Throughout history, industrialization
has been synonymous with development. However, the trend of
premature deindustrialization and the spread of automation
technologies...
Type: PublicationReport#: 164078Date: October 7, 2021Author:
Nayyar,Gaurav ;
Hallward-Driemeier,Mary C. ;
Davies,Elwyn Adriaan Robin
In the personalized nutrition segment, a
consumers’ specific nutrition-related status is assessed
using advanced diagnostics before firms recommend solutions.
Firms...
This paper employs high frequency
transactions data on the world’s oldest and most extensive
centralized peer-to-peer Bitcoin market, which enables trade
in the currencies...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9794Date: October 5, 2021Author:
Graf Von Luckner,Clemens Mathis Henrik ;
Reinhart,Carmen M. ;
Rogoff,Kenneth S.
This paper uses merged customs and
administrative data from Serbian firms to quantify the
impact of neighboring firms’ importing experience on the
decision to start...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9790Date: October 4, 2021Author:
Reasner,Mason Scott ;
Tan,Shawn Weiming
This paper proposes a simple and
flexible econometric approach to quantify ex-ante the “deep”
impact of trade liberalization and the “hard” effects of
protection with...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9791Date: October 4, 2021Author:
Larch,Mario ;
Tan,Shawn Weiming ;
Yotov,Yoto Valentinov
The prices of 27 internationally traded
commodities are decomposed into transitory and permanent
shocks by applying an ideal band-pass filter to monthly data
from 1970–2020....
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9792Date: October 4, 2021Author:
Baffes,John ;
Kabundi,Alain Ntumba
Industrialization drives the sustained
growth in jobs and productivity that marks the developmental
take-off of most developed economies. Yet, academics and
policy makers...
In FY21, MIGA issued 5.2 billion US
Dollars in new guarantees across 40 projects. These
projects are expected to provide 784,000 people with new or
improved electricity...
Type: World Bank Annual ReportReport#: 164645Date: October 1, 2021
This report compares the demand for port
services in Pakistan with the supply of facilities at
Karachi and Port Qasim. It provides a comparative assessment
of alternative...
Merchandise trade has decelerated in
recent months. The value of global merchandise trade in July
2021 was 3 percent less than in March 2021 (Figure 1). The
stagnation...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 165044Date: October 1, 2021Author:
Ferrantino,Michael Joseph ;
Arvis,Jean Francois ;
Constantinescu,Ileana Cristina ;
Dairabayeva,Karlygash Serikovna ;
Gillson,Ian John Douglas ;
Souza Muramatsu,Karen ;
Ulybina,Daria
The October 2021 Vietnam Macro
Monitoring discusses some of the following topics : Labor
market conditions worsened substantially, reflecting the
adverse economic impacts...
Globally, air pollution is a silent
killer. The air pollution levels in India are among the
highest in the world, posing a heavy threat to the
country's health and economy....
Type: NewsletterReport#: 165854Date: October 1, 2021
The economic outlook for the Gulf
Cooperation Council (GCC) economies appears far rosier now
than it did even six months ago. Increased investment and
consumption both...
The East Asia and Pacific (EAP) region
is suffering a reversal of fortune. In 2020, many EAP
countries successfully contained COVID-19 and economic
activity swiftly...
Type: PublicationReport#: 164561Date: October 1, 2021Author:
Islamaj,Ergys ;
Mattoo,Aaditya ;
Vashakmadze,Ekaterine T.
Iran’s economy is gradually recovering
following a lost decade (2011–2020) of negligible economic
growth. Less stringent COVID-19 restrictions, adaptation to
the new...
This Lebanon Economic Monitor (LEM)
provides an update on key economic developments and policies
as of Fall 2021. It also presents findings from recent World
Bank work...
This book documents the productivity
trends in Sub-Saharan Africa in three different dimensions,
assessing productivity at the aggregate level, the sectoral
level, and...
Type: PublicationReport#: 167495Date: October 1, 2021Author:
Calderon,Cesar
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