The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about
massive declines in well-being around the world. This paper
seeks to quantify and compare two important components of
those losses—increased...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9673Date: May 24, 2021Author:
Ferreira,Francisco H. G. ;
Sterck,Olivier Christian Brigitte ;
Mahler,Daniel Gerszon ;
Decerf,Benoit Marie A
This paper studies the impact of foreign
direct investment on domestic firms’ innovation in China. It
provides causal evidence by exploiting China’s foreign
direct investment...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9672Date: May 24, 2021Author:
Liu,Yan-000529044 ;
Wang,Xuan
In August 2020, IFC and MIGA Boards of
Directors (Boards) released the report of the independent
External Review Panel on the External Review of
IFC’s/MIGA’s...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 162738Date: May 19, 2021
While the Lao authorities made progress
in the area of corporate governance (CG), the overall CG
framework needed to be brought in line with international
standards...
On May 17, 2021, International Bank for
Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) Board of Governors
adopted resolution number six hundred and eight-three. It
was resolved...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 159150Date: May 17, 2021
This paper reviews the recent literature
on rural-urban migration in developing countries, focusing
on three key questions: What motivates or forces people to
migrate?...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9662Date: May 13, 2021Author:
Selod,Harris ;
Shilpi,Forhad J.
This paper uses the World Bank database
on deep trade agreements to demonstrate the rapid increase
in preferential trade agreements with standards of
intellectual property...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9659Date: May 12, 2021Author:
Maskus,Keith E. ;
Ridley,William Clifton
As with other countries, Sudan has been
hit hard by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The
Sudanese authorities attempted to act quickly in the face of
the spreading...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 158989Date: May 10, 2021Author:
World Bank
Given its size, public procurement
matters for economic development. Transparency, competition,
accountability, efficiency, and innovation are most commonly
noted as...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9651Date: May 6, 2021Author:
Nogues Comas,Antoni Albert ;
Mendes Dos Santos,Nuno Filipe
Established in 2016, the World Bank
living standards measurement study - plus (LSMS+) program
works to enhance the availability and quality of
intra-household, self-reported,...
Type: ReportReport#: 158814Date: May 5, 2021Author:
Hasanbasri,Ardina Roosiany ;
Kilic,Talip ;
Koolwal,Gayatri B. ;
Moylan,Heather G.
The main development objective of the
work has been to use the MAPS assessment tool to assess the
quality and effectiveness of Moldova’s public
procurement system...
Type: Country Procurement Assessment (CPAR)Report#: 157948Date: May 3, 2021
This paper proposes a new method for
improving the design effect of household surveys based on a
two-stage design in which the first stage clusters, or
primary selection...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9648Date: May 3, 2021Author:
Betti,Gianni ;
Molini,Vasco ;
Pavelesku,Dan
The number of forcibly displaced persons
has been rising in recent years, and many displacements have
become protracted. However, public resources available to
assist...
Court proceedings play a key role in
contributing to the [in]effectiveness of bank liquidation
and resolution procedures. European Union (EU) countries
that took resolution...
Type: ReportReport#: 159562Date: May 1, 2021Author:
Lintner,Pamela
Climate change governance poses
particular challenges for citizen engagement in decision
making and policy processes. Climate risk management and
governance are affected...
The paper curate’s knowledge residing in
public documents and aims to distill lessons learned on how
to adopt and use AI as part of a public sector modernization
strategy....
Type: ReportReport#: 157501Date: May 1, 2021Author:
Farooq,Khuram ;
Solowiej,Bartosz Jakub
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