The three major players in the global economy, the United States, the European Union, and China, have been designing climate mitigation policies that will help reduce their carbon emissions but will also...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10988Date: November 26, 2024Author:
Aldaz-Carroll, Enrique ;
Jung, Euijin ;
Maliszewska, Maryla ;
Sikora, Iryna
Stigma powerfully and adversely affects individuals, families, communities, and society, and exists across all countries and cultures. A recent global survey of people with mental health conditions across...
Type: ReportReport#: 195095Date: November 26, 2024Author:
Dutta, Sheila ;
Mandeville, Kate ;
Thornicroft, Graham ;
Baker, Sue ;
Gronholm, Petra C. ;
Henderson, Claire ;
Han, Ahram ;
Yang, Su Jin ;
Kwack, Young Sook
Governments in the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region face significant developmental and institutional challenges, such as slowing growth, fiscal constraints, and inefficiencies in the public...
Type: BriefReport#: 195105Date: November 25, 2024Author:
Santini, Juan Francisco ;
Sacco Capurro, Flavia Giannina ;
Rogger, Daniel ;
Lundy, Timothy Steven ;
Kim, Galileu ;
Miranda, Jorge de León ;
Cocciolo, Serena Sara Daniela ;
Casanova, Chiara
Governments in the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region face significant developmental and institutional challenges, such as slowing growth, fiscal constraints, and inefficiencies in the public...
Type: PublicationReport#: 195105Date: November 25, 2024Author:
Santini, Juan Francisco ;
Sacco Capurro, Flavia Giannina ;
Rogger, Daniel ;
Lundy, Timothy Steven ;
Kim, Galileu ;
Miranda, Jorge de León ;
Cocciolo, Serena Sara Daniela ;
Casanova, Chiara
This background paper delves deeper into the analysis of technical aspects of the LIC-DSF econometric model and implementation, the use of debt-carrying capacity as tool to parsimoniously capture country...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 195125Date: November 25, 2024Author:
World Bank
Since 2000, China has been upgrading its infrastructure, exemplified by the expansion of the high-speed railways (HSR), while simultaneously moving up the global value chains, evidenced by the rising domestic...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10985Date: November 25, 2024Author:
Kee, Hiau Looi ;
Xie, Enze ;
Xu,Mingzhi
Although green public procurement has been established as a desirable policy goal across the globe, especially in the European Union, its scope and impacts remain severely understudied. This paper provides...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10987Date: November 25, 2024Author:
Poltoratskaia, Viktoriia ;
Fazekas,Mihaly ;
Quintero,Maria Fernanda ;
Schiffbauer, Marc Tobias
This paper develops a “plausible worst-case” scenario for Cambodia to illustrate how a severe, 1-in-10-year flood could trigger cascading impacts, including widespread disease outbreaks and financial instability....
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10983Date: November 25, 2024Author:
Pollitt, Hector ;
Petrauskaite, Migle
The design of the power market determines how the sector can address complex economic, social, environmental, and engineering challenges to deliver sustainable and reliable electricity at least cost to...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10986Date: November 25, 2024Author:
Akcura, Elcin ;
Mutambatsere, Emelly
This paper quantifies the relationships between deep trade agreements and foreign direct investment (FDI). The analysis relies on a structural framework that simultaneously enables (a) estimating the direct...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 201086Date: November 25, 2024Author:
Larch, Mario ;
V, Yotov Yoto
Poland has been central to Europe’s growth performance over the last three decades, it now has an opportunity to engage in the structural reforms ensuring its continued success in a more challenging global...
Type: Country Climate and Development ReportReport#: 194509Date: November 25, 2024Author:
World Bank
Macroeconomic textbooks warn that procyclical public spending can amplify economic volatility and cause fiscal stress. However, the latter risks materialize only when governments fail to reduce spending...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10984Date: November 25, 2024Author:
Riera-Crichton, Daniel ;
Ruiz Orrico, Pilar ;
Vuletin, Guillermo Javier
The Royal Government of Bhutan (RGoB), with financial support from the World Bank, is preparing the Accelerating Transport and Trade Connectivity in Eastern South Asia (ACCESS) Bhutan project under the...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 195189Date: November 22, 2024Author:
World Bank
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