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 27, 2024Author:
Rodríguez-Pose,Andrés ;
Bartalucci,Federico ;
Lozano Gracia,Nancy ;
Davalos,Maria Eugenia
Uruguay is an economy that is vulnerable
to precipitation patterns, as evidenced during the
country’s historic 2022/23 drought. Yet, and
despite its rich macroeconomic...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10740Date: March 27, 2024Author:
Giuliano,Fernando Mauro ;
Navia Simon,Daniel ;
Ruberl,Heather Jane
Health taxes are excise taxes imposed on
products that have a negative public health impact. Excise
taxation is one of the most cost-effective policy measures
to reduce...
Type: ReportReport#: 187950Date: March 27, 2024Author:
World Bank
The document collection focuses on the
challenges of increasing catastrophic health spending and
the trends in global health service coverage. It discusses
the rising...
Type: ReportReport#: 188715Date: March 27, 2024Author:
Neelsen,Sven
Women are a powerful engine for
international trade and economic growth. As workers,
small-scale traders, entrepreneurs, and producers, their
engagement in export activities...
PPI investments in developing countries
have remained relatively low since the sharp decline which
occurred between 2011-12, with the lowest dip experienced
during the...
Type: ReportReport#: 188723Date: March 27, 2024Author:
Foster,Vivien ;
Ngulube,Mumba
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
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
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