The current state of the transport sector in South Sudan is dire. For example, it takes between two to four days to travel from Juba to Wau in South Sudan, a distance of approximately 650 km. In the rainy...
Type: ReportReport#: 202072Date: June 5, 2025Author:
World Bank
East Asia is helping the rest of the world decarbonize and encouraging the domestic adoption of renewable energy. But there is an imbalance: Even as the region’s innovation and investment improve global...
Type: PublicationReport#: 202071Date: June 5, 2025Author:
de Nicola, Francesca ;
Mattoo, Aaditya ;
Tran, Trang Thu
Over the past three decades, Panama has achieved sustained economic growth, which has driven significant job creation. Panama’s GDP per capita increased from 25.7 percent of the level of the United States...
Type: ReportReport#: 197249Date: June 5, 2025Author:
Cadena, Kiyomi E. ;
Romero, Javier ;
Inchauste, Gabriela
This note includes newly developed poverty maps for Panama. In Panama, as in most countries,
household surveys are not designed to produce poverty estimates at highly disaggregated
territorial levels,...
Type: ReportReport#: 197252Date: June 5, 2025Author:
Malaga Ortega, Ramiro Alberto ;
Corral Rodas, Paul Andres ;
Romero, Javier
This report examines the causes of different development outcomes and
suggests ways to promote inclusive prosperity and peace. It does so by looking
at wealth sharing through three prisms: time, space,...
Type: ReportReport#: 202067Date: June 5, 2025Author:
World Bank
This paper conducts a meta-analysis of 24 studies evaluating the impact of formal loans on small and medium-sized enterprise performance. Using a Bayesian hierarchical model, the paper estimates that formal...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11140Date: June 5, 2025Author:
Bruhn, Miriam ;
Ortega Hernandez,Johan Andrey ;
Ruiz Ortega, Claudia
Among the successes, the project supported the new Liberia Land Authority to pilot key provisions of the Liberia Land Rights Act of 2018, which recognized customary land rights in Liberia for the first...
Type: BriefReport#: 202033Date: June 4, 2025Author:
World Bank
India’s first Regional Express Railway Line will be operated by a Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS), recently renamed as NaMo Bharat. This semi-high-speed train can travel at speeds of up to 180 km/hour,...
Type: ReportReport#: 202016Date: June 4, 2025Author:
World Bank
Climatic shocks exacerbate consumption volatility and seasonality. When facing fluctuations in labor needs and prices, low-income rural households may rationally increase their consumption during specific...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11138Date: June 4, 2025Author:
Pople, Ashley Charlotte ;
Premand, Patrick ;
Dercon,Stefan ;
Vinez, Margaux ;
Brunelin, Stephanie
The East Asia and Pacific (EAP) region’s rapid economic growth in recent decades is
seen as manufacturing-led, but services are important yet underappreciated drivers of
growth and job creation. Although...
Type: ReportReport#: 202034Date: June 4, 2025Author:
World Bank
This report analyzes the impact of new technologies, such as robots, artificial intelligence (AI), and digital platforms, on labor markets in the East Asia and Pacific (EAP) region. Technical feasibility...
Type: PublicationReport#: 202042Date: June 4, 2025Author:
Arias, Omar ;
Fukuzawa, Daisuke ;
Le, Duong Trung ;
Mattoo, Aaditya
In the East Asia and Pacific (EAP) region, total factor productivity growth has slowed over the past two decades. Why this slowdown has come at a time of rapid technological progress is a puzzle. This...
Type: PublicationReport#: 202041Date: June 4, 2025Author:
de Nicola, Francesca ;
Mattoo, Aaditya ;
Timmis, Jonathan David
The brief provides a comprehensive analysis of the legal and policy barriers affecting women's economic participation in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Based on the persistent gender disparities...
Type: ReportReport#: 202030Date: June 4, 2025Author:
World Bank
In the East Asia and Pacific (EAP) region, total factor productivity growth has slowed over the past two decades. Why this slowdown has come at a time of rapid technological progress is a puzzle. This...
Type: PublicationReport#: 202041Date: June 4, 2025Author:
de Nicola, Francesca ;
Mattoo, Aaditya ;
Timmis, Jonathan David
This document provides a comprehensive assessment of the direct commitments and contingent liabilities of the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan stemming from concession and publicprivate partnership...
Type: ReportReport#: 202031Date: June 4, 2025Author:
World Bank
This document collection focuses on the progress and challenges of a multifaceted project aimed at improving educational outcomes. It examines the project's implementation, including its management, monitoring,...
Type: BriefReport#: 202004Date: June 4, 2025Author:
World Bank
The government of India does not officially recognize or use the term- Indigenous Peoples (IPs). IPs in India are constitutionally notified and administratively categorized as Scheduled Tribes (STs) in...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 202024Date: June 4, 2025Author:
Gupta, Neelanjana ;
Singh, Varun
Globally, the overall proportion of the workforce in the agricultural sector is declining, with the proportion of women in the sector also declining. In India, however, while the overall proportion of...
This paper examines property tax administration in Japan, with a specific focus on residential land, utilizing Yokohama City as a case study. It examines the valuation process for residential land, the...
Type: BriefReport#: 202006Date: June 4, 2025Author:
Tanabe, Shin
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