This study empirically investigates the
drivers of inflation in Ethiopia using monthly data from
July 1998 to September 2020. It explores short-run and
long-run effects...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9881Date: December 13, 2021Author:
Ndikumana,Léonce ;
Nkurunziza,Janvier D. ;
Sanchez Martin,Miguel Eduardo ;
Mulugeta,Samuel ;
Getachew Kelbore,Zerihun
This study applies the
cost-of-basic-needs approach to estimate food and total
poverty lines for the Brazilian case. Using detailed data on
expenditures from a 2017/18...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9878Date: December 13, 2021Author:
Lara Ibarra,Gabriel ;
Paffhausen,Anna Luisa ;
Vasconcellos Archer Duque,Daniel
Most support programs targeted at small
firms in low- and middle-income countries fail to generate
transformative effects at a large scale due to poor
targeting, too...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9877Date: December 9, 2021Author:
Grimm,Michael ;
Soubeiga,Sidiki ;
Weber,Michael
The MENA Crisis Tracker is a weekly
newsletter that provides information on public health
indicators, expected economy-wide losses, and social
consequences of the ongoing...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 148629Date: December 6, 2021
South Asia is one of the most vulnerable
regions to climate change. The people of South Asia are
living through a "new climate normal," where
intensifying heat waves,...
Type: Country Climate and Development ReportReport#: 164599Date: December 6, 2021Author:
World Bank Group
Ukraine has made impressive progress on
key reforms and restored macro-financial stability, but weak
growth and poverty remain a concern. Despite these economic
challenges,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 168200Date: December 1, 2021Author:
Pillai,Madhavi M. ;
Golub,Elena Strukova ;
Lokshin,Michael M. ;
Rakovych,Oksana ;
Ha,Thanh Phuong
The following recommendations emerge
from this report: consumers prefer safe, healthy, and priced
goods. Hence, the focus should be on strengthening those
characteristics...
Type: ReportReport#: 161113Date: December 1, 2021Author:
Gerber,Pierre Jean ;
Edmeades,Svetlana ;
Schaap,Atze Kerst ;
Backus, Gé ;
Blajda,Josip ;
Bilandzija,Jela ;
Foy,Colm Francis
This paper quantifies the significance
and magnitude of the effect of measurement error in remote
sensing weather data in the analysis of smallholder
agricultural productivity....
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9867Date: November 30, 2021Author:
Michler,Jeffrey David ;
Josephson,Anna Leigh ;
Kilic,Talip ;
Murray,Siobhan
Access to infrastructure supports
economic development through both capital accumulation and
structural transformation. This paper investigates the links
between investments...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9870Date: November 30, 2021Author:
Herrera Dappe,Matias ;
Lebrand,Mathilde Sylvie Maria
While the distributional impacts of the
COVID-19 pandemic have been well-documented in high-income
countries, studies in low- and middle-income countries have
been relatively...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9859Date: November 22, 2021Author:
Kim,Lydia Y. ;
Lugo,Maria Ana ;
Mason,Andrew D. ;
Uochi,Ikuko
High Frequency Phone Surveys (HFS)
reveal that COVID-19 awareness was widespread in Zambia
following the outbreak. Yet, people stopped working and
households experienced...
High Frequency Phone Surveys (HFS)
reveal that COVID-19 awareness was widespread in Malawi but
safe practices declined over time. Households experienced
reductions in...
Between 2017 and 2019, the International
Labour Organization (ILO) and the World Bank, in
collaboration with the Department of Census and Statistics
(DCS) of Sri Lanka,...
Niger earns its foreign exchange mainly
from uranium and gold, which has limited domestic economic
linkages. Distant second, livestock export also provide
important...
These results show how a psychological
mindset training targeted to women farmers can lead to
greater investment and entrepreneurship, helping their
households transition...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 166128Date: November 16, 2021Author:
Montalvao Machado,Joao H. C.
The Lake Chad Region (LCR) is an
economically interdependent area that encompasses parts of
Cameroon (Extrême-Nord), Chad (Chari Baguirmi,
Hadjer Lamis, Kenam,...
Type: Country Economic MemorandumReport#: 165936Date: November 9, 2021Author:
Walkenhorst,Peter
This paper focuses on the impact of
infrastructure on economic development for the countries
around the Lake Chad area, an economically- and
socially-integrated area...
Type: Country Economic MemorandumReport#: 165932Date: November 9, 2021Author:
Lebrand,Mathilde Sylvie Maria
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