If trade tensions between the United
States and certain trading partners escalate into a
full-blown trade war, what should developing countries do?
Using a global, general-equilibrium...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8640Date: November 7, 2018Author:
Devarajan,Shantayanan ;
Go,Delfin Sia ;
Lakatos,Csilla ;
Robinson,Sherman ;
Thierfelder,Karen E.
This World Bank Group Boards'
calendar covers the period of November 2018 to January 2019,
specifying the Boards' engagements, such as meetings
and briefings.
Type: Board ReportReport#: 131858Date: November 6, 2018
This paper uses Mongolia's
Household Socio Economic Survey for 2016 to estimate the
distributive impact of taxes and transfers. The findings
show that the system is...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8639Date: November 5, 2018Author:
Freije-Rodriguez,Samuel ;
Yang,Judy
Some of the headings included in this
issue of the Development Economics Prospects Group (DECPG)
weekly global economic newsletters are as follows: taking
stock; weekly...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 132617Date: November 2, 2018
The goal of the Croatia clusters and
global value chain (GVC) assessment project is to enhance
the competitiveness of Croatian firms through the
implementation of the...
Type: ReportReport#: 164351Date: November 1, 2018Author:
Yap,Justin ;
Kilroy,Austin ;
Lapres,Blair Edward ;
Muhtaseb,Sherif ;
Lee,Une J.
This story highlights outcome of
infoDev, a multi-donor program administered by the World
Bank Group, with a focus on entrepreneurs in developing
economies. This piece...
Iranʼs GDP growth in 2017/18 eased
considerably as the effect of large surge in oil revenues in
the previous year dissipated. After undergoing an oil-based
bounce in...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 132553Date: November 1, 2018Author:
Hayati,Fayavar ;
Kazemi Najaf Abadi,Majid ;
Andersen,Maria Reinholdt ;
Atamanov,Aziz ;
Wai-Poi,Matthew Grant ;
Mostafavi Dehzooei,Mohammadhadi ;
Salehi Isfahani,Djavad
Economic performance remains strong.
Accelerating reform momentum after the 2018 general
elections will be key to consolidating and furthering
Bhutan’s development....
Type: Working PaperReport#: 131975Date: November 1, 2018Author:
Ishihara,Yoichiro ;
Lhaden,Tenzin
Most developing countries have only
sparse local wind data. While this may be sufficient for
regional weather forecasting, neither the data quality nor
its geographic...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 132951Date: November 1, 2018Author:
Hansen,Soeren Bo Krohn
In 2017, the World Bank with its
partners launched a new initiative for a water-secure world,
the Global Water Security & Sanitation Partnership
(GWSP), housed within...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 132114Date: November 1, 2018
Real GDP recorded a 5.2 percent yoy
growth in Q3 2018, underpinned by strong domestic demand,
while net exports continuing to be a drag. The current
account deficit...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 142778Date: November 1, 2018
Inadequate infrastructure impedes the
productivity of manufacturing firms, with negative
consequences for the wider economy. This study examines how
water infrastructure...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8637Date: November 1, 2018Author:
Islam,Asif Mohammed ;
Hyland,Marie Caitriona
This report documents the creation of
the poverty map by combining the Integrated Household Survey
2015-16 with the 2013 Population and Housing Census.
Monetary indicators...
Type: ReportReport#: 150932Date: November 1, 2018Author:
Mungai,Rose ;
Nguyen,Minh Cong ;
Pradhan,Tejesh Man ;
Scherer,Lauri Shana
This story highlights an outcome of
infoDev, a multi-donor program administered by the World
Bank Group, with a focus on entrepreneurs in developing economies.
Global growth is broadly stable but
downside risks from rising trade tensions are increasing.A
weakening recovery in trade and manufacturing activities is
weighing down...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 133157Date: November 1, 2018Author:
Sanghi,Apurva ;
Emelyanova,Olga ;
Rostovtseva,Irina ;
Levitanskaya,Katerina ;
Gutierrez,Eva M. ;
Okawa, Yoki ;
Nagle,Peter Stephen Oliver ;
Miller,Christopher David ;
Shmis,Tigran ;
Ustinova,Maria
This story highlights an outcome of
infoDev, a multi-donor program administered by the World
Bank Group, with a focus on entrepreneurs in developing economies.
This report presents the highlights and
progress of the Central Asia Energy-Water Development
Program (CAEWDP). The reporting period for this Annual
Report is the calendar...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 132036Date: November 1, 2018
A widely cited report from 1979
suggested that existing wood supplies in Haiti would be
enough to meet increasing charcoal demand until around the
year 2000, but that...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 134058Date: November 1, 2018Author:
Tarter,Andrew Martin ;
Freeman,Katie Kennedy ;
Ward,Christopher S. ;
Sander,Klas ;
Theus,Kenson ;
Coello,Barbara ;
Fawaz,Yarine Sanya ;
Miles,Melinda ;
Ahmed,Tarig Tagalasfia Gasimalla
Governance and Institutions was
highlighted as a Special Theme for the first time in IDA18,
with the World Development Report 2017 (WDR2017) on
Governance and the Law...
This document has been produced as part
of the work undertaken for the World Bank advisory services
and analytics of Land Sector Emerging Issues project for
Turkey....
Type: ReportReport#: AUS0000505Date: November 1, 2018Author:
Grover,Richard John ;
Galić, Zdravko ;
Corsi,Anna ;
Kindap,Ahmed
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