Sierra Leone has a relatively young
population, with more than three-quarters below the age of
thirty-five and less participation of this cohort in the
labor market...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 158664Date: January 1, 2021
In Tunisia, the interior regions
comprising secondary cities, such as Jendouba, are marked by
high levels of unemployment and poverty with limited access
to basic services...
At the heart of the SAESM story is a
group of dedicated academics in different colleges across
South Asia, investing their time and skills to organize and
lead the conferences...
Type: BriefReport#: 158687Date: January 1, 2021Author:
Kundu,Oishee
Mountains are hard to govern. National
boundaries rarely reflect mountain geography and carve
mountains into ecologically and socially incomplete
sections. Mountain...
Type: BriefReport#: 158689Date: January 1, 2021Author:
Pillai,Aditya Valiathan
The aim of this publication is to
provide an international framework which defines the basic
requirements and performance criteria needed for an
industrial park to qualify...
Type: ReportReport#: 156450Date: January 1, 2021Author:
Tas,Nilgun ;
Tyrkko,Klaus ;
Susan,Christian R. ;
Demir Duru,Sinem ;
Kechichian,Etienne Raffi ;
Boll,Mareike ;
Felix,Steffen
The rapid evolution of digital
technologies and digital transformation is reshaping the
dynamics of the global economy and supply chain. The digital
economy creates...
This Learning Brief is a resource for
senior procurement representatives and outlines actionable
recommendations to increase gender-inclusive sourcing in
Bangladesh....
Reforming the business regulatory
framework requires overcoming many hurdles, especially in
federal countries. At the same time, global experience shows
that a higher...
In South Asia, taboos and myths around
menstruation ignore geographical, social, linguistic and
political borders. Women and girls in these countries occupy
very distinct...
Type: BriefReport#: 158690Date: January 1, 2021Author:
Daniel,Smriti
A new, innovation-led growth model would
enable Argentina to increase economic stability and achieve
stronger shared prosperity. Argentina can escape
boom-and-bust cycles...
Type: PublicationReport#: 159126Date: January 1, 2021Author:
Gurcanlar,Tugba ;
Criscuolo,Alberto ;
Gomez Gaviria,Hernando Enrique Daniel ;
Cirera,Xavier
Nigeria’s regulatory and institutional
public-private partnership (PPP) frameworks are on par with
peers in many aspects but shows some weaknesses. With no
central dedicated...
Nigeria's ability to invest in
physical and human capital is limited. Public financing
capacity at both State and Federal is severely constrained
by extremely low fiscal...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 157851Date: January 1, 2021Author:
Kayani,Rogati Anael ;
Alcoforado,Luiz Henrique ;
Rasmuson,Elliot James ;
Yamamoto,Chiaki ;
Wong,Michael D.
Kenya has a vibrant potato industry
whose growth is constrained by lack of quality seed potato.
Imports of seed potato are necessary to complement local
production and...
Collusive agreements among competitors
create unmitigated harm. When competitors agree to limit
competition, i.e. to form economic cartels, the poor pay up
to 50 percent...
Type: ReportReport#: 161436Date: January 1, 2021Author:
Martinez Licetti,Martha ;
Goodwin,Tanja K. ;
Sanchez Navarro,Dennis ;
Carreras Schabauer,Noelia
The news story headline, ‘India goes
nuts over Pakistani textile products,’ captures the
excitement of Indian customers in 2012 when given direct
access to Pakistani...
Women-led small and medium enterprises
(WSMEs) represent a great opportunity to banks. Yet WSMEs’
potential remains largely untapped because of systemic
barriers facing...
Type: ReportReport#: 156866Date: January 1, 2021Author:
Salverda,Gerbrich ;
Shaw,Andrew Norman Christopher ;
Veen,Corianne van ;
Vossenberg,Saskia ;
Romero,Joanna ;
Khan,Anushe A. ;
Prokopovych,Olena
Many cities have sought to replicate the
urban bus public-private partnership (PPP) structures that
succeeded at the beginning of the millennia, such as those
implemented...
This article explores the trend toward
increased disclosure and participation in the negotiation
and implementation of investment contracts. Termed as open
contracting,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 157243Date: January 1, 2021Author:
Marchessault,Lindsey ;
Jarvis,Michael
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