Land and property ownership confers
direct economic benefits as a key input into agricultural
production; as a source of income from rental or sale; and
as collateral...
Every person has the right to
participate fully in their society and economy and to be
recognized as a person before the law. Yet, as many as 1
billion people across...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 112614Date: November 3, 2022
This note brings together the thinking
that is occurring in global and regional teams on governance
and institutional approaches to dealing with Coronavirus
2019 (COVID-19),...
Type: ReportReport#: 150829Date: July 1, 2022Author:
Cebreiro Gomez,Ana ;
Custers,Anna Louise ;
Alvarez Estrada,Daniel ;
Ba,El Hadji Dialigue ;
Nguyen,Viet Anh ;
Awasthi,Rajul ;
Dom,Roel ;
Fisher,Rick V. ;
Arce,Paola ;
Vargas Pastor,Claudia Lucia ;
Revilak,Alfredo ;
Krsul,Ivan
The objective of this working paper is
to provide guidance on the dilemma that governments are
facing because of the economic crisis triggered by COVID-19.
Measures...
Type: ReportReport#: 158474Date: July 1, 2022Author:
Junquera-Varela,Raul Felix ;
Alvarez Estrada,Daniel ;
Lucas-Mas,Cristian Oliver
Digital technology allows businesses to
operate in a country without a physical presence, which
poses challenges for traditional taxation. The digital
debate focuses...
Type: PublicationReport#: 157140Date: July 1, 2022Author:
Lucas-Mas, Cristian Oliver ;
Junquera-Varela,Raul Felix
This Systematic Country Diagnostic (SCD)
updates the analytical work of the 2017 SCD in the light of
new evidence. In 2017, the World Bank Group (WBG) published
the...
Type: Systematic Country DiagnosticReport#: 173647Date: July 1, 2022
Countries around the world adopted a
wide range of fiscal measures in 2020 to mitigate the health
and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. At the
beginning of...
Type: ReportReport#: 161128Date: June 23, 2022Author:
Lacey,Eric Anthony ;
Massad,Joseph Paul ;
Utz,Robert Johann
Global studies of the health impacts of
fine particulate matter (PM2.5) have been based on particle
mass, but there is evolving evidence indicating that adverse
health...
Type: ReportReport#: 163683Date: June 16, 2022Author:
Thurston,George Douglas ;
Awe,Yewande Aramide ;
Ostro,Bart D. ;
Sanchez-Triana,Ernesto
According to the Global Burden of
Disease 2019 study, air pollution from fine particulate
matter caused 6.4 million premature deaths and 93 billion
days lived with illness...
Outdoor air pollution accounts for an
estimated 4.2 million deaths worldwide, the majority of
which are caused by exposure to fine particulate matter (or
PM2.5) air...
This review of the epidemiological
literature on fugitive dust indicates the likelihood of
significant public health impacts from both short- and
long-term exposure...
Type: ReportReport#: 163684Date: June 16, 2022Author:
Ostro,Bart D. ;
Awe,Yewande Aramide ;
Sanchez-Triana,Ernesto
Recent decades have seen important
progress in strengthening country tax systems. Yet many
areas of reform have remained stubbornly resistant to major
improvements....
Type: PublicationReport#: 168831Date: April 29, 2022Author:
Dom,Roel ;
Custers,Anna Louise ;
Davenport,Stephen R. ;
Prichard,Wilson
This is a statement by H.E. Ingrid Olga
Ghislaine Ebouka-Babackas, Minister of Planning, Statistics,
and Integration, at the 105th meeting of the Development
Committee...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 170970Date: April 22, 2022
This note is produced by the Human
Rights, Inclusion and Empowerment (HRIE) Umbrella Program.1
It is a document intended to increase awareness of World
Bank staff of...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 169334Date: April 11, 2022
Supervision of business activities
through an inspections system is a key component of a
government’s regulatory apparatus. Several jurisdictions
have attempted to address...
Type: ReportReport#: 168085Date: March 31, 2022Author:
Molfetas-Lygkiaris,Aris ;
Ottimofiore,Giuseppa
Venezuela is currently experiencing the
biggest crisis in its recent history. This has led to a
large increase in emigration. According to recent estimates,
there are...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9982Date: March 23, 2022Author:
Groeger,Andre ;
León-Ciliotta,Gianmarco ;
Stillman,Steven Eric
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