The World Bank Economic Review is a
professional journal used for the dissemination of research
in development economics broadly relevant to the development
profession...
Type: PublicationReport#: 160988Date: February 1, 2020
The central role that business
innovation, the introduction and invention of new products,
technologies, business processes, and ideas in the market,
plays in economic...
Type: PublicationReport#: 145967Date: February 1, 2020
Financial services can help drive
development. They help people escape poverty by facilitating
investments in their health, education, and businesses. And
they make...
Type: PublicationReport#: 160985Date: February 1, 2020Author:
Demirguc-Kunt,Asli ;
Klapper,Leora ;
Singer,Dorothe ;
Ansar,Saniya ;
Hess,Jake Richard
The war in Syria, now in its eighth
year, continues to take its toll on the Syrian people. More
than half of the population of Syria remains displaced; 5.6
million persons...
Type: PublicationReport#: 145190Date: January 1, 2020Author:
Onder,Harun ;
Sayed,Haneen Ismail
Countries that have sustained rapid
growth over decades have typically had a strong public
commitment to expanding education as well as to improving
learning outcomes....
The public investment management (PIM)
reference guide aims to convey country experiences and good
international practices as a basis for decisions on how to
address...
Type: PublicationReport#: 146517Date: January 1, 2020Author:
Kim,Jay-Hyung ;
Fallov,Jonas Arp ;
Groom,Simon Miller
Following the collapse of commodity
prices in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) in 2014-15,
many countries in the region were unable to cushion the
impact of the...
Type: PublicationReport#: 158167Date: January 1, 2020Author:
Blanco Cossio,Fernando Andres ;
Saavedra,Pablo ;
Koehler-Geib, Friederike ;
Skrok,Emilia
Policymakers across the Middle East and
North Africa (MENA) have long tried to integrate their
people spatially and economically. Wishing to bring
communities together...
Type: PublicationReport#: 145925Date: January 1, 2020Author:
Lall,Somik V. ;
Mahgoub,Ayah ;
Avner,Paolo ;
Biau,Julie ;
Chunet,Alex Maxime Julien ;
D'Aoust,Olivia Severine ;
Deichmann,Uwe Klaus ;
Heger,Katrin Miriam Johanna ;
Lebrand,Mathilde Sylvie Maria ;
Murray,Sally Beth ;
Naomasa,Emiko ;
Tello Medina,Diana Cristina ;
Xia, Yuan
The world is becoming less safe and
peaceful. According to the 2018 Global Peace Index prepared
by the Institute for Economics and Peace, 42 countries
experienced an...
Type: PublicationReport#: 145369Date: January 1, 2020Author:
Hoogeveen,Johannes G. ;
Pape,Utz Johann
The World Bank Group Publications
Editorial Style Guide is an essential reference for
manuscript editors (substantive and mechanical editors),
proofreaders, and production...
Type: PublicationReport#: 146677Date: January 1, 2020Author:
Fisk,Mary C.
Global growth is expected to recover to
2.5 percent in 2020, up slightly from the post-crisis low of
2.4 percent registered last year amid weakening trade and
investment,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 144990Date: January 1, 2020Author:
Dieppe,Alistair Matthew ;
Guénette, Justin-Damien ;
Ha,Jongrim ;
Kindberg-Hanlon,Gene ;
Kirby,Patrick Alexander ;
Nagle,Peter Stephen Oliver ;
Steinbach,Max Rudibert ;
Sugawara,Naotaka ;
Taskin,Temel ;
Vashakmadze,Ekaterine T. ;
Vorisek,Dana Lauren ;
Wheeler,Collette Mari ;
Ye,Lei Sandy
Women, Business and the Law 2020, the
sixth edition in a series, analyzes laws and regulations
affecting women’s economic inclusion in 190 economies. The
Women, Business...
Type: PublicationReport#: 145417Date: January 1, 2020Author:
Trumbic,Tea
Gender inequality in Mozambique is
manifested in different ways in women´s daily life. Gender
roles ascribed to men and women together with unequal gender
power relations...
This report lays out why overweight and
obesity is a ‘ticking time bomb’ with huge potential
negative economic and health impacts, especially for the
poor and people...
Type: PublicationReport#: 145558Date: January 1, 2020Author:
Shekar,Meera ;
Popkin,Barry M.
In every city, the urban spaces that
form the public realm, ranging from city streets,
neighborhood squares, and parks to public facilities such as
libraries and markets—account...
Education is a source of national pride
in Lebanon. When the general public was asked how the
education system was performing, 76 percent of respondents
had a positive...
Type: PublicationReport#: 146702Date: January 1, 2020Author:
Abdul-Hamid,Husein ;
Yassine,Mohamed
Technological revolutions have increased
the world’s wealth to a level that was once unimaginable.
They have done so unevenly, however, and in ways that have
accelerated...
Type: PublicationReport#: 147056Date: January 1, 2020Author:
Pagato, Miria A ;
Black,Simon John ;
Dussaux,Damien Claude Robert ;
Mao,Zhimin ;
Mckenna,Jonathan Miles ;
Rafaty,Ryan Milan ;
Touboul,Simon
This study, which includes a pilot
intervention in Kenya—aims to further the state of knowledge
about the emerging trend of disruptive agricultural
technologies (DATs)...
The central role that business
innovation, the introduction and invention of new products,
technologies, business processes, and ideas in the market,
plays in economic...
Type: PublicationReport#: 145967Date: January 1, 2020Author:
Cirera,Xavier ;
Frias,Jaime Andres Uribe ;
Hill,Justin Piers William ;
Li,Yanchao
The erosion of its competitiveness is
raising concerns about the sustainability of
Bangladesh's growth model based on exports of
ready-made garments. To safeguard its...
Type: PublicationReport#: 158241Date: January 1, 2020Author:
Herrera Dappe,Matias ;
Kunaka,Charles ;
Lebrand,Mathilde Sylvie Maria ;
Weisskopf,Nora
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