The Corporate Governance of State-Owned
Enterprises in Europe and Central Asia Survey analyzes the
transparency and control environment governing state-owned
enterprises...
In recent years, the severity and
frequency of natural disasters has risen, resulting in
increasing human and economic losses. These extreme weather
events disproportionally...
Rapid digital transformation has been
re-shaping the global economy, changing fundamental patterns
of socioeconomic activities and accelerating further in the
wake of...
Type: ReportReport#: 155315Date: November 26, 2020Author:
Neto,Maria Isabel A. S. ;
Haddad,Marolla ;
Gueye,Maimouna ;
Lo,Mouhamadou Moustapha ;
Duchatelet,Simon Pierre Jules ;
Diop,Saidou ;
Sarr,Mohamed Moustapha
This study provides a comprehensive
comparative analysis of the business environment in six
South Asian countries, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India,
Nepal, Pakistan, and...
Type: ReportReport#: 154570Date: November 24, 2020Author:
Ghossein,Tania ;
Shingal,Anirudh ;
Ereshchenko,Viktoriya ;
Eknath,Varun ;
Khallouf,Laure Marie Sophie ;
Hutchcroft,Ian Charles Labra ;
Zouaidi,Marwane
The role of the public sector in housing
delivery in many developed economies evolved from government
as builder in the post-War era in the 1950s when the
government...
Type: ReportReport#: 154539Date: November 23, 2020Author:
Zhang,Yan F. ;
Nunez,Angelica ;
English,Larry ;
Dehaene-Gold,Simon Rupert Cazel ;
Garcia Lozano,Marisa
This document presents a detailed
implementation guide for a results-based financing (RBF)
mechanism designed to improve education outcomes, inspired
by the successful...
Type: ReportReport#: 154499Date: November 22, 2020Author:
Costa Holanda,Marcos ;
Ponte Barbosa,Marcelo ;
Rodrigues Da Cruz Boari,Louisee ;
Loureiro,Andre
Interventions to incentivize business
formalization over the past decades have shown mixed results
(Bruhn and McKenzie, 2013; Bruhn and McKenzie, 2018; Floridi
et al.,...
Objectives of the two projects are to
improve the quality and responsiveness of selected public
services through more informed and engaged citizens, as well
as to improve...
The objectives of the two projects are
to improve the quality and responsiveness of selected public
services through more informed and en-gaged citizens, as
well as...
Socio-emotional skills (SES) have
recently attracted attention from policymakers for their
potential to yield high economic returns, especially in
developing countries....
Type: BriefReport#: 154431Date: November 16, 2020Author:
Delavallade,Clara Anne ;
Rouanet,Lea Marie
In recent years, the manufacturing
particularly the ready-made garments (RMG) sector has been a
major driver of the economic growth. It employs more than
four million...
This case study presents the experience
of implementing a coherent set of productive inclusion
measures through national SSN programs in four Sahel
countries. It provides...
Blended concessional finance (BF), the
use of catalytic capital from public or philanthropic
sources to increase private sector investment—is becoming an
important instrument...
Type: ReportReport#: 156762Date: November 1, 2020Author:
Mutambatsere,Emelly ;
Schellekens,Philip
The World Bank Group (WBG) has been
financing digital government solutions for decades. GovTech
is the term used to describe the latest generation of these
reforms....
Deep tech companies aim to address the
world’s biggest challenges. These include providing Internet
access to the unconnected, reducing greenhouse gas
emissions, significantly...
The Country Opinion Survey in Zimbabwe
assists the World Bank Group (WBG)in gaining a better
understanding of how stakeholders in Zimbabwe perceive the
WBG. It provides...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 168402Date: November 1, 2020Author:
Felzer,Sharon
This debt sustainability analysis (DSA)
assesses Afghanistan’s risk of external and overall debt
distress as high. Donor grants of about forty percent of
gross domestic...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 154700Date: November 1, 2020
While its poverty rate has fallen
slightly over the past two decades, the DRC remains one of
the poorest countries in the world. The unaddressed demand
for service delivery...
Type: ReportReport#: 159600Date: November 1, 2020Author:
Agapitova,Natalia ;
Apedo Amah,Marie Christine ;
Tinsley,Elaine A.
Industrial activity creates jobs,
catalyzes investments and innovation, and raises standards
of living in many countries. As climate change, and natural
disasters intensify,...
Industries create jobs, catalyze
investments, and bring technological advancement to a
country. However, as industries expand across borders and
become increasingly...
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