The COVID-19 (coronavirus) crisis has
expanded public direct interventions through state banks and
enterprises to aid economies, but with possible risks to
debt sustainability,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 161118Date: October 13, 2021Author:
Melecky,Martin
Governments have been using technology
to modernize the public sector for decades. The World Bank
Group (WBG) has been a partner in this process, providing
both financing...
Type: PublicationReport#: 164081Date: October 13, 2021Author:
Dener,Cem ;
Nii-Aponsah,Hubert ;
Ghunney,Love Emma ;
Johns,Kimberly D.
International Debt Statistics (IDS), a
long-standing annual publication of the World Bank, features
external debt statistics and analysis for the 123 low- and
middle-income...
Type: PublicationReport#: 165022Date: October 11, 2021Author:
Rucaj,Evis ;
Agarwal,Parul-000490117 ;
Albarran Cortes,Arturo ;
Balibek,Arzu Aytekin ;
Bayar,Kifaye Didem ;
Bolanos Misas,Daniella Kathyuska ;
Church Jr,Allen Charles ;
Huang,Wendy Ven-Dee ;
Pollock,Malvina A. ;
Sukaj,Rubena ;
To,Tin Yu ;
Vellos,Rasiel Victor ;
Zymeri,Bedri
Throughout history, industrialization
has been synonymous with development. However, the trend of
premature deindustrialization and the spread of automation
technologies...
Type: PublicationReport#: 164078Date: October 7, 2021Author:
Nayyar,Gaurav ;
Hallward-Driemeier,Mary C. ;
Davies,Elwyn Adriaan Robin
Bangladesh’s vulnerability to the
effects of climate change is well documented; the evidence
on the direct relationship between climate change and health
focusing on...
It is well-established that bringing
more women into the formal labor force is critical for
economic development. One strategy often cited is further
integrating developing...
Type: PublicationReport#: 166465Date: October 1, 2021Author:
Frederick,Stacey Elizabeth ;
Lopez-Acevedo,Gladys C. ;
Robertson,Raymond ;
Vergara Bahena,Mexico Alberto
Industrialization drives the sustained
growth in jobs and productivity that marks the developmental
take-off of most developed economies. Yet, academics and
policy makers...
The East Asia and Pacific (EAP) region
is suffering a reversal of fortune. In 2020, many EAP
countries successfully contained COVID-19 and economic
activity swiftly...
Type: PublicationReport#: 164561Date: October 1, 2021Author:
Islamaj,Ergys ;
Mattoo,Aaditya ;
Vashakmadze,Ekaterine T.
It is now clear that a narrow focus on
the growth of gross domestic product (GDP) is insufficient
to achieve humanity’s aspirations for sustainable
prosperity. Well-functioning...
Type: PublicationReport#: 165689Date: October 1, 2021Author:
World Bank
The East Asia and Pacific (EAP) region
is suffering a reversal of fortune. In 2020, many EAP
countries successfully contained COVID-19 and economic
activity swiftly...
Type: PublicationReport#: 164561Date: October 1, 2021Author:
Islamaj,Ergys ;
Mattoo,Aaditya ;
Vashakmadze,Ekaterine T.
Agricultural innovation has played a
critical role in the economic transformation of developing
East Asian countries over the past half century. The Green
Revolution,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 166739Date: October 1, 2021Author:
Rajalahti,Riikka
COVID-19 is one of multiple crises to
have hit the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region in
the decade following the Arab Spring. War, oil price
declines, economic...
Type: PublicationReport#: 166464Date: October 1, 2021Author:
Hoogeveen,Johannes G. ;
Lopez-Acevedo,Gladys C.
Although global economic activity is
recovering and output in Europe and Central Asia (ECA) is
expected to grow in 2021, containing COVID-19 remains a
challenge in the...
Type: PublicationReport#: 164872Date: October 1, 2021Author:
World Bank
The East Asia and Pacific (EAP) region
is suffering a reversal of fortune. In 2020, many EAP
countries successfully contained COVID-19 and economic
activity swiftly...
Type: PublicationReport#: 164561Date: October 1, 2021
The East Asia and Pacific (EAP) region
is suffering a reversal of fortune. In 2020, many EAP
countries successfully contained COVID-19 and economic
activity swiftly...
Type: PublicationReport#: 164561Date: October 1, 2021Author:
Islamaj,Ergys ;
Mattoo,Aaditya ;
Vashakmadze,Ekaterine T.
This book documents the productivity
trends in Sub-Saharan Africa in three different dimensions,
assessing productivity at the aggregate level, the sectoral
level, and...
Type: PublicationReport#: 167495Date: October 1, 2021Author:
Calderon,Cesar
South Asia region’s economies continue
on a recovery path, with production and export having
recovered to pre-COVID trend levels. But the recovery has
been uneven across...
Type: PublicationReport#: 164923Date: October 1, 2021Author:
Mercer-Blackman,Valerie Anne ;
Xie,Leiyu ;
Sharma,Siddharth ;
Timmer,Hans ;
Kherous Allaoua,Zoubida
Saudi Arabia is at an early stage of its
demographic transition to an older population, and so it has
an opportunity to prepare early for a rising noncommunicable
disease...
Type: PublicationReport#: 166059Date: October 1, 2021Author:
Alqunaibet, Ada ;
Herbst,Christopher H. ;
El-Saharty,Sameh ;
Algwizani, Abdullah
Despite legal and social advances in the
past two decades, sexual orientation and gender identity
(SOGI) people continue to face widespread discrimination and
violence...
Type: PublicationReport#: 164560Date: October 1, 2021Author:
Cortez,Clifton John ;
Arzinos,Ioannis ;
De La Medina Soto,Christian
This book presents a heavily disruptive,
inclusive, and resilient solution to Africa’s wide-ranging
food security challenges. Specifically, it assesses the
benefits...
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