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
The analysis and recommendations
presented in this paper respond to the request of the
government of Georgia to improve the eligibility assessment
methodology of poverty...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 161390Date: July 2, 2021Author:
Carraro,Ludovico ;
Sormani,Roberto Claudio ;
Honorati,Maddalena
Despite the richness of the existing
literature, it remains a challenge to find rigorous evidence
of the impacts of transport connectivity on agricultural
production....
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9728Date: July 2, 2021Author:
Iimi,Atsushi
The paper recasts light on the linkage
between transport infrastructure and human capital
development. Health care access is an important challenge in
many developing...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9726Date: July 2, 2021Author:
Iimi,Atsushi
Transport infrastructure is an important
driving force for economic growth. Africa has been lagging
behind in the global manufacturing market. Among others,
infrastructure...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9727Date: July 2, 2021Author:
Iimi,Atsushi
Road safety is a major public health
issue in Cambodia. Reducing the number of road crashes is a
priority for the government. Accurate data are needed to
design the...
Type: ReportReport#: 161391Date: July 2, 2021Author:
Weijermars,Dr. Wendy ;
Feypell,Véronique ;
Raffo,Veronica Ines ;
Burlacu,Florentina-Alina ;
Paala,Miguel Enrico III Cabag
The COVID-19 pandemic has socio-economic
impacts on Malawians and there is need for timely data to
monitor these impacts and support response efforts to the
pandemic....
The COVID-19 Business Pulse Survey (BPS)
is a rapid survey designed to measure the various channels
of impact of COVID-19 on firms, firm adjustment strategies,
and public...
In February 2021 the military assumed
power in Myanmar, setting back the country’s democratic
transition, and immediately impacting an economy that had
already been...
Type: ReportReport#: 162100Date: July 1, 2021Author:
Edwards,Kim Alan ;
Hayati,Fayavar ;
Myint,Thi Da ;
Reungsri,Thanapat ;
Beck,Hans Anand ;
Maw,Aka Kyaw Min
Mauritania, a country sparsely populated
of 4.5 million people and a sustained growth of 60.4 percent
in its urbanization rate, increasingly relies on
enhancements in...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 161327Date: July 1, 2021
This paper investigates the land value
creation potential from flood mitigation investments in a
theoretical and applied setting, using the urban area of
Buenos Aires...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9744Date: July 1, 2021Author:
Avner,Paolo ;
Viguié,Vincent ;
Jafino,Bramka Arga ;
Hallegatte,Stephane
COVID-19 cases in the Philippines
appeared to have stabilized in June, albeit at a higher
level compared to early 2021. Lower infections in Metro
Manila have been offset...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 161663Date: July 1, 2021Author:
Chua,Kevin C. ;
Cruz,Kevin Thomas Garcia ;
Santos Villagran,Nicolas Eduardo ;
Garces,Ludigil Laborte ;
Song,Jiyoung ;
Endo,Isaku ;
Qian,Rong ;
Moller,Lars Christian ;
Rab,Habib Nasser
This note presents the results of the
eleventh round of a nationally representative telephone
survey. Data collection took place between June 28 and July
20, 2021. In...
Type: BriefReport#: 167956Date: July 1, 2021Author:
Tsimpo Nkengne,Clarence ;
Tiberti,Marco ;
Backiny-Yetna,Prospere R. ;
Costantini,Marco ;
Koncobo,Zakaria ;
Tiendrebeogo, et Adama
The Country Opinion Survey in Kazakhstan
assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in gaining a better
understanding of how stakeholders in Kazakhstan perceive the
WBG. It...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 168442Date: July 1, 2021Author:
Felzer,Sharon
The City of Shenzhen has China’s, and
the world’s, first and largest fully electric bus and taxi
fleets. Shenzhen. Electrification of public transport
provides an opportunity...
This report presents the results from
the fourth round of a global survey on the impacts of the
Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on the operations of
National Statistical...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 162284Date: June 30, 2021
Economic evaluation methods such as
cost-benefit analysis (CBA) and cost-effectiveness analysis
(CEA) assist decision makers in choosing investments that
will promote...
Type: ReportReport#: AUS0002472Date: June 30, 2021Author:
Estrada,Eduardo Andres ;
Guzman Abastoflor,Pablo Andres
The government of Serbia (GoS) aims to
increase the efficiency and effectiveness of Public
Investment. With these goals in mind the Ministry of Finance
(MoF) had previously...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 161342Date: June 29, 2021
The research titled ‘Human Trafficking:
Addressing Women and Children’s Risk from Enhanced Road
Connectivity in Nepal’, was undertaken to enhance the
understanding of...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 161156Date: June 29, 2021
To understand the longer term
consequences of natural disasters for global value chains,
this paper examines trade in the automobile and electronic
sectors after the...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9719Date: June 28, 2021Author:
Freund,Caroline ;
Mattoo,Aaditya ;
Mulabdic,Alen ;
Ruta,Michele
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