The report “Small-scale Technologies for
Utilization of Associated Gas” describes the various
technologies applicable for addressing small volumes (in the
range 0.5...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 168616Date: October 1, 2021
Energy demand in Arab countries
continues to grow at a higher rate than economic growth.
Meeting national electricity demand and exploiting their
significant renewable...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 166033Date: October 1, 2021Author:
Deluque Curiel,Ilka Fabiana ;
Loksha,Victor B. ;
Alsuraih,Waleed Saleh I. ;
Huurdeman,Alexander Johannes ;
Py,Emmanuel ;
Qaradaghi,Mohammed ;
Chattopadhyay,Debabrata ;
Al-Shalabi,Abdulaziz ;
Bowman,Doug ;
Irving,John R. ;
Meier,Peter ;
Kazantseva,Alona
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#: 165778Date: October 1, 2021Author:
Bruhn,Miriam ;
Cull,Robert J. ;
Zia,Bilal Husnain ;
Xu,L. Colin
This paper reports the labor market
effects of the Jamaica Early Childhood Stimulation
intervention at age 31. The study is a small-sample
randomized early childhood...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9787Date: September 30, 2021Author:
Gertler,Paul J. ;
Heckman,James J. ;
Pinto,Rodrigo Ribeiro Antunes ;
Chang-Lopez,Susan M. ;
Grantham-Mcgregor,Sally ;
Vermeersch,Christel M. J. ;
Walker,Susan ;
Wright,Amika S.
This paper studies gender discrimination
in hiring through an experiment that randomly assigned
fictitious resumes to job advertisements in Uzbekistan. The
experiment...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9784Date: September 24, 2021Author:
Muradova,Sevilya ;
Seitz,William Hutchins
Economic growth and shared prosperity in
Sub-Saharan Africa will be increasingly undermined if
vulnerabilities to climate change are not addressed. Climate
impacts,...
Type: ReportReport#: 150468Date: September 24, 2021
Vietnam is a young country on the cusp
of a dramatic aging of the population that is taking place
at a faster pace and at an earlier level of development than
most other...
Type: ReportReport#: 164317Date: September 23, 2021Author:
Glinskaya,Elena E. ;
De Kleine Feige,Annette I. ;
Vu Thi,Lan Hoang ;
Long,Giang Thanh ;
Hoang,Tien ;
Viet,Cuong Nguyen ;
Larson,Bradley Robert ;
Sen,Shonali ;
Palacios,Robert J. ;
Bales,Sarah ;
Masaki,Emiko ;
Nguyen,Nga Nguyet-000097561
Cash transfer programs have expanded
widely in developing countries and have been credited for
sizable reductions in poverty. However, their potential
disincentive effects...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9778Date: September 22, 2021Author:
Gerard,François ;
Naritomi,Joana ;
Silva,Joana C. G.
The Multidonor Trust Fund (MDTF) began
operations in March 2015 and brought together all WBG
trust-funded activities on the Jobs agenda under a single
umbrella. Since...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 164164Date: September 20, 2021Author:
Walker,David Ian ;
Saliola,Federica ;
Divanbeigi,Raian ;
Parikh,Vismay Bharat ;
Bernedo,Patricia M.
The Ethiopian labor market is facing the
dual challenge of creating new employment opportunities for
the rapidly expanding labor force and improving the quality
of existing...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 164220Date: September 20, 2021Author:
Nath,Shanjukta ;
Wieser,Christina
The purpose of this manual is to provide
countries with practical advice and guidance for developing
a “nested” system for REDD+ implementation. Nested REDD+
systems...
This paper explores how different
investment frictions affect the patterns of responses of
labor markets to tariff cuts. To investigate these patterns,
this paper formulates...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9775Date: September 14, 2021Author:
Artuc,Erhan ;
Brambilla,Irene ;
Porto,Guido
A forestry investment can include land
suitable for growing trees, the trees themselves, or both.
Forestry has long provided opportunities for institutional
investors...
Type: ReportReport#: 156854Date: September 13, 2021Author:
Binkley,Clark Shepard ;
Stewart,Fiona Elizabeth ;
Power,Samantha Elizabeth
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