The enabling the business of agriculture
2016 report covers 40 countries in seven regions. Ten topics
have been developed to measure regulations that can impact
firms...
Type: PublicationReport#: 104281Date: March 15, 2016
This paper studies tax withholding on
business sales, a widely used compliance mechanism which is
ignored by public finance theory. A withholding scheme,
whereby the...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS7600Date: March 14, 2016Author:
Brockmeyer,Anne ;
Hernandez Hernandez,Marco Antonio
In an effort to inform the partnership
assembly (PA) about the progress and outcomes of the work
that has been carried out under the partnership for market
readiness...
This report contains the World Bank
Group Boards' calendar for the period of March 2016 to
May 2016, specifying the Boards' engagements, such as
meetings and briefings.
Type: Board ReportReport#: 103828Date: March 4, 2016
This report explores the sectors that
will be instrumental for positive CU impact and
competitiveness in the medium term. The initial chapter
analyzes the gaps and opportunities...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 104735Date: March 1, 2016Author:
Choi,Jieun
In 2012, the Russian Federation
announced one of the world’s more ambitious broadband
Internet development goals: providing 80 percent of Russian
households with ultrafast...
Type: BriefReport#: 103839Date: March 1, 2016Author:
Gelvanovska,Natalija ;
Rossotto,Carlo Maria ;
Gunzburger,Michael Lee
Public Company Roads of the Federation
of Bosnia and Herzegovina (PC Roads FBH) has launched the
Modernization of major roads in the FBH Program for
modernization of...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 104613Date: March 1, 2016
This issue includes the following
headings: Measuring Financial Inclusion around the World; A
New Global Count of the Extreme Poor; Economic Effects of
the Syrian War...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 103568Date: February 25, 2016
Extreme poverty is a predominantly rural
phenomenon, and the poor quality of roads linking remote
areas to market centers is one of its distinguishing
features. The...
This report seeks to shed light on the
ways in which the services sector has contributed to Lao
PDR’s competitiveness and integration into the global
marketplace. It...
Type: Working PaperReport#: AUS8930Date: February 1, 2016Author:
Varela,Gonzalo J. ;
Hollweg,Claire Honore ;
Gomez-Mera,Laura
What will technological change deliver
in the coming decades? And what can we do to determine the
outcome? Technological change in any given society is never
smooth...
Type: BriefReport#: 103148Date: February 1, 2016Author:
Raja,Siddhartha ;
Ampah,Mavis A.
This paper complements the results of
earlier work on factor misallocation. The paper first
expands the methodology and provides two important
decompositions for the...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS7547Date: January 28, 2016Author:
Duranton,Gilles ;
Ghani,Syed Ejaz ;
Grover,Arti Goswami ;
Kerr,William Robert
This paper explores the spillover
effects of job losses via input-output linkages during the
Great Recession. Exploiting exogenous variation in tradable
employment shocks...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS7543Date: January 22, 2016Author:
Nguyen,Ha Minh ;
Rezaei,Shawheen ;
Agarwal,Divya
The World Bank aims to help jumpstart
agricultural innovation by hosting #Hack4Ag in Kampala,
Uganda. Supported by funding from South Korea, the hackathon
brings together...
Transport and logistics infrastructure
is a critical determinant of the competitiveness of a
country's producers and exporters. Well-functioning
transport and logistics...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS7532Date: January 11, 2016Author:
Pieterse,Duncan ;
Farole,Thomas ;
Odendaal,Martin ;
Steenkamp,Andre
Public Private Infrastructure Advisory
Facility (PPIAF) breaks the 20 million dollars mark in
support of private participation in infrastructure. PPIAF
has an active...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 117963Date: January 1, 2016
The World Bank’s official name upon its
establishment was the International Bank for Reconstruction
and Development. As the name indicates, reconstruction came
first:...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 104646Date: January 1, 2016
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