This note examines how recent fiscal
reforms have affected household incomes in Sri Lanka. It
assesses their impact on poverty and inequality separately
from other welfare-losses-inducing...
Type: ReportReport#: 193603Date: September 18, 2024Author:
Schoch,Marta ;
De Silva,Tiloka Sunayani ;
Houts,Ian William ;
Krishnan,Nandini
Despite its intrinsic relevance and
policy makers’ efforts to address the
infrastructure gap, progress has been limited. A confluence
of challenges from macroeconomic...
On September 18, 2024, International
Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) Board of
Governors adopted resolution number seven hundred and eight.
It was resolved...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 193676Date: September 18, 2024Author:
World Bank
Despite its intrinsic relevance and
policy makers’ efforts to address the
infrastructure gap, progress has been limited. A confluence
of challenges from macroeconomic...
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 review of the World Bank
Group’s (WBG) Completion and Learning Review
(CLR) covers the period of the Country Partnership Strategy
(CPS), fiscal years (FY)...
Type: CPF Completion and Learning Review ValidationReport#: 193670Date: September 18, 2024Author:
World Bank
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
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