India’s Port Community System (PCS) was first introduced in 2008 by the Indian Ports Association (IPA), representing all major ports. PCS 1x is a cloud-based system which was launched in Dec 2018. It brought...
Type: ReportReport#: 193880Date: October 3, 2024Author:
World Bank
Creating a Port Community System (PCS) is complex, collaborative, and costly. An implementation framework helps to set out the crucial steps stakeholders must take on the road to success for the smooth...
Type: ReportReport#: 193876Date: October 3, 2024Author:
World Bank
Sierra Leone’s economic growth in 2023 surprised on the upside, reaching 5.7 percent, but the economy is projected to slow in 2024. While repeated spending overruns have cast doubt on fiscal sustainability,...
Type: ReportReport#: 193883Date: October 3, 2024Author:
World Bank
The Jamaica PCS solution is a modern technology platform started in 2016. One of its key features includes the strategic decision made by the Port Authority of Jamaica (PAJ) to move towards the cloud....
Type: ReportReport#: 193881Date: October 3, 2024Author:
World Bank
The Port Community System (PCS) project in New Caledonia began in 2010 with the aim of digitalizing the port community of Noumea under the leadership of UMEP (Port and Maritime Union). The project is a...
Type: ReportReport#: 193882Date: October 3, 2024Author:
World Bank
The Country Opinion Survey in Burkina Faso helps the World Bank Group (WBG) better understand how stakeholders in Burkina Faso perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from national...
Type: ReportReport#: 193832Date: October 3, 2024Author:
World Bank
The Jordan Economic Monitor (JEM) provides
an update on key economic developments
and policies over the past six months. It also
presents findings from recent World Bank analytic
work on Jordan. The...
Type: ReportReport#: 193822Date: October 2, 2024Author:
World Bank
This paper summarizes the evidence on the growth and distributional effects of digitalization through four channels: average productivity growth, employment and wages, access to markets, and government...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10941Date: October 2, 2024Author:
Gaurav Nayyar ;
Regina Pleninger ;
Dana Vorisek ;
Shu Yu
Global oil prices have surged in recent decades, significantly hurting household living standards. In response to rising prices, many governments introduced fuel price subsidy to protect the most vulnerable...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10939Date: October 2, 2024Author:
Bao We Wal Bambe ;
Chadi Bou Habib ;
Joaquin Marandino Peregalli
This paper uses statistical matching techniques to assess tax compliance and underreporting of labor income in Romania, overall and for different population groups, including among minimum wage workers,...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10940Date: October 2, 2024Author:
Monica Robayo ;
Balaban,Georgiana ;
Wronski,Marcin
The Country Opinion Survey in Burkina Faso helps the World Bank Group (WBG) better understand how stakeholders in Burkina Faso perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from national...
Type: ReportReport#: 193832Date: October 2, 2024Author:
World Bank
The Country Opinion Survey in Burkina Faso helps the World Bank Group (WBG) better understand how stakeholders in Burkina Faso perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from national...
Type: ReportReport#: 193832Date: October 2, 2024Author:
World Bank
This paper provides an overview of issues related to fiscal consolidation drawing on the literature; it distills some lessons from fiscal consolidation episodes using a new database covering 196 countries...
Type: ReportReport#: 192072Date: October 2, 2024Author:
Paolo Di Lorenzo ;
Eric Anthony Lacey
Indonesia is growing at 5 percent amid stable macro conditions. Poverty fell from 17.5 in 2023 to 15.8 percent in 2024, but quality job creation has lagged due to COVID scarring. External financing and...
Type: BriefReport#: 193971Date: October 2, 2024Author:
World Bank
The Nepal Development Update is produced twice a year to report on key economic developments that occurred during the year, placing them in a longer-term and global perspective. The Update is intended...
This brief is developed as part of a series and provides an overview of the empirical evidence
on the impacts of regulatory and worker protection interventions related to digital work platforms. The theoretical...
Type: ReportReport#: 193830Date: October 2, 2024Author:
David Alzate
Robust domestic demand fueled an uptick in manufacturing activity and a rebound in imports of goods and services. Meanwhile, goods exports stagnated because of muted demand for Philippine electronics...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 193831Date: October 2, 2024Author:
World Bank
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