Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) face a disproportionate burden from climate change, potentially threatening the operations and profitability of firms. Simultaneously, firms in LMICs may contribute...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10644Date: December 13, 2023Author:
Goicoechea, Ana ;
Lang, Megan Elizabeth
Amid continuing urban growth and the accelerating effects of climate change, East Asian cities suffer from more extreme temperatures than surrounding rural areas - being up to 2 degrees Celsius hotter...
Type: ReportReport#: 186450Date: December 13, 2023Author:
Deuskar, Chandan ;
Jones, Nicholas K.W. ;
Park, Jane ;
Roberts, Mark
This report specifically focuses on battery energy storage in decentralized off-grid mini grids located in remote areas. It provides an overview of battery technologies used in mini grids globally, demand...
Type: ReportReport#: 186454Date: December 13, 2023Author:
World Bank
The International Debt Report (IDR) is a longstanding annual publication of the World Bank featuring external debt statistics and analysis for the 122 countries that report to the World Bank Debtor Reporting...
Type: PublicationReport#: 186384Date: December 13, 2023Author:
World Bank
On December 13, 2023, the World Bank Group held a virtual consultation on the proposed World Bank Group Gender Strategy 2024-2030 with representatives from the governments of Denmark, Finland, Iceland,...
Type: BriefReport#: 192215Date: December 13, 2023Author:
World Bank
Amid continuing urban growth and the accelerating effects of climate change, East Asian cities suffer from more extreme temperatures than surrounding rural areas - being up to 2 degrees Celsius hotter...
Type: ReportReport#: 186450Date: December 13, 2023Author:
Deuskar, Chandan ;
Jones, Nicholas K.W. ;
Park, Jane ;
Roberts, Mark
This document summarizes the progress made under the first resilience, stability and economic turnaround (RESET) development policy operation (DPO) for which International Development Association (IDA’s)...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 186632Date: December 13, 2023Author:
World Bank
Motorbike-based ride-hailing services are widespread in many of the most congested cities in the developing world. These services often predate the construction of modern public mass rapid transit systems....
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10640Date: December 12, 2023Author:
Bosker, Maarten ;
Roberts, Mark ;
Tiwari, Sailesh ;
Wibisana, Putu Sanjiwacika ;
Wihardja, Maria Monica ;
Yanurzha, Ramda
Communities that host refugees are often concerned about how their labor markets will change. Although high-income countries attract most policy attention, low- and middle-income countries host three of...
Type: PublicationReport#: 186380Date: December 12, 2023Author:
Bousquet, Julie ;
Kebede, Tewodros Aragie ;
Schuettler, Kirsten ;
von der Goltz, Jan
Coaching is used in 90 percent of economic inclusion programs and is increasingly seen as a critical component of such interventions (Andrews et al. 2021). It is a cross-cutting element in economic inclusion...
Indonesia has been successful in navigating the macroeconomic fallout from asynchronous global shocks. Gross domestic product (GDP) growth remains strong though the economy is yet to fully recover to its...
Type: ReportReport#: 186413Date: December 12, 2023Author:
Abriningrum, Dwi Endah ;
Hapsari, Indira Maulani ;
Kaczan, David James ;
Lakatos, Csilla ;
Mansour, Wael ;
Obeyesekere, Sheannal Anthony Manindha ;
Pasha, Mochamad ;
Qian, Rong ;
Rab, Habib Nasser ;
Rahmadanti, Ratih Dwi ;
Silberring, Jana Mirjam
This report presents the results of comprehensive research on cultural heritage and sustainable tourism sector (CHST) and climate change, carried out in partnership between the World Bank and the Korea...
Type: ReportReport#: 185891Date: December 12, 2023Author:
World Bank
Air pollution profoundly impacts welfare, causing more deaths globally than malnutrition, AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria combined. In the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, air pollution levels exceed international...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10643Date: December 12, 2023Author:
Baquie, Sandra ;
Behrer, Arnold Patrick ;
Du, Xinming ;
Fuchs Tarlovsky, Alan ;
Nozaki, Natsuko Kiso
This guide provides a stepwise approach to the implementation of an import and export risk-based inspection system for food safety border inspection. Such guidance is intended to allow food safety authorities...
Type: ReportReport#: 186388Date: December 12, 2023Author:
Sampedro Parra, Fernando ;
Sela, Shane Robert
The aim of this report is to analyze the Dominican Republic’s EdTech policies and practices to better understand the status of digital education programs and identify potential areas for further advancement...
Type: ReportReport#: 186389Date: December 12, 2023Author:
Cloutier, Marie-Helene ;
Cobo Romani, Juan Cristobal ;
Conte Dominguez, Marta ;
Lambert-Porter, Emma Catherine
This paper assesses the medium-run effects of government support to firms during the COVID-19 crisis and whether the effectiveness of this support varied with its timing. Using data from three rounds of...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10641Date: December 12, 2023Author:
Bruhn, Miriam ;
Demirguc-Kunt, Asli ;
Singer, Dorothe
In May 2021, Sri Lanka’s government imposed an abrupt ban on chemical fertilizer imports. This paper leverages this natural experiment to quantify the costs of a lack of access to fertilizer for agricultural...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10642Date: December 12, 2023Author:
Fernandes, Ana Margarida ;
Ghose, Devaki ;
Pinheiro Fraga, Eduardo
Bilateral trade relationships between countries vary across products. Such heterogeneity poses challenges when assessing the economic impacts of trade agreements. This paper estimates bilateral trade elasticities...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10634Date: December 11, 2023Author:
Kee, Hiau Looi ;
Nicita, Alessandro
Trade expansion can create more and better jobs. This paper revisits the linkages between trade and jobs, focusing on employment, labor incomes, and job activities across a large sample of countries and...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10635Date: December 11, 2023Author:
Aguilar Luna, Luis Alejandro ;
Kruse, Hagen ;
Maliszewska, Maryla ;
Winkler, Deborah Elisabeth
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