Limited competition hinders the optimal
use of telecommunication services in the Dominican Republic,
which lags peer countries in mobile subscriptions and
internet penetration....
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 160640Date: January 1, 2021Author:
Pop,Georgiana ;
Galan Santos,Cesar Borja ;
Carreras Schabauer,Noelia
SASO and the South Asian Bands Festival
are by no means the only platforms for music from the
region. Amid the technology-driven surge in smartphone
usage, the key to...
Type: BriefReport#: 158692Date: January 1, 2021Author:
Koshi,Nitin Enathickal
The US2.5 trillion dollars annual
financing gap for achieving the United Nations Sustainable
Development Goals necessitates that existing resources are
used more effectively...
This edition of Women, Business and the
Law updates the data for 190 economies to October 1, 2020.
It considers reforms of laws and regulations that occurred
over the...
Type: PublicationReport#: 156948Date: January 1, 2021Author:
Trumbic,Tea ;
Loayza,Norman V. ;
Ramalho,Rita ;
Kraay,Aart 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#: 155439Date: December 31, 2020Author:
Bruhn,Miriam ;
Cull, Bob ;
Xu,L. Colin ;
Zia,Bilal Husnain
Regulatory barriers and complicated
procedures can reduce new firm entry, are a potential
constraint to firm growth and innovation, and limit the
private sector demand...
Type: ReportReport#: 161317Date: December 31, 2020
This El Salvador country forest note
(CFN) presents a forward-looking business case for the World
Bank to invest in forest management, conservation, and
restoration...
Type: ReportReport#: 155329Date: December 23, 2020Author:
Szott,Lawrence Thomas ;
Obando,German ;
Solano,Gustavo ;
Rivera,Rene
Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) has
highlighted the need for accelerating digital adoption in
Burundi. Burundi’s current sectoral strategies acknowledge
the importance...
Type: ReportReport#: 155234Date: December 21, 2020Author:
Hayward,Isabella Maria Linnea ;
Denboba,Amina Debissa ;
Nindagiye,Fidele ;
Fall,Marieta ;
Buconyori Ngabire,Bonheur ;
Achomuma,Alphonsus Nji T ;
Ramji,Minakshi ;
Niyongabo,Prosper ;
Ndiaye,Boury
It is long recognized that instability
is inimical to economic growth. Instability produces
uncertainty, amplifies risks, undercuts high-return
investment, and diverts...
Economic growth does not contribute
enough to job creation. As shown in Merotto, weber and
Aterido (2018), a bit more than half of growth episodes
contributed to reducing...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 155244Date: December 18, 2020Author:
Buba,Johanne ;
Franco Gonzalez,Alvaro ;
Rizvi,Anam
This document provides additional
information on the data collected in Armenia between
December 2019 and August 2020. The objective of the
enterprise survey (ES) is...
People often argue about little things
in both their personal and their business relationships.
From a legal perspective, low-value monetary disputes are
known as small...
Type: ReportReport#: 154964Date: December 10, 2020Author:
Petkova,Svetozara ;
Senderayi,Runyararo Gladys
This World Bank Group Africa Regional
integration and cooperation strategy update assesses
progress with implementing the 2018 strategy and sets out
the course for the...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 154458Date: December 7, 2020
Approved by the Executive Directors on
June 9, 2020, the Sustainable Development Finance Policy
(SDFP)1 of the International Development Association (IDA)
became effective...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 154740Date: December 7, 2020
This paper is a literature review on the
topic of trust between public and private sectors. It
includes discussion on trust’s conceptual underpinnings, its
importance...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 154786Date: December 4, 2020Author:
Ghossein,Tania
State Owned Enterprises (SOEs) play a
major role in many developing and emerging economies, where
governments use them to achieve economic, social, and
political objectives....
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 154621Date: December 3, 2020
The Country Opinion Survey in Uruguay
assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in gaining a better
understanding of how stakeholders in Uruguay perceive the
WBG. It provides...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 168405Date: December 1, 2020Author:
Felzer,Sharon
On March 19, 2020, the government of
Haiti ordered the mandatory closure of all factories, in
order to contain the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19). The
next day, factories...
Type: ReportReport#: 156609Date: December 1, 2020Author:
Andres Amo,Pedro ;
Franco-Temple,Ernesto ;
Deverson Guirand,Marie Marguerite Martine ;
Yacaman,Daniela ;
Park,Ji Woon
One of the roles of a corporate
secretary is to ensure effective decision-making.
Maintaining effective decision-making within organizations
during this uncertain time...
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