Hasanbasri,Ardina Roosiany ;
Kilic,Talip ;
Koolwal,Gayatri B. ;
Moylan,Heather G.
Established in 2016, the World Bank
living standards measurement study - plus (LSMS+) program
works to enhance the availability and quality of
intra-household, self-reported,...
Type: ReportReport#: 158818Date: May 5, 2021Author:
Hasanbasri,Ardina Roosiany ;
Kilic,Talip ;
Koolwal,Gayatri B. ;
Moylan,Heather G.
This note documents the experience of
several countries that leveraged these tools under the
Financial Inclusion Support Framework (FISF) program. FISF
is a World Bank...
Type: ReportReport#: 160025Date: May 1, 2021Author:
Ul Haq,Imtiaz ;
Delort,Dorothee ;
Arsana,I Gede Putra ;
Casal,Julian ;
Sarkar,Arpita-000514012 ;
Galicia Rabadan,Guillermo Alfonso ;
Kilfoil,Craig Patrick
The paper curate’s knowledge residing in
public documents and aims to distill lessons learned on how
to adopt and use AI as part of a public sector modernization
strategy....
Type: ReportReport#: 157501Date: May 1, 2021Author:
Farooq,Khuram ;
Solowiej,Bartosz Jakub
The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic is
having devastating impacts on the economy and people of the
Philippines, and since the onset of pandemic, the Government
of the...
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