Industrialization drove the sustained
growth in jobs and productivity that marked the
developmental take-off of most developed economies. Yet,
with emerging global trends...
This study explores the far-reaching
economic consequences emerging from the archipelagic nature
of most Pacific Island countries (PICs). The dispersion of
populations...
Type: ReportReport#: 157858Date: April 1, 2021Author:
Utz,Robert Johann ;
Butcher-Gollach,Colleen ;
Craig,David ;
Dornan,Matthew Selwyn ;
Edwards,Kim Alan ;
Halstead,Imogen Cara ;
Hasanov,Rashad ;
Horscroft,Virginia Ann ;
Naidoo,Darian ;
Piatkov,Veronica ;
Saldivar-Sali,Artessa ;
Shi,Stone ;
Xia,Boer
This note proposes a high-level
framework to assess challenges and policy options to
enabling private sector-led investment in 5G connectivity in
emerging markets. 5G...
Type: BriefReport#: 159249Date: April 1, 2021Author:
Houngbonon,Georges Vivien ;
Rossotto,Carlo Maria ;
Strusani,Davide
This newsletter on COVID-19 trade watch
for March 2021 has the following sub-headings: (a) Principal
findings; (b) Merchandise trade in focus; (c) Logistics in
focus;...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 157903Date: March 31, 2021Author:
Ferrantino,Michael Joseph ;
Arvis,Jean Francois ;
Constantinescu,Ileana Cristina ;
Dairabayeva,Karlygash Serikovna ;
Gillson,Ian John Douglas ;
Souza Muramatsu,Karen ;
Ulybina,Daria
During the last two decades, ECOWAS
countries have managed to implement an efficient regulation
that led to market liberalization, fast development of the
mobile market...
Type: ReportReport#: 157622Date: March 31, 2021Author:
Bezzina,Jerome ;
Mboob,Ida S ;
Jacquinot,Olivier Stephane Andre ;
Southwood,Russell ;
Cotte,Elisabeth ;
Jensen,Michael
Amman is the capital city and economic
and cultural hub of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. As one
of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, it
has a...
This paper studies the effects of
removing transport and trade barriers between Bangladesh and
India on aggregate real income and the distribution of
population and...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9592Date: March 26, 2021Author:
Herrera Dappe,Matias ;
Lebrand,Mathilde Sylvie Maria ;
Van Patten,Diana
Enhancing Competitiveness in the Face of
Disasters presents the case to government decision-makers,
tourism private sector stakeholders, and development
partners that...
Type: ReportReport#: 154015Date: March 26, 2021Author:
Kechichian,Etienne Raffi ;
Takemoto,Shoko ;
Li,Wendy ;
Messerli,Hannah R.
How does trade affect the design of
preferential trade agreements (PTAs)? What is the role of
global value chains (GVCs)? The authors answer these
questions by empirically...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9598Date: March 25, 2021Author:
Baccini,Leonardo ;
Fiorini,Matteo ;
Hoekman,Bernard M. ;
Altomonte,Carlo ;
Colantone,Italo
Rwanda's electronic national
population register (NPR) and ID project was first launched
in 2008 and has since achieved impressive coverage. Today,
the NPR captures...
Type: ReportReport#: 156237Date: March 24, 2021Author:
World Bank
The importance of strengthening the
resilience of cities is more critical than ever, as
unprecedented urbanization is transforming the planet. The
global facility for...
In January 2018, Maseru city officials
were examining results of a Maseru urban planning and
transport study conducted in 2011 in light of deteriorating
traffic congestion...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 157557Date: March 19, 2021
Obesity has long been perceived as a
problem of high-income countries only. This is simply not
true. Obesity has a major impact on national economies and
on human capital...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 157552Date: March 19, 2021Author:
Shekar,Meera
This report presents: country context -
transportation, environment; and city context - geography
and land use, economy, road structure of Goyang, public
transportation,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 157556Date: March 19, 2021Author:
Kim,Ahyoung
The objectives of the report are: to
establish a general understanding of climate change, its
causes, and adverse impacts to development and transport;
give an overview...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 157541Date: March 18, 2021Author:
Darido,Georges Bianco
The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic and
its economic and social effects on households have created
an urgent need for timely data to help monitor and mitigate
the social...
Type: ReportReport#: 157358Date: March 12, 2021Author:
Siwatu,Gbemisola Oseni ;
Palacios-Lopez,Amparo ;
Mcgee,Kevin Robert ;
Amankwah,Akuffo ;
Contreras Gonzalez,Ivette Maria ;
Vishwanath,Tara ;
Lain,Jonathan William ;
Azad,M Abul Kalam
The response of import prices to
exchange rates can be used to predict the effect of changes
in trade policy. The hypothesis of symmetric pass-through of
tariffs and...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9577Date: March 11, 2021Author:
Montfaucon,Angella Faith Lapukeni
There is increasing recognition that
women experience mobility differently from men. A growing
body of literature documents the differences in men and
women’s mobility...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9569Date: March 8, 2021Author:
Alam,Muneeza Mehmood ;
Cropper,Maureen L. ;
Herrera Dappe,Matias ;
Suri,Palak
The Ethiopian high-frequency phone
survey of households (HFPS-HH) allows for a better
understanding of the effects of COVID-19 on households and
provides data in al...
The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic and
its negative economic effects create an urgent need for
timely data and evidence to help monitor and mitigate the
social and...
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