This paper analyzes the growth pathways
of 1,321 regions in the European Union from 2003 to 2017.
The aim is to inform integrated territorial investments and
other economic...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9494Date: December 10, 2020Author:
Kilroy,Austin Francis Louis ;
Ganau,Roberto
For centuries states have engaged in
collecting data to serve various interests. In modern times,
a data gap has emerged between developing and developed
economies,...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9493Date: December 9, 2020Author:
Islam,Asif Mohammed ;
Lederman,Daniel
On August 27, 2020, World Bank
management announced reports of data irregularities in the
Doing Business 2018 report (published in October 2017) and
the Doing Business...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 155139Date: December 8, 2020
The advanced draft Benefit Sharing Plan
(BSP) for Guatemala’s Emission Reduction (ER) Program has
been developed in anticipation of benefits that will be
generated...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 154907Date: December 7, 2020
Global partnership for social
accountability (GPSA) had provided grant support to CARE
Bangladesh to strengthen the Union Parishad public finance
management systems...
Type: ReportReport#: 154797Date: December 7, 2020Author:
Rahman,Naimur
State Owned Enterprises (SOEs) play a
major role in many developing and emerging economies, where
governments use them to achieve economic, social, and
political objectives....
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 154621Date: December 3, 2020
A fundamental function of international
trade agreements concerns the national political economy
arena. In the field of international trade in services, the
need for...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 158894Date: December 1, 2020
The Debt Sustainability Analysis (DSA)
continues to assess Liberia at moderate risk of external
debt distress and high risk of overall public debt distress,
with very...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 155858Date: December 1, 2020
Benin remains at moderate risk of
external and overall debt distress. The rating is unchanged
from the previous May 2020 Debt Sustainability Analysis
(DSA), but risks...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 156390Date: December 1, 2020
This note uses administrative tax data
for formal firms to measure the direct impact of lockdown
restrictions on firms’ profitability, employment, and exit
rates. The...
Type: BriefReport#: 155887Date: December 1, 2020Author:
Lees, Adrienne ;
Mascagni,Giulia ;
Kilumelume, Michael
The framework for reform, recovery, and
reconstruction (the 3RF) is part of a comprehensive response
to the massive explosion on the Port of Beirut on August 4,
202...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 154755Date: December 1, 2020Author:
Massing,Stephan ;
Arshad,Raja Rehan ;
Couzi,Mouna ;
Scott,Rachel ;
De Clercq,Christiaan ;
Nieland,Rein ;
Vinuesa-Santamaria,Jose-Luis
Guinea is at moderate risk of external
debt distress, with limited space to absorb shocks. All
external debt burden indicators under the baseline scenario,
which accounts...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 155230Date: December 1, 2020
One of the roles of a corporate
secretary is to ensure effective decision-making.
Maintaining effective decision-making within organizations
during this uncertain time...
The Corporate Governance of State-Owned
Enterprises in Europe and Central Asia Survey analyzes the
transparency and control environment governing state-owned
enterprises...
This report reviews Mongolia’s civil
service in the ten years since the World Bank’s (WB) 2009
civil service assessment. An important milestone was the
passing of a...
Type: ReportReport#: 156144Date: December 1, 2020Author:
Dondog,Badamchimeg ;
Vaira,Carolina Luisa
Climate change is a grave threat to
global development and shared prosperity. Its impacts are
expected to intensify even as the world responds to the
Coronavirus (COVID-19)...
Type: ReportReport#: 155312Date: December 1, 2020Author:
Menzies,Nicholas ;
Almuzaini,Abdulaziz A A Y ;
Annandsingh Rattia,Diana Carolina ;
Averchenkova,Alina ;
Fozzard,Adrian ;
Kirchhofer,Xenia Vanessa
This paper examines within-sector
resource misallocation in three Southeast Asian countries --
Indonesia, Malaysia, and Vietnam. The methodology accounts
for measurement...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9483Date: November 30, 2020Author:
De Nicola,Francesca ;
Nguyen,Ha Minh ;
Loayza,Norman V.
For effective management of land
acquisition, resettlement, rehabilitation and other social
issues in Afghanistan, capacities of institutions, staff and
front-line workers...
Type: ReportReport#: 154647Date: November 30, 2020Author:
Noori,Mohammad Yasin ;
Sultani,Zahra
This study provides a comprehensive
comparative analysis of the business environment in six
South Asian countries, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India,
Nepal, Pakistan, and...
Type: ReportReport#: 154570Date: November 24, 2020Author:
Ghossein,Tania ;
Shingal,Anirudh ;
Ereshchenko,Viktoriya ;
Eknath,Varun ;
Khallouf,Laure Marie Sophie ;
Hutchcroft,Ian Charles Labra ;
Zouaidi,Marwane
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