The paper explores the properties of a
modern urban model in which households’ and
firms’ locations in the city are endogenously
determined as functions...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9910Date: January 24, 2022Author:
Sturm,Daniel Marbod ;
Takeda,Kohei ;
Venables,Anthony J.
The aim of building resiliency is to
prepare communities to resist, absorb, recover, and
transform from the consequences of current and foreseen
hazards and events....
This paper studies external sovereign
bonds as an asset class. It compiles a new database of
266,000 monthly prices of foreign-currency government bonds
traded in London...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9906Date: January 20, 2022Author:
Meyer,Josefin ;
Reinhart,Carmen M. ;
Trebesch,Christoph
This training manual is developed as a
supporting document to the Disaster Rehabilitation and
Recovery Planning Guide developed by the National Economic
and Development...
This memorandum provides the quarterly
update of IBRD’s lending rates and spreads
pursuant to the standard loan pricing as defined in the Bank
Policy and Directive...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 168245Date: January 20, 2022
How did the US-China trade war affect
global trade? Surprisingly, exports of products taxed by US
or China increased from “bystander”
countries to the...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9894Date: January 6, 2022Author:
Fajgelbaum,Pablo David ;
Goldberg,Pinelopi Koujianou ;
Kennedy,Patrick ;
Khandelwal,Amit Kumar ;
Taglioni,Daria
Algeria is enjoying temporarily
breathing space, as hydrocarbon prices reach new highs and
the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic eases. After peaking
during the summer,...
Type: ReportReport#: 167267Date: December 23, 2021
The Middle East and North Africa Region
encapsulates many of the issues surrounding water and human
mobility. It is the most water-scarce region in the world
and is...
Type: PublicationReport#: 164111Date: December 21, 2021Author:
Borgomeo,Edoardo ;
Jagerskog,Lars Anders ;
Zaveri,Esha Dilip ;
Russ,Jason Daniel ;
Khan,Amjad Muhammad ;
Damania,Richard
Does the internet enable the recruitment
of transnational terrorists? Using geo-referenced population
census data and personnel records from the Islamic State in
Iraq...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9885Date: December 15, 2021Author:
Do,Quy-Toan ;
Gomez Parra,Nicolas ;
Rijkers,Bob
Financial system safeguards against
money laundering and terrorist financing are crucial for the
integrity of the global financial system, but these
safeguards need...
Type: ReportReport#: 166203Date: December 2, 2021Author:
Celik,Kuntay
Violent conflicts present a formidable
threat to regional economies. Throughout the world, border
regions in many countries are possibly impacted by the
cross-border...
Type: Country Economic MemorandumReport#: 166003Date: November 12, 2021Author:
Jedwab,Remi Camille ;
Blankespoor,Brian ;
Masaki,Takaki ;
Rodríguez-Castelán,Carlos
The Lake Chad Region (LCR) is an
economically interdependent area that encompasses parts of
Cameroon (Extrême-Nord), Chad (Chari Baguirmi,
Hadjer Lamis, Kenam,...
Type: Country Economic MemorandumReport#: 165936Date: November 9, 2021Author:
Walkenhorst,Peter
Peace and security are basic conditions
for economic and social development. Conflict, on the other
hand, can reverse years of economic growth and induce
long-term harm...
Type: Country Economic MemorandumReport#: 165933Date: November 9, 2021Author:
Fisker,Peter Simonsen
Southern Africa is highly vulnerable to
extreme weather, climate, and water-related events. The
region is home to approximately 345 million people whose
lives and livelihoods...
Type: ReportReport#: 165901Date: November 8, 2021Author:
Driessen,Tjeerd ;
Groen,Marieke de ;
Singh,Prashant ;
Dingel,Carl Christian
This report contains the World Bank
Group Boards’ calendar for the period from October to
December 2021, specifying the Boards’ engagements, such as
meetings and briefings.
Type: Board ReportReport#: 165777Date: October 29, 2021
Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has
been embroiled in decades-long conflict that has resulted in
the forced displacement of millions of people and extremely
high...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9819Date: October 28, 2021Author:
Kelly,Jocelyn TD ;
Holmes,Morgan Oleary ;
Gibbons,Niamh ;
Matabaro,Amani ;
Voors,Maarten Jan
In 2020, the United Nations reported the
highest number of displaced persons ever recorded; more than
half of this population was comprised of women and girls.
Displacement...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9825Date: October 28, 2021Author:
Kelly,Jocelyn TD ;
Rubin,Amalia Hadas ;
Ekhator-Mobayode,Uche Eseosa ;
Arango,Diana Jimena
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