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 research explores the relationship
between laws that discriminate on the basis of gender and
the probability that a female-owned business begins
operating in the...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9766Date: August 31, 2021Author:
Hyland,Marie Caitriona ;
Islam,Asif Mohammed
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...
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
This report discusses the remarks
delivered by the World Bank Group President David Malpass at
Compact with Africa Conference on August 27, 2021. He spoke
about the...
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 163467Date: August 27, 2021Author:
Malpass,David
The technical guide distinguishes the
automated risk analysis from the general verification of the
AID, which is a comprehensive legal procedure carried out by
the staff...
Type: ReportReport#: 163322Date: August 25, 2021Author:
Kotlyar,Dmytro ;
Pop,Laura
Umbrella facility for gender equality
(UFGE) grant helped fill and key lessons learned that will
be of interest to other practitioners or researchers. This
grant supported...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 163329Date: August 25, 2021
This paper employs a matched firm
production/innovation panel data set from Chile to explore
the response of firm innovation to the increased competition
arising from...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9757Date: August 23, 2021Author:
Cusolito,Ana Paula ;
Garcia Marin,Alvaro Felipe ;
Maloney,William F.
Ghana’s public works program,
Labour-Intensive Public Works (LIPW), was initiated in 2010
with the goal of providing short-term employment
opportunities to the poorest...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 163275Date: August 17, 2021Author:
Dadzie,Christabel Ewuradjoa ;
Ofei-Aboagye,Esther
Vaccination rates in developing
countries lag those in developed countries by a huge margin.
This Research & Policy Brief identifies and quantifies
the impact of six...
Type: BriefReport#: 162900Date: August 16, 2021Author:
Murthi,Mamta ;
Reed,Tristan
The aging of populations around the
world and the associated fall in the working age population
are expected to adversely affect countries’ GDP growth in
coming decades....
Governments can maintain full regulatory
control and yet fully liberalize restrictions to trade in
services. African Continental Free Trade Area
(AfCFTA's) protocol...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 162556Date: August 6, 2021
Governments can maintain full regulatory
control and yet fully liberalize restrictions to trade in
services. African Continental Free Trade Area
(AfCFTA's) protocol...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 162560Date: August 6, 2021
This short note is designed to assist
the Management Information Systems (MIS) unit and the
African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Unit to keep
the webpage and...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 162563Date: August 6, 2021
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