Agricultural firms in developing
countries may decide to implement aggregation schemes,
typically through contract farming arrangements (CFAs). The
firms’ rationale...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 173512Date: April 30, 2022Author:
Baxter,Michael William Peary ;
Delgado,Christopher Brian ;
Jose Romero ;
Clark,Alistair Ian Walker
The Turkish Cypriot economy (TCe) has
struggled to recover since the onset of the COVID-19
pandemic in early 2020. With a contraction of 16.2 percent
in GDP in 2020,...
This paper evaluates different policy
instruments to increase demand for gender equality in formal
land ownership among married couples in rural Uganda. The
authors...
Type: ReportReport#: 174762Date: February 28, 2022Author:
Cherchi,Ludovica ;
Goldstein,Markus P. ;
Habyarimana,James Paul ;
Montalvao Machado,Joao H. C. ;
O'Sullivan,Michael B. ;
Udry,Christopher Robert
The transportation of goods and people
via inland waterways has lost its position in Pakistan
during the last decades due to the development of land
transport systems...
Type: ReportReport#: 165820Date: February 1, 2022Author:
Zaidi,Hasan Afzal ;
Hoang,Dung Anh ;
Dahdah,Said ;
de Leijer,Harrie ;
Chaudhry,Farooque ;
Haneef,Rashid ;
van Liere,Richard ;
Paracha,Muhammad Bilal ;
Malik,Sehar Javed ;
Nasim,Usama ;
Quamber,Rubina
Vietnam has the legal framework in place
to protect consumers online but is lacking enforcement
mechanisms that are adequate for confronting the distinct
challenges...
Type: ReportReport#: 172586Date: January 31, 2022Author:
World Bank
This book focuses on entry points for
creation of better jobs through agricultural value chains
and lays out the policy implications, using cassava, cashew,
and plantation...
Type: ReportReport#: 165728Date: November 25, 2021Author:
Delgado,Christopher L. ;
Costa,Carlos G. ;
Ricaldi,Federica
In the personalized nutrition segment, a
consumers’ specific nutrition-related status is assessed
using advanced diagnostics before firms recommend solutions.
Firms...
Energy demand in Arab countries
continues to grow at a higher rate than economic growth.
Meeting national electricity demand and exploiting their
significant renewable...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 166033Date: October 1, 2021Author:
Deluque Curiel,Ilka Fabiana ;
Loksha,Victor B. ;
Alsuraih,Waleed Saleh I. ;
Huurdeman,Alexander Johannes ;
Py,Emmanuel ;
Qaradaghi,Mohammed ;
Chattopadhyay,Debabrata ;
Al-Shalabi,Abdulaziz ;
Bowman,Doug ;
Irving,John R. ;
Meier,Peter ;
Kazantseva,Alona
Globally, wood production and processing
industries sub-thematic priority area (STPA13) cover a
sub-set of the bio-economy and an overlay between the
agro-processing...
Type: ReportReport#: 164455Date: September 24, 2021Author:
Lapres,Blair Edward ;
Bacic,Kazimir Luka
The Food Industry is perhaps the most
prevalent industry across the world with an innumerable set
of firms engaged in production. In analyzing the sector, it
was determined...
Type: ReportReport#: 164357Date: September 22, 2021Author:
Lapres,Blair Edward ;
Bacic,Kazimir Luka
Following the international pandemic
crisis of Coronavirus (COVID-19), international
organizations, governments and other agencies had to react
and respond to new and...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 160921Date: June 23, 2021
A significant share of Egypt’s private
sector is informal. The share of informal firms based on the
CAPMAS Establishment Census (CEC) are the businesses that
have a...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 160408Date: June 15, 2021Author:
Rahman,Aminur
Informal jobs are often bad jobs,
unproductive, poorly paid, risky, and unprotected. Informal
firms perform poorly than their formal counterparts in terms
of firm productivity,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 160352Date: June 13, 2021Author:
Rahman,Aminur ;
Wes,Marina ;
Pesme,Jean Denis ;
Carey,Kevin ;
Hoogeveen,Johannes G. ;
Ardic Alper,Oya Pinar
This report presents the evaluation of
Biscate, a digital labor market matching platform for
informal services workers in Mozambique. The platform aims
to facilitate...
This report presents the results of the
analysis of data collected on workers and clients using
Biscate, a digital labor market matching platform for
informal services...
Type: ReportReport#: 159912Date: June 2, 2021Author:
Ricaldi,Federica ;
Ramirez Mata,Jorge Cesar ;
Martins,Pedro
This report provides the findings of an
administrative inquiry by the World Bank Group Integrity
Vice Presidency (INT) into allegations of misconduct in
connection with...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 161123Date: June 1, 2021
The global maritime industry is
recovering from a lengthy period of stagnation, but
overcapacity will persist. The industry generated global
revenues of EUR 228 billion...
On 1 January 2020, Egypt’s government
implemented a new law that makes extensive changes to the
country's social insurance pension system, including
coverage, financing,...
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