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, 2021
This report aims to improve the
knowledge base on the financing of trade and related data,
institutions, and instruments. An improved knowledge base
can support interventions...
Type: ReportReport#: 165831Date: October 1, 2021Author:
Dornel,Arnaud D. ;
Engel,Jakob ;
Malouche,Mariem
At the beginning of the 20th century
less than 15 percent of people across the globe lived in
cities. This figure has risen to 50 percent (4.4 billion
people) today...
Type: BriefReport#: 165233Date: October 1, 2021Author:
Rose Innes,Cleo Elize ;
Casabianca,Brian A.
2030 WRG has conceptualized a new
economic instrument for wastewater reuse, entitled
Wastewater Reuse Certificates (WRCs), to accelerate circular
economy solutions in...
Type: ReportReport#: 165057Date: October 1, 2021Author:
Khemka,Rochi ;
Patankar,Mahesh
Jordan’s economy is showing a healthy
recovery following a moderate contraction of 1.6 percent in
2020. Notwithstanding the restrictive pandemic measures, the
economy...
Energy demand in Arab countries
continues to grow at a higher rate than economic growth.
Meeting national electricity demand and exploiting their
significant renewable...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 166033Date: October 1, 2021Author:
Deluque Curiel,Ilka Fabiana ;
Loksha,Victor B. ;
Alsuraih,Waleed Saleh I. ;
Huurdeman,Alexander Johannes ;
Py,Emmanuel ;
Qaradaghi,Mohammed ;
Chattopadhyay,Debabrata ;
Al-Shalabi,Abdulaziz ;
Bowman,Doug ;
Irving,John R. ;
Meier,Peter ;
Kazantseva,Alona
Analyzing public debt in low-income
developing countries (LIDCs) is like solving a puzzle with
many missing pieces. Forty percent of LIDCs have not
published any sovereign...
Type: ReportReport#: 165760Date: October 1, 2021Author:
Rivetti,Diego
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 w...
Much as for the rest of the World Bank
Group, the past year has required an unprecedented degree of
adaptation and agility from all staff at the Independent
Evaluation...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 164205Date: September 30, 2021
This paper presents a new approach to
measuring Global Value Chain (GVC) participation, essential
for informed policy-making. It introduces a tripartite
classification...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9785Date: September 28, 2021Author:
Borin,Alessandro ;
Mancini,Michele ;
Taglioni,Daria
Imports are becoming more important than
ever in world trade in the face of rapid globalization and
the spread of global supply chains. One way to boost imports
is through...
Globally, wood production and processing
industries sub-thematic priority area (STPA13) cover a
sub-set of the bio-economy and an overlay between the
agro-processing...
Type: ReportReport#: 164455Date: September 24, 2021Author:
Lapres,Blair Edward ;
Bacic,Kazimir Luka
Despite the devastating worldwide human
and economic tolls of the COVID-19 crisis, it has created
some positive economic and financial surprises and
opportunities for...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9782Date: September 23, 2021Author:
Berger,Allen N. ;
Demirguc-Kunt,Asli
Recent work draws attention to the
fragility of domestic tax revenues—a vital resource for the
developing world—to illicit financial flows. To cope with
two major challenges...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9781Date: September 23, 2021Author:
Combes,Jean-Louis ;
Minea,Alexandru ;
Sawadogo,Pegdewende Nestor
This report discusses the remarks
delivered by the World Bank Group President David
Malpass for UNGA21 Global Coronavirus (COVID-19) Summit on
September 22, 2021. He...
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 164359Date: September 22, 2021Author:
Malpass,David
The Food Industry is perhaps the most
prevalent industry across the world with an innumerable set
of firms engaged in production. In analyzing the sector, it
was determined...
Type: ReportReport#: 164357Date: September 22, 2021Author:
Lapres,Blair Edward ;
Bacic,Kazimir Luka
Throughout history, industrialization
has been synonymous with development. However, the trend of
premature deindustrialization and the spread of automation
technologies...
Type: PublicationReport#: 164078Date: September 16, 2021
Throughout history, industrialization
has been synonymous with development. However, the trend of
premature deindustrialization and the spread of automation
technologies...
Type: PublicationReport#: 164078Date: September 16, 2021Author:
Nayyar,Gaurav ;
Hallward-Driemeier,Mary C. ;
Davies,Elwyn Adriaan Robin
Efforts aimed at supporting domestic
revenue mobilization in developing countries are often
designed and evaluated based on empirical indicators, such
as revenue-to-GDP...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9776Date: September 15, 2021Author:
Bogetic,Zeljko ;
Naeher,Dominik ;
Narayanan,Raghavan
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