Enumeration areas are the operational
geographic units for the collection, dissemination, and
analysis of census data and are often used as a national
sampling frame...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 140493Date: August 8, 2019Author:
Sarchil Qader ;
Veronique Lefebvre ;
Amy Ninneman ;
Kastelic,Kristen Himelein ;
Pape,Utz Johann ;
Linus Bengstsson ;
Andy Tatem ;
Tomas Bird
Enumeration areas are the operational
geographic units for the collection, dissemination, and
analysis of census data and are often used as a national
sampling frame...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8972Date: August 8, 2019Author:
Qader,Sarchil ;
Lefebvre,Veronique ;
Ninneman,Amy ;
Himelein,Kristen ;
Pape,Utz Johann ;
Bengtsson,Linus ;
Tatem,Andy ;
Bird,Tomas
In response to rising inequality
following decades of trade liberalization, many countries
are adopting trade restrictions. Can temporary trade
restrictions have long-lasting...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8962Date: August 6, 2019Author:
Emran,M. Shahe ;
Shilpi,Forhad J. ;
Coulombe,Harold ;
Blankespoor,Brian
This paper examines whether political
connections ease financial constraints faced by firms. Using
firm-level data from six Central and Eastern European
economies, the...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8956Date: August 6, 2019Author:
Bussolo,Maurizio ;
De Nicola,Francesca ;
Panizza,Ugo G. ;
Varghese,Richard
This paper addresses three questions: 1)
what would have been the growth and income trajectory of
Syria in the absence of war; 2) given the war, what explains
the reduction...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8967Date: August 6, 2019Author:
Devadas,Sharmila ;
Elbadawi,Ibrahim Ahmed ;
Loayza,Norman V.
The country opinion survey in Costa Rica
assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in gaining a better
understanding of how stakeholders in Costa Rica perceive the
WBG. It...
Type: ReportReport#: 143407Date: August 1, 2019Author:
Felzer,Sharon
The Country Opinion Survey in Paraguay
assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in gaining a better
understanding of how stakeholders in Paraguay perceive the
WBG. It provides...
The Country Opinion Survey in Rwanda
assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in gaining a better
understanding of how stakeholders in Rwanda perceive the
WBG. It provides...
Type: ReportReport#: 143392Date: August 1, 2019Author:
Felzer,Sharon
This paper studies the relationship
between conflict and household welfare by using a detailed
panel data set of household victimization across the most
conflict-affected...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 138454Date: August 1, 2019Author:
Kaila,Heidi Kristiina ;
Azad,M Abul Kalam
IBRD provides the Executive Directors
and Borrowers with regular updates of the lending rates and
spreads applicable to its loan products as set out in the
terms of...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 139815Date: July 19, 2019
Sri Lanka has enjoyed rapid progress on
poverty reduction and shared prosperity since the cessation
of decades-long conflict in 2009. Effective disaster risk
management...
Type: Poverty AssessmentReport#: 145342Date: July 19, 2019Author:
Walsh,Brian James ;
Hallegatte,Stephane
Youth is a critical issue for the Lake
Chad Region (LCR), comprising the areas of Cameroon, Chad,
Niger and Nigeria closest to the Lake. Roughly two-thirds of
the population...
Bangladesh is among most disaster-prone
countries in the world. It is susceptible to floods,
cyclones and earthquakes. The government of Bangladesh has
instituted disaster...
The Africa disaster risk financing
(ADRF) initiative, launched in 2015 and implemented by
global facility for disaster reduction and recovery (GFDRR)
and the World Bank,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 143691Date: July 1, 2019
The country opinion survey in Botswana
assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in gaining a better
understanding of how stakeholders in Botswana perceive the
WBG. It provides...
Type: ReportReport#: 143404Date: July 1, 2019Author:
Felzer,Sharon
The country opinion survey in Brazil
assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in gaining a better
understanding of how stakeholders in Brazil perceive the
WBG. It provides...
Type: ReportReport#: 143405Date: July 1, 2019Author:
Felzer,Sharon
The Africa disaster risk financing
(ADRF) initiative, launched in 2015 and implemented by
global facility for disaster reduction and recovery (GFDRR)
and the World Bank,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 143693Date: July 1, 2019
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