This paper uses Qualitative Comparative
Analysis (QCA) to validate the theory of change developed
for an evaluation of renewable energy strategies,
identifying pathways...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 167126Date: January 1, 2022Author:
Rubinson,Claude James ;
Jayawardena,Migara ;
Watkins,Ryan ;
Butscher,Joy Kaarina ;
Berrah,Noureddine
This paper describes how a panel of
global experts on renewable energy (RE) was convened to
anticipate the major opportunities and challenges facing the
scale-up of...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 167125Date: January 1, 2022Author:
Jayawardena,Migara ;
Heijndermans,Enno ;
West Meiers,Maurya ;
Watkins,Ryan ;
Butscher,Joy Kaarina ;
Feng,Shenghui ;
Berrah,Noureddine
This paper aims to provide a framework
for conducting public sector employment and compensation
assessments that can help develop evidence-based reforms.
Such a framework...
Type: ReportReport#: 167209Date: December 21, 2021Author:
Hasnain,Zahid ;
Baig,Muhammad Faisal Ali ;
Somani,Ravi ;
Van Acker,Wouter ;
Butnaru,Anca ;
Palacios,Robert J. ;
Ortega,Daniel E.
This paper studies factors that could
account for the asymmetric impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
in Latin America, by exploiting microdata from the World
Bank’s...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9887Date: December 17, 2021Author:
Berniell,Inés ;
Gasparini,Leonardo Carlos ;
Marchionni,Mariana ;
Viollaz,Mariana
Across the maritime industry, there is
general agreement that shipping must undergo a rapid energy
transition. This implies a shift from fossil bunker fuels,
such as...
Type: ReportReport#: 158013Date: December 15, 2021Author:
Englert,Dominik Paul ;
Losos,Andrew Michael ;
Brown,Jennifer Deborah ;
Casarotto,Edoardo ;
Debatin,Maximilian Felix ;
Dominioni,Goran ;
Ritsch,Nicola Joy
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: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9879Date: December 13, 2021Author:
Nath,Shanjukta ;
Wieser,Christina
Although research has established the
importance of state capacity in economic development, less
is known about how state capacity comes about and the role
of external...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9875Date: December 8, 2021Author:
Di Maro,Vincenzo ;
Evans,David K. ;
Khemani,Stuti ;
De Gouvea Scot De Arruda,Thiago
This paper investigates the economic and
health risks arising from the COVID-19 pandemic for migrant
workers in the European Union. It first assesses migrants’
economic...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9873Date: December 6, 2021Author:
Bossavie,Laurent Loic Yves ;
Garrote Sanchez,Daniel ;
Makovec,Mattia ;
Ozden,Caglar
Entering its twenty-ninth year in 2021,
the partnership between China and the World Bank (WB) on
energy efficiency has been among the top success stories of
the WB with...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 161111Date: December 3, 2021Author:
De Gouvello,Christophe ;
Song,Yanqin
China’s remarkable economic growth
required dramatic growth of energy consumption and
continuous changes in the nation’s energy economy. The World
Bank supported the...
Type: ReportReport#: 166586Date: December 3, 2021Author:
De Gouvello,Christophe ;
Song,Yanqin
China’s remarkable economic growth
required dramatic growth of energy consumption and
continuous changes in the nation’s energy economy. The World
Bank supported the...
Type: ReportReport#: 166591Date: December 3, 2021Author:
De Gouvello,Christophe ;
Song,Yanqin ;
Tang,Jie
China made impressive progress in
developing renewable energy to provide access to clean
energy and electricity to its predominantly rural population
before the economic...
Type: ReportReport#: AUS0002426Date: December 3, 2021Author:
De Gouvello,Christophe ;
Song,Yanqin ;
Berrah,Noureddine ;
Weiquan,Wang ;
Jufeng,Li ;
Shen,Lidan ;
Xiaoyang,Yuan ;
Qian,Wang ;
Lifang,M. A. ;
Yang,Yu
Ukraine has made impressive progress on
key reforms and restored macro-financial stability, but weak
growth and poverty remain a concern. Despite these economic
challenges,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 168200Date: December 1, 2021Author:
Pillai,Madhavi M. ;
Golub,Elena Strukova ;
Lokshin,Michael M. ;
Rakovych,Oksana ;
Ha,Thanh Phuong
This paper presents evidence on trends,
profiles, drivers, and impacts of Bulgarian emigration. The
analysis shows that emigration is mostly led by sizable wage
differentials...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 167324Date: December 1, 2021Author:
Garrote Sanchez,Daniel ;
Kreuder,Janis ;
Testaverde,Mauro
Understanding the location and potential
of renewable energy resources is a crucial pre-requisite to
their utilization, and to scaling up clean and secure
sources of...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 107219Date: December 1, 2021Author:
Knight,Oliver
The following recommendations emerge
from this report: consumers prefer safe, healthy, and priced
goods. Hence, the focus should be on strengthening those
characteristics...
Type: ReportReport#: 161113Date: December 1, 2021Author:
Gerber,Pierre Jean ;
Edmeades,Svetlana ;
Schaap,Atze Kerst ;
Backus, Gé ;
Blajda,Josip ;
Bilandzija,Jela ;
Foy,Colm Francis
This paper utilizes firm survey data to
understand which formal private sector jobs are most at risk
from COVID-19 or similar future crises, based on empirical
evidence...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 167996Date: December 1, 2021Author:
Hatayama,Maho ;
Li,Yiruo ;
Osborne,Theresa Kay
Countries in the Middle East and North
Africa region quickly introduced measures to limit the
spread of COVID-19 following the first confirmed cases.
These measures...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 167319Date: December 1, 2021Author:
Kamurase,Alex ;
Willenborg,Emma Schwirck
This paper quantifies the significance
and magnitude of the effect of measurement error in remote
sensing weather data in the analysis of smallholder
agricultural productivity....
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9867Date: November 30, 2021Author:
Michler,Jeffrey David ;
Josephson,Anna Leigh ;
Kilic,Talip ;
Murray,Siobhan
Using Integrated Public Use Microdata
Series–United States micro-census data from 1960 to 2010,
this paper examines whether racial and gender income
disparities beget...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9865Date: November 30, 2021Author:
Marrero,Gustavo Alberto ;
Rodríguez,Juan Gabriel ;
Van Der Weide,Roy
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