The Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic has
been a truly global shock to all economies, causing a major
downturn in world growth. Fiscal authorities have responded
by running...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 165500Date: November 5, 2021Author:
Bowen,Alex
This note provides guidance on how to
assess a country’s current level of energy taxation and
formulate a policy framework for its rationalization and
expansion. Section...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 164948Date: November 5, 2021Author:
Matheson,Thornton
Roughly a quarter of global
energy-related greenhouse gas emissions come from transport
due to fossil fuel consumption across the sector. As the
world rapidly urbanizes,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 164960Date: November 5, 2021Author:
Pigato,Miria A. ;
Hayde,Erin Kate
This Note discusses how natural resource
taxation can help reduce deforestation and provide
incentives for forest conservation and sustainable forest
management. The...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 164947Date: November 5, 2021Author:
Hayde,Erin Kate
Spatial difference-in-differences
analysis is used to study the impacts of a large-scale
development intervention aimed at improving energy
efficiency in Malawi. The...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9842Date: November 5, 2021Author:
Naeher,Dominik ;
Narayanan,Raghavan ;
Ziulu,Virginia
The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
pandemic has caused a major global economic downturn. This
has affected some sectors more than others. However, the
overall impact...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 165489Date: November 5, 2021Author:
Bowen,Alex
State-owned enterprises (SOEs) present a
powerful and important policy lever for many governments to
implement reforms to achieve their ambitious climate
mitigation...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 164952Date: November 5, 2021Author:
De Kleine Feige,Annette I.
While economic sanctions are successful
in achieving political goals, can hurt the civilian
population. These negative effects could be even more
detrimental and long-lasting...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9836Date: November 4, 2021Author:
Moeeni,Safoura
This report provides an overview of
international experience in the implementation of Green
Public Procurement (GPP). It focuses on the institutional
framework that...
Type: ReportReport#: 165872Date: November 4, 2021Author:
La Cascia,Hunt ;
Fozzard,Adrian ;
Annandsingh Rattia,Diana Carolina ;
Saito,Yolanda
The affordability of nutritious diets is
increasingly used as a metric of how well a food system
provides access to nutritious diets for all. Recent work on
least-cost...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9834Date: November 3, 2021Author:
Schneider,Kate ;
Christiaensen,Luc ;
Webb,Patrick J. ;
Masters,William Alan
These remarks were delivered by World
Bank Group President David Malpass at the COP26 B3W Event
Co-Hosted by Presidents Joseph Biden and Ursula von der
Leyen on November...
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 165833Date: November 2, 2021Author:
Malpass,David
Deep tech companies - those built on
advances in biotechnology, robotics, electronics, artificial
intelligence, and other advanced technologies—aim to solve
complex...
Concrete literally holds the modern
world together. The material and its binding agent cement
comprise a key ingredient in the buildings and roads
essential for development...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 169314Date: November 1, 2021Author:
Villar Mallagray,Juan ;
Anagnostou,John ;
Stec,Marek ;
Tu,Li ;
Schlorke,Sabine
These remarks were delivered by the
World Bank Group President David Malpass~^!!^s in an
interview with Aaron Heslehurst on BBC World on November 1,
2021. He spoke about...
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 165806Date: November 1, 2021Author:
Malpass,David
The framework presented in the report is
intended to bridge the gap between what sovereign investors
will view as appropriately ambitious actions and what
issuing countries...
Type: ReportReport#: 167699Date: November 1, 2021Author:
Flugge,Mark Lester ;
Mok,Rachel Chi Kiu ;
Stewart,Fiona Elizabeth
This paper introduces a micro-founded
methodological framework to estimate the housing deficit
across and within emerging economies. It introduces the
Adequate Housing...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9830Date: November 1, 2021Author:
Behr,Daniela Monika ;
Chen,Lixue ;
Goel,Ankita ;
Haider,Khondoker Tanveer ;
Singh,Sandeep - CSEFI ;
Zaman,Asad
Launched in 2018, PROBLUE is an Umbrella
2.0 program administrated by the World Bank that supports
the development of integrated, sustainable and healthy
marine and...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 165814Date: November 1, 2021
These remarks were delivered by the
World Bank Group President David Malpass and Sky News Ian
King Glasgow, United Kingdom on November 1, 2021. He spoke
about the valuable...
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 165805Date: November 1, 2021Author:
Malpass,David
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