The Paris Agreement provides a framework
for all countries - both developed and developing - to
voluntarily adopt individual targets, elaborated in their
nationally...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 163371Date: August 26, 2021
This paper documents that the spread of
communism in China was partly caused by state failures in
the early 20th century. It finds that famines became more
frequent...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9754Date: August 23, 2021Author:
Huang,Zhangkai ;
Miao,Meng ;
Shao,Yi ;
Xu,L. Colin
Haiti has the highest maternal mortality
rates (MMR) in the Latin America and Caribbean region, and
low rates of institutional care contribute to high MMR.
Although...
Central America comprises a diverse set
of countries, including two high-middle-income countries
(Costa Rica and Panama), two of the poorest countries in
Latin America...
The World Bank, with support from
Imaginable Futures and as part of the broader Global
Education Policy Dashboard, has created the EdTech Readiness
Index (ETRI). This...
Broadband connectivity is a critical
enabler for modernizing higher education institutions (HEIs)
in their mission of teaching, research, and community
outreach. Connecting...
Type: ReportReport#: 161742Date: August 3, 2021Author:
Melhem,Samia ;
Kelly,Timothy John Charles ;
Park, Lucine Munkyung ;
Hurpy,Charles Pierre Marie ;
Bashir,Sajitha
Broadband connectivity is a critical
enabler for modernizing higher education institutions (HEIs)
in their mission of teaching, research, and community
outreach. Connecting...
Type: ReportReport#: 161742Date: August 3, 2021Author:
Melhem,Samia ;
Kelly,Timothy John Charles ;
Park, Lucine Munkyung ;
Hurpy,Charles Pierre Marie ;
Bashir,Sajitha
The report provides a detailed
assessment of the road sector in Argentina, evaluating the
expenditure of public resources in this context and
informing possible improvements...
Type: Public Expenditure ReviewReport#: 163364Date: August 1, 2021Author:
Raffo,Veronica Ines ;
Jijena Sanchez,Francisco Javier ;
Sanchez D'Ocon,Ignacio ;
Garcia Treceno,Andres
COVID-19 (coronavirus) cases in the
Philippines have surged since mid-July amid the local
transmissions of the highly infectious Delta variant. The
authorities responded...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 162956Date: August 1, 2021Author:
Chua,Kevin C. ;
Cruz,Kevin Thomas Garcia ;
Enriquez,Karen Annette Lazaro ;
Santos,Eduard Renzo ;
Garces,Ludigil Laborte ;
Endo,Isaku ;
Qian,Rong ;
Moller,Lars Christian
This report applies the new World Bank
integrated State-Owned Enterprises Framework (iSOEF). It
covers the overall landscape of the state-owned enterprises
(SOEs) portfolio,...
Type: Public Expenditure ReviewReport#: AUS0002291Date: August 1, 2021Author:
Fiebelkorn,Andreas Henrik ;
Owuor,Christine Anyango ;
Nzioki,Diana Mwikali
Can countries reorient their productive
capacity to become more environmentally friendly and
inclusive? To investigate this question, this paper uses a
standard input-output...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9742Date: July 29, 2021Author:
Taheripour,Farzad ;
Chepeliev,Maksym ;
Damania,Richard ;
Farole,Thomas ;
Lozano Gracia,Nancy ;
Russ,Jason Daniel
This placemaking guide builds on the
experiences of the World Bank Group activity piloting
participatory approaches for urban development in Serbia -
placemaking and...
This document provides guidelines for
food safety specialists and consultants on coaching client
food safety teams. The main objective of the document is to
ensure a...
Following its IPO, Blue Bird approached
International Finance Corporation (IFC) to support the
company’s efforts to strengthen its corporate governance
(CG) framework...
Type: ReportReport#: 162165Date: July 27, 2021Author:
Razook,James Christopher ;
Erkurtoglu Savas,Leyal
This paper examines the long-term
consequences of unsafe public spaces for women. It combines
student-level survey data, a mapping of potential travel
routes to all...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9731Date: July 19, 2021Author:
Borker,Girija
The diversity of life that keeps this
planet in balance is ever-changing but over the past few
decades, it has become increasingly threatened. Poaching,
trafficking,...
Cities will be home to 2 billion new
residents by 2045, and the pressure to develop land in and
around cities is growing. This will pose a great challenge
to lower‐income...
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 159039Date: July 13, 2021
This book brings together recent
research on the economics of Deep Trade Agreements (DTAs).
What are the determinants of DTAs? How do they affect trade
and non-trade...
Over the past decade, Bus Rapid Transit
(BRT) has been seen to offer an effective solution to the
transport challenges faced in many cities in Sub-Saharan
Africa (SSA),...
Type: ReportReport#: AUS0002434Date: July 8, 2021Author:
Fan,Hongye ;
Beukes,Edward Andrew ;
Neves,Philippe
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