Territorial development theory and practice have witnessed significant change in recent times. This change has increasingly put the spatial dimension at the center of development policies. Although agglomeration-focused...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10734Date: March 27, 2024Author:
Bartalucci, Federico ;
Davalos, Maria ;
Lozano Gracia, Nancy ;
Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés
This paper examines the role of firm dynamics in aggregate total factor productivity, job flows, and wage inequality in Ecuador. Utilizing a comprehensive employer-employee dataset, the paper documents...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10739Date: March 27, 2024Author:
Ferro, Esteban ;
Patino Pena, Fausto Andres
Health taxes are excise taxes imposed on products that have a negative public health impact. Excise taxation is one of the most cost-effective policy measures to reduce consumption of these products, while...
Type: ReportReport#: 187950Date: March 27, 2024Author:
World Bank
Uruguay is an economy that is vulnerable to precipitation patterns, as evidenced during the country’s historic 2022/23 drought. Yet, and despite its rich macroeconomic and climate data environment, the...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10740Date: March 27, 2024Author:
Giuliano, Fernando Mauro ;
Navia Simon, Daniel ;
Ruberl, Heather Jane
The document collection focuses on the challenges of increasing catastrophic health spending and the trends in global health service coverage. It discusses the rising financial burden on individuals and...
Type: ReportReport#: 188715Date: March 27, 2024Author:
Neelsen, Sven
Women are a powerful engine for international trade and economic growth. As workers, small-scale traders, entrepreneurs, and producers, their engagement in export activities has the potential not only...
Type: BriefReport#: 188673Date: March 27, 2024Author:
Gurbuz Cuneo, Alev ;
Laperle-Forget, Lolita
PPI investments in developing countries have remained relatively low since the sharp decline which occurred between 2011-12, with the lowest dip experienced during the Covid-19 pandemic period. We study...
Type: ReportReport#: 188723Date: March 27, 2024Author:
Foster, Vivien ;
Ngulube, Mumba
This technical note summarizes changes to how the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) lines up survey-based estimates of poverty to a common reference year. The prior line-up method assumed that welfare...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 188330Date: March 27, 2024Author:
Mahler, Daniel Gerszon ;
Newhouse, David Locke
This paper documents significant investment returns to infrastructure provision in Africa and reinforces the importance of sustainable investments into the sector. However, the quest to expand infrastructure...
Type: BriefReport#: 187519Date: March 26, 2024Author:
World Bank
This paper examines the relationship between trade and job quality, using productivity and wage rate data for export and non-export activities in a sample of 60 countries across all income levels and 45...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10737Date: March 26, 2024Author:
Luna, Luis Aguilar ;
Winkler, Deborah Elisabeth
This paper presents evidence of inelastic demand in the market for risky sovereign bonds and examines its interplay with government policies. The methodology combines bond-level evidence with a structural...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10735Date: March 26, 2024Author:
Moretti, Matías ;
Pandolfi, Lorenzo ;
Schmukler, Sergio L. ;
Villegas Bauer, Germán ;
Williams, Tomás
The data for estimating monetary poverty in the Syrian Arab Republic are outdated. In the context of data scarcity, this paper aims to propose a methodological approach to address the knowledge gap regarding...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10736Date: March 26, 2024Author:
Infanzon Guadarrama, Michelle ;
Moreno Herrera, Laura Liliana ;
Redaelli, Silvia
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