This technical note summarizes changes
to how the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) lines up
survey-based estimates of poverty to a common reference
year. The prior...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 188330Date: March 27, 2024Author:
Mahler,Daniel Gerszon ;
Newhouse,David Locke
Over the past two decades, Bangladesh
made substantial economic progress as one of the
world’s fastest-growing economies, having reached
lower-middle-income (LMI)...
Type: Country Environmental Analysis (CEA)Report#: 188631Date: March 26, 2024Author:
Lima,Ana Luisa Gomes ;
Amann,Markus ;
Enrique, Santiago ;
Kumar,Monika ;
Larsen,Bjorn Klavdy ;
Nishat,Bushra ;
Nygard,Jostein ;
Payares Montoya,Daniel ;
Scandizzo, Pasquale Lucio ;
Tsydenova,Nina ;
Yi,Eun Joo Allison
This paper documents significant
investment returns to infrastructure provision in Africa and
reinforces the importance of sustainable investments into
the sector. However,...
Type: BriefReport#: 187519Date: March 26, 2024Author:
World Bank
This paper examines the relationship
between trade and job quality, using productivity and wage
rate data for export and non-export activities in a sample
of 60 countries...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10737Date: March 26, 2024Author:
Aguilar Luna,Luis Alejandro ;
Winkler,Deborah Elisabeth
Territorial development theory and
practice have witnessed significant change in recent times.
This change has increasingly put the spatial dimension at
the center of...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10734Date: March 26, 2024Author:
Rodríguez-Pose,Andrés ;
Bartalucci,Federico ;
Lozano Gracia,Nancy ;
Davalos,Maria Eugenia
This paper presents evidence of
inelastic demand in the market for risky sovereign bonds and
examines its interplay with government policies. The
methodology combines...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10735Date: March 26, 2024Author:
Moretti,Matías ;
Pandolfi,Lorenzo ;
Schmukler,Sergio L. ;
Villegas Bauer,Germán ;
Williams,Tomás
The De-risking, Inclusion, and Value
Enhancement of Pastoral Economies in the Horn of Africa
(DRIVE) project aims to enhance pastoralists’
access to financial...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 188629Date: March 26, 2024Author:
Robakowski-Van Stralen,Anja ;
Roberts,Lisa Caroline
The data for estimating monetary poverty
in the Syrian Arab Republic are outdated. In the context of
data scarcity, this paper aims to propose a methodological
approach...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10736Date: March 26, 2024Author:
Redaelli,Silvia ;
Infanzon Guadarrama,Michelle ;
Moreno Herrera,Laura Liliana
Survey data on household consumption are
often unavailable or incomparable over time in many low- and
middle-income countries. Based on a unique randomized survey
experiment...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10738Date: March 26, 2024Author:
Dang,Hai-Anh H. ;
Kilic,Talip ;
Hlasny,Vladimir ;
Abanokova,Ksenia ;
Carletto,Calogero
Reducing outdoor air pollution can be
achieved by strengthening air quality monitoring and
regulating traffic and industrial emissions. Advancing
existing initiatives...
Type: ReportReport#: 188676Date: March 26, 2024Author:
Baquie,Sandra ;
Behrer,Arnold Patrick ;
Du,Xinming ;
Fuchs Tarlovsky,Alan ;
Nozaki,Natsuko Kiso
With an accessible and attractive
coastline of untouched natural splendor, Adriatic Croatia is
a strategic driver of national economic development. It
boasts rich cultural...
Type: ReportReport#: 188632Date: March 25, 2024Author:
World Bank
The document collection focuses on the
transformation of the agricultural sector to drive inclusive
economic development. It emphasizes the need for strategic
investment...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 188651Date: March 25, 2024Author:
World Bank
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