The development objective of the
National Road 13 Improvement and Maintenance Project for
Laos is to improve transport connectivity by rehabilitating
and upgrading the...
The effects of urban transport policies
on household welfare are a broadly understudied topic in
developing countries. This paper analyzes the distributional
effects...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 125624Date: February 1, 2018Author:
Pfutze,Tobias ;
Rodríguez-Castelán, Carlos ;
Valderrama-González, Daniel
The Framework will cover the entire
country, including both liberated and indirectly affected
governorates. Building on the outcomes of the comprehensive
Damage and...
India manages its food security by
procuring, storing and distributing grain, mainly wheat and
rice. One of the largest producers of rice is the state of
Odisha. But...
Recent developments in the theory and
empirics of growth have emphasized the interplay of
macroeconomic and microeconomic factors in long-term
development. Most notably,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 123982Date: February 1, 2018Author:
Qian,Rong ;
Araújo,Jorge Thompson ;
Nucifora,Antonio
Labour shortages can challenge the
profitability, economic contribution, and sustainability of
agriculture industries. The Australian Seasonal Worker
Programme (SWP)...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 127404Date: February 1, 2018
This paper examines the relationship
between the destination of exports and the input prices paid
by firms, using detailed customs and firm-product-level data
from Portugal....
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 126636Date: February 1, 2018Author:
Bastos,Paulo S. R. ;
Silva,Joana C. G. ;
Verhoogen,Eric Andrew
After a two-year recession, something
last experienced over three decades ago, the Latin America
and the Caribbean (LAC) region is growing again. The
challenge now is...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 123738Date: February 1, 2018Author:
Abousleiman,Issam A. ;
Araujo,Jorge A. De Thompson R.
The Regional Transport Infrastructure
Decentralization Project (the Project) in Peru aimed
toimprove the prioritization, efficiency and effectiveness
of regional transport...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 124414Date: February 1, 2018
Growth in global trade has been slow
since 2012. While global trade downturns are not
unprecedented, the observed change in the relationship of
trade to GDP poses the...
Type: BriefReport#: 123899Date: February 1, 2018Author:
Georgieva,Dorina Peteva ;
Loayza,Norman V. ;
Mendez Ramos,Fabian
Countries regularly track gross domestic
product (GDP) as an indicator of their economic progress,
but not wealth—the assets such as infrastructure, forests,
minerals,...
Transport corridors can generate wider
economic benefits and costs through their effects on a
potentially diverse set of development outcomes, such as
economic growth,...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8302Date: January 17, 2018Author:
Roberts,Mark ;
Melecky,Martin ;
Bougna Lonla,Theophile ;
Xu,Yan
This is the first and final progress
report to the Board of Executive Directors (the Board) on
implementation of the Management Action Plan (MAP) in
response to the...
In poorly resourced rural areas, most
local health services are ill-prepared to manage severe
complications or offer emergency surgical care. Saving lives
in an emergency...
Ratings for the Energy Efficiency for
Industrial Enterprises Project for Uzbekistan were as
follows: outcomes were satisfactory, bank performance was
satisfactory, and...
This paper introduces a new, publicly
available database for tracking merchandise trade in the
global value chains for apparel/textile/footwear, motor
vehicles and parts,...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8296Date: January 8, 2018Author:
Ferrantino,Michael Joseph ;
Schmidt,Gabriela
The globalization of the economy is
influencing not only internal and external migration and
demographic processes but also urbanization in almost all
countries. Big...
Rapidly emerging technologies that
capture, manage, communicate, and use information in digital
form are dramatically transforming the way that farming and
agribusiness...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 126745Date: January 1, 2018Author:
Nielson,David J. ;
Meng,Yuan Ting ;
Buyvolova,Anna ;
Hakobyan,Artavazd
In this Knowledge Brief, authors
highlight the challenge transport costs (TCs) present
towards youth getting a job and some potential solutions to
overcome this challenge....
Type: BriefReport#: 146608Date: January 1, 2018Author:
Romero, Jose Manuel ;
Urquhart, Rob
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