The government of Serbia (GoS) aims to
increase the efficiency and effectiveness of Public
Investment. With these goals in mind the Ministry of Finance
(MoF) had previously...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 161342Date: June 29, 2021
The Digest provides quarterly updates on
the implementation of the Development aid capacity building
program, as well as on Russian and global development
cooperation...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 161093Date: June 28, 2021
Building on the previous strong
engagement through the Ecuador jobs recovery ASA and
considering the importance of labor market inclusion for the
post-pandemic recovery...
This goal of this report is to identify
cross-sectoral policy priorities that, when occurring
simultaneously, will create more and better jobs in the
context of global...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 161039Date: June 25, 2021Author:
Cunningham,Wendy ;
Hollweg,Claire Honore ;
Ly,Sodeth ;
Buba,Johanne ;
Lathapipat,Dilaka ;
Lee,Une J. ;
Chea,Marong ;
Ong Lopez,Anne Beline Chua ;
Nguyen,Lan ;
Sanchez Martin,Miguel Eduardo ;
Shrestha,Maheshwor
Following the international pandemic
crisis of Coronavirus (COVID-19), international
organizations, governments and other agencies had to react
and respond to new and...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 160921Date: June 23, 2021
As members of the World Bank Group, the
International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the Multilateral
Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) believe that an important
component...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 161076Date: June 23, 2021
This note brings together current
thinking among global and regional teams on governance and
institutional approaches to dealing with COVID-19. With a
focus on tax policy...
Type: ReportReport#: 160901Date: June 22, 2021Author:
Junquera-Varela,Raul Felix ;
Lucas,Cristian Oliver
The year 2020 posed unprecedented
challenges to global development efforts as the coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic continued to wreak havoc,
pushing an estimated...
This background paper systematically
maps and assesses the connectivity of cities in the Horn of
Africa (HoA) and uses the results to proposes a number of
policy perspectives...
Type: Country Economic MemorandumReport#: 165153Date: June 21, 2021Author:
Kunaka,Charles ;
Derudder,Ben Joseph Romain
Procurement of commonly used items is a
challenge for government agencies. There are many examples
of abuse and failure to achieve value for money in such
procurement,...
Type: ReportReport#: 160661Date: June 18, 2021Author:
Lal,Shanker
This document outlines a Strategic
Communications Plan for promoting the World Bank’s
Regulatory Watch Initiative (Phase two) and discusses its
implementation. It provides...
Air pollution is known to be a risk
factor for personal health and an important determinant of
various diseases. Numerous studies exist that examine the
effects of an...
Type: ReportReport#: 160665Date: June 17, 2021Author:
Heger,Martin ;
Zens,Gregor Franz ;
Meisner,Craig M.
The value added tax (VAT) system in
North Macedonia is consistent with the approach to indirect
taxation adopted by most countries and the EU before the
advent of e-commerce....
Type: Working PaperReport#: 160623Date: June 17, 2021
Rapid urbanization and urban population
growth are placing increasing pressure on the transport
systems of Sub Saharan Africa (SSA) cities. In response,
major cities...
Type: ReportReport#: AUS0002278Date: June 16, 2021Author:
Fan,Hongye ;
Beukes,Edward Andrew ;
Neves,Philippe ;
Jia,Wenyu ;
Sheng,Xuanyi ;
Daza,Tatiana S.
The Afghanistan Risk and Resilience
Assessment (RRA) is intended to provide an analytical input
to ongoing World Bank strategic planning processes. The RRA
presents...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 160600Date: June 16, 2021Author:
Haque,Tobias Akhtar ;
Roberts,Nigel Charles Emil ;
Gustafsson,Sara
The EU has several remarks on the state
aid implementation in North Macedonia: ‘Rather than tackling
the underlying structural challenges and business
environment issues,...
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