Over the past 25 years, progress has mostly bypassed the world’s 26 poorest countries. Home to more than 40 percent of people struggling on less than $2.15 a day, these countries are the central focus...
Type: PublicationReport#: 195578Date: December 12, 2024Author:
World Bank
This paper examines how the concentration of large firms influences the fiscal multiplier effects of public investment in transport infrastructure. Using data from 1,891 Peruvian municipalities and firm-level...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10997Date: December 11, 2024Author:
James Sampi ;
Guillermo Javier Vuletin ;
J.T. Araujo
The paper advances a framework to take stock of CIT incentives across two interrelated policy objectives: stimulating investment in green sectors and processes; and/or encouraging divestment from dirty...
Type: ReportReport#: 195525Date: December 11, 2024Author:
Kett, Benjamin ;
Hania Kronfol ;
Eduardo Antonio Jimenez Sandoval ;
Schimanski, Caroline ;
Victor Steenbergen
The shift from administrative to market-based valuation of assets is a key part of Ukraine’s transition from a planned to a market economy. This shift will improve the functioning of financial markets...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10998Date: December 11, 2024Author:
Klaus W. Deininger ;
Daniel Ayalew Ali ;
Eduard Bukin ;
Martyn,Andrii
The economy of Kazakhstan has performed strongly since the turn of the century, growing at an annual rate of 4.7 percent from 2006 to 2021. Sustained economic and productivity growth brought higher incomes...
Type: Poverty AssessmentReport#: 195500Date: December 11, 2024Author:
World Bank
This annual report highlights the progress and results that the Sustainable Urban and Regional Development (SURGE) Umbrella Program achieved during its financial year of July 2023–June 2024 (FY24). The...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 195526Date: December 11, 2024Author:
World Bank
Impressive economic growth in the United Republic of Tanzania since 2000 propelled it into lowermiddle-income country (LMIC)1 status in 2020. The country’s gross domestic product (GDP) is composed of near-equal...
Type: Country Climate and Development ReportReport#: 195522Date: December 11, 2024Author:
World Bank
The Drought Risk and Resilience Assessment (DRRA) offers a structured methodology for evaluating drought risk and enhancing resilience. The objective is to transition from reactive to proactive drought...
Type: ReportReport#: 195410Date: December 11, 2024Author:
Nathan L. Engle ;
Lara Loske-Garcia ;
Natalia Limones Rodriguez
Late or unreliable refunds of credits undermine the best traits of value-added tax (VAT) systems and might affect firms' growth and investment opportunities. This paper uses administrative tax records...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10996Date: December 11, 2024Author:
Pinto, David Pineda ;
Bermúdez,Jose Carlo ;
Thiago De Gouvea Scot de Arruda
The Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF) is a leading global facility dedicated to enabling private sector investment in infrastructure within emerging and developing economies by addressing...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 195510Date: December 11, 2024Author:
Jane Jamieson ;
Vanessa Co
In Uzbekistan, the services sector accounts for more than half of all jobs and has been central to the process of structural transformation over the past three decades. In the past decade, the growth of...
Type: ReportReport#: 195524Date: December 11, 2024Author:
World Bank
The Country Opinion Survey in Viet Nam assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better understanding how stakeholders in Viet Nam perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from national...
Type: ReportReport#: 195498Date: December 10, 2024Author:
World Bank
The Country Opinion Survey in Viet Nam assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better understanding how stakeholders in Viet Nam perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from national...
Type: ReportReport#: 195498Date: December 10, 2024Author:
World Bank
This report analyzes the digital technology adoption of Armenian firms based on the findings of the Armenia ICT Survey administered to over 1,900 firms in 2023 by the Statistical Committee of the Republic...
Type: ReportReport#: 195499Date: December 10, 2024Author:
World Bank
The Country Opinion Survey in Viet Nam assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better understanding how stakeholders in Viet Nam perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from national...
Type: ReportReport#: 195498Date: December 10, 2024Author:
World Bank
Economic conditions have deteriorated further in the past six months, with recent devastating floods adding to ongoing challenges associated with armed conflict and macroeconomic volatility. In conjunction...
Type: ReportReport#: 195482Date: December 10, 2024Author:
Kemoh Mansaray ;
Thi Da Myint ;
Kim Alan Edwards ;
Aka Kyaw Min Maw ;
Yashodhan Ghorpade ;
Soonhwa Yi
This report, Trajectories: Prosperity and Poverty Reduction in the Colombian Territory, explores the factors behind the lower capacity of many to lead productive lives in Colombia, particularly their lower...
Type: Poverty AssessmentReport#: 195145Date: December 9, 2024Author:
Maria Davalos
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