This discussion note summarizes
India’s efforts to strengthen the land rights of
poor and vulnerable farmers through land leasing reform and
provides recommendations...
The global maritime industry is
recovering from a lengthy period of stagnation, but
overcapacity will persist. The industry generated global
revenues of EUR 228 billion...
Family-friendly working arrangements and
policies represent a win-win situation for both companies
and their employees. Extensive research by International
Finance Corporation...
The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the
important role digital financial services (DFS) can play in
reducing disruptions to supply chains, maintaining economic
activity,...
The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the
important role digital financial services (DFS) can play in
reducing disruptions to supply chains, maintaining economic
activity,...
In May 2020, the National Statistical
Office (NSO), with support from the World Bank, launched the
High-Frequency Phone Survey on COVID-19, which tracks the
socio-economic...
This note presents the findings of the
ninth round of a nationally representative telephone survey
(HFPS). The BFA COVID-19 HFPS – Round 9 was administered
between April...
Type: BriefReport#: 167949Date: June 1, 2021Author:
Tsimpo Nkengne,Clarence ;
Tiberti,Marco ;
Backiny-Yetna,Prospere R. ;
Costantini,Marco ;
Koncobo,Zakaria ;
Tiendrebeogo, et Adama
Financial inclusion occurs when adults
have access to appropriate, affordable, and well-regulated
financial services to meet their needs effectively and
improve their...
Type: BriefReport#: 161098Date: June 1, 2021Author:
Hess,Jake Richard ;
Klapper,Leora ;
Beegle,Kathleen G.
Value Chain Development (VCD)
approaches, and building country capacity to adopt them,
represent important operational tools to help World Bank
client countries harness...
Type: BriefReport#: 161241Date: June 1, 2021Author:
Weber,Michael ;
Salhab,Jade
In 2019, the Government of Paraguay
(GOP) embarked on a comprehensive tax reform to simplify and
modernize its tax system. At the request of the Ministry of
Finance...
Type: BriefReport#: 162490Date: June 1, 2021Author:
Canavire Bacarreza,Gustavo Javier ;
Corral Rodas,Paul Andres ;
Farfan Bertran,Maria Gabriela ;
Galeano, Juan Jose ;
Gayoso,Lyliana ;
Piontkivsky,Ruslan ;
Sacco Capurro,Flavia Giannina
The June 2021 Vietnam Macro Monitoring
discusses some of the following topics : The fourth outbreak
of coronavirus has led to the sharpest rise in number of
COVID-19...
Language shapes people’s
perceptions. Discriminatory language in reference to
undocumented migrants in the public discourse leads to
perceptions and actions which...
Type: BriefReport#: 193102Date: June 1, 2021Author:
Crépeau, François ;
Vezmar,Maja
Peru has achieved near-universal access
to schooling, but learning outcomes are generally poor and
vary widely between rural and urban schools. Rural schools
tend to...
This note presents the result of the
tenth round of a nationally representative telephone survey.
Data collection took place between May 25 and June 17, 2021.
In addition...
Type: BriefReport#: 167952Date: June 1, 2021Author:
Tsimpo Nkengne,Clarence ;
Tiberti,Marco ;
Backiny-Yetna,Prospere R. ;
Costantini,Marco ;
Koncobo,Zakaria ;
Tiendrebeogo, et Adama
Land use fees and agricultural income
tax in Ethiopia are levied on rural landholders according to
the size of agricultural landholdings. Summarizing the
evidence presented...
Type: BriefReport#: 162031Date: June 1, 2021Author:
Komatsu,Hitomi ;
Ambel,Alemayehu A. ;
Koolwal,Gayatri B. ;
Yonis,Manex Bule
The use of performance-based school
grants can incentivize teachers and administrators to
improve education quality. Mozambique has a direct school
grant program (ADE)...
Brazil’s poor, northeastern state of
Ceara used to rank among the bottom half of states in the
national assessment of education quality. In an effort to
redress the...
The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the
important role digital financial services (DFS) can play in
reducing disruptions to supply chains, maintaining economic
activity,...
Type: BriefReport#: 172363Date: June 1, 2021Author:
Mestiri,Taher ;
Sossouvi,Kokoevi Ablavi
The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the
important role digital financial services (DFS) can play in
reducing disruptions to supply chains, maintaining economic
activity,...
This discussion note presents the
summary learnings from seven case studies of government and
non-governmental organization (NGO) initiatives to support
land-poor farmers...
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