Do Sahelian countries face specific
risks of water-related conflict? Sahelian countries face
growing fragility and climate
challenges—especially those belonging...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9805Date: October 12, 2021Author:
Khan,Amjad Muhammad ;
Rodella,Aude-Sophie
This paper studies the optimal taxation
of bequests in a model in which individuals have
heterogeneous preferences over their consumption and the
net-of-tax bequest...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9804Date: October 12, 2021Author:
Decerf,Benoit Marie A ;
Maniquet,François
This paper presents a new methodology to
detect corruption in customs and applies it to
Madagascar’s main port. Manipulation of
assignment of import declarations...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9802Date: October 12, 2021Author:
Chalendard,Cyril Romain ;
Fernandes,Ana Margarida ;
Raballand,Gael J. R. F. ;
Rijkers,Bob
Seasons influence people’s moods. In the
dry season, for example, people are less anxious but more
depressed than in monsoon. With climate change expected to
worsen,...
The 19th replenishment of the
International Development Association (IDA19) set out to
accelerate progress toward the World Bank Group (WBG) twin
goals and the achievement...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 165832Date: October 9, 2021
More than half of Burkina Faso’s
population is made up of young people who tend to live in
rural areas and have low levels of skills. Employment
opportunities are insufficient...
Type: ReportReport#: 164927Date: October 8, 2021Author:
Koschorke,Julian Alexander ;
Berehoudougou,Roland Berenger
The Government of the Republic of Zambia
(GRZ) has an ambitious long-term vision for the nation and
its people, operationalized through the national development
plans....
Type: Public Expenditure ReviewReport#: 164928Date: October 8, 2021Author:
UNICEF ;
World Bank
As more and more Venezuelans leave their
country, fleeing the economic and social crisis, the number
of Venezuelans in Brazil has risen steadily since 2016,
constituting...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9797Date: October 7, 2021Author:
Shamsuddin,Mrittika ;
Acosta,Pablo Ariel ;
Battaglin Schwengber,Rovane ;
Fix,Jedediah Rooney ;
Pirani,Nikolas
Throughout history, industrialization
has been synonymous with development. However, the trend of
premature deindustrialization and the spread of automation
technologies...
Type: PublicationReport#: 164078Date: October 7, 2021Author:
Nayyar,Gaurav ;
Hallward-Driemeier,Mary C. ;
Davies,Elwyn Adriaan Robin
This study compares the distributional
impacts of the main tax and social spending programs in
eight countries of the former Soviet Union (Armenia,
Belarus, Georgia,...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9795Date: October 6, 2021Author:
Fuchs Tarlovsky,Alan ;
Matytsin,Mikhail ;
Nozaki,Natsuko Kiso ;
Popova,Daria
In Nepal, the lockdowns that were
adopted to mitigate the public health impacts of Coronavirus
(COVID-19) were accompanied by a significant contraction in
economic activity....
Type: ReportReport#: 160705Date: October 6, 2021Author:
World Bank
Since the Great Depression of the 1930s,
and through the more recent Asian Crisis of 1997 and Great
Recession of 2008/09, governments have experimented with
Keynesian...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9796Date: October 6, 2021Author:
Vagliasindi,Maria ;
Gorgulu,Nisan
Strengthening private sector innovation
and productivity is a cornerstone of Indonesia’s medium-term
economic development strategy. The Government of Indonesia
(GoI),...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 164864Date: October 6, 2021Author:
Doarest,Aufa ;
Kojucharov,Nikola Denchev ;
Kamphuis,Bertine ;
Cirera,Xavier ;
Huda,Ainul ;
Nugroho, Wisnu
South Africa’s social assistance system
represents a major intervention by government in addressing
the deprivation amongst the country’s population. The system
is extensive...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 164801Date: October 5, 2021
This report discusses the remarks
delivered by World Bank Group President David Malpass on
World Teachers’ Day 2021. He discusses: the World Bank Group
is committed...
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 164812Date: October 5, 2021Author:
Malpass,David
Despite being an upper middle income
country, South Africa’s high inequality and the long-lasting
legacies of apartheid mean that the country is faced with
numerous...
Type: ReportReport#: 164802Date: October 5, 2021Author:
Oosthuizen,Morné
In 2019, an Independent Evaluation Group
review on the growing use of social contracts terminology by
the World Bank concluded that social contract diagnostics
are useful...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9788Date: October 4, 2021Author:
Cloutier,Mathieu
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