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This database is unique in that it presents consistent and comparable information on the contribution of the SME sector to total employment and GDP across different countries. The dataset improves on existing publicly available datasets on several grounds. First, it extends coverage to a broader set of developing and industrial economies.

database, reflecting the addition of 535 new datapoints, and the dropping of 337 previously included data points now considered to be substandard. This paper is a product of the Development Research Group, Development Economics and the Health, Nutrition and Population Global Practice. It is part of a larger effort by the World Bank to provide ...

extreme poverty. The Global Database of Shared Prosperity (GDSP) is the database that is used to monitor the progress of this indicator. This technical note describes the GDSP, documents the available data in this edition, and highlights the main differences with the 8th edition. All authors are with the World Bank Group.

In addition to the size of the database, this is the most current database with data as recent as 2017. Given a series of recent global initiatives which focus on education quality highlighted in the 2018 World Development Report, there is significant demand for current, credible and globally comparable measures of learning. This database provides

The database builds upon earlier work by Demirgüç-Kunt, Karacaovali, and Laeven (2005). The original dataset covered deposit insurance schemes through 2003. It was constructed through a combination of country sources, as well as earlier studies by Garcia (1999), Kyei (1995), and Talley and Mas (1990), among others.

O.1 Africa Power–Mining Database 2014—and Two Probability Scenarios 3 2.1 Mineral Beneficiation and Power Requirements 33 2.2 Africa Power–Mining Database 2014—and Two Probabilities 38 5.1 Cameroon’s Electricity Law 86 5.2 Mongolia—An Institutional Framework for Planning 87 5.3 South Africa—Anglo American and Its IPP 89

Note: BRI investment is from the WIND database based on publicly available project-level information. High and low protection in investment law indicates protection below and above the median in the sample, respectively. The red dotted lines represent the median values of investment and existing investment protection level in IIAs.

Source: Cross-Country Database of Fiscal Space Spring 2022 update Note: Sample includes EMDEs excluding China. Total debt is defined as a sum of general government gross debt and domestic credit to the private sector and shown as nominal GDP-weighted averages. Sovereign debt ratings are presented as median.

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The fourth edition of Global Findex - the world's most comprehensive database on financial inclusion - offers a lens into how people accessed and used financial services during COVID-19, when mobility restrictions and health policies drove increased demand for digital services of all kinds.