This paper exploits a novel and
comprehensive dataset on power market structure over
1989–2020 to analyze the relationship between power market
sophistication—defined...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9585Date: March 17, 2021Author:
Doumbia,Djeneba
This paper studies sovereign
environmental, social, and governance (ESG) ratings from the
qualitative and quantitative angles. First, it introduces
the landscape for...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9583Date: March 15, 2021Author:
Bouye,Eric ;
Menville,Diane Dorothy
Many people in the global south access
housing through informal rental markets, but remarkably
little is known about how these markets work or the quality
of the accommodations...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9579Date: March 12, 2021Author:
Panman,Alexandra Patricia ;
Lozano Gracia,Nancy
Land titling has been a policy priority
for developing country cities for decades. In Sub-Saharan
Africa and across the world, tenure formalization has been
promoted...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9580Date: March 12, 2021Author:
Panman,Alexandra Patricia ;
Lozano Gracia,Nancy
This paper calculates and compares the
minimum cost of a recommended diet across four countries in
South Asia. The analysis finds that the cost of a
recommended diet...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9578Date: March 11, 2021Author:
Dizon,Felipe Jr Fadullon ;
Wang,Zetianyu ;
Mulmi,Prajula
The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
pandemic has magnified household preferences for convenience
and affordability, presenting challenges as well as
opportunities...
Type: BriefReport#: 157291Date: March 10, 2021Author:
Zhang,Yabei ;
Li,Zijun
This paper explores the use of digital
technologies among informal micro-sized firms in Senegal,
their association with productivity, sales, exports and
jobs, and the...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9573Date: March 9, 2021Author:
Atiyas,İzak ;
Dutz,Mark Andrew
This paper uses a novel approach to
measure technology adoption at the firm level and applies it
to a representative sample of firms in the state of Ceará in
Brazil....
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9568Date: March 8, 2021Author:
Cirera,Xavier ;
Comin,Diego Adolfo ;
Vargas Da Cruz,Marcio Jose ;
Lee,Kyungmin ;
Soares Martins Neto,Antonio
This paper describes the results of a
new firm survey to measure technology use and adoption
implemented prior to the COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam. It
analyzes the use...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9567Date: March 8, 2021Author:
Cirera,Xavier ;
Comin,Diego Adolfo ;
Vargas Da Cruz,Marcio Jose ;
Lee,Kyungmin ;
Soares Martins Neto,Antonio
This report outlines structural changes
(adjustments) in the coal sector of eight countries in
different regions of the world over the last 50 years that
resulted from...
Type: ReportReport#: 157274Date: March 6, 2021Author:
Stanley,Michael C.
This note introduces key evaluation
approaches and methods that can produce credible evidence
about the welfare and distributional impacts of
infrastructure interventions....
Type: Working PaperReport#: 157177Date: March 4, 2021
The paper investigates the pace of
technology adoption in telecom technology post
liberalization and its effect on stock returns using a new
global panel data set. The...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9561Date: March 2, 2021Author:
Arezki,Rabah ;
Dequiedt,Vianney ;
Fan,Yuting ;
Rossotto,Carlo Maria
The recovery in oil prices continues,
with the price of Brent crude oil reaching in March an
increase of more than thirty percent since the start of
2021. However, prices...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 157848Date: March 1, 2021Author:
Sanghi,Apurva ;
Nagle,Peter Stephen Oliver ;
Wheeler,Collette Mari ;
Emelyanova,Olga ;
Levitanskaya,Katerina ;
Rostovtseva,Irina
An ESMAP-funded grant facility that
began in 2017, implemented by the Private Sector Foundation
Uganda (PSFU), put in place market incentives that
established eight...
The objective of this good practice note
(GPN) on dam safety is to provide additional guidance to
World Bank staff on the application of relevant requirements
under...
Type: ReportReport#: 158481Date: March 1, 2021Author:
Ueda,Satoru ;
Zhang,Ximing ;
Wishart,Marcus J. ;
Lazaro,Felipe Vicente ;
Canale,Luciano ;
Lyon,Kimberly Nicole
The objective of this assignment is to
support the improved knowledge and understanding of flood
risk in Greater Monrovia and contribute to the World Bank’s
integrated...
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