The informal sector is an important
source of livelihoods and jobs for a vast majority of people
in developing countries. However, there is concern that it
may undermine...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9868Date: November 30, 2021Author:
Amin,Mohammad
Gender-based violence (GBV) has
substantial individual and collective costs that
disproportionately affect poorer women and girls. One woman
in three worldwide has experienced...
Type: BriefReport#: 166255Date: November 24, 2021Author:
Botea,Ioana Alexandra ;
Coudouel,Aline ;
Heinemann,Alessandra ;
Kuttner,Stephanie Anne
Regional economic engagement within
South Asia may gain increasing importance owing to several
factors that are currently in play, including strategies to
diversify...
Type: PublicationReport#: 166159Date: November 18, 2021Author:
Kathuria,Sanjay ;
Yatawara,Ravindra A. ;
Zhu,Xiao’ou
Whereas the tax compliance literature
emphasizes verifying tax liability amounts, this paper
highlights two other tax capacity dimensions of particular
relevance in...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9852Date: November 17, 2021Author:
Okunogbe,Oyebola Motunrayo
Climate Co-Benefits are the financial
resources committed by the World Bank to development
operations, which deliver positive benefits associated with
the reduction...
Type: ReportReport#: 165997Date: November 11, 2021Author:
Shenvi,Apoorva Narayan ;
Weigum,Natalie Marie ;
Gu,Sohee
The Pandora Papers highlight a worldwide
lack of transparency of information on who owns and controls
what and where. Unfortunately, trusts and complex corporate
structures...
Type: BriefReport#: 165999Date: November 11, 2021Author:
Cebreiro Gomez,Ana ;
Collin,Matthew Edward ;
Esquivel,Yara ;
De Magalhaes Pinto Almeida,Yasmin ;
Van der Does de Willebois,Emile J. M. ;
Anderson,James
The report benchmarks eight countries in
the Middle East and North Africa Region along the proposed
framework through a checklist of indicators, pointing to
policy gaps...
Type: ReportReport#: 165978Date: November 11, 2021Author:
Ait Ali Slimane,Meriem ;
Hasan,Md. Abir
Mozambique is one of the thirty highest
tuberculosis (TB) burden countries in the world with respect
to total incidence. Active case finding programs that focus
on key...
This paper reviews the policies and
regulations for special economic zones and other spatial
development modalities in the countries within proximity of
the Eastern...
Type: ReportReport#: 165951Date: November 10, 2021Author:
Galal,Rami Mikko Ahmed
The Lake Chad Region (LCR) is an
economically interdependent area that encompasses parts of
Cameroon (Extrême-Nord), Chad (Chari Baguirmi,
Hadjer Lamis, Kenam,...
Type: Country Economic MemorandumReport#: 165936Date: November 9, 2021Author:
Walkenhorst,Peter
Peace and security are basic conditions
for economic and social development. Conflict, on the other
hand, can reverse years of economic growth and induce
long-term harm...
Type: Country Economic MemorandumReport#: 165933Date: November 9, 2021Author:
Fisker,Peter Simonsen
Subnational Doing Business in Brazil
2021 focuses on business regulations and their enforcement.
It goes beyond Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo to benchmark
other Brazilian...
Southern Africa is highly vulnerable to
extreme weather, climate, and water-related events. The
region is home to approximately 345 million people whose
lives and livelihoods...
Type: ReportReport#: 165901Date: November 8, 2021Author:
Driessen,Tjeerd ;
Groen,Marieke de ;
Singh,Prashant ;
Dingel,Carl Christian
Globally, conflict is becoming more
complex and intense. The World Bank’s
contributions to reducing poverty and boosting shared
prosperity increasingly rely on...
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 164206Date: November 3, 2021
Do undocumented migrants change their
propensity to report or commit a crime after receiving a
regular migratory status? This paper studies a massive
amnesty program...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9833Date: November 3, 2021Author:
Ibáñez,Ana María ;
Rozo Villarraga,Sandra Viviana ;
Bahar,Dany
This paper conducts a large, narrative
literature review of interventions that seek to (1) increase
educational attainment, (2) delay childbearing, and/or (3)
delay...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9827Date: November 1, 2021Author:
Bergstrom,Katy Ann ;
Ozler,Berk
Achieving the UN Sustainable Development
Goals is impossible without addressing fragility, conflict,
and violence (FCV), especially as two thirds of the extreme
poor...
Type: ReportReport#: 165881Date: November 1, 2021Author:
Townsend,Robert ;
Verner,Dorte ;
Adubi,Abimbola ;
Saint-Geours,Jean Edouard Albert ;
Leao,Izabela ;
Juergenliemk,Armine ;
Robertson,Timothy D ;
Williams,Melissa ;
Martinant De Preneuf,Flore ;
Jonasova,Marketa ;
Carmichael,Zacharey Austin
This report identifies and assesses
relevant physical and transition risks with focus on the
banking sector. Banks constitute the largest segment of the
Colombian financial...
Type: ReportReport#: 165843Date: November 1, 2021Author:
Reinders,Henk Jan ;
Regelink,Martijn Gert Jan ;
Calice,Pietro ;
Uribe,Mariana Escobar
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