This report provides an overview of the
progress made in 2017 in implementing the Africa Climate
Business Plan (ACBP), a blueprint for climate action in
Sub-Saharan...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 121032Date: May 1, 2018Author:
Cervigni,Raffaello ;
Wang,Tao - QSA
In a resilient city, the logistics and
supply chains system provides efficient and effective
movement of goods ensuring continuous and profitable
operation of companies....
Type: Working PaperReport#: 126005Date: May 1, 2018
The Sahel is experiencing rapid and
disorderly urbanization. The capital cities of Bamako,
Conakry, and Niamey dominate the urban landscape in their
respective countries....
Type: Working PaperReport#: 127145Date: May 1, 2018
For more than a decade, South Africa has
experienced falling labor force participation rates while
maintaining relatively high unemployment rates, particularly
among...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 128578Date: April 30, 2018Author:
Langbein,Joerg Gerd ;
Weber,Michael
The development objective of Hubei
Inland Waterway Improvement Project for China is to improve
inland waterway transport capacity and reliability along the
Han River...
The Internal Audit Vice Presidency (IAD)
is an independent, objective assurance and consulting
activity that helps to improve WBG operations. It assists
the institution...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 126413Date: April 24, 2018
This paper uses a randomized controlled
trial to study the effects of access to agent banking.
Individuals were encouraged to open an account and transact
at a banking...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8417Date: April 19, 2018Author:
Buri,Sinja ;
Cull,Robert J. ;
Gine,Xavier ;
Harten,Sven ;
Heitmann,Soren
Health care access is an important
policy concern, especially in rural areas. It is especially
challenging in developing countries, where rural residents
are poorer...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8413Date: April 18, 2018Author:
Iimi,Atsushi ;
Rao,Kulwinder Singh
Transport connectivity is among the most
important factors in increasing firm productivity and
accelerating economic development. The literature generally
supports the...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8411Date: April 18, 2018Author:
Iimi,Atsushi ;
Rao,Kulwinder Singh
Many development policies, such as
placement of infrastructure or local economic development
schemes, are "place-based." Such policies are
generally intended to stimulate...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8410Date: April 17, 2018Author:
Duranton,Gilles ;
Venables,Anthony J.
This issue of Indonesia daily economic
update for April 13, 2018 contains economic highlights,
including: Moody’s Investor Service (Moody’s) upgrades the
Sovereign Credit...
IEG’s evaluation on pollution and the
World Bank Group commissioned a review of theempirical
literature on pollution co-benefits from climate change
mitigationinterventions,...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 125195Date: April 12, 2018
The quality of Lebanon’s infrastructure
is amongst the poorest regionally and globally. In fact, out
of 137 countries, Lebanon ranks 130 in quality of overall
infrastructure....
Type: ReportReport#: 133345Date: April 6, 2018Author:
Harake,Wissam ;
Kostopoulos,Christos
The quality of Lebanon's
infrastructure is amongst the poorest regionally and
globally. In fact, out of 137 countries, Lebanon ranks 130
in quality of overall infrastructure.1...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 124819Date: April 6, 2018
This paper details the results from the
first comprehensive survey of private firms across major
urban areas in the Syrian Arab Republic -- including Aleppo,
Homs, Hama,...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8397Date: April 2, 2018Author:
Salmon,Kinley Clemens ;
Assaf,Nabila ;
Francis,David C.
A project financed in whole or in part
by a loan from the World Bank, is governed by a Loan
agreement between the World Bank and the loan receiving
agency. According...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 126452Date: April 1, 2018
The recent World development report on
jobs notes that government’s role should be to set
conditions for private sector job creation, and remove
obstacles to creating...
Type: ReportReport#: AUS0000296Date: April 1, 2018Author:
Kuddo,Arvo
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