With a critical decade ahead for keeping
global warming under 1.5-2 degree C degrees, the fiscal
stimulus responses to COVID-19 have presented, and continue
to present,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 166127Date: November 16, 2021Author:
Pigato,Miria A. ;
Rafaty,Ryan Milan ;
Kurle,Jonas Kai
Greece’s active labor market policy is
undergoing reform to improve the effectiveness of Active
Labor Market Programs (ALMPs) by strengthening their design,
targeting...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 138580Date: November 10, 2021Author:
Avgeris,Nikos ;
Betcherman,Gordon ;
Koettl-Brodmann,Stefanie ;
Hoftijzer,Margo A. ;
Jones,Polly ;
Mckerracher,Moira ;
Pantelaiou,Ioanna ;
Tzimas,Giannis
Greece’s active labor market policy is
undergoing reform focused on program design and the delivery
mechanism. As per common European Union (EU) practices,
Greece is...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 138586Date: November 10, 2021Author:
Avgeris,Nikos ;
Betcherman,Gordon ;
Brodmann,Jones,Polly ;
Tzimas,Giannis
Greece suffers from high long-term and
youth unemployment because of its protracted economic
crisis.Greece’s active labor market policy is undergoing
reform focused...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 138577Date: November 10, 2021Author:
Avgeris,Nikos ;
Betcherman,Gordon ;
Koettl-Brodmann,Stefanie ;
Gentilini,Ugo ;
George,Tina ;
Hoftijzer,Margo A. ;
Jones,Polly ;
Pantelaiou,Ioanna ;
Sabic,Zlatan
As part of the efforts to improve the
design and delivery of Active Labor Market Programs (ALMPs)
for Greece, the European Commission has asked the World Bank
to provide...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 138588Date: November 10, 2021Author:
Tzimas,Giannis ;
Jones,Polly
Greece’s active labor market policy is
undergoing reform to improve the effectiveness of active
labor market programs (ALMPs) by strengthening their design,
targeting...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 138582Date: November 10, 2021Author:
Tzimas,Giannis ;
Mckerracher,Moira ;
Jones,Polly
This paper examines the relationship
between access to markets and land cultivation following
Berg et al. (2018) using panel methods. Then, author
contextualize these...
Type: Country Economic MemorandumReport#: 165934Date: November 9, 2021Author:
Blankespoor,Brian
This note looks at the World Bank’s
engagement in transboundary waters in West Africa over the
past twenty years to derive lessons that can inform and
influence any...
Type: ReportReport#: 165905Date: November 8, 2021Author:
Lajaunie,Marie-Laure ;
Bonzanigo,Laura ;
Fraval,Pierrick ;
Scheierling,Susanne M.
This Note discusses how natural resource
taxation can help reduce deforestation and provide
incentives for forest conservation and sustainable forest
management. The...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 164947Date: November 5, 2021Author:
Hayde,Erin Kate
This paper revisits impact evaluation
studies on the largest public workfare in the world, NREGA.
In an environment where randomization is not feasible, I
show why an...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9835Date: November 3, 2021Author:
Bahal,Girish
Deep tech companies - those built on
advances in biotechnology, robotics, electronics, artificial
intelligence, and other advanced technologies—aim to solve
complex...
Preferential trade agreements are
growing in number and deepening in content by incorporating
disciplines that go beyond market access. They increasingly
encompass non-trade-related...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9829Date: November 1, 2021Author:
Laget,Edith ;
Roch,Nadia ;
Varela,Gonzalo J.
In the face of the twin crises of
biodiversity loss and climate change, governments and their
partners in communities and civil society have increased
their efforts...
Type: ReportReport#: 166633Date: November 1, 2021Author:
Cabrera, Humberto N. ;
Planitzer,Carolin ;
Yudelman,Tanya Lisa ;
Tua,Jon
Innovation is crucial to improving
productivity and fostering sustainable growth, especially
among countries that are moving toward or are at the cutting
edge of technological...
Type: BriefReport#: 165752Date: November 1, 2021Author:
Cao,Yu
Improving women’s labor force
participation and the quality of their employment can boost
economic growth and support poverty and inequality
reduction; thus, it is highly...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9828Date: November 1, 2021Author:
Halim,Daniel Zefanya ;
Perova,Elizaveta ;
Reynolds,Sarah
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