This paper explores how different
investment frictions affect the patterns of responses of
labor markets to tariff cuts. To investigate these patterns,
this paper formulates...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9775Date: September 14, 2021Author:
Artuc,Erhan ;
Brambilla,Irene ;
Porto,Guido
The science, technology, and innovation
(STI) report provide analytical support for
Vietnam’s upcoming ten-year STI strategy
2021-2030 and the socio-economic...
Type: ReportReport#: 163327Date: September 14, 2021Author:
Akhlaque,Asya ;
Frias,Jaime Andres Uribe ;
Cirera,Xavier ;
Dinlemez,Muhammet Useyd
What is the impact on intranational
trade and regional economic outcomes when the quality and
lane capacity of an existing paved road network is expanded
significantly?...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9772Date: September 13, 2021Author:
Cosar,Kerem ;
Demir,Banu ;
Ghose,Devaki ;
Young,Nathaniel Virgil C
This paper exploits a novel dataset
covering the universe of transactions in the Colombian Stock
Exchange to analyze episodes of additions to and deletions
from MSCI...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9770Date: September 9, 2021Author:
Escobar,Mariana ;
Pandolfi,Lorenzo ;
Pedraza Morales,Alvaro Enrique ;
Williams,Tomas
This paper assesses the trade impact of
regional trade agreements signed by Georgia. Using
information from the World Bank’s Deep Trade Agreements
database and the Exporters’...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9768Date: September 7, 2021Author:
Neri,Matteo ;
Orefice,Gianluca ;
Ruta,Michele
The Yangtze river and the economic belt
it defines are central to China’s economy, yet they face
severe environmental challenges. The river plays a major
role in the...
Type: ReportReport#: 163646Date: September 3, 2021Author:
Liao,Xiawei ;
Kaczan,David James ;
Xiangang,Zeng ;
Wishart,Marcus J. ;
Gou,Si ;
Mira-Salama,Daniel ;
Li,Xiaokai ;
Bennett,Michael S. ;
Tian,Qi ;
Yang,Xiaojun
This report analyzes the start-up
ecosystem in Tokyo and the greater surrounding area in Japan
in the transition of the innovation model to a hybrid of
traditional public...
Type: ReportReport#: 165104Date: September 1, 2021Author:
Mulas,Victor ;
Astudillo Estevez,Pablo Andres ;
Riku,Takashi ;
Wyne,Jamil Uzair ;
Zhang,Xin-000520066
The September research newsletter
focuses on the future of trade in a post-COVID (coronavirus)
world. It highlights a new e-book on deep trade agreements,
as well as...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 164762Date: September 1, 2021
Government initiatives to reduce the
housing deficit in Colombia go back more than a hundred
years, but it was only after the creation of the Ministry of
Housing as...
Type: ReportReport#: 164926Date: September 1, 2021Author:
Triveno Chan Jan,Luis Miguel ;
Velasco Bernal,Vanessa Alexandra ;
Rubiano Vargas,Diana Marcela ;
Saavedra,Victor ;
Forero,David ;
Rodriguez,Sebastian ;
Arango,Felipe
This paper investigates how the
sector-specific source or the changing sectoral composition
of labor productivity has contributed to aggregate beta
convergence, using...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9767Date: September 1, 2021Author:
Dieppe,Alistair Matthew ;
Matsuoka,Hideaki
Vietnam's public and private sector
stakeholders are increasingly active in addressing plastics
waste. The Vietnam Government has set ambitious national
plastics waste...
Type: ReportReport#: 164531Date: September 1, 2021
The September 2021 Vietnam Macro
Monitoring discusses some of the following topics : The
April 2021 COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak worsened in
August with the number...
Interest Bearing Notes is a product of
the Finance and Private Sector Research Team in the World
Bank's Development Research Group. It reports on
research by the team,...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 164286Date: August 31, 2021Author:
Bruhn,Miriam ;
Cull,Robert J. ;
Xu,L. Colin ;
Zia,Bilal Husnain
This report contains the World Bank
Group Boards’ calendar for the period from August to October
2021, specifying the Boards’ engagements, such as meetings
and briefings.
Type: Board ReportReport#: 163570Date: August 31, 2021
Value added tax (VAT) is the largest
source of tax revenue on average in Latin America and the
Caribbean (LAC), at 27.7 percent of total tax revenues in
2019. The need...
Value added tax (VAT) is the largest
source of tax revenue on average in Latin America and the
Caribbean (LAC), at 27.7 percent of total tax revenues in
2019. The need...
Over the last sixty years, Ireland has
experienced profound economic, social, technological,
occupational, cultural, and demographic changes. It has
emerged from the...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 163966Date: August 31, 2021
This study aims to draw key lessons for
the African Continental Free Trade Area using evidence from
within the region. Although drawing lessons from the rest of
the...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9761Date: August 30, 2021Author:
Kassa,Woubet ;
Sawadogo,Pegdewende Nestor
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