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Type: ReportReport#: 185078Date: October 3, 2023Author:
World Bank
This paper presents a coping strategy that small-scale cross-border traders adopted in response to the shock of the COVID-19 pandemic and examines its impact. Using a cross-sectional data set of 1,159...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10581Date: October 3, 2023Author:
Bucekuderhwa, Célestin B. ;
Ibale, Douglas Amuli ;
Kunaka, Charles ;
Mvunga, Nyembezi
This edition of the Macro Poverty Outlooks periodical contains country-by-country forecasts and overviews for GDP, fiscal, debt and poverty indicators for the developing countries of the East Asia and...
Type: BriefReport#: 185080Date: October 3, 2023Author:
World Bank
This edition of the Macro Poverty Outlooks periodical contains country-by-country forecasts and overviews for GDP, fiscal, debt and poverty indicators for the developing countries of the Latin America...
Type: BriefReport#: 185079Date: October 3, 2023Author:
World Bank
This report contains the World Bank Group Boards’ updated calendar for the period from September to November 2023, specifying the Boards’ engagements, such as meetings and briefings.
Type: Board ReportReport#: 185075Date: October 2, 2023Author:
World Bank
The Country Opinion Survey in Honduras assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better understanding how stakeholders in Honduras perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from national...
Type: ReportReport#: 187596Date: October 2, 2023Author:
World Bank
National human rights action plans turn state commitments on human rights into policy. After three decades of numerous countries implementing these plans, the few existing assessments of their success...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10578Date: October 2, 2023Author:
Cuesta Leiva, Jose Antonio ;
Fajardo-Heyward, Paola Carolina
The Sri Lanka Development Update (SLDU) has two main aims. First, it reports on key developments over the past 12 months in Sri Lanka’s economy, places these in longer term and global contexts, and updates...
Type: ReportReport#: 185077Date: October 2, 2023Author:
Abeygunawardana, Kishan Weditha Namanayaka ;
Lakhtakia, Shruti ;
Walker, Richard Ancrum
The Country Opinion Survey in the Kyrgyz Republic assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better understanding how stakeholders in the Kyrgyz Republic perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic...
Type: ReportReport#: 187839Date: October 2, 2023Author:
World Bank
Multidimensional poverty measures can in theory make well-being comparisons that are less biased than those solely based on monetary poverty. However, multidimensional poverty measures suffer in practice...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10577Date: October 2, 2023Author:
Decerf, Benoit Marie A ;
Fonton, Kike
Using three rounds of data from the Business Pulse Survey in South Asia, this paper studies the differential effects of the COVID-19 shock on informal firms. It also captures heterogeneity within informal...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10579Date: October 2, 2023Author:
Grover, Arti ;
Pereira Lopez, Mariana De La Paz
This book, The Government Analytics Handbook, is about enabling individuals to change their governments for the better. It draws on a moment in history when the world is capitalizing on innovations in...
Type: ReportReport#: 185073Date: October 2, 2023Author:
Rogger, Daniel Oliver ;
Schuster, Christian
This book, The Government Analytics Handbook, is about enabling individuals to change their governments for the better. It draws on a moment in history when the world is capitalizing on innovations in...
Type: ReportReport#: 185073Date: October 2, 2023Author:
Rogger, Daniel Oliver ;
Schuster, Christian
Women are an untapped resource for economic development across the world, particularly in developing countries like India. Entrepreneurship is a critical avenue for women’s empowerment, leads to substantial...
This note discusses agricultural competitiveness in India in recent years, while highlighting path-breaking innovations, interventions, and challenges on the road ahead. While India has evolved as a leader...
Access to safe, affordable, and timely credit, insurance, savings and other financial services is a critical tool for poverty reduction and the welfare of the rural poor. Its pivotal role as a buffer against...
Type: BriefReport#: 191883Date: October 1, 2023Author:
Arora, Amit ;
Pinto, Alreena Renita ;
Ramnath, Shreya
This CCDR is divided into five chapters: chapter 1 focuses on Kenya’s development context and the risks and opportunities presented by climate change, analyzing the characteristics of key sectors of the...
Type: Country Climate and Development ReportReport#: 185755Date: October 1, 2023Author:
World Bank Group
Following the Herat province (Western Afghanistan) earthquake sequence of October 7 to 15, 2023, the World Bank carried out a remote desk-based assessment of the physical damages using the Global RApid...
Type: ReportReport#: 186035Date: October 1, 2023Author:
Andreas Schaefer ;
Brand, Johannes ;
Cox, Kerri Dionne ;
Cubas, Diana ;
Daniell, James Edward ;
Gunasekera, Rashmin ;
Guth, Marie Johanna ;
Ishizawa Escudero, Oscar Anil ;
Khazai, Bijan ;
Pomonis, Antonios ;
Romero Hernandez, Roberth Alejandro
The objective of the report is to provide practical guidance to the Romanian government in identifying and implementing changes to the Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) system aimed at improving agile...
Type: ReportReport#: 188786Date: October 1, 2023Author:
World Bank
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