This case study aims to document the
state and evolution of Singapore’s startup ecosystem. It
also identifies key characteristics that both distinguish
the Singapore...
Type: ReportReport#: 157749Date: March 1, 2021Author:
Eliasz,Toni Kristian ;
Wyne,Jamil Uzair ;
Lenoble,Sarah Dominique
Afghanistan’s parliament approved the
budget for FY1400 on February 22. The initial executive
budget proposal underwent extensive review by the national
assembly over...
The Country Opinion Survey in
Timor-Leste assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in gaining a
better understanding of how stakeholders in Timor-Leste
perceive the WBG. It...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 168407Date: March 1, 2021Author:
Felzer,Sharon
Doing Business is recognized as highly
influential in business regulatory reform worldwide, and it
is the most used set of indicators on business regulation.
Its indicators...
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 157012Date: February 25, 2021
The present study follows a series of
three publications that ensued from a collaboration between
the Government of Chile and the World Bank to support the
development...
Type: ReportReport#: 156977Date: February 25, 2021Author:
Klerkx,Laurens ;
Janssen,Willem
This policy note provides evidence from
World Bank field experiments that consider the social,
psychological, and economic factors influencing taxpayer
decision-making....
Type: BriefReport#: 144398Date: February 22, 2021Author:
Dalton,Abigail Goodnow ;
Manning,Lauren Alyssa ;
Jamison,Julian C ;
Sen,Iman Kalyan ;
Karver,Jonathan George ;
Castaneda Nunez,Jorge Luis ;
Guedes,Lorena Paola ;
Mujica Estevez,Serrana Beatriz
Disruptive technologies, defined as
emerging technologies that result in a step change in the
cost or access to products or services or that dramatically
change how...
Type: ReportReport#: 156843Date: February 18, 2021Author:
Strusani,Davide ;
Houngbonon,Georges Vivien ;
Lankes,Hans Peter ;
Sonneborn,William Charles ;
Faye,Issa ;
Ayeni, Wale ;
Cook,Peter A. ;
Hsu,Edward ;
Savonitto,Beniamino ;
Shukla,Ruchira ;
Roscoe,Alexa ;
Rossotto,Carlo Maria ;
So,Hoi Ying ;
Verma,Priyanka
The World Bank Group is the world’s
oldest and largest multiregional development bank. Through
its operations, research, and partnerships, the World Bank
Group brings...
Type: ReportReport#: 156725Date: February 15, 2021Author:
World Bank Group Archives
The World Bank Group is the world’s
oldest and largest multiregional development bank. Through
its operations, research, and partnerships, the World Bank
Group brings...
Type: ReportReport#: 156725Date: February 15, 2021Author:
World Bank Group Archives
Underlying gender inequalities,
especially education, are responsible for the gender digital
divide. When controlling for income and education this looks
at barriers...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 156272Date: February 2, 2021
The Country Opinion Survey in Gabon
assists the World Bank Group (WBG)in gaining a better
understanding of how stakeholders in Gabon perceive the WBG.
It provides the...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 168388Date: February 1, 2021Author:
Felzer,Sharon
Blended concessional finance is the
combination of concessional funds from development partners
with commercial finance from development finance
institutions (DFIs)...
Type: ReportReport#: 156867Date: February 1, 2021Author:
Gregory,Neil ;
Karlin,Arthur S. ;
Lauridsen,Morten Lykke ;
Mutambatsere,Emelly ;
Schellekens,Philip ;
Sierra-Escalante,Kruskaia ;
Spicer,Martin C.
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#: 157020Date: February 1, 2021Author:
Bruhn,Miriam ;
Cull, Bob ;
Xu,L. Colin
The Central Area of the northern part of
Nicosia is home to approximately one-third of the Nicosia
Local Community Body’s (LCB) population and hosts economic
sectors...
This paper addresses several
shortcomings in the productivity and markup estimation
literature. Using Monte-Carlo simulations, the analysis
shows that the methods in...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9523Date: January 21, 2021Author:
Sampi Bravo,James Robert Ezequiel ;
Jooste,Charl ;
Vostroknutova,Ekaterina
The low level of women’s economic
participation in the region, including Bangladesh, is a
critical constraint to growth. While labor force
participation in Bangladesh...
Type: ReportReport#: 156100Date: January 21, 2021Author:
Nora,Luiza A. ;
Reyes,Hiska Noemi ;
Jahan,Ferdous ;
Livani,Talajeh ;
Lonnberg,Anna Tara
To achieve the Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs) by 2030, development institutions will need to
leverage an unprecedented amount of private sector capital.
This is...
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 155864Date: January 20, 2021
The informal sector is an important
source of livelihoods and jobs for a vast majority of people
in developing countries. However, there is concern that the
informal...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9515Date: January 19, 2021Author:
Amin,Mohammad
Economic integration in South Asia has
moved at a very slow pace. Compared to other global regions,
South Asia lags with intraregional investments, connectivity
infrastructure,...
Type: BriefReport#: 158691Date: January 1, 2021Author:
Prasai,Sagar Raj
You have clicked on a link to a page that is not part of the beta version of the new worldbank.org. Before you leave, we’d love to get your feedback on your experience while you were here. Will you take two minutes to complete a brief survey that will help us to improve our website?
Feedback Survey
Thank you for agreeing to provide feedback on the new version of worldbank.org; your response will help us to improve our website.
Thank you for participating in this survey! Your feedback is very helpful to us as we work to improve the site functionality on worldbank.org.