The business pulse survey (BPS) in
Madagascar, conducted by the Madagascar National Statistical
Agency (INSTAT) with technical and financial support from
the World Bank,...
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
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
This paper examines the effects of a
negative macroeconomic shock on the financial performance of
state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in infrastructure. It
exploits the differential...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9971Date: March 21, 2022Author:
Herrera Dappe,Matias ;
Musacchio,Aldo ;
Pan,Carolina ;
Semikolenova,Yadviga Viktorivna ;
Turkgulu,Burak ;
Barboza,Jonathan
Public-private partnerships (PPPs) in
infrastructure provision have expanded around the world
since the early 1990s. Well-structured PPPs can unleash
efficiency gains,...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9972Date: March 15, 2022Author:
Herrera Dappe,Matias ;
Melecky,Martin ;
Turkgulu,Burak
This paper examines the performance of
infrastructure companies owned by the state, using the newly
created World Bank Database of Infrastructure State-Owned
Enterprises...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9969Date: March 15, 2022Author:
Herrera Dappe,Matias ;
Musacchio,Aldo ;
Pan,Carolina ;
Semikolenova,Yadviga Viktorivna ;
Turkgulu,Burak ;
Barboza,Jonathan
IEG began preparing the evaluation in
June 2020, in response to a request from the World Bank
Group Board’s Committee on Development Effectiveness. In
March 2021, IEG...
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 166166Date: March 15, 2022
Since 2017, the World Bank has supported
Jordan’s government to strengthen its public investment
management and its public-private partnership (PPP) program.
These efforts...
Emissions trading continues to expand as
a flexible policy response to climate change. Its
implementation raises complex governance challenges,
however, and calls for...
Type: ReportReport#: 169683Date: March 1, 2022Author:
Mehling,Michael Arthur
This report reviews high quality impact
evaluations of results-based financing interventions (RBF)
in education to investigate whether particular subgroups of
students...
Type: ReportReport#: 168945Date: February 25, 2022Author:
Schipper,Youdi ;
Pradhan,Menno Prasad
This paper investigates the effects of
access to high-speed internet on innovation and
entrepreneurship in Africa. The identification strategy
exploits the staggered...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9945Date: February 23, 2022Author:
Houngbonon,Georges Vivien ;
Mensah,Justice Tei ;
Traore,Nouhoum-000531164
This brief has been produced under the
World Bank’s Indonesia Coronavirus disease 2019
(COVID-19) observatory, a partnership among multiple global
practices at...
While in many countries in Latin America
and Caribbean (LAC), the share of firms with a woman among
the principal owners has been increasing, female
entrepreneurs are...
Type: BriefReport#: 168057Date: February 10, 2022Author:
Maquera Sardon,Daniela Andrea
Institutional weaknesses limit the
capacity of local governments to support efficient
urbanization in developing countries. They also lead to the
emergence of large...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9936Date: February 10, 2022Author:
Rama,Martin G. ;
Li,Yue
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