The World Bank has been supporting a
comprehensive program to strengthen cooperative management
and development within the Zambezi River Basin. This program
provides...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 123274Date: February 1, 2018
Gender inequalities in access to
economic opportunity, earnings, and productivity persist
across the East Asia and Pacific region, as emphasized in
Toward Gender Equality...
Type: BriefReport#: 123959Date: February 1, 2018Author:
Schmillen,Achim Daniel ;
Weimann Sandig,Nina
This working paper considers barriers to
private sector finance for low carbon activities in several
priority South African industrial sectors. It does so by
considering...
This second edition of the twice-yearly
Gulf Economic Monitor describes recent economic
developments, near-term prospects, and broader reform
priorities in the Gulf...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 124396Date: February 1, 2018Author:
Shaukat Khan,Tehmina ;
Onder,Harun ;
Hussain,Sahar Sajjad ;
Ollero,Antonio M.
Electricity is the largest component of
household energy expenditures in Serbia. The power sector in
Serbia faced increasing financial difficulty in 2014. High
technical...
Type: BriefReport#: 123444Date: February 1, 2018Author:
ESMAP
This Good Practice Handbook is designed
to provide guidance to practitioners on taking rigorous and
consistent approaches to assess hydropower project impacts
on downstream...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 124234Date: February 1, 2018Author:
Brown,Cate ;
King,Jackie ;
Hughes,Jessica ;
Zakaria,Vaqar ;
Cardinale,Pablo
This paper examines the relationship
between the destination of exports and the input prices paid
by firms, using detailed customs and firm-product-level data
from Portugal....
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 126636Date: February 1, 2018Author:
Bastos,Paulo S. R. ;
Silva,Joana C. G. ;
Verhoogen,Eric Andrew
This newsletter includes the following
headings: (i) monthly highlights; (ii) special focus; (iii)
recent prospects group publications; (iv) recent World Bank
working...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 126642Date: February 1, 2018
After a two-year recession, something
last experienced over three decades ago, the Latin America
and the Caribbean (LAC) region is growing again. The
challenge now is...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 123738Date: February 1, 2018Author:
Abousleiman,Issam A. ;
Araujo,Jorge A. De Thompson R.
This report presents reference values of
the maximum solar photovoltaic (PV) generation that can be
installed in individual nodes of the Nicaraguan transmission
system....
The World Bank has been supporting a
comprehensive program to strengthen cooperative management
and development within the Zambezi River Basin. This program
provides...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 123272Date: February 1, 2018
This study is a first step in the
development of a road map for advancing the action necessary
for the harmonization of tobacco taxes in the CARICOM. It
undertakes an...
The North and North Eastern region of
Kenya is historically underserved and is performing below
national average on development indicators. Poverty levels
are extremely...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 123734Date: February 1, 2018
Countries regularly track gross domestic
product (GDP) as an indicator of their economic progress,
but not wealth—the assets such as infrastructure, forests,
minerals,...
This issue of Indonesia daily economic
update for January 30, 2018 contains economic highlights
including: (i) the government plans to introduce a new
electricity price...
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#: 126607Date: January 26, 2018
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#: 123099Date: January 26, 2018
Although the existing literature
identifies a fuel levy imposed by means of a global
agreement as the most efficient policy for carbon pricing in
the maritime sector,...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8319Date: January 24, 2018Author:
Dominioni,Goran ;
Heine,Dirk ;
Martinez Romera,Beatriz
This report contains the World Bank
Group Boards' calendar for the period of January to
March 2018, specifying the Boards' engagements, such as
meetings and briefings.
Type: Board ReportReport#: 122922Date: January 19, 2018
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#: 123105Date: January 19, 2018
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