This is a statement by H.E Gernot Blümel
Minister of Finance, at the 101st meeting of the Development
Committee held on April 17, 2020. Minister Blümel stated
that the...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 147880Date: April 17, 2020
This is a statement by H.E Azucena
Arbeleche, Minister of Economy and Finance, at the 101st
meeting of the Development Committee held on April 17, 2020.
Minister Arbeleche...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 147882Date: April 17, 2020
This is a statement by H.E Sigrid Kaag
Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, at
the 101st meeting of the Development Committee held on April
17, 2020....
Type: Board ReportReport#: 147893Date: April 17, 2020
This is a statement by H. E. Timur
Maksimov Deputy Minister of Finance, at the 101st meeting of
the Development Committee held on April 17, 2020. Deputy
Minister Maksimov...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 147897Date: April 17, 2020
This is a statement by H.E Nirmala
Sitharaman, Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs, at
the 101st meeting of the Development Committee held on April
17, 2020. Minister...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 147885Date: April 17, 2020
This is a statement by H.E. Angel
Gurria, Secretary General of the OECD, at the 101st meeting
of the Development Committee held on April 17, 2020. The
OECD Secretary-General...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 147905Date: April 17, 2020
Agile treasury operations are critical
and essential to support responses to the spread and
treatment of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). In many
cases, this approach...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 147967Date: April 16, 2020Author:
Smithers,Nicola J. ;
Brumby,James A. ;
Farooq,Khuram ;
Gurazada,Srinivas ;
April,Leah ;
Wickramasinghe,Jiwanka B.
Previous literature suggests that
leaders matter for growth in general. This paper asks which
leaders matter and develops a methodology to estimate the
growth contribution...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9215Date: April 16, 2020Author:
Easterly,William R. ;
Pennings,Steven Michael
The impacts of disasters and the related
recovery and reconstruction needs of individuals and
communities vary. An estimated 15 percent of the world’s
population have...
Type: ReportReport#: 147799Date: April 13, 2020Author:
Robinson,Alex James
The report provides the first primary
research conducted in Tajikistan by the World Bank Group
(WBG) to analyze the youth, gender and local dimensions of
radicalization...
The options presented in this paper were
developed at the request of the Government of Pakistan (GoP)
to contribute to the country's disaster resilience and
overall...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 147381Date: April 1, 2020Author:
Cook,Samantha Jane ;
Tehsin,Ahsan ;
Skalon,Tatiana ;
Rashid,Nasreen ;
Fallesen,Ditte Marie Gammelgaard ;
Khalid,Syed Muhammad Bilal
The Country Opinion Survey in Colombia
assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in gaining a better
understanding of how stakeholders in Colombia perceive the
WBG. It provides...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 150624Date: April 1, 2020
This paper explores the link between the
prevalence of violent conflicts and extremely low female
labor force participation rates in South Asia. The Labor
Force Surveys...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9195Date: March 26, 2020Author:
Robertson,Raymond ;
Lopez-Acevedo,Gladys C. ;
Morales,Matias
Despite informality being the norm in
conflict-affected countries, most estimates of the impact of
conflict on economic activity rely on formal sector data.
Using high-frequency...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9188Date: March 17, 2020Author:
Galdo,Virgilio ;
Lopez-Acevedo,Gladys C. ;
Rama,Martin G.
Growth in emerging markets and
developing economies (EMDEs) has generally disappointed
since the 2009 global recession, with sizable forecast
downgrades in most years....
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9181Date: March 12, 2020Author:
Ruch,Franz Ulrich
Should the China-U.S. trade agreement
prompt relief because it averts a damaging trade war or
concern because selective preferential access for the United
States to...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9173Date: March 3, 2020Author:
Freund,Caroline ;
Maliszewska,Maryla ;
Mattoo,Aaditya ;
Ruta,Michele
In 2018, the World Bank and the United
Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
(UNESCO) jointly issued a position paper on Culture in City
Reconstruction...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 146674Date: March 3, 2020Author:
García, Barbara Mínguez ;
Newman,James P.
Intimate partner violence is the most
common form of violence against women in conflict and
non-conflict settings, but in conflict settings it often
receives less attention...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9168Date: March 2, 2020Author:
Ekhator-Mobayode,Uche Eseosa ;
Hanmer,Lucia C. ;
Rubiano Matulevich,Eliana Carolina ;
Arango,Diana Jimena
This revised and updated version of the
disaster recovery framework (DRF) guide provides new and
improved examples of recovery experience, focusing on
results. It mainstreams...
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