This paper examines the role of
multinational enterprises in sustainability reporting. The
study assesses how multinational enterprise status
correlates with a company's...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8274Date: December 13, 2017Author:
Winkler,Deborah Elisabeth
The Haiti water supply, sanitation, and
hygiene (WASH) Poverty Diagnostic seeks to inform how to
maximize the socioeconomic impact of the scarce fiscal
resources channeled...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 122047Date: December 12, 2017Author:
Perge,Emilie Bernadette ;
Sanz Uriarte,Zael ;
Jacobsen,Carl Christian Gyde
The World Bank is often called on by
governments to assist them with the process of reforming
their performance management systems and measurement
approaches. Drawing...
Type: BriefReport#: 122042Date: December 12, 2017Author:
Zoratto,Laura De Castro ;
Hartmann,Till Johannes
This report discusses the speech by the
World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim at the One Planet
Summit, Paris, France in December 2017. He informed to
honored to co-host...
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 129827Date: December 12, 2017Author:
Kim,Jim Yong
This public-private infrastructure
advisory facility (PPIAF) - funded report aims to discuss
and disseminate information on how Islamic finance has been
applied in infrastructure...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 122039Date: December 12, 2017Author:
Alawode,Abayomi A. ;
Ahmad,Aijaz - GTPPP
The impact of performance pay in
institutions with multiple goals depends on
complementarities in the disutility cost of effort and how
different tasks interact to achieve...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8270Date: December 12, 2017Author:
Mansuri,Ghazala ;
Gine,Xavier ;
Shrestha,Slesh Anand
Transport corridors to stimulate
regional integration and trade have become a popular
development tool. But when they fail to generate the
expected wider economic benefits,...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8269Date: December 11, 2017Author:
Melecky,Martin
This paper shows that reference letters
from former employers alleviate information asymmetries
about workers' skills and improve both match quality
and equity in the...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8266Date: December 11, 2017Author:
Piraino,Patrizio ;
Burger,Rulof Petrus ;
Abel,Simon Martin
All over the world, people are prevented
from participating fully in society through mechanisms that
go beyond the structural and institutional barriers
identified by...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8267Date: December 11, 2017Author:
Hoff,Karla ;
Walsh,James Sonam
The objective of this report is to
inform the government’s policies and strategies on
urbanization as a driver of economic development, job
creation, and poverty reduction....
Type: Working PaperReport#: 122175Date: December 8, 2017Author:
Bundervoet,Tom ;
Parby,Jonas Ingemann ;
Nakamura,Shohei ;
Choi,Narae
The objective of this report is to
inform the government’s policies and strategies on
urbanization as a driver of economic development, job
creation, and poverty reduction....
Type: Working PaperReport#: 122174Date: December 7, 2017Author:
Bundervoet,Tom ;
Parby,Jonas Ingemann ;
Nakamura,Shohei ;
Choi,Narae
Courts in Sweden have developed an
effective way to gauge user satisfaction and improve the
court user experience through user feedback. Their results
are impressive....
Type: Working PaperReport#: 122136Date: December 1, 2017
The Doing Business project provides
objective measures of business regulations and their
enforcement across 190 economies and selected cities at the
subnational and...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 122089Date: December 1, 2017
A number the 17 Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs) adopted by the United Nations General Assembly
in September 2015 have targets that relate to health.
However, one...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 122029Date: December 1, 2017
Governments and civil society have come
together in recent years to increase the transparency of
business information. New regulations have been adopted to
improve transparency,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 122193Date: December 1, 2017Author:
Novik,Nadia ;
Coste,Cyriane Marie ;
Meunier,Frederic ;
Tjong,Erick ;
Reeves,Morgann Courtney
Developments in the Rwandan economy as
of the first half of 2017 have been mixed. On the upside,
Rwanda's external imbalances have eased on account of
improvements in...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 122107Date: December 1, 2017
To accelerate the pace of
electrification, the World Bank’s Energy Sector Management
Assistance Program (ESMAP) has leveraged core funding from
the Department for International...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 122180Date: December 1, 2017
Bolivia’s primary natural hazards - such
as droughts, frost, severe rains, and hailstorms - are
largely hydrometeorological in nature, and include phenomena
derived...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 122043Date: December 1, 2017
The aim of this note is twofold: (1)
summarize emerging challenges and opportunities for the
water sector in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)
countries; and (2) suggest...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 122882Date: December 1, 2017Author:
Schonberger,Steven N. ;
Mohammed,Nadir ;
Vagliasindi,Maria
The financial sector is currently
undergoing a major transformation, brought about by the
rapid development and spread of new technologies. The
confluence of 'finance'...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 122140Date: December 1, 2017Author:
Krause,Solvej Karla ;
Natarajan,Harish ;
Gradstein,Helen Luskin
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