On September 18, 2024, International
Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) Board of
Governors adopted resolution number seven hundred and seven.
It was resolved...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 193675Date: September 18, 2024Author:
World Bank
To design effective policy instruments
that target the energy poor in Romania, it is crucial to
understand who the energy poor are. However, these types of
analyses...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10917Date: September 18, 2024Author:
Rude,Britta Laurin ;
Robayo,Monica
This paper investigates the extent to
which real-time indicators derived from internet search,
cell phones, and satellites predict changes in household
socioeconomic...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10916Date: September 18, 2024Author:
Newhouse,David Locke ;
Swindle,Rachel Elizabeth ;
Wang,Shun ;
Merfeld,Joshua David ;
Pape,Utz Johann ;
Hirfrfot,Kibrom Tafere ;
Weber,Michael
Despite the reduction in transport costs
over the past decades, the world today is still far from
being a single integrated economy. Developing countries face
higher...
Type: PublicationReport#: 190759Date: September 18, 2024Author:
Herrera Dappe,Matias ;
Lebrand,Mathilde Sylvie Maria ;
Stokenberga,Aiga
This document, the national Education
Strategy for Iraq 2022-2031 or also referred to as Iraq
National Education Strategy (INES) reflects on current
challenges and presents...
Type: ReportReport#: 193604Date: September 18, 2024Author:
World Bank
On September 18, 2024, International
Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) Board of
Governors adopted resolution number seven hundred and six.
It was resolved...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 193674Date: September 18, 2024Author:
World Bank
This technical note examines the state
of access to and use of financial services for micro, small,
and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in Lao PDR. Based on
extensive...
While cash transfers have emerged as an
attractive option to minimize negative long-term impacts of
conflict, the scope for targeting and assessing their impact
in such...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10912Date: September 17, 2024Author:
Deininger,Klaus W. ;
Ali,Daniel Ayalew
This paper investigates trends in
willingness to pay higher taxes to combat climate change in
countries of Eastern and Central Europe and Central Asia
between 2016 and...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10914Date: September 17, 2024Author:
Cojocaru,Alexandru ;
Lokshin,Michael M. ;
Torre,Ivan
This paper presents a multi-sector
growth model to elucidate the general equilibrium effects of
generative artificial intelligence on economic growth,
structural transformation,...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10915Date: September 17, 2024Author:
Liu,Yan-000529044
The COVID-19 pandemic and the global
shocks that followed have worsened fiscal and debt positions
in small states, intensifying their already substantial
fiscal challenges—especially...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10913Date: September 17, 2024Author:
Hill,Samuel Christopher ;
Khadan,Jeetendra
The arrival of cloud computing provides
firms a new way to access digital technologies as digital
services. Yet, capital incentive policies present in every
OECD country...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10911Date: September 17, 2024Author:
DeStefano,Timothy ;
Johnstone,Nick ;
Kneller,Richard ;
Timmis,Jonathan David
In an increasingly interconnected world
driven by the rapid adoption of digital technologies and
online systems, the critical role of cybersecurity cannot be
overstated....
Type: PublicationReport#: 193580Date: September 17, 2024Author:
Vergara Cobos,Estefania Belen
Humanitarian models of refugee
assistance increasingly promote refugee self-reliance
without offering a clear understanding of what constitutes
self-reliance, or how...
Type: Poverty & Social Policy Working PaperReport#: WPS10910Date: September 17, 2024Author:
Hoogeveen,Johannes G. ;
Hopper,Robert Benjamin
The September 2024 update to the Poverty
and Inequality Platform (PIP) introduces several changes to
the data underlying the global poverty estimates. This
document...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 193585Date: September 17, 2024Author:
Aron,Danielle Victoria ;
R.Andres Castaneda Aguilar ;
Diaz-Bonilla,Carolina ;
Fujs,Tony Henri Mathias Jany ;
Garcia Rojas,Diana Carolina ;
Hill,Ruth ;
Jularbal,Ma Llane Loren Torres ;
Lakner,Christoph ;
Lara Ibarra,Gabriel ;
Mahler,Daniel Gerszon ;
Nguyen,Minh Cong
The Western Cape has higher learning
levels than other provinces in South Africa, according to
international assesments. This report seeks to provide a
comprehensive...
Type: ReportReport#: 193570Date: September 16, 2024Author:
World Bank
Global economic growth is expected to
continue declining in 2024, impacted by strict monetary
policies, financial instability, and sluggish global trade.
Against this...
Type: ReportReport#: 193573Date: September 16, 2024Author:
World Bank
Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM)
has played an increasingly active role in national
development and international trade over the decades. As of
2024, those engaged...
Type: ReportReport#: 193571Date: September 16, 2024Author:
World Bank
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