The aim of this publication is to
provide an international framework which defines the basic
requirements and performance criteria needed for an
industrial park to qualify...
Type: ReportReport#: 156450Date: January 1, 2021Author:
Tas,Nilgun ;
Tyrkko,Klaus ;
Susan,Christian R. ;
Demir Duru,Sinem ;
Kechichian,Etienne Raffi ;
Boll,Mareike ;
Felix,Steffen
Reforming the business regulatory
framework requires overcoming many hurdles, especially in
federal countries. At the same time, global experience shows
that a higher...
In modern economies, banks are typically
the primary financial intermediaries and are fundamental to
a stable financial system, one that is capable of
efficiently allocating...
Performance pay for teachers generates
debate. Proponents argue that many school systems have low
levels of accountability and advocate incentivizing teachers
by linking...
This brief focuses on the open
contracting global principles. These principles reflect the
belief that increased disclosure and participation in public
contracting will...
As Libya tries to move forward on its
path to improving local governance structures and
capacities, which are an essential condition for greater
stability and resilience,...
Type: ReportReport#: 157305Date: January 1, 2021Author:
Schaeffer,Michael G. (Editor) ;
Lassoued,Maroua (Editor) ;
Ouelhazi,Zied (Editor)
Financial inclusion, particularly for
small and medium enterprises (SMEs), is widely recognized as
a key driver of economic growth and job creation in all
economies....
Type: ReportReport#: 156551Date: January 1, 2021Author:
Goffe,Valeriya ;
Hammersley,James Walter ;
Rustom,Elie
Intrinsic motivation is the desire to
engage in an activity for its own sake or for satisfying
one’s values, curiosity, purpose, or challenge. For
teachers, intrinsic...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 158629Date: January 1, 2021
The Kyrgyz Republic is a landlocked
country in Central Asia and is bordered by Uzbekistan,
Tajikistan, Kazakhstan and China. It is farther from the sea
than any other...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 157759Date: January 1, 2021
This paper presents a comparative
analysis of the investment rules affecting foreign direct
investment (FDI) in ten middle-income countries—Brazil,
China, India, Indonesia,...
Type: ReportReport#: 159026Date: January 1, 2021Author:
Kher,Priyanka ;
Eltgen,Maximilian Philip
The approach paper provides the
rationale for further integration of conflict-induced
internally displaced persons (IDPs) into World Bank Group
(WBG) programming based...
Investors may experience a multitude of
issues and problems in running their operations in
countries. Some of these issues, if not addressed in time,
can lead to legal...
In the early 1990s, a host of unitary
states in Southeast Asia began pursuing, at their own pace,
the process of decentralizing their systems of governance.
The form...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 155569Date: December 31, 2020Author:
Bhatti,Zubair Khurshid ;
Mcdonald,Paul Lachlan
Regulatory barriers and complicated
procedures can reduce new firm entry, are a potential
constraint to firm growth and innovation, and limit the
private sector demand...
Type: ReportReport#: 161317Date: December 31, 2020
The Mozambique Agricultural Aggregator
Pilot (MAAP) research program investigated how jobs and
earnings changed when seven different commercial aggregators
worked with...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 159919Date: December 24, 2020Author:
Baxter,Michael ;
Delgado,Christopher ;
Romero,Jose Manuel ;
Walker,Ian D.
Vietnam is rapidly developing and
pursuing economic reforms and increasing integration with
the world economy. Comprehensive reforms are required in
economic governance...
Type: ReportReport#: 155812Date: December 23, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic and its economic
and social effects on households have created an urgent need
for timely data to help monitor and relieve the impacts and
protect...
The traumatic experience arising from
the excessive concentration of state powers or functions in
the hands of the sovereign consolidated the pillars of the
constitutionalist...
Type: ReportReport#: 161431Date: December 15, 2020Author:
Oliveira,Wesley Matheus ;
Amaral,Susana
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