Over the past few decades, fiscal policy has been about 30 percent more procyclical and about 40 percent more volatile in commodity-exporting emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs) than in other...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11037Date: January 14, 2025Author:
Arroyo Marioli, Francisco ;
Vasishtha, Garima
This paper uncovers new stylized facts on the emergence and diffusion of green technologies across countries, sectors, and firms. It draws on the textual analysis of patents and corporate earnings calls...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11036Date: January 14, 2025Author:
Bastos, Paulo ;
Castro, Lucio
Western Balkan countries are consistent participants in international learning assessments like the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) and Progress in International Reading Literacy (PIRLS)....
Type: ReportReport#: 196308Date: January 13, 2025Author:
Shmis, Tigran ;
Cahu, Paul Marie Michel ;
Brajkovic, Lucia ;
Gresham, James
This paper develops a method to predict comparable income and consumption distributions for all countries in the world from a simple regression with a handful of country-level variables. To fit the model,...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11034Date: January 13, 2025Author:
Mahler, Daniel Gerszon ;
Schoch, Marta ;
Lakner, Christoph ;
Do, Minh Nguyen Nguyet
This paper estimates the number of firms in Africa, considering their size and formal status. It relies on a novel methodology that combines multiple data sources. The results suggest that in 2020, there...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11032Date: January 13, 2025Author:
Cruz, Marcio ;
Moelders, Florian ;
Salgado Chavez, Edgar ;
Volk, Ariane Tamara
This paper estimates the monetary and full returns to micro-entrepreneurship using a cross-section of Mexican women leveraging self-reported reservation wages. A generalized Roy model of micro-entrepreneurship...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11033Date: January 13, 2025Author:
Williams,Benjamin ;
Torres Coronado, Jesica ;
Francis, David C.
Abstract
The transition to a low-carbon economy requires an expansion in the production of clean energy technologies. Recent shifts in the European Union’s industrial policy aim to boost local manufacturing...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11035Date: January 13, 2025Author:
Rosenow, Samuel ;
LNU, Sarur Chaudhary ;
Semieniuk, Gregor ;
Timmis, Emilija
Multiple shocks, including the accelerating climate crisis, mounting public debt, increasing food insecurity, an unequal recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic, and the effects of geopolitical conflicts,...
Type: ReportReport#: 197394Date: January 13, 2025Author:
World Bank
The expansion of marine protected areas (MPAs) is a core focus of global conservation efforts, with the “30x30” initiative to protect 30% of the ocean by 2030 serving as a prominent example of this trend....
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11030Date: January 10, 2025Author:
McDonald, Gavin ;
Bone, Jennifer ;
Costello,Christopher ;
Englander, Gabriel ;
Raynor,Jennifer
This paper examines the dynamics of poverty in Bhutan between 2017 and 2022, utilizing cross-sectional data from the Bhutan Living Standards Surveys. The paper constructs synthetic panels and estimates...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11031Date: January 10, 2025Author:
Amendola, Nicola ;
Belotti, Federico ;
Etang Ndip, Alvin ;
Mancini, Giulia ;
Vecchi, Giovanni
This paper investigates the impact of a large-scale poverty alleviation program targeted at the 62 poorest districts in Viet Nam. The analysis of multiple data sets spanning the past 20 years uses a regression...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11029Date: January 9, 2025Author:
Dang, Hai-Anh H. ;
Deininger, Klaus W. ;
Nguyen,Cuong Viet
The World Bank has worked to strengthen social registries in LAC and globally for several decades. This technical note aims to contribute to reducing the knowledge gap on the state of the art and challenges...
Type: ReportReport#: 196270Date: January 9, 2025Author:
Castro Abril, Luis Eduardo ;
Rodriguez, Luz Stella
This paper examines the main features of real growth per capita of Sub-Saharan Africa over the past six decades, before uncovering the sources of growth—including those of growth miracles. Three distinct...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11028Date: January 9, 2025Author:
Calderon, Cesar ;
Dabalen, Andrew L. ;
Qu, Ayan
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