The key messages of this newsletter
include: (i) Global merchandise trade has stabilized at
levels above pre-pandemic but hides divergent trends for
quantities (weakening...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 167119Date: December 1, 2021Author:
Constantinescu,Ileana Cristina ;
Ferrantino,Michael Joseph ;
Arvis,Jean Francois ;
Dairabayeva,Karlygash Serikovna ;
Gillson,Ian John Douglas ;
Souza Muramatsu,Karen ;
Nyawo,Mike ;
Ulybina,Daria ;
Dubey,Pratyush
This report contains the World Bank
Group Boards’ calendar for the period of December 2021 to
February 2022, specifying the Boards’ engagements, such as
meetings and...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 166540Date: December 1, 2021
During this period, ESMAP focused its
efforts on addressing three compounded challenges facing
developing countries: the COVID crisis; the urgent need to
decarbonize;...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 167295Date: December 1, 2021
Access to infrastructure supports
economic development through both capital accumulation and
structural transformation. This paper investigates the links
between investments...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9870Date: November 30, 2021Author:
Herrera Dappe,Matias ;
Lebrand,Mathilde Sylvie Maria
In recent decades, hurricane frequency
and intensity have increased in the Caribbean Basin. From
2000 to 2012, more than 100 hurricanes impacted lives,
infrastructure,...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9863Date: November 29, 2021Author:
Miranda,Juan Jose ;
Butron,Luigi ;
Pantoja,Chrissie ;
Gunasekera,Rashmin
The International Energy Agency’s (IEA)
new analysis, The Oil and Gas Industry in Energy
Transitions, found that the commitments from the Bank’s Zero
Routine Flaring...
Mobility is essential for economic and
social development, but the transport sector in most
countries is not sustainable in its existing form. Reducing
Greenhouse Gas...
Uzbekistan’s transition from
planning to market started almost thirty years ago following
its independence from the Soviet Union. For most of this
period, economic...
The Amazon Sustainable Landscapes
Program (ASL) is an initiative funded by the Global
Environment Facility (GEF) that seeks to improve integrated
landscape management...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 168555Date: November 18, 2021
The Palestinian economy has started its
recovery in 2021 as COVID-related (coronavirus) measures
have been eased, but sustainable sources of growth going
forward remain...
Type: ReportReport#: 165825Date: November 17, 2021
With a critical decade ahead for keeping
global warming under 1.5-2 degree C degrees, the fiscal
stimulus responses to COVID-19 have presented, and continue
to present,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 166127Date: November 16, 2021Author:
Pigato,Miria A. ;
Rafaty,Ryan Milan ;
Kurle,Jonas Kai
Wealth Accounting and the Valuation of
Ecosystem Services (WAVES) is a USD23 million World Bank–led
global partnership aimed at mainstreaming natural capital in
development...
Type: ReportReport#: 165964Date: November 10, 2021
This paper estimates an urban carbon
dioxide emissions model using satellite-measured carbon
dioxide concentrations from 2014 to 2020, for 1,236 cities
in 138 countries....
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9845Date: November 10, 2021Author:
Dasgupta,Susmita ;
Lall,Somik V. ;
Wheeler,David R.
The Lake Chad region, which is an
economically-and socially integrated area spanning across
four countries of Chad, Cameroon, Niger, and Nigeria in
north-west Africa,...
Type: Country Economic MemorandumReport#: 165926Date: November 9, 2021Author:
Masaki,Takaaki ;
Rodriguez Castelan,Carlos
This report sheds light on the
interlocked long-term territorial development challenges and
the recently realized systemic risks affecting the Lake Chad
region. It summarizes...
Type: ReportReport#: 165925Date: November 9, 2021Author:
Granguillhome Ochoa,Rogelio ;
Hernandez Ore,Marco Antonio ;
Lach,Samantha ;
Masaki,Takaaki ;
Rodriguez Castelan,Carlos
This paper focuses on the impact of
infrastructure on economic development for the countries
around the Lake Chad area, an economically- and
socially-integrated area...
Type: Country Economic MemorandumReport#: 165932Date: November 9, 2021Author:
Lebrand,Mathilde Sylvie Maria
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: November 9, 2021Author:
Cust,James Frederick ;
Herrera Garcia,Luis Diego ;
Lange, Glenn-Marie ;
Naikal,Esther G. ;
Peszko,Grzegorz ;
Agarwala, Matthew ;
Awe,Yewande Aramide ;
Beck,Michael William ;
Chepeliev, Maksym ;
Chonabayashi,Shun ;
Golub,Alexander Alexandrovich ;
Gratcheva,Ekaterina M. ;
Hamadeh,Nada ;
Ilas,Mihai Andrei ;
Inon,Javier Gustavo ;
Karakulah,Kenan ;
Lam, Vicky W. Y. ;
Mandon,Pierre Jean-Claude ;
Menendez, Pelayo ;
Rissanen,Marko Olavi ;
Rivera Ballesteros,Alexis ;
Smith, Robert ;
Sumaila,Rashid Ussif ;
Van Der Mensbrugghe,Dominique ;
Wang,Dieter ;
Zenghelis,Alexis Dimitri
Uzbekistan’s transition from
planning to market started almost thirty years ago following
its independence from the Soviet Union. For most of this
period, economic...
Type: Country Economic MemorandumReport#: 166150Date: November 8, 2021Author:
Izvorski,Ivailo V. ;
Vatyan,Arman ;
Trushin,Eskender ;
Abdul-Hamid,Husein ;
Dalvit,Nicolo ;
Safarov,Maksudjon ;
Iootty De Paiva Dias,Mariana ;
Novikova,Marina ;
Melecky,Martin ;
Ahmedov,Mohirjon ;
Manuilova,Natalia ;
Zorya,Sergiy ;
Nagaraj,Vinayakraj
This note looks at the World Bank’s
engagement in transboundary waters in West Africa over the
past twenty years to derive lessons that can inform and
influence any...
Type: ReportReport#: 165905Date: November 8, 2021Author:
Lajaunie,Marie-Laure ;
Bonzanigo,Laura ;
Fraval,Pierrick ;
Scheierling,Susanne M.
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