The economy of the Democratic Republic
of Congo is not creating sufficient jobs for its young and
rapidly growing workforce. Although the Congolese economy
has experienced...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 123113Date: February 1, 2018Author:
Sanchez-Reaza,Javier
Based on the original Art of Knowledge
Exchange: A Results-Focused Planning Guide for Development
Practitioners, this guide has been customized for
practitioners in...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 123393Date: February 1, 2018Author:
Kumar,Shobha ;
Leonard,Aaron ;
Watkins,Ryan ;
Vovides,Yianna ;
Kerby,Brigitte
The Provincial and Peri-Urban Water
Supply and Sanitation Project for Cambodia aimed to assist
the Government of Cambodia in expanding water supply
infrastructure, improving...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 124167Date: February 1, 2018
This paper uses 1-2-3 survey data on the
Democratic Republic of Congo to analyze heterogeneity in the
informal sector. It empirically identifies three types of
entrepreneurs...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8328Date: February 1, 2018Author:
Adoho,Franck M. ;
Doumbia,Djeneba
The insurgency that has devastated the
North-East of Nigeria since 2009 has resulted in the loss of
over 20,000 lives, the destruction of billions of dollars
worth of...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 123894Date: February 1, 2018
This brief draws from the Tanzania WASH
Poverty Diagnostic (TWPD) report (World Bank, forthcoming),
an initiative of the World Bank Water Global Practice (GP),
which...
Type: BriefReport#: 123627Date: February 1, 2018Author:
Joseph,George ;
Haque,Sabrina Sharmin ;
Ayling,Sophie Charlotte Emi
In 2016, the Government of Nigeria—in
collaboration with the World Bank (WB), the United Nations
(UN), and the European Union (EU)—conducted a Recovery and
Peace Building...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 123893Date: February 1, 2018
Tobacco-use–related diseases are the
main cause of mortality in Moldova, where tobacco
consumption is widely spread, especially among men. In
addition to health concerns,...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8327Date: February 1, 2018Author:
Fuchs Tarlovsky,Alan ;
Meneses Ponzini,Francisco Juan Alberto
Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs) are
the highest national authorities responsible for overseeing
and holding governments to account for their use of public
resources....
Type: BriefReport#: 123744Date: February 1, 2018Author:
Pruefer,Marc-Anton Wilhelm ;
Boyce,Daniel J.
The North and North Eastern region of
Kenya is historically underserved and is performing below
national average on development indicators. Poverty levels
are extremely...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 123734Date: February 1, 2018
This paper presents and discusses the
arguments offered by several sovereigns that have joined a
trend starting in 2013 whereby sovereign and corporate
issuers, especially...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8324Date: January 30, 2018Author:
Velandia-Rubiano,Antonio ;
Cabral,Rodrigo Silveira Veiga
This study analyses how the Syrian
refugee inflows into turkey affected firm entry and
performance. To estimate the casual effects, instrumental
variables, difference-indifferences...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8323Date: January 30, 2018Author:
Akgunduz,Yusuf Emre ;
van den Berg,Marcel ;
Hassink,Wolter
Countries regularly track gross domestic
product (GDP) as an indicator of their economic progress,
but not wealth—the assets such as infrastructure, forests,
minerals,...
The World Bank Group recently adopted
the "cascade framework" to "maximize finance
for development." The cascade recommends that reforms
be tried first, followed by...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8320Date: January 29, 2018Author:
Cordella,Tito
Jharkhand Municipal Development Project
(JMDP) has been formulated to improve the municipal
infrastructure in selected cities in Jharkhand. The project
includes three...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 123111Date: January 29, 2018
Although efforts at soil and water
conservation are routinely viewed as instrumental in
reducing vulnerability to climate change, their impact has
rarely been quantified....
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8321Date: January 29, 2018Author:
Ali,Daniel Ayalew ;
Deininger,Klaus W. ;
Monchuk,Daniel C.
A core insight from early behavioral
economics is that much of human judgment and behavior is
influenced by "fast thinking" that is intuitive,
associative, and automatic;...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8317Date: January 24, 2018Author:
Demeritt,Allison Davis ;
Hoff,Karla
Recurrent cyclonic storms in the Bay of
Bengal inflict massive losses on the coastal regions of
Bangladesh and India. Information on occurrences and
severities of cyclones...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8316Date: January 24, 2018Author:
Bandyopadhyay,Sunando ;
Dasgupta,Susmita ;
Khan,Zahirul Huque ;
Wheeler,David J.
This paper studies the relationship
between information and communication technology, labor
demand, and total factor productivity in Colombia. It
estimates total factor...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8318Date: January 24, 2018Author:
Ospino,Carlos
Although the existing literature
identifies a fuel levy imposed by means of a global
agreement as the most efficient policy for carbon pricing in
the maritime sector,...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8319Date: January 24, 2018Author:
Dominioni,Goran ;
Heine,Dirk ;
Martinez Romera,Beatriz
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