This paper investigates the effects of
financial sector, product market, and trade reforms on labor
productivity growth and its two components—the
intra-sectoral (within)...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9733Date: July 19, 2021Author:
Konté,Maty ;
Kouame,Wilfried Anicet Kouakou ;
Mensah,Emmanuel Buadi
The World Bank’s historical engagement
in transboundary water in West Africa is at a turning point,
at a time when the G5 Sahel region faces unprecedented
challenges....
Type: ReportReport#: 161512Date: July 12, 2021Author:
Bonzanigo,Laura ;
Pahuja,Sanjay ;
Stip,Clementine Marie ;
Borgia,Cecilia Eleonora Maria ;
Nanzoul,Mohamed ;
Pattison,Corey Ryan
This report discusses the remarks by
World Bank Group President David Malpass at the Venice
Climate Conference on July 11, 2021. He spoke about the
Coronavirus (COVID-19)...
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 161531Date: July 11, 2021Author:
Malpass,David
Flood risk household survey was designed
to understand the impact of disaster risk on welfare and the
household adaptation mechanisms in the Dominican Republic.
It constitutes...
December 2019 is again quite dry across
Zimbabwe. This will result in poor crop establishment.
December is a key month for crop establishment in Zimbabwe
and in 2020...
Despite the richness of the existing
literature, it remains a challenge to find rigorous evidence
of the impacts of transport connectivity on agricultural
production....
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9728Date: July 2, 2021Author:
Iimi,Atsushi
The COVID-19 pandemic has socio-economic
impacts on Malawians and there is need for timely data to
monitor these impacts and support response efforts to the
pandemic....
The COVID-19 Business Pulse Survey (BPS)
is a rapid survey designed to measure the various channels
of impact of COVID-19 on firms, firm adjustment strategies,
and public...
Yemen experienced sharp increases in
food insecurity during 2020, and many Yemen is risk falling
into famine. Several large shocks in 2020 combined to cause
the current...
Type: ReportReport#: 164602Date: July 1, 2021Author:
Favari, Eliana ;
Geiger,Michael Tobias ;
Krishnaswamy, Siddharth ;
Tandon,Sharad Alan
Egypt has considerable potential to
become a regional trade hub. A key challenge is how to
leverage this potential to achieve inclusive and sustainable
growth that benefits...
Type: ReportReport#: 161328Date: July 1, 2021Author:
Palmade,Vincent ;
Alonso Soria,Ana Cristina ;
Messerli,Hannah R. ;
Fahmy,Alaa ;
El Gammal,Salma Rasem Mohammed ;
Kelig,Manal Saad Abdelrahman ;
Metwally,Yosra Ahmed Samy Bedair ;
Cordova Solis,Sandra Lizeth ;
Olafsen,Ellen ;
Salhab,Jade
The COVID-19 pandemic has socio-economic
impacts on Malawians and there is need for timely data to
monitor these impacts and support response efforts to the
pandemic....
The COVID-19 pandemic has socio-economic
impacts on Malawians and there is need for timely data to
monitor these impacts and support response efforts to the
pandemic....
Tajikistan’s agrifood system
has had a steady and growing presence domestically and in
the Central Asia region, but still faces many constraints.
Agriculture...
Type: Public Expenditure ReviewReport#: 161277Date: June 30, 2021Author:
Zorya,Sergiy ;
Htenas,Aira Maria ;
Khakimov,Parviz ;
Kurbanova,Zuhro ;
Pirmanova,Nodira
Despite the significant potential of
soil to sequester organic carbon, there are challenges to
implementing carbon sequestration projects. For example,
changes in soil...
This legal study has been developed as a
part of the World Bank’s work on ‘Building Resilience in
Pacific Atoll Island Countries’ which aims to strengthen the
capacity...
Type: ReportReport#: AUS0002370Date: June 29, 2021Author:
Freestone,David ;
Cicek,Duygu
This joint Country Economic Memorandum
(CEM) and Public Expenditure Review (PER) aims to support
the Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands
(GoRMI) to identify...
Type: Country Economic MemorandumReport#: 161042Date: June 28, 2021Author:
Blackman,Andrew
This report is the last output of a
programmatic (two-year) analytical task Egypt Programmatic
Capacity Building Support to the Ministry of Agriculture and
Land Reclamation...
Type: ReportReport#: AUS0002438Date: June 28, 2021
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