The Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic
poses a challenge for Ethiopia’s ambitious industrialization
agenda focused on export-oriented light manufacturing. This
note...
Type: ReportReport#: 153421Date: September 24, 2020Author:
Mengistu,Andualem Telaye ;
Krishnan,Pramila ;
Maaskant,Koen ;
Meyer,Christian Johannes ;
Krkoska,Eduard
The study presents the results of model
simulations showing the macroeconomic effects of the
implementation of key climate change mitigation policies in
Chile, aimed...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 151556Date: September 23, 2020
Female labor force participation in the
Mashreq is exceptionally low, a problem likely to be
exacerbated by the Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.
This report calls...
Type: ReportReport#: AUS0001349Date: September 22, 2020Author:
Lugo,Maria Ana ;
Muller,Miriam ;
Wai-Poi,Matthew Grant
This document includes a portfolio
review of the World Bank (WB) projects and analytical
services addressing Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in the Latin
America and the...
Type: ReportReport#: 153114Date: September 18, 2020Author:
Buitrago Orozco,Diana Catalina ;
Odiaua,Ishanlosen ;
Saenz Ortigosa,Julia ;
Coirolo,Cristina Elizabeth
Most policy makers readily acknowledge
the economic, environmental, and social benefits of moving
freight and passengers by waterways. However, why do many
countries...
Type: PublicationReport#: 153026Date: September 17, 2020Author:
Aritua,Bernard ;
Cheng,Lulu ;
Liere, Richard van ;
Leijer, Harrie de
This report aims to increase awareness
of effective ways to reduce emissions in the transport
sector by outlining the planning, implementation, and
management of electric...
Type: ReportReport#: AUS0001853Date: September 11, 2020
Established in June 2017, the city
resilience program (CRP) empowers cities to pursue
investments which build greater resilience to climate and
disaster risks, and to...
Type: ReportReport#: 152892Date: September 11, 2020
The gravity model is now widely used for
policy analysis and hypothesis testing, but different
estimators give sharply different parameter estimates and
popular estimators...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9391Date: September 9, 2020Author:
Martin,William J.
The High-Frequency Phone Survey of Firms
(HFPS-F) interviews a sample of firms in Addis Ababa every
three weeks for a total of eight survey rounds. This
high-frequency...
Based on 2018 findings of the World
Health Organization (WHO), the number of deaths due to road
crashes is 1.35 million deaths per year. While this number
is quite high...
This report synthesizes the work carried
out as part of a World Bank ASA (Advisory Services and
Analytics) activity to identify better systems and practical
strategies...
Type: ReportReport#: 154685Date: September 1, 2020Author:
Walkenhorst,Peter ;
Brenton,Paul ;
Keyser,John C.
In May 2020, the National Statistical
Office (NSO), with support from the World Bank, launched the
High-Frequency Phone Survey on COVID-19 (HFPS COVID-19), a
monthly...
Type: BriefReport#: 153215Date: September 1, 2020Author:
Vundru,Wilbert Drazi ;
Moylan,Heather G.
Objectives of this exercise are to: (a)
Update the SA RICE strategic framework, given the evolving
context (especially COVID-19) following a highly
consultative (internal...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 152000Date: September 1, 2020
This report presents an overview of
Algeria’s recent macroeconomic developments and of its
short-term economic outlook. The report is divided into two
chapters. Chapter...
Type: ReportReport#: 155582Date: September 1, 2020Author:
Desponts,Cyril ;
Mobasher Fard,Shahrzad ;
Le Borgne,Eric
In May 2020, the National Statistical
Office (NSO), with support from the World Bank, launched the
High-Frequency Phone Survey on COVID-19 (HFPS COVID-19), a
monthly...
This report presents an overview of
Algeria’s recent macroeconomic developments and of its
short-term economic outlook. The report is divided into two
chapters. Chapter...
Type: ReportReport#: 155582Date: September 1, 2020Author:
Desponts,Cyril ;
Le Borgne,Eric
Artificial intelligence (AI) the science
of making machines act in rational, intelligent ways is
rapidly making inroads into business operations and society.
AI is already...
Type: ReportReport#: 157069Date: September 1, 2020Author:
Bakovic,Tonci R. ;
Biallas,Margarete O. ;
Lopez Conde,Maria Francisca ;
Cook,Peter A. ;
Diwan,Prajakta ;
Houngbonon,Georges Vivien ;
Kaleem,Hassan ;
Makala,Baloko ;
Manchanda,Sumit ;
Menes,Rebecca Ann ;
Mockel,Peter ;
Mou,Xiaomin ;
Myers,Gordon I. ;
Nejkov,Kiril ;
Niforos,Marina ;
O'Neill,Felicity Maree ;
Rana,Ahmed Nauraiz ;
Roy,Friedemann ;
Saberi,Ommid ;
Schlorke,Sabine ;
Sonneborn,William Charles ;
Strusani,Davide ;
Twinn,Christopher Ian
Following a prolonged period of civil
strife, Côte d’Ivoire has since the end
of the crisis in 2011 experienced a period of exceptional
economic growth....
Type: ReportReport#: 156837Date: September 1, 2020Author:
Marchat,Jean Michel Noel ;
Treichel,Volker ;
Magassouba,Mahamoud
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