Countries exiting conflict and fragility
face many urgent priorities and almost invariably suffer
from substantial infrastructure deficits. There is typically
very little...
Type: PublicationReport#: 139117Date: July 10, 2019
This paper estimates the impact of
market access liberalization in high-income countries on
sub-Saharan African exports. The methodology exploits the
large reduction...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8936Date: July 10, 2019Author:
Van Biesebroeck,Johannes ;
Zaurino,Elena
This paper studies the effects of global
and domestic inflation shocks on core price inflation in 105
countries between 1970 and 2016, by using a heterogeneous
panel...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8934Date: July 9, 2019Author:
Ha,Jongrim ;
Ivanova,Anna ;
Montiel,Peter J. ;
Pedroni,Peter Louis
This brief contains the economic
highlights of Indonesia as of July 3, 2019. PT Pertamina has
aqreed to purchase 116.9 thousand barrels per day (MBCD)
from local private...
This brief contains the economic
highlights of Indonesia as of July 2, 2019. The result of
coordination meeting held by Ministry of Economic
Coordinator decided to...
With ninety-three percent population
having access to electricity, Bangladesh has significantly
increased electricity generation capacity. Yet, its
per-capita electricity...
This technical guide is the third in a
series of four technical guides on variable renewable energy
(VRE) grid integration produced by the Energy Sector
Management Assistance...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 139061Date: July 1, 2019
This technical guide is the first in a
series of four technical guides on variable renewable energy
(VRE) grid integration produced by the Energy Sector
Management Assistance...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 139059Date: July 1, 2019Author:
Martinez Romero,Silvia ;
Song,Chong Suk ;
Schroeder,Martin ;
Radjabli,Kiamran ;
Jackson,Chris Edward ;
Koehrer,Fabian ;
Fernandez, Paulo Cesar ;
Aubut, Noel ;
Prud'Homme, Pascal ;
Bastien, Sylvia ;
De Cristofaro, Alessandro ;
Marletta, Gaetano
Inadequate feeding practices are often a
critical driver of poor nutritional outcomes in children.WHO
recommends exclusive breastfeeding up to six months of age,
after...
The Bhutan Forest Note articulates
opportunities for supporting Bhutan's sustainable
development aspirations, including its constitutional
commitment to maintain at...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 138917Date: July 1, 2019
The country opinion survey in China
assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in gaining a better
understanding of how stakeholders in China perceive the WBG.
It provides the...
Type: ReportReport#: 143406Date: July 1, 2019Author:
Felzer,Sharon
Niger's risk of external and
overall public debt distress is rated "moderate"
as in the previous DSA. While all thresholds are observed in
the baseline, the PV of PPG...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 142483Date: July 1, 2019
Due to the low and flat topography,
Bangladesh is highly vulnerable to natural disasters,
especially in its coastal zones. From 1980 to 2000, nearly
sixty percent of...
Despite its small population and land
area, Bhutan is among the most rapidly urbanizing countries
in South Asia. While this urbanization parallels robust
economic growth...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 138060Date: July 1, 2019Author:
Ishihara,Yoichiro ;
Lhaden,Tenzin
This technical guide is the second in a
series of four technical guides on variable renewable energy
(VRE) grid integration produced by the Energy Sector
Management...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 139060Date: July 1, 2019Author:
Martinez Romero,Silvia ;
Song,Chong Suk ;
Schroeder,Martin ;
Radjabli,Kiamran ;
Jackson,Chris Edward ;
Koehrer,Fabian ;
Fernandez, Paulo Cesar ;
Aubut, Noel ;
Prud'Homme, Pascal ;
Bastien, Sylvia ;
De Cristofaro, Alessandro ;
Marletta, Gaetano
In the last several decades, Bangladesh
witnessed a steady decline in forest cover. Largely driven
by unsustainable logging, conversion of forest areas into
settlements,...
Over the last year, the carbon finance
(CF) assist as one of the key World Bank initiatives on
climate action has continued to support these developments
through various...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 139593Date: July 1, 2019
Good financial governance is an
essential element of Somalia’s state and
institution-building process. The financial governance
committee (FGC) has identified seven...
The Nepal-India Electricity Transmission
and Trade Project seeks to establish cross-border
transmission capacity between India and Nepal of about
thousand Megawatt (MW)...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 141012Date: July 1, 2019
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