The development objective of the Gas
Storage Expansion Project for Turkey is to increase the
reliability and security of gas supply in Turkey by
expanding underground...
Patterns of exclusion have become
increasingly important for understanding a range of
economic, political and social outcomes, and for
understanding why development...
This is a statement by Angel Gurría,
Secretary-General at the ninety seventh meeting of the
Development Committee held on April 21, 2018. She discusses
on following...
This is a statement by H.E. Maksim
Oreshkin, Minister of Economic Development of the Russian
Federation, at the ninety seventh meeting of the Development
Committee...
This newsletter includes the following
headings: taking stock; and tabular data on major data
releases; activity and inflation; trade and finance;
financial markets;...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 126624Date: April 20, 2018
To what extent does unreliable
electricity provision pervasive in many African countries
affect job creation in the region? This paper addresses the
question by assembling...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8415Date: April 19, 2018Author:
Mensah,Justice Tei
National Wealth is an important
indicator of economic development—it shows if the national
portfolio of assets is balanced to support gross domestic
product (GDP) growth...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 132775Date: April 19, 2018Author:
Smits,Karlis ;
Haiduk,Kiryl ;
Sidarenka,Maryna
This study develops and structurally
estimates a model of household and electric utility behavior
to describe how the low access rates and high connection
charges that...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8407Date: April 16, 2018Author:
Blimpo,Moussa Pouguinimpo ;
Mcrae,Shaun David ;
Steinbuks,Jevgenijs
This paper provides evidence on how the
provision of social infrastructure, such as reliable
electricity, can be leveraged to increase taxation in
developing countries,...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8408Date: April 16, 2018Author:
Blimpo,Moussa Pouguinimpo ;
Mensah,Justice Tei ;
Opalo,K. Ochieng’ ;
Shi,Ruifan
This newsletter includes the following
headings: taking stock; and tabular data on major data
releases; activity and inflation; trade and finance;
financial markets;...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 126623Date: April 13, 2018
A regional workshop on economic
instruments was held in April 2018 in Marseille as part of
the Center for Mediterranean Integration (CMI) Water Demand
Management programme....
Mitigation of greenhouse gases in the
land sector is complex and has a unique set of challenges.
The most significant challenges arise from the
geographically diffuse...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 125270Date: April 13, 2018Author:
Goehler,Daniela ;
Lee,Donna Lynette ;
Roberts, Geoff ;
Llopis, Pablo ;
Waterworth,Robert Michael
IEG’s evaluation on pollution and the
World Bank Group commissioned a review of theempirical
literature on pollution co-benefits from climate change
mitigationinterventions,...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 125195Date: April 12, 2018
This issue of Indonesia daily economic
update for April 11, 2018 contains economic highlights,
including: the government will reduce the income tax tariff
for small...
The Jakarta Composite Index rose 1.5
percent over the week, in line with most markets in the
region. The Rupiah depreciated against the Euro by 0.5
percent but appreciated...
This newsletter includes the following
headings: taking stock; and tabular data on major data
releases; activity and inflation; trade and finance;
financial markets;...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 126622Date: April 6, 2018
The quality of Lebanon’s infrastructure
is amongst the poorest regionally and globally. In fact, out
of 137 countries, Lebanon ranks 130 in quality of overall
infrastructure....
Type: ReportReport#: 133345Date: April 6, 2018Author:
Harake,Wissam ;
Kostopoulos,Christos
The quality of Lebanon's
infrastructure is amongst the poorest regionally and
globally. In fact, out of 137 countries, Lebanon ranks 130
in quality of overall infrastructure.1...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 124819Date: April 6, 2018
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