This work builds on the Public Expenditure Review (PER) analysis of the pension system conducted in 2016 but also brings important innovations. It updates the financial analysis conducted then and offers...
Type: Public Expenditure ReviewReport#: 182514Date: September 12, 2023Author:
Coleman, Eimar ;
Sluchynskyy, Oleksiy A. ;
Tkachenko, Lidiia
The September research newsletter features the topic “Development and (De)globalization.” The lead item in this newsletter is an excerpt from the feature story “Protectionism Is Failing to Achieve Its...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 184831Date: September 11, 2023Author:
World Bank
Urban fire risk is a global problem - one that can be heightened during periods of rapid urban development. Inadequacies in urban planning, infrastructure and construction practices related to fire prevention...
Type: ReportReport#: 184845Date: September 11, 2023Author:
World Bank
The Dominican Republic has made significant progress in boosting economic growth and reducing poverty, but it still faces challenges to achieve inclusive and equitable development, increase productivity,...
Type: Country Climate and Development ReportReport#: 186074Date: September 11, 2023Author:
World Bank Group
GIA’s role is to assess whether the risk management, control, and governance processes of the World Bank are adequately designed and operating effectively across all five institutions, with an emphasis...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 184832Date: September 11, 2023Author:
World Bank
This paper identifies two types of policy uncertainty measures–government spending and real interest rates–and their impact on macroeconomic activity in 54 advanced, emerging, and developing economies....
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10564Date: September 11, 2023Author:
Mumtaz, Haroon ;
Ruch, Franz Ulrich
Affiliates of foreign multinationals offer potential growth and benefits through years of successful operation and successive expansions, including through job creation, new skills and technologies, and...
Type: ReportReport#: 184840Date: September 11, 2023Author:
Griffin, Carlos Roberto ;
Kher, Priyanka
Thailand has made good progress in closing gender gaps in various dimensions, especially human capital development. However, the progress, though obvious, has not done much to get rid of the main deterrents...
Type: BriefReport#: 184842Date: September 11, 2023Author:
Paweenawat, Sasiwimon Warunsiri
This paper describes a new survey designed to collect comprehensive and granular information about required skills and tasks for detailed occupations in Vietnam. The Survey of Detailed Skills asks workers...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10565Date: September 11, 2023Author:
Granata, Julia ;
Moroz, Harry Edmund ;
Nga Thi Nguyen
The 2023 Africa Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA) report covers the period January to December 2022. The overall average score for Sub-Saharan Africa’s IDA-eligible countries remained...
Type: ReportReport#: 184847Date: September 11, 2023Author:
World Bank
Globally, buildings account for 37 percent of energy and process-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. With increasing urbanization and population growth, demand for energy will continue to increase...
Type: ReportReport#: 184844e changeDate: September 11, 2023Author:
World Bank
The wave of digital transformation has swept across the globe, with its pace significantly accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, which expedited the adoption of digital technologies by several years. However,...
Type: BriefReport#: 184843Date: September 11, 2023Author:
World Bank
This report discusses the remarks delivered by the World Bank President, Ajay Banga, at the 2023 G20 India Leaders Summit "One Future" Session held on September 10, 2023. He said that we face declining...
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 184950Date: September 10, 2023Author:
Banga, Ajay
Policy makers grapple with the optimal design of multidimensional strategies to improve poor households’ livelihoods. To address financial constraints, are capital injections needed, or is savings mobilization...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10563Date: September 9, 2023Author:
Marguerie, Alicia C. ;
Premand, Patrick
This report highlights respondents’ lived experiences during Yemen’s conflict as experts of their own experiences. This report aims to present the voices of Yemenis who have now spent eight years living...
Type: ReportReport#: 184821Date: September 8, 2023Author:
Aghajanian, Alia Jane ;
Almoayad, Safa ;
John, Aparna
This study analyzes the difference in the decline in sales between small and medium-size enterprises and large firms (the “gap”) following the outbreak of COVID-19 in 19 developing countries. The decline...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10562Date: September 8, 2023Author:
Amin, Mohammad ;
Islam, Asif Mohammed ;
Jolevski, Filip
This Systematic Country Diagnostics (SCD) update assesses the evolution of Panama’s development challenges and policy priorities since the publication of the SCD in 2015. During the last seven years, Panama...
Type: Systematic Country DiagnosticReport#: 184981Date: September 8, 2023Author:
World Bank
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