About 10 percent of urban Pakistani
women from lower-income segments of the population with
lower levels of schooling (primary or less) are in the labor
force, compared...
Type: BriefReport#: 156139Date: December 1, 2020Author:
Amir,Saman ;
Rahman,Noor ;
Pande,Rohini P.
This note uses administrative tax data
for formal firms to measure the direct impact of lockdown
restrictions on firms’ profitability, employment, and exit
rates. The...
Type: BriefReport#: 155887Date: December 1, 2020Author:
Lees, Adrienne ;
Mascagni,Giulia ;
Kilumelume, Michael
Summary of Note 95, how the Tourism
Sector in Emerging Markets is Recovering from COVID-19
Tourism is an important sector that accounts for 10 percent
of global gross...
Type: BriefReport#: 154752Date: December 1, 2020Author:
Mekharat,Nisachol ;
Traore,Nouhoum-000531164
This note presents the results of the
fourth round of a nationally representative telephone survey
(HFPS). Data collection took place between November 06 and
December...
Type: BriefReport#: 159004Date: December 1, 2020Author:
Tsimpo Nkengne,Clarence ;
Tiberti,Marco ;
Backiny-Yetna,Prospere R. ;
Costantini,Marco ;
Koncobo,Zakaria ;
Tiendrebeogo,Adama
On August 4, 2020, a massive explosion
in the Port of Beirut (PoB) devastated the city, killing at
least 200 people, wounding thousands, and displacing around
300,000....
Type: ReportReport#: 155473Date: December 1, 2020Author:
Souhaid,Anne Cecile Sophie ;
Juhel,Marc H. ;
Hartmann,Olivier ;
Saragiotis,Periklis ;
Morad,Mira ;
Samaha,Gaelle ;
Palsson,Gylfi
This note focuses on how micro, small,
and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) are affected by the
pandemic and are dealing with its impact in Cote
d'Ivoire. This note...
Type: BriefReport#: 156651Date: December 1, 2020Author:
Ferber,Tim ;
Buri,Sinja
The need to prepare this deliverable
within the Cluj County Spatial Plan, derives from the
provisions of the Law no. 350/2001 on urban and spatial
planning, with subsequent...
Type: ReportReport#: 161133Date: December 1, 2020Author:
Moldovan,Sandu Ciprian ;
Man,Titus-Cristian ;
Dolean,Bogdan Eugen ;
Haranguș, Iulia ;
Benedek,Jozsef ;
Cristea,Marius ;
Ionescu-Heroiu,Marcel
Global container shipping carrying
capacity remained flat in the most recent data through
November 15, continuing the pattern from October and
breaking the strong recovery...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 154688Date: November 30, 2020Author:
Ferrantino,Michael Joseph ;
Arvis,Jean Francois ;
Brenton,Paul ;
Constantinescu,Ileana Cristina ;
Dairabayeva,Karlygash Serikovna ;
Gillson,Ian John Douglas ;
Souza Muramatsu,Karen ;
Ulybina,Daria
This paper explores the relationship
between key economic and institutional attributes of
Tunisian governorates and their ability to attract foreign
direct investment...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9484Date: November 30, 2020Author:
Bouzid,Bechir Naier ;
Toumi,Sofiene
This paper estimates the impact of a
differential relaxation of COVID-19 containment policies on
aggregate economic activity in India. Following a uniform
national lockdown,...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9485Date: November 30, 2020Author:
Beyer,Robert Carl Michael ;
Jain,Tarun ;
Sinha,Sonalika
This report focuses on the results of
first round nationwide high frequency phone survey conducted
in Cambodia to examine the impact of and responses to the
Coronavirus...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 154604Date: November 25, 2020
The author provides the first
consistently estimated dataset on infrastructure investments
in low and middle-income countries (LMICs). To do so, we
identify three possible...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 154544Date: November 23, 2020
The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic
created an urgent need for timely information to help
monitor and mitigate the social and economic impacts of the
crisis. This information...
This reference paper aims to help World
Bank Group (WBG) teams assess the welfare and distributional
impacts of private sector participation in interventions in
infrastructure...
Type: ReportReport#: 157176Date: November 16, 2020Author:
Narayan,Ambar ;
Harris,Clive G. ;
Illouz,Esther ;
Guimaraes Drummond E Silva,Luciana ;
Nssah,Essama ;
Gears,Cynthia ;
Entsuah,Afua Ayew ;
Bishop,Ann Josephine Louise
This study collects data on the
sophistication of technologies used at the business function
level for a representative sample of firms in Vietnam,
Senegal, and the...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9476Date: November 16, 2020Author:
Cirera,Xavier ;
Comin,Diego Adolfo ;
Vargas Da Cruz,Marcio Jose ;
Lee,Kyungmin
Globally, cities are the source of over
70 percent of the world's greenhouse gas emissions.
Cities are also the engines of the global economy,
concentrating more than...
Globally, cities are the source of over
70 percent of the world's greenhouse gas emissions.
Cities are also the engines of the global economy,
concentrating more than...
Investments in road infrastructure as a
means for granting access and mobility have been an
important part of the World Bank's strategy of
fightingpoverty and increasing...
Type: ReportReport#: 156331Date: November 13, 2020
Globally, cities are the source of over
70 percent of the world's greenhouse gas emissions.
Cities are also the engines of the global economy,
concentrating more than...
Type: ReportReport#: 154408Date: November 13, 2020Author:
Mehrotra,Shagun ;
Bonansea,Bruno
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