The report provides one of the first
comprehensive applications of the World Bank’s new
integrated SOE framework (iSOEF) in Europe. Based on
firm-level data, it provides...
The GovTech maturity index (GTMI)
presented in this report has been developed as part of the
GovTech initiative. The rationale for the GTMI is to
introduce a measure...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 160211Date: May 1, 2021Author:
Dener,Cem ;
Ghunney,Love Emma ;
Johns,Kimberly D. ;
Nii-Aponsah,Hubert
This document introduces the Toolkit on
Tax Treaty Negotiation, which has been prepared in the
framework of the Platform for Collaboration on Tax (PCT) by
the IMF, the...
District 5 is a key part of Bucharest,
and its development prospects play a significant role in the
future of Romania’s growth. Cities are an economy’s main
engines,...
Energy Sector Management Assistance
Program (ESMAP) support complemented the World Bank’s Energy
Sector Improvement Project to support Tunisia’s goal to
transition to...
This paper has been prepared as part of
the Papua New Guinea (PNG) public financial management (PFM)
and sub-national service delivery scoping activity. The
activity...
The problems in Croatia’s fiscal
decentralization system have long been recognized. The
fragmented territorial-administrative structure, fiscal
decentralization efforts...
Decentralization, the transfer of
authority, responsibility and resources over public function
from the central government to local governments or other
local entities...
The paper uses a new country-level,
panel data set to study the effect of public sector wages on
corruption. The results show that wage inequality in the
public sector...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9643Date: April 28, 2021Author:
Demirguc-Kunt,Asli ;
Lokshin,Michael M. ;
Kolchin,Vladimir
Government services are the lifeblood of
the citizens and businesses that fuel a country’s growth.
The delivery of services, or lack thereof, has a direct
impact on...
A Financial Management Information
System (FMIS) plays a central role as the budget management
tool of the government, and hence it is key to sound public
financial...
Emerging technology curation series aims
to capture and share Korea experience and lessons learned in
regard to exploration and adoption of emerging technologies
like...
Type: ReportReport#: 158475Date: April 22, 2021Author:
Soh,Hoon Sahib ;
Goyal,Sameer ;
Khoury,Zaki Badie ;
Kim,Kevin Yunil ;
Karacaoglu,Yusuf ;
Mocan,Stela ;
Shin,Ji Ho ;
Park,Jinhee
Regional trade agreements increasingly
include provisions that regulate state-owned enterprises.
This paper combines new information on the content of “deep”
regional...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9637Date: April 22, 2021Author:
Lefebvre,Kevin Jean-Rene ;
Rocha,Nadia ;
Ruta,Michele
Effective creditor and debtor rights and
insolvency systems are an important element of financial
system stability. The World Bank Group accordingly has been
working...
Complexities surround the relationships
between the public and private sectors that fundamentally
influence the provision of hydromet informationand services.
This technical...
Type: BriefReport#: 158504Date: April 22, 2021Author:
Rogers, David P. ;
Bogdanova,Anna-Maria ;
Tsirkunov,Vladimir V. ;
Suwa,Makoto
The COVID-19 pandemic created
unprecedented circumstances and challenges in many
dimensions, without clear ex ante directions and guidance on
the best strategies for...
Type: ReportReport#: 158371Date: April 19, 2021Author:
Cocciolo,Serena Sara Daniela ;
Samaddar,Sushmita ;
Di Maro,Vincenzo ;
Sharma,Vinay
Modern trade agreements contain a large
number of provisions besides tariff reductions, in areas as
diverse as services trade, competition policy, trade-related
investment...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9629Date: April 13, 2021Author:
Breinlich,Holger ;
Corradi,Valentina ;
Rocha,Nadia ;
Ruta,Michele ;
Santos Silva,J.M.C. ;
Zylkin,Tom
This paper evaluates the performance of
different small area estimation methods using model and
design-based simulation experiments. Design-based simulation
experiments...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9620Date: April 12, 2021Author:
Corral Rodas,Paul Andres ;
Kastelic,Kristen Himelein ;
Mcgee,Kevin Robert ;
Molina,Isabel
Fraud and corruption may impede economic
growth, exacerbate income inequality, increase the cost of
government services, lower trust in government, and increase
political...
The main development objective of the
work has been to use the MAPS assessment tool to assess the
quality and effectiveness of Moldova’s public
procurement system...
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