Urbanization is a source of dynamism
that can enhance productivity and increase economic
integration, a principle evident from the experience of
today’s high-income...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 104729Date: April 1, 2016
This paper examines the effects of
market integration on household consumption using data on
seven food and two energy markets across South Sudan. The
analysis reveals...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS7564Date: February 16, 2016Author:
Varela,Gonzalo J. ;
Cali,Massimiliano ;
Pape,Utz Johann ;
Rojas,Esteban
This report aims at providing key
recommendations toward the use of innovative designs in
small infrastructure in Romania. The overall aim is to
compare Romanian and...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 103461Date: January 20, 2016Author:
Czapski,Radoslaw
Although Turkey’s economy continues to
face headwinds which warrant a cautious medium-term outlook,
the new government is well positioned to implement its
structural...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 102800Date: January 19, 2016Author:
Bartsch,Ulrich ;
Yilmaz,Ayberk
Demuth joined the Bank in 1946 as served
as Assistant to the President under presidents Eugene Meyer,
John J. McCloy and Eugene R. Black. He was Director of the
Department...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 104629Date: January 1, 2016
Big data can sound remote and lacking a
human dimension, with few obvious links to development and
impacting the lives of the poor. Concepts such as
anti-poverty targeting,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 107751Date: January 1, 2016Author:
Fernandes,Erick C.M. ;
Jimenez,Daniel Regis ;
Delerce,Sylvain ;
Harten,Sven ;
Kaiser,Kai-Alexander ;
Kelm,Kathrine M. ;
Krambeck,Holly ;
Lemieux,Victoria Louise ;
Gaba,Kwawu Mensan ;
Newhouse,David Locke ;
Rodriguez,Camila ;
Villaveces,Andres ;
Wang,Wei Winnie ;
Adelman,Melissa Ann ;
Gonzalez,Alvaro S. ;
Hernandez Ore,Marco Antonio ;
Khokhar,Tariq Afzal ;
Kilic,Talip ;
Lozano Gracia,Nancy
The Middle East and North Africa region
is in turmoil. Syria, Iraq, Libya and Yemen are in civil
war, causing untold damage to human lives and physical
infrastructure....
Type: Working PaperReport#: 102936Date: January 1, 2016Author:
Devarajan,Shantayanan
This toolkit, commissioned by infoDev, a
global partnership program within the World Bank, provides
guidance on how to develop business analytics, measuring and
learning...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 106055Date: January 1, 2016
The World Bank Group (WBG) Archives
selected the open-source platform Access to Memory (AtoM) to
support the Arrangement & Description program and the
creation of the...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 105333Date: January 1, 2016Author:
Kramer-Smyth,Jeanne
In Bangladesh, urban water supply and
sanitation (WSS) service delivery is inefficient and
inadequate and arsenic contamination has made water quality
a major concern,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 102604Date: January 1, 2016
The transition from the National Program
for Community Empowerment (PNPM) to the Village Law
implementation has brought with it the potential for immense
gains in reducing...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 107873Date: December 31, 2015
This report addresses two questions:
what explains Ethiopia’s growth acceleration?; and how can
it be sustained? In brief, the authors find that Ethiopia’s
rapid economic...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 99399Date: November 18, 2015Author:
Moller,Lars Christian
Evidence illustrates that investment in
infrastructure is essential to accelerate inclusive growth.
Indeed, a number of Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries have
begun...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 100636Date: November 1, 2015Author:
Beguy,Olivier ;
Dessus, Sébastien ;
Garba,Abdoulahi ;
Hayman,Jason Joaquin ;
Herderschee,Johannes
In developing countries, governments
know the importance of broadband for development and
promoting broadband as a way to boost knowledge in society
has now entered...
Type: World Development ReportReport#: 102959Date: November 1, 2015Author:
Garcia,Jose Marino
During the period of July 21st, 2015
through September 15th, 2015, the World Bank (“Bank”)
conducted its fifth annual Access to Information Survey
(“2015 AI Survey”)....
Type: Working PaperReport#: 104184Date: October 31, 2015Author:
George,Hannah Grace ;
Allen,Frances M. ;
Levy Molner,Davinia ;
Tepedino,Isabel
This is a statement by Nhlanhla Musa
Nene, Minister of Finance at the ninety-second meeting of
the Development Committee held on October 10, 2015. He
discusses that...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 100185Date: October 10, 2015Author:
Nene, Nhlanhla Musa
The authors have assembled 1960–2012
infrastructure stock data from 145 countries to estimate the
demand for infrastructure services in emerging markets and
developing...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS7414Date: September 17, 2015Author:
Ruiz Nunez,Fernanda ;
Wei,Zichao
The connections between transport
infrastructure and economic development have been
extensively analyzed in previous research, but little is
known about the cost of...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS7408Date: September 2, 2015Author:
Collier,Paul ;
Kirchberger,Martina ;
Söderbom,Måns
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