Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
performs relatively well in terms of gender equality, with
improvements over the last two decades in indicators
spanning human endowments,...
Type: BriefReport#: 168950Date: December 1, 2021Author:
Rubiano Matulevich,Eliana Carolina ;
Galeano Servian,Diana Maria
Dominican Republic performs poorly in
terms of gender equality; international rankings indicate
that the Dominican Republic still has a long way to go in
closing existing...
Type: BriefReport#: 168966Date: December 1, 2021Author:
Rubiano Matulevich,Eliana Carolina ;
Galeano Servian,Diana Maria
Costa Rica performs strongly on the
World Economic Forum’s (WEF) global gender gap index. It
ranks 15th globally and second in Latin America and the
Caribbean. The country...
Type: BriefReport#: 168983Date: December 1, 2021Author:
Rubiano Matulevich,Eliana Carolina ;
Galeano Servian,Diana Maria
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: November 30, 2021Author:
Nannyonjo,Harriet ;
Azevedo,Joao Pedro Wagner De ;
Akmal,Maryam ;
Wong,Yi Ning ;
Yoshimoto,Hana ;
Ligao,Minghui ;
Ouedraogo,Alassane
Tajikistan has a lot to show in terms of
creating an enabling policy framework for gender equity, yet
large gendered challenges remain. The global COVID-19
outbreak...
Type: Country Economic MemorandumReport#: 166199Date: November 30, 2021Author:
Rajabov,Alisher ;
Weber,Barbara ;
Seitz,William Hutchins
Inflation is typically measured using
aggregate price indices that are based on bundles of goods
and services sold or consumed by the “median” agent. In the
case of...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9869Date: November 30, 2021Author:
Baez Ramirez,Javier Eduardo ;
Inan,Osman Kaan ;
Nebiler,Metin
Using Integrated Public Use Microdata
Series–United States micro-census data from 1960 to 2010,
this paper examines whether racial and gender income
disparities beget...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9865Date: November 30, 2021Author:
Marrero,Gustavo Alberto ;
Rodríguez,Juan Gabriel ;
Van Der Weide,Roy
The International Energy Agency’s (IEA)
new analysis, The Oil and Gas Industry in Energy
Transitions, found that the commitments from the Bank’s Zero
Routine Flaring...
Gender-based violence (GBV) has
substantial individual and collective costs that
disproportionately affect poorer women and girls. One woman
in three worldwide has experienced...
Type: BriefReport#: 166255Date: November 24, 2021Author:
Botea,Ioana Alexandra ;
Coudouel,Aline ;
Heinemann,Alessandra ;
Kuttner,Stephanie Anne
High Frequency Phone Surveys (HFS)
reveal that people in Sudan were aware of COVID-19 at the
start of the pandemic. Yet, one year later, preventive
measures were used...
This paper estimates the welfare gains
from upgrading several major regional corridors in West
Africa. It uses a quantitative economic geography framework
with trade...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9855Date: November 19, 2021Author:
Lebrand,Mathilde Sylvie Maria
This paper proposes monetary poverty and
inequality estimates for Kinshasa using a new Kinshasa
household survey implemented in 2018. Given the obsolescence
of the sampling...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9858Date: November 19, 2021Author:
Batana,Yele Maweki ;
Masaki,Takaaki ;
Nakamura,Shohei ;
Viboudoulou Vilpoux,Mervy Ever
This paper estimates the impact of
digital infrastructure on economic growth and its sources.
The analysis uses system generalized method of moments and
finds evidence...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9853Date: November 18, 2021Author:
Calderon,Cesar ;
Cantu,Catalina
The Palestinian economy has started its
recovery in 2021 as COVID-related (coronavirus) measures
have been eased, but sustainable sources of growth going
forward remain...
Type: ReportReport#: 165825Date: November 17, 2021
A rapidly urbanizing world presents
enormous economic opportunities for the poor and vulnerable
but also presents significant barriers to their economic
inclusion. About...
Type: ReportReport#: 166130Date: November 17, 2021Author:
Avalos,Jorge Eduardo ;
Chaudhary,Sarang ;
Clay,Timothy Joseph Peter ;
Dutta,Puja Vasudeva
Niger earns its foreign exchange mainly
from uranium and gold, which has limited domestic economic
linkages. Distant second, livestock export also provide
important...
The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a
relatively modest toll on human lives in the Republic of
Congo according to official data but has exacerbated an
already fragile Congolese...
Type: ReportReport#: AUS0002283Date: November 12, 2021
Violent conflicts present a formidable
threat to regional economies. Throughout the world, border
regions in many countries are possibly impacted by the
cross-border...
Type: Country Economic MemorandumReport#: 166003Date: November 12, 2021Author:
Jedwab,Remi Camille ;
Blankespoor,Brian ;
Masaki,Takaki ;
Rodríguez-Castelán,Carlos
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