This report provides a summary of the
learnings from implementing the Livros a Tempo, Books on
Time project in remote districts and schools in Nampula and
Zambezia provinces...
This Road Safety Management Capacity
Assessment (RSMCA) seeks to gain a broad understanding of
the Solomon Island Government road safety management
capacity in order...
Type: ReportReport#: 155739Date: November 1, 2020Author:
Kakuta,Naoki ;
Hoang,Dung Anh ;
Burlacu,Florentina-Alina ;
Michaels,Sean David ;
Howard,Eric William ;
Johnson,Sam William ;
Zachulski,Sophie Grace ;
Paala, Mirick ;
Murphet,Blaise Kemp
Geospatial information technology has
emerged as a major contributor to economic transformation
for many countries. Established along with the E-government
drive, the...
Type: BriefReport#: 154724Date: November 1, 2020Author:
Ju,Bola ;
Kelm,Kathrine M.
The Mongolia InfraSAP is the first
InfraSAP which took a value chain approach to reviewing the
constraints for infrastructure development in the country.
This was premised...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 150500Date: November 1, 2020
The Transport and Urban Infrastructure
Development Project for Burkina Faso aims to improve
mobility and access to infrastructure in targeted urban and
rural areas...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 154541Date: November 1, 2020
Global container shipping capacity began
to flatten in October, following the strong recovery trends
observed in late spring and summer. Globally, trade carrying
capacity...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 154078Date: October 31, 2020Author:
Ferrantino,Michael Joseph ;
Arvis,Jean Francois ;
Brenton,Paul ;
Constantinescu,Ileana Cristina ;
Dairabayeva,Karlygash Serikovna ;
Gillson,Ian John Douglas ;
Souza Muramatsu,Karen ;
Ulybina,Daria
Air pollution presents an increasingly
apparent challenge to health and development across the
globe. Exposure to PM2.5 is a major health risk and
worldwide, an estimated...
This brief presents the main findings
from the third of eight rounds of a nationally
representative survey of fifteen hundred randomly selected
households in all states/regions...
This study assesses the state of markets
and of jobs in market-linked agriculture in the towns of
South Sudan. It is based on a 2019 market trader survey end
extensive...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 153821Date: October 26, 2020Author:
Von Der Goltz,Jan ;
Saidi,Mira ;
Mayai,Augustino Ting Morter ;
Williams,Melissa
Governments increasingly use risk-based
regulation (RBR) to adapt their degree of regulatory control
to the actual risks posed by industry sectors, economic
activities,...
Type: ReportReport#: 153837Date: October 22, 2020Author:
Molfetas-Lygkiaris,Aris ;
Grava,Lars Nikolajs
COVID-19 has taken a large toll on
economic activity in Sub-Saharan Africa, putting a decade of
hard-won economic progress at risk. The pandemic is pushing
the region...
Type: PublicationReport#: 153598Date: October 21, 2020Author:
Zeufack,Albert G. ;
Calderon,Cesar ;
Kambou,Gerard ;
Kubota,Megumi ;
Korman,Vijdan ;
Cantu Canales,Martha Catalina
This study takes advantage of a publicly
salient policy sphere -- road quality -- in the Russian
Federation's capital city to explore the use of digital
technologies...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9445Date: October 20, 2020Author:
Gorgulu,Nisan ;
Sharafutdinova,Gulnaz ;
Steinbuks,Jevgenijs
This project, ‘Institutional Capacity
Review and Target Setting for road geohazards Management’
aims at assessing the current capability of various key
institutional...
Japan is one of the most geohazard-prone
countries in the world. Typhoons and heavy rainfall,
especially during the rainy season every year, often cause
geohazard events....
Type: ReportReport#: 153708Date: October 16, 2020Author:
Greenwood,Ian Douglas ;
Mori, Mikihiro ;
Inagaki, Yutaka ;
Tanaka, Kenichi ;
Hosoda, Toshiaki ;
Tauchi, Hiroaki ;
Castelar Contreras,Saul Antonio ;
Komata, Shinjuro
This handbook outlines an approach to
proactively manage the risks of geohazards on roads, road
users, and the people living near and affected by road. This
handbook...
Type: ReportReport#: 153691Date: October 16, 2020Author:
Greenwood,Ian Douglas ;
Mori,Mikihiro
Africa's linkages in manufacturing
global value chains are reasonably high compared with other
developing regions. Still, linkage rates have declined
steeply in recent...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9439Date: October 15, 2020Author:
Abreha,Kaleb Girma ;
Lartey,Emmanuel Kwasi Koranteng ;
Mengistae,Taye Alemu ;
Owusu,Solomon ;
Zeufack,Albert G.
For the current study, six rounds of the
HFPS-F survey are used, mainly focusing on the business
closure module from round six. The six rounds are roughly
three weeks...
Reforms to foster competition in product
markets have been shown to improve productivity and support
economic growth in advanced economies (AEs). However,
relatively...
Type: ReportReport#: 152883Date: October 8, 2020Author:
Dauda,Seidu ;
Drozd,Maciej Adam
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