Fiscal indicators for resource-rich and
resource-poor low- and middle-income countries are compared
using annual data from 1996 to 2012. Resource richness is
defined...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS7552Date: February 2, 2016Author:
Bleaney,Michael Francis ;
Halland,Havard
Simple economic principles tell us that
investment begets investment and wealth creates wealth.
Investment of money alone, however, is seldom enough to
trigger this...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 107208Date: February 1, 2016Author:
Mittal,Rohit ;
Saraswat,Kavita ;
Gupta,Amol ;
Gaba,Kwawu Mensan ;
Bucknall,Julia
This paper uses a global general
equilibrium simulation model to quantify the effects of
lifting economic sanctions on Iran with and without
strategic responses. Iran...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS7549Date: February 1, 2016Author:
Ianchovichina,Elena ;
Devarajan,Shantayanan ;
Lakatos,Csilla
The Pakistan Water and Power Development
Authority (WAPDA) and National Transmission and
DespatchCompany (NTDC) with funding from the World Bank (WB)
plan to undertake...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 105945Date: February 1, 2016
Myanmar has the opportunity to
significantly enhance energy access, starting from a
situation where energy consumption per capita is among the
lowest in the world. Two-thirds...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 103332Date: February 1, 2016Author:
Ostojic,Dejan R. ;
Chavapricha,Rome ;
Wang,Xiaoping ;
Lee,Alan David ;
Myint,Myoe
The power sector of Armenia achieved
remarkable results through first generation policy, legal,
regulatory, and institutional reforms implemented from
1991-2003, the...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 103304Date: February 1, 2016Author:
Kochnakyan,Artur
In a first step, 3E gathered several
available GIS data (Geographic Information System) of
Pakistan from World Bank’s database. GIS information covers
cities, roads,...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 116239Date: February 1, 2016
Some of the headings included in this
issue of the Development Economics Prospects Group (DECPG)
weekly global economic newsletter are as follows: U.S. Fed
held interest...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 104323Date: January 29, 2016Author:
Chen,Derek Hung Chiat ;
Felsenthal,Mark Edgar
Foreign capital in mineral and petroleum
producing countries has historically driven investment and
employment. But the most valuable contribution to long term
sustainable...
This report contains the World Bank
Group Boards' calendar for the period of January to
March 2016, specifying the Boards' engagements, such as
meetings and briefings....
Type: Board ReportReport#: 102934Date: January 22, 2016
This report discusses the remarks
delivered by Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank.
Colombia is already one of the strongest economies in Latin
America. Impressive...
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 129893Date: January 15, 2016Author:
Kim,Jim Yong
Some of the headings included in this
issue of the Development Economics Prospects Group (DECPG)
weekly global economic newsletter are as follows: Global
equity markets...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 104322Date: January 15, 2016Author:
Chen,Derek Hung Chiat
Uruguay is one of the richest countries
in Latin America, and the economic context for this CPS was
one of initially high growth, slowing down during the second
half...
Type: CPF Completion and Learning Review ReviewReport#: 103328Date: January 7, 2016
Development of power transmission
networks requires long lead times and substantial capital.
Optimization of investment is especially critical in
fast-growing economies...
Type: BriefReport#: 106750Date: January 1, 2016Author:
Saraswat,Kavita ;
Gupta,Amol
Public Private Infrastructure Advisory
Facility (PPIAF) breaks the 20 million dollars mark in
support of private participation in infrastructure. PPIAF
has an active...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 117963Date: January 1, 2016
This paper is organized in following
helearning dynamics and support for economic reforms : why
good news can be bad;a helping hand or the long arm of the
law? experimental...
Type: PublicationReport#: 118207Date: January 1, 2016Author:
Wijnbergen,Sweder J. G. van ;
Willems,Tim ;
Henrique de Andrade,Gustavo ;
Bruhn,Miriam ;
Mckenzie,David J. ;
Hariri,Jacob Gerner ;
Justesen,Mogens K. ;
Hering,Laura ;
Paillacar,Rodrigo ;
Dang,Hai-Anh H. ;
Rogers,F. Halsey ;
Loyalka,Prashant Kumar ;
Huang,Xiaoting-000525044 ;
Zhang,Linxiu ;
Wei,Jianguo ;
Yi,Hongmei ;
Song,Yingquan ;
Shi,Yaojiang ;
Chu,James ;
Bhattacharya,Rudrani ;
Patnaik,Ila
Early Lessons from the East Asia and
Pacific Clean Stove Initiative Initial lessons from the East
Asia and Pacific (EAP) Clean Stove Initiative (CSI) confirm
the need...
Type: BriefReport#: 105270Date: January 1, 2016Author:
Zhang,Yabei ;
Adams,Norma
When delegates from Poland signed the
Articles of Agreement on June 27th 1986, Poland officially
became the 150th member country of the International Bank
for Reconstruction...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 104709Date: January 1, 2016
Representatives from the Federal
Government of Somalia (FGS), Puntland, Galmudug, Jubaland
and South West State convened in Nairobi, Kenya for two
knowledge-building...
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