Does ambient infrastructural quality
affect foreign direct investment (FDI) in developing
countries? This paper investigates how the arrival of
high-speed Internet in...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9946Date: February 23, 2022Author:
Mensah,Justice Tei ;
Traore,Nouhoum-000531164
This report highlights the innovation
component of Mozambique problue program (MozAzul) pillar 2,
focused on promoting an enabling environment for innovation
on the...
Tournament competition is viewed as
motivating bureaucrats in promoting growth. This paper
examines how this incentive leads to economic performance
manipulation. Using...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9938Date: February 15, 2022Author:
Xu,Gang ;
Xu,L. Colin ;
Si,Ruichao
New Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases rose,
on average, to 10,533 per day during the first ten days of
February, up from 7,000 cases per day in January, as the
fast-spreading...
Type: BriefReport#: 168655Date: February 11, 2022Author:
Puthong,Warunthorn ;
Ariyapruchya,Kiatipong ;
Edwards,Kim Alan
The purpose of this study is to evaluate
non-traditional means to raise additional private financing
for the upgrade and maintenance of developing countries’
road networks....
Type: Working PaperReport#: 144149Date: February 9, 2022Author:
Labeau,Alain L. ;
Morel,Julien ;
Veuillot,Gilles Marie ;
Goulemot,Pablo ;
Sakho,Youssouf ;
Antoniazzi,Federico
This book shows how virtually all forms
of natural capital, but particularly ‘blue’ natural capital,
skies and seas, has been degrading in the Middle East and
North...
Type: PublicationReport#: 168524Date: February 8, 2022Author:
Heger,Martin ;
Vashold,Lukas Marco ;
Palacios,Emilse Anabella ;
Alahmadi,Mala Amer D ;
Bromhead,Marjory-Anne ;
Acerbi,Marcelo Hector
The Extractives Global Programmatic
Support (EGPS) multi donor trust fund helps
resource-dependent developing countries manage their oil,
gas, and mining resources to...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 168469Date: February 7, 2022Author:
Ampaire,Charlotte
This paper investigates the
characteristics of resource-backed lending across
Sub-Saharan Africa. To shed light on this type of lending,
the paper presents new information...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9923Date: February 2, 2022Author:
Mihalyi,David ;
Hwang,Jyhjong ;
Rivetti,Diego ;
Cust,James Frederick
Digital technologies are making a
significant impact on societies, economies, and the physical
world, presenting both opportunities and challenges for the
green agenda....
Type: Working PaperReport#: 168973Date: February 1, 2022Author:
Khoury,Zaki Badie ;
Jacobsen,Astrid Herdis ;
Lee, Elyse Jee Hyun ;
Oh,Jeongjin
Climate-informed projects aimed at
boosting water utilities’ performance are likely to succeed
in achieving intended results by investing in energy
efficiency, nonrevenue...
To ensure food security and other social
needs, support profitable farms that create jobs, reduce
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and bolster resilience to
climate extremes...
This paper quantifies global demand,
supply, and uncertainty shocks and compares two major global
recessions: the 2008–09 Great Recession and the COVID-19
pandemic....
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9922Date: February 1, 2022Author:
Ruch,Franz Ulrich ;
Taskin,Temel
A blue public expenditure review can be
a valuable tool for countries on their journey to a blue
economy, to help drive blue sectors toward better
environmental practices...
The objective of this report is to
provide a comprehensive data and evidence-based analysis of
gender-based sex selection (GBSS) in Vietnam in terms of
demographic projections...
Type: ReportReport#: 165429Date: February 1, 2022Author:
Buchhave,Helle ;
Karacsony,Sandor I.
Policymakers in developing countries
face multiple challenges related to climate change. To
provide policymakers with reliable recommendations on a
variety of climate...
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