Rural access is among the most important
infrastructure constraints in rural Africa. Using the
results from comprehensive household surveys and other data
from Ethiopia,...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8548Date: August 13, 2018Author:
Iimi,Atsushi ;
Mengesha,Haileyesus Adamtei ;
Markland,James ;
Asrat ,Yetmgeta ;
Kassahun,Kefargachew
Infrastructure development is critical
to delivering growth, reducing poverty, and addressing
broader development goals. This paper surveys the literature
on the linkages...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8547Date: August 13, 2018Author:
Luo,Xubei ;
Xu,Xuejiao
This report aims to balance the
political economy and geopolitics of transport corridors
with sound empirical analysis. Its goal is to empower key
stakeholders like...
This paper uses a popular web mapping
and transportation service to generate information for more
than 22 million counterfactual trip instances in 154 large
Indian cities....
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8546Date: August 9, 2018Author:
Akbar,Prottoy Aman ;
Couture,Victor ;
Duranton,Gilles ;
Ghani,Syed Ejaz ;
Storeygard,Adam
This paper argues that relying on major
policy distortions to create a domestic automotive industry
through import substitution generates significant costs for
the economy,...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8542Date: August 7, 2018Author:
Martins,Marco A.C. ;
Araujo,Jorge A. De Thompson R.
Urbanization in Cambodia offers the
potential for inclusive growth and poverty reduction. The
proportion of people living in cities is on the rise, and
many of the drivers...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 127247Date: August 1, 2018Author:
Baker,Judy L. ;
Xiyuan Lin, Sarah ;
Phuong Phen, Huyen Thi ;
Kikutake,Natsuko ;
Johnson,Erik Caldwell ;
Van Woerden,Frank ;
Leng,Bunlong ;
Mcwilliams,Katie L. ;
Tep,Makathy ;
Sok, Chamroen ;
Ou,Narya
The Philippine economy grew by 6.0
percent year-on-year in the second quarter of 2018, driven
by capital formation. Growth in services and industry
sectors, albeit strong,...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 129491Date: August 1, 2018
The Country Opinion Survey in Indonesia
assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in gaining a better
understanding of how stakeholders in Indonesia perceive the
WBG. It provides...
Type: ReportReport#: 143176Date: August 1, 2018Author:
Felzer,Sharon
Vietnam's 50 million jobs are a
cornerstone of its economic success. The transformation
toward services and manufacturing, and impressive labor
productivity and wage...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 129380Date: August 1, 2018
Infrastructure development is critical
to delivering growth, reducing poverty, and addressing
broader development goals. This paper surveys the literature
on the linkages...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 129601Date: August 1, 2018Author:
Luo,Xubei ;
Xu,Xuejiao
Estimating ex-ante distributional
impacts of road infrastructure is increasingly important to
better understand the poverty effects of these investments.
This note presents...
Type: BriefReport#: 129437Date: August 1, 2018Author:
Rodriguez Castelan,Carlos ;
Malasquez Carbonel,Eduardo Alonso ;
Franco,Jorge
The review found that the regulatory
environment for implementing Jaminan Kesehatan Nasional
(JKN) is dynamic - in terms of and can cause confusion with
implementation...
This review of the World Bank
Group’s Completion and Learning Review (CLR)
covers the period of the Country Partnership Strategy (CPS),
FY14-FY18, and updated...
Type: CPF Completion and Learning Review ReviewReport#: 129164Date: July 26, 2018
This article analyzes maize value chain
performance in Malawi and Mozambique using data collected
from a market study commissioned by the International Centre
for Tropical...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 136144Date: July 25, 2018Author:
Mango, Nelson ;
Mapemba, Lawrence ;
Tchale,Hardwick ;
Makate, Clifton ;
Dunjana, Nothando ;
Lundy,Mark
East Asia, for long the epitome of
successful engagement in trade, faces serious challenges:
technological change that may threaten the very model of
labor intensive...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8533Date: July 13, 2018Author:
Constantinescu,Ileana Cristina ;
Mattoo,Aaditya ;
Ruta,Michele
Global value chain participation affects
the exchange rate pass-through to export prices and export
volumes. The paper develops a partial equilibrium model of
international...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8535Date: July 13, 2018Author:
De Soyres,Francois Michel Marie Raphael ;
Frohm,Erik ;
Gunnella,Vanessa ;
Pavlova,Elena
A unique strategic opportunity beckons
Bangladesh. Dhaka, the economic powerhouse of the country,
stands on the cusp of a dramatic transformation that could
make it...
Type: PublicationReport#: 128324Date: July 12, 2018Author:
Bird,Julia Helen ;
Li,Yue-000316086 ;
Rahman,Hossain Zillur ;
Rama,Martin G. ;
Venables,Anthony J.
This paper examines the impact of the
quality of the business environment as well as the
monitoring capacity of the tax agency on firms' tax
evasion and production decisions....
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8522Date: July 11, 2018Author:
Kouame,Wilfried Anicet Kouakou ;
Goyette,Jonathan
On 9 and 10 July 2018 a workshop was
held in Belgrade as part of the preparatory work towards the
first phase of the multi-phase Western Balkans trade and
transport...
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