In Recife, Brazil, the water and sanitation utility company is responsible for constructing the public sewerage network. However, connecting a house to the available network in the street is each household’s...
Type: BriefReport#: 186381Date: December 11, 2023Author:
Brescianini, Juliana Neves Soares ;
Castaneda Nunez, Jorge Luis ;
Dill, Helena ;
Finamor Pfeifer, Flora ;
Marques, Murilo De Carvalho ;
Santos, Leonardo Gill Correia
With today being Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Day, many stakeholders are rightly concerned about the stalling progress towards the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG3), Good Health and Well-being, of...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 192840Date: December 11, 2023Author:
Andrews, Kathryn ;
Fan, Victoria ;
Sharma, Jigyasa
The Recife Metropolitan Region (RMR), located in the state of Pernambuco in Northeast Brazil, has 4.1 million inhabitants, of which 99% have access to water and 34% (SNIS, 2019) to sanitation. However,...
Type: BriefReport#: 186991Date: December 11, 2023Author:
Brescianini, Juliana Neves Soares ;
Castaneda Nunez, Jorge Luis ;
Correia Santos, Leonardo Gill ;
De Carvalho Marques, Murilo ;
Dill, Helena Cristina ;
Finamor Pfeifer, Flora
How does the misallocation of complementary public capital affect the spatial organization of economic activity? To answer this question, this paper endogenizes the government’s decision to invest in the...
Type: ReportReport#: 188724Date: December 11, 2023Author:
Fidel Pérez-Sebastián ;
Serrano Quintero, Rafael ;
Steinbuks, Jevgenijs
This paper uses the introduction of preparatory school classes targeting six-year-old children in Romania to study whether universal, compulsory, public care provision could increase female employment....
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10638Date: December 11, 2023Author:
Robayo, Monica ;
Rude, Britta Laurin
The report explores modeling approaches, designs, and impacts of CGE modeling exercises carried out for energy subsidy reforms in different country settings. The report reviews approaches used as part...
All countries across South Asia, faced with the rising risks of COVID-19 infection rates, implemented severe economic lockdowns in early 2020 with varying frequencies and time periods. While the exact...
Type: ReportReport#: 170407Date: December 11, 2023Author:
World Bank
Trade and labor markets are intimately connected. This connection presents governments with a dual economic challenge that cannot be resolved without social compromise: maximizing aggregate gains but minimizing...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10637Date: December 11, 2023Author:
Shepherd, Ben ;
Winkler, Deborah Elisabeth
The world’s population is aging at dramatic speed. By 2050, most of the world’s seniors (aged 65+) will be living in what are currently low- and middle-income countries. Aging will require low- and middle-income...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10636Date: December 11, 2023Author:
Johansson de Silva, Sara ;
Santos, Indhira Vanessa
This Country Economic Memorandum (CEM) argues for a significant shift in policy to enable a virtuous cycle of sustained and inclusive economic growth, outlined in
five building blocks. Chapter 1 identifies...
Type: Country Economic MemorandumReport#: 186383Date: December 11, 2023Author:
World Bank
Despite substantial offshore tax evasion, Argentines disclosed assets worth 21 percent of GDP under a tax amnesty in 2016. This paper studies how enforcement initiatives impact individuals' tax behavior,...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10639Date: December 11, 2023Author:
Londoño-Vélez, Juliana ;
Tortarolo, Dario
This Country Economic Memorandum (CEM) argues for a significant shift in policy to enable a virtuous cycle of sustained and inclusive economic growth, outlined in
five building blocks. Chapter 1 identifies...
Type: Country Economic MemorandumReport#: 186383Date: December 11, 2023Author:
World Bank
As developing nations grapple with the largefinancing needs required to achieve our climate goals, the urgency to mobilize sub stantial capital towards communities, nature, and broader developmental efforts...
Type: ReportReport#: 186332Date: December 9, 2023Author:
World Bank
The World Bank and the government of Japan established the Quality Infrastructure Investment (QII) Partnership to scale up attention to the QII Principles endorsed by the G20. Adhering to these principles...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 186289Date: December 8, 2023Author:
World Bank
This report identifies and estimates the Nepal government’s contingent liabilities from natural disasters. It provides an overview of the current risk landscape and identifies challenges in managing disaster...
Type: ReportReport#: 186329Date: December 8, 2023Author:
World Bank
The Country Opinion Survey in South Africa assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better understanding how stakeholders in South Africa perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from...
Type: ReportReport#: 187551Date: December 8, 2023Author:
World Bank
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