Public private partnerships (PPPs) are a
public policy instrument that seeks to employ the
availability of private capital and the private sector’s
ability to efficiently...
Type: ReportReport#: AUS0000610Date: October 29, 2020Author:
Gosis,Jorge Bruno Guillermo ;
Arbeloa,Pablo ;
Romo Sanchez,Ana Lilia Lizette ;
Silva Da Rita,Paulo Jorge ;
Ploetz,Marvin ;
Coarasa,Jorge A. ;
Duarte,David ;
Romero,Daniela Paula ;
Perez,Luis Orlando
Countries design programs for supporting
firms, with varying levels of success. Firm growth is
constrained by several factors, such as low firm
capabilities (e.g. management),...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9461Date: October 28, 2020Author:
Grover,Arti Goswami ;
Imbruno,Michele
Using a novel, nationally representative
data set on fraud victimization, this paper examines the
impact of credit constraints on fraud victimization and
potential underlying...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9460Date: October 27, 2020Author:
Gao,Nan ;
Ma,Yuanyuan ;
Xu,L. Colin
The Committee welcomed IEG’s first
systematic assessment of the WBG’s support for the reform of
State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) for the period 2008-2018 and
commended...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 155431Date: October 26, 2020
For the Independent Evaluation Group
(IEG), fiscal year (FY) 20 was a year of both internally and
externally driven reform. IEG began the year with a mission
to listen...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 153770Date: October 20, 2020
This is a statement by Mauricio
Claver-Carone, President, Inter-American Development Bank
(IDB) Group, at the 102nd meeting of the Development
Committee held on October...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 154352Date: October 16, 2020
Reforms to foster competition in product
markets have been shown to improve productivity and support
economic growth in advanced economies (AEs). However,
relatively...
Type: ReportReport#: 152883Date: October 8, 2020Author:
Dauda,Seidu ;
Drozd,Maciej Adam
Appropriate and effective regulatory
frameworks remain crucial for ensuring that investments in
infrastructure are done strategically and efficiently.
Benchmarking infrastructure...
Appropriate and effective regulatory
frameworks remain crucial for ensuring that investments in
infrastructure are done strategically and efficiently.
Benchmarking infrastructure...
The Country Opinion Survey in Seychelles
assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in gaining a better
understanding of how stakeholders in Seychelles perceive the
WBG. It...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 168410Date: October 1, 2020Author:
Felzer,Sharon
The COVID-19 crisis has caused
businesses in the Western Balkans region to suffer
substantial revenue losses. Based on data collected during
the crisis, at least 50...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 153777Date: October 1, 2020
The Country Opinion Survey in Romania
assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in gaining a better
understanding of how stakeholders in Romania perceive the
WBG. It provides...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 168399Date: October 1, 2020Author:
Felzer,Sharon
Across the globe, women often face lower
income opportunities relative to men. Many of the dierences
in economic outcomes can be explained by the sectors in
which women...
This note focuses on how micro, small,
and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) are affected by the
pandemic and are dealing with its impact in Sierra Leone.
This note is...
Type: BriefReport#: 156648Date: October 1, 2020Author:
Ferber,Tim ;
Buri,Sinja
The combination of a Covid-19 pandemic
and a collapse in oil prices has affected all aspects of the
economies in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The
region’s...
Type: PublicationReport#: 153763Date: October 1, 2020Author:
Moreno-Dodson,Blanca ;
Rachel Yuting Fan ;
Gansey,Romeo Jacky ;
Ha Nguyen ;
Nguyen,Minh Cong ;
Mottaghi,Lili ;
Tsakas,Constantin ;
Wood,Christina A. ;
Arezki,Rabah
This toolkit provides practical,
systematic guidance to help teams working on women
entrepreneurship activities apply digital solutions to
project design and policy...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 161155Date: September 30, 2020Author:
Gimelli,Noa Catalina ;
Robakowski-Van Stralen,Anja ;
Snyder,Gwen Marie
The Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic
poses a challenge for Ethiopia’s ambitious industrialization
agenda focused on export-oriented light manufacturing. This
note...
Type: ReportReport#: 153421Date: September 24, 2020Author:
Mengistu,Andualem Telaye ;
Krishnan,Pramila ;
Maaskant,Koen ;
Meyer,Christian Johannes ;
Krkoska,Eduard
Business training programs are typically
offered for free. Charging for training provides potential
benefits including financial sustainability, but little is
known...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9415Date: September 24, 2020Author:
Maffioli,Alessandro ;
Mckenzie,David J. ;
Ubfal,Diego Javier
It is conventional wisdom that
industrial policies can be at odds with competitive markets.
This note examines the historical basis for industrial
policy and empirical...
Type: ReportReport#: 153287Date: September 24, 2020Author:
Pop,Georgiana ;
Connon,Davida Louise
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