Rural-to-urban migration in China has
transformed the lives of millions of rural residents. This
paper reviews empirical evidence on the impacts of migration
on the...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10784Date: May 23, 2024Author:
Giles,John T. ;
Mu,Ren
Bangladesh has made significant health
gains, but the rate of progress is slowing and threatens to
be reversed in the face of complex and interconnected
challenges within...
Type: ReportReport#: 190588Date: May 23, 2024Author:
World Bank
This technical background paper
evaluates the progress of African nations in establishing
effective fiscal frameworks for digital infrastructure
across the continent....
Type: ReportReport#: 190413Date: May 23, 2024Author:
Niesten,Hannelore Maria L. ;
Begazo Gomez,Tania Priscilla
This paper uses four decades of panel
data on Brazilian municipalities to study the separate and
joint impacts of highway and electricity infrastructure
access on local...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10785Date: May 23, 2024Author:
Selod,Harris ;
Steinbuks,Jevgenijs ;
Trotter,Ian Michael ;
Blankespoor,Brian
Among hydropower’s myriad
benefits (e.g., greater energy security, reduced greenhouse
gas emissions), this report focuses specifically on its
socioeconomic benefits,...
In the dawn of the new millennium, Japan
found itself lagging in the global race to embrace
information and communication technology (ICT). In 2000, its
internet penetration...
Reform of formal technical and
vocational education and training (TVET) is urgently needed
in most low- and middle-income countries. Demographic
trends, coupled with...
Type: ReportReport#: 183938Date: May 22, 2024Author:
Levin,Victoria ;
Santos,Indhira Vanessa ;
Weber,Michael ;
Iqbal,Syedah Aroob ;
Ashwani Aggarwal ;
Comyn,Paul John ;
Katayama,Hiromichi ;
Hoftijzer,Margo A.
What drives citizen’s trust
in state institutions? There are longstanding debates on the
pathways towards institutional trust: is trust driven by
citizen’s...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10783Date: May 22, 2024Author:
Zovighian,Diane ;
Cloutier,Mathieu ;
Bove,Abel Paul Basile
This report provides an assessment of
the current state of poverty and inequality in Lebanon. It
documents the impact of a protracted economic crisis on
households,...
Type: Poverty AssessmentReport#: 190554Date: May 22, 2024Author:
World Bank
This paper provides one of the first
estimates of elasticities of substitution across suppliers
within the same product. This paper estimates these
elasticities using...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10782Date: May 22, 2024Author:
Fujiy,Brian C. ;
Ghose,Devaki ;
Khanna,Gaurav
The Country Opinion Survey in Chile
assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better understanding
how stakeholders in Chile perceive the WBG. It provides the
WBG with...
Type: ReportReport#: 190556Date: May 22, 2024Author:
World Bank
The Country Opinion Survey in Chile
assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better understanding
how stakeholders in Chile perceive the WBG. It provides the
WBG with...
Type: ReportReport#: 190556Date: May 22, 2024Author:
World Bank
This paper provides an assessment of the
fiscal and social impacts resulting from the fuel price
adjustments undertaken in 2022. The note lays out policy
options and...
As the conduit between power demand and
supply, the utilities that operate the world's
transmission and distribution networks will be the critical
link in the energy...
Type: ReportReport#: 190500Date: May 21, 2024Author:
World Bank
Jumpstarting sustained and inclusive
growth is the only way to improve the living conditions of
the Gambians. Heightened global and regional uncertainties
coupled with...
Economic zone programs are generally
pursued to improve firms' performance within discrete
areas by removing the constraints firms face. Whether or not
they succeed...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10781Date: May 21, 2024
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