The measurement of poverty is essential
for the Government of Sao Tome and Príncipe (STP) to follow
its national and international commitments. Given the
ambiguity of...
Type: BriefReport#: 166837Date: March 23, 2022Author:
Costa,Rita D.
Globally, both people and economic
activity are increasingly concentrated in urban areas. Yet,
for the vast majority of developing country cities, little
is known about...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9979Date: March 22, 2022Author:
Barzin,Samira ;
Avner,Paolo ;
Maruyama Rentschler,Jun Erik ;
O’Clery,Neave
This paper estimates the effectiveness
of government support to the private sector during the
COVID-19 pandemic in El Salvador and Georgia using
firm-level data collected...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9980Date: March 22, 2022Author:
Karalashvili,Nona ;
Tamkoc,Mehmet Nazim
As of April 8, 2022, a total of 519
measures were identified in 39 countries. Such level of
measures represents an increase by nearly 70 percent since
March 18th . This...
Limited local tax revenue and low public
sector efficiency are two critical problems of public sector
management and key constraints for the economic and social
development...
Type: ReportReport#: 169575Date: March 17, 2022Author:
Stoykov,Petar Georgiev ;
Yilmaz,Serdar
Issues of data availability and
incomparability in the measurement of household consumption
arise frequently when measuring poverty trends over time.
Yet, understanding...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9974Date: March 16, 2022Author:
Lain,Jonathan William ;
Schoch,Marta ;
Vishwanath,Tara
This book offers to advance
understanding of the potential of the agribusiness sector
(primary agriculture plus off-farm agribusinesses) to
contribute to economic diversification...
Type: PublicationReport#: 169487Date: March 16, 2022Author:
Mghenyi,Elliot Wamboka ;
Dankers, Cora ;
Thurlow, James ;
Anyiro,Chidozie Onyedikachi
This paper examines the impact of return
migration from Saudi Arabia and the Gulf on the transfer of
gender norms to the Indian state of Kerala. Migration to
countries...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9966Date: March 14, 2022Author:
Joseph,George ;
Wang,Qiao ;
Chellaraj,Gnanaraj ;
Tas,Emcet Oktay ;
Andres,Luis Alberto ;
Javaid,Syed Usman ;
Rajan,Irudaya
Part 1 addresses why we should care
about LoI (Language of Instruction) issues and the major
challenges involved. Its four sections are entitled: (i) why
should we care?...
Type: ReportReport#: 161577Date: March 14, 2022Author:
Crawford,Michael F. ;
Venegas Marin,Sergio
As of April 8, 2022, a total of 519
measures were identified in 39 countries. Such level of
measures represents an increase by nearly 70 percent since
March 18th . This...
This paper investigates the causal
impact of a Covid-19 lockdown policy on the Comoros's
household welfare, poverty, and labor market outcomes. The
identification strategy...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9964Date: March 10, 2022Author:
Mendiratta,Vibhuti ;
Nsababera,Olive Umuhire ;
Sam,Hannah
Evidence from high-income countries
suggests that judges often exhibit in-group bias, favoring
litigants that share an identity with the judge. However,
there is little...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9956Date: March 7, 2022Author:
Chen,Daniel Li ;
Graham,Jimmy ;
Ramos Maqueda,Manuel ;
Singh,Shashank - DIME3
Understanding how different households
cope with COVID-19 among a vulnerable population is
important for the policy design aiming at relieving hunger
and poverty in...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9959Date: March 7, 2022Author:
Xu,Yuanwei ;
Delius,Antonia Johanna Sophie ;
Pape,Utz Johann
These remarks were delivered by World
Bank Group President David Malpass at Fragility Forum 2022,
Development and Peace in Uncertain Times on March 7, 2022.
He said...
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 169208Date: March 7, 2022Author:
Malpass,David
The resilience of global value chains
has been put to the test by the COVID-19 pandemic, extreme
weather events, and trade tensions spurred by growing
economic nationalism...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9955Date: March 3, 2022Author:
Chepeliev,Maksym ;
Maliszewska,Maryla ;
Osorio-Rodarte,Israel ;
Seara E Pereira,Maria Filipa ;
Van Der Mensbrugghe,Dominique
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