The twelve Pacific Island Countries (PICs) that are members of the World Bank have been experiencing rapid urbanization for several decades and are now experiencing rapid growth in reliance on private...
Type: ReportReport#: 193939Date: October 8, 2024Author:
Asian, Andrey Orlando ;
Campbell, Andrew ;
Hook, Walter ;
Irvin, Andrew ;
Johnson, Sam William ;
Kono, Yoichiro ;
Lieswyn, John ;
Luciano, Damon C. ;
Ooijen, Bram van ;
Rohatgi, Rajesh ;
Turner, Blair Matthew
The Country Opinion Survey in the Dominican Republic assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better understanding how stakeholders in the Dominican Republic perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic...
Type: ReportReport#: 193948Date: October 8, 2024Author:
World Bank
The twelve Pacific Island Countries (PICs) that are members of the World Bank have been experiencing rapid urbanization for several decades and are now experiencing rapid growth in reliance on private...
Type: ReportReport#: 193939Date: October 8, 2024Author:
Asian, Andrey Orlando ;
Campbell, Andrew ;
Hook, Walter ;
Irvin, Andrew ;
Johnson, Sam William ;
Kono, Yoichiro ;
Lieswyn, John ;
Luciano, Damon C. ;
Ooijen, Bram van ;
Rohatgi, Rajesh ;
Turner, Blair Matthew
Zimbabwe is a lower middle-income country with strong human and natural capital and significant growth potential and yet faces entrenched governance and institutional challenges, macroeconomic volatility,...
Type: Country Engagement NoteReport#: 193577Date: October 8, 2024Author:
World Bank
North Macedonia’s economy is expected to show moderate growth in the medium term, with public finances continuing to be stretched. Although the country anticipates positive medium-term economic prospects,...
Type: ReportReport#: 191017Date: October 8, 2024Author:
World Bank
The Country Opinion Survey in the Dominican Republic assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better understanding how stakeholders in the Dominican Republic perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic...
Type: ReportReport#: 193948Date: October 8, 2024Author:
World Bank
This GRADE report provides an initial estimate of the direct economic damages caused
by the August 2024 floods in eastern Bangladesh. Specifically, the assessment provides
an estimation of the direct damages...
Type: ReportReport#: 202410Date: October 7, 2024Author:
World Bank
This paper introduces a new method to identify output growth accelerations that integrates elements of both the “criteria-based” and “break-testing” approaches, which are prevalent in the literature. The...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10945Date: October 7, 2024Author:
de Haan, Jakob ;
Gootjes, Bram ;
Stamm, Kersten Kevin ;
Yu, Shu
Financial deepening contributes to economic development, but its effect on the carbon intensity of production is an open empirical question. If banks finance investments in new, greener technologies, they...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10948Date: October 7, 2024Author:
Fisera, Boris ;
Melecky, Martin ;
Singer, Dorothe
A growing literature attributes gender inequality in labor market outcomes in part to the reduction in female labor supply after childbirth, the child penalty. However, if social norms constrain married...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10946Date: October 7, 2024Author:
Bussolo, Maurizio ;
Rexer, Jonah Matthew ;
Triyana, Margaret
Climate change is increasing household exposure to extreme heat, floods and other natural disasters. This paper examines the differential exposure of poorer households to heat and floods in South Asia....
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10947Date: October 7, 2024Author:
Behrer, A. Patrick ;
Rexer, Jonah Matthew ;
Sharma, Siddharth ;
Triyana, Margaret
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