The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
pandemic and its effects on households create an urgent need
for timely data and evidence to help monitor and mitigate
the social...
The food security situation in Yemen
significantly deteriorated during 2020 and has reached
crisis levels. According to the latest Integrated Food
Insecurity Phase Classification...
Type: ReportReport#: 164603Date: September 28, 2021Author:
Geiger,Michael Tobias ;
Tandon,Sharad Alan
This paper presents a new approach to
measuring Global Value Chain (GVC) participation, essential
for informed policy-making. It introduces a tripartite
classification...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9785Date: September 28, 2021Author:
Borin,Alessandro ;
Mancini,Michele ;
Taglioni,Daria
Imports are becoming more important than
ever in world trade in the face of rapid globalization and
the spread of global supply chains. One way to boost imports
is through...
The pace at which markets are evolving,
thanks to the accelerated adoption of digital technologies,
poses important challenges to competition law and its
enforcement....
Type: ReportReport#: 164454Date: September 27, 2021Author:
Nyman,Sara ;
Barajas Aparicio,Rodrigo
The Committee welcomed the evaluation
and Management’s constructive response, noting that while
the evaluation did not assess the effectiveness of the WBG
Fragility,...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 165868Date: September 27, 2021
Globally, wood production and processing
industries sub-thematic priority area (STPA13) cover a
sub-set of the bio-economy and an overlay between the
agro-processing...
Type: ReportReport#: 164455Date: September 24, 2021Author:
Lapres,Blair Edward ;
Bacic,Kazimir Luka
Throughout history, industrialization
has been synonymous with development. However, the trend of
premature deindustrialization and the spread of automation
technologies...
Type: PublicationReport#: 164078Date: September 16, 2021Author:
Nayyar,Gaurav ;
Hallward-Driemeier,Mary C. ;
Davies,Elwyn Adriaan Robin
This report is the synthesis of the key
findings and recommendations of the studies carried out
under the World Bank’s Ethiopia AQM ASA program. The rest of
the report...
Type: ReportReport#: AUS0002512Date: September 16, 2021Author:
Xie,Jian ;
Jia,Wenyu ;
Croitoru,Lelia ;
Guttikunda,Sarath K. ;
Grutter,Jurg
Welcome to Mobility and Development:
Innovations, Policies, and Practices, an online periodical
launched by the World Bank's Transport Global Practice
to disseminate...
What is the impact on intranational
trade and regional economic outcomes when the quality and
lane capacity of an existing paved road network is expanded
significantly?...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9772Date: September 13, 2021Author:
Cosar,Kerem ;
Demir,Banu ;
Ghose,Devaki ;
Young,Nathaniel Virgil C
This study explores how businesses in
Tanzania are impacted by floods, and which strategies they
use to cope and adapt. These insights are based on firm
survey data...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9774Date: September 13, 2021Author:
Maruyama Rentschler,Jun Erik ;
Kim,Ella Jisun ;
Thies,Stephan Fabian ;
De Vries Robbe,Sophie Anne ;
Erman,Alvina Elisabeth ;
Hallegatte,Stephane
This paper assesses the trade impact of
regional trade agreements signed by Georgia. Using
information from the World Bank’s Deep Trade Agreements
database and the Exporters’...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9768Date: September 7, 2021Author:
Neri,Matteo ;
Orefice,Gianluca ;
Ruta,Michele
Argentina’s vast networks of national,
provincial, and rural roads, spanning more than 240,000
kilometers, are critical for the country’s growth and
development. However,...
Type: ReportReport#: 165698Date: September 1, 2021Author:
Kesete,Yohannes Yemane ;
Raffo,Veronica Ines ;
Pant,Raghav ;
Koks,Elco Eduard ;
Paltan Lopez,Homero Alejandro ;
Russell,Tom Hardy ;
Hall,Jim W.
This paper investigates how the
sector-specific source or the changing sectoral composition
of labor productivity has contributed to aggregate beta
convergence, using...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9767Date: September 1, 2021Author:
Dieppe,Alistair Matthew ;
Matsuoka,Hideaki
The objective of this report, as one of
the deliverables of the ASA, is to assess mitigation options
for transport emissions for AA in the Ethiopian context and
recommend...
This paper examines spatial
heterogeneity in the impacts of the early days of the
COVID-19 pandemic on urban household incomes in Ethiopia and
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9762Date: August 30, 2021Author:
Batana,Yele Maweki ;
Nakamura,Shohei ;
Rajashekar,Anirudh Venkatanarayan ;
Viboudoulou Vilpoux,Mervy Ever ;
Wieser,Christina
The share of women employees in the
surveyed institutions ranges from 3 percent to 25 percent
share of women total and share of women engineers and
technicians is even...
This study aims to draw key lessons for
the African Continental Free Trade Area using evidence from
within the region. Although drawing lessons from the rest of
the...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9761Date: August 30, 2021Author:
Kassa,Woubet ;
Sawadogo,Pegdewende Nestor
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