To avoid persistent negative effects on
economies and workers, it is critical that viable firms
survive, and that financial institutions continue to provide
access to...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 157551Date: March 18, 2021Author:
Freund,Caroline ;
Garcia Mora,Alfonso
A randomized experiment among poor
entrepreneurs tested the impact of exogenously inducing
higher financial aspirations. In theory, raising aspirations
could have positive...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9586Date: March 17, 2021Author:
Mckenzie,David J. ;
Mohpal,Aakash ;
Yang,Dean
Sound public financial management and
public debt management are critical to informing and
implementing fiscal policy and to achieving the World Bank
Group’s twin goals....
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 156280Date: March 17, 2021
Many people in the global south access
housing through informal rental markets, but remarkably
little is known about how these markets work or the quality
of the accommodations...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9579Date: March 12, 2021Author:
Panman,Alexandra Patricia ;
Lozano Gracia,Nancy
This note is part of the series of
COVID-19 Notes developed by the World Bank Group’s Equitable
Growth, Finance and Institutions (EFI) team. By highlighting
concrete...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 157292Date: March 8, 2021Author:
Menezes,Antonia Preciosa ;
Gropper,Akvile ;
Uttamchandani,Mahesh
The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic and
its negative economic effects create an urgent need for
timely data and evidence to help monitor and mitigate the
social and...
COVID-19 has severely affected Ethiopia,
weakening its economic performance. Ethiopia has experienced
a collapse in external demand since April 2020 due to
COVID-19....
Type: Working PaperReport#: 158591Date: March 1, 2021Author:
Sanchez Martin,Miguel Eduardo ;
Mulugeta,Samuel ;
Wieser,Christina ;
Getachew Kelbore,Zerihun
Despite the large impact of the
pandemic, Madagascar, classified as having a medium debt
carrying capacity, is assessed at moderate risk of external
debt distress with...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 158407Date: March 1, 2021
This study provides a detailed
assessment of the movable asset-based lending industry and
identifies the factors constraining the expected performance
of the Collateral...
During the period June 2019 to October
2020 the World Bank (WB) and International Monetary Fund
(IMF) teams updated the findings of the FinancialSector
Assessment Program...
Type: Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP)Report#: 163319Date: March 1, 2021
For pension funds, international assets
represent an opportunity to improve their returns while
possibly reducing risks. Nonetheless, pension funds in many
developing...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 158654Date: March 1, 2021Author:
Afanador Mojica,Juan Pablo ;
Davis,Richard Mark ;
Pedraza Morales,Alvaro Enrique
While Sierra Leone’s debt is
sustainable on a forward-looking basis, the risk of external
and overall debt distress remains high, and the COVID-19
shock has elevated...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 157902Date: March 1, 2021
Notwithstanding its significant
downsizing due to the country´s transition from a planned to
a market economy, the public sector in Kyrgyz Republic still
owns one hundred...
This case study aims to document the
state and evolution of Singapore’s startup ecosystem. It
also identifies key characteristics that both distinguish
the Singapore...
Type: ReportReport#: 157749Date: March 1, 2021Author:
Eliasz,Toni Kristian ;
Wyne,Jamil Uzair ;
Lenoble,Sarah Dominique
The following report details the results
of the stocktaking and the pilot as well as lays out a
roadmap for the government to further develop a more
holistic housing...
Type: ReportReport#: 157911Date: March 1, 2021Author:
Oe,Noriko ;
Huseynov,Hadji ;
Owens, Kate ;
Cira,Dean A. ;
Hamilton,Ellen ;
Majidova,Sabina Vagif ;
Rustamova Aliyeva,Sabina
Firms and workers continue to be deeply
affected by COVID-19, while the reach of policy support has
been limited. Only one in four businesses surveyed across 60
countries...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 157553Date: March 1, 2021Author:
Freund,Caroline ;
Pesme,Jean Denis
This primer responds to central banks’
growing demand for knowledge on social, governance, and
environmental considerations (ESG) in the investment
process. This area...
Type: ReportReport#: 163525Date: March 1, 2021Author:
Bouye,Eric ;
Klingebiel,Daniela M. H. ;
Ruiz Gil,Marco Antonio
The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
brought forward an unprecedented economic contraction.
Recessions, in turn, have typically been accompanied by an
increase in the...
This note assesses the short-to-medium
term impact of the COVID crisis on emerging African pension
fund sectors’ portfolio management approaches and related
challenges...
Type: ReportReport#: 156846Date: February 18, 2021Author:
Irving,Jacqueline Theresa
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