This paper investigates the effects of
access to high-speed internet on innovation and
entrepreneurship in Africa. The identification strategy
exploits the staggered...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9945Date: February 23, 2022Author:
Houngbonon,Georges Vivien ;
Mensah,Justice Tei ;
Traore,Nouhoum-000531164
Does ambient infrastructural quality
affect foreign direct investment (FDI) in developing
countries? This paper investigates how the arrival of
high-speed Internet in...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9946Date: February 23, 2022Author:
Mensah,Justice Tei ;
Traore,Nouhoum-000531164
In recent years, more and more African
governments are looking to implement electronic-Government
Procurement (e-GP) solutions to address some of the
challenges associated...
Type: Country Procurement Assessment (CPAR)Report#: 168208Date: February 18, 2022Author:
Wu Chebili,Blandine Marie ;
La Cascia,Joseph Huntington ;
Collineau,Francois Xavier Yannick Marie ;
Salomon,Arnaud ;
Calvet,Baptiste ;
Moreau,Yoann
The objective of this technical report
and the accompanying skills profiles report is twofold.
First, the technical report explains the methodology used to
transform...
Type: ReportReport#: 166023Date: February 9, 2022Author:
Granata,Maria Julia ;
Posadas,Josefina ;
Testaverde,Mauro
As countries around the world battle the
Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the importance of sharing
and using data effectively has never been more apparent.
Data collection...
Since its launch in January 2017 at the
first UN World Data Forum in South Africa, and its formal
adoption by the United Nations Statistical Commission at its
forty-eighth...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 168312Date: February 3, 2022Author:
World Bank ;
UNSD ;
Paris21
Digital technologies are making a
significant impact on societies, economies, and the physical
world, presenting both opportunities and challenges for the
green agenda....
Type: Working PaperReport#: 168973Date: February 1, 2022Author:
Khoury,Zaki Badie ;
Jacobsen,Astrid Herdis ;
Lee, Elyse Jee Hyun ;
Oh,Jeongjin
More than 20 developing countries do not
publish any data on their sovereign debt. In those that do
disclose data, public debt statistics usually do not comply
with...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9920Date: January 31, 2022Author:
Rivetti,Diego
This paper argues that Economics can
learn from Cultural Anthropology and Qualitative Sociology
by drawing on a judicious mix of qualitative and
quantitative methods...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9918Date: January 28, 2022Author:
Rao,Vijayendra
The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
pandemic has accelerated digitalization in ways that were
unimaginable just two years ago, highlighting the
fundamental role...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 168131Date: January 27, 2022
Trade Facilitation Challenges for Women
Traders and Freight Forwarders in Samoa The World Bank Group
completed the Trade and Gender Study in the Samoa to
identify the...
Teach is an open access classroom
observation tool that provides a window into one of the less
explored and most important aspects of student learning,
what goes on...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 167434Date: January 1, 2022Author:
Molina,Ezequiel ;
Pushparatnam,Adelle ;
Melo Hurtado,Carolina Eugenia ;
Wilichowski,Tracy Marie ;
Del Toro Mijares,Ana Teresa ;
Ding,Elaine Yi Zhong ;
Aloys,Jenny Beth ;
Carter,Emma Jane ;
Singal,Nidhi
The January research newsletter features
the topic "Taxation and Technology: Case Studies in
E-Government." This newsletter's featured research
utilizes experiments...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 167961Date: January 1, 2022
Greater data flows facilitated by the
proliferation of broadband connectivity can serve as a
driver for economic recovery and long-term growth of the
private sector,...
Type: BriefReport#: 168130Date: January 1, 2022Author:
Srinivasan,Sharada
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.
The world of tomorrow will be driven by
digital transformation across sectors and industries, and
the global coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic
is accelerating...
The construction sector has a major role
in economic growth, with the industry's activities
affecting nearly every aspect of the economy. It is
forecasted that the volume...
Existing literature on the relationship
between infrastructure and economic growth is inconclusive.
This study evaluates the contributions to economic growth of
three...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9888Date: December 17, 2021Author:
Timilsina,Govinda R. ;
Stern,David S. ;
Das,Debasish Kumar
Does the internet enable the recruitment
of transnational terrorists? Using geo-referenced population
census data and personnel records from the Islamic State in
Iraq...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9885Date: December 15, 2021Author:
Do,Quy-Toan ;
Gomez Parra,Nicolas ;
Rijkers,Bob
Digital solutions offer an opportunity
to digitalize the vaccine delivery process, registration,
and certification, making it more accurate, secure,
effective, and connected...
Type: ReportReport#: 166891Date: December 13, 2021Author:
Ward,Gillan Eliot ;
Eichholtzer,Marie Jeannette Alice ;
Ariss,Audrey Anne Alexandra
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