Armenia is a small land-locked
mountainous country with relatively difficult access to
regional and global markets. The borders with Azerbaijan in
the east and with...
Type: ReportReport#: 150330Date: June 1, 2020Author:
Matin,Kazi Mahbub-Al ;
Najdov,Evgenij
Short-sea transportation refers to
transporting passengers or goods short distances in coastal
waters. It includes coastal trade, such as transferring
freight from sea...
Data collected during the Covid-19
period reveal reductions in the employment levels of the
population in South Africa, lack of resources to buy food
and low rates of...
Forestry has traditionally been one of
Myanmar’s most important economic sectors, generating more
in export earnings in the period 2010-2018. It is estimated
that t...
Type: ReportReport#: 150133Date: June 1, 2020Author:
Doetinchem,Nina ;
Kornexl,Werner L. ;
Win,Aye Marlar ;
Speechly,Hugh Thomas ;
Verheijen,Lesya ;
Lwin,Prof Ohn ;
Aung,Thiri
This brief focuses on Myanmar’s trade in
the first six months of FY 2019-2020, which was higher
compared to the same period last year despite the COVID-19
(Coronavirus)...
The personal urban mobility strategic
segment is concerned with transporting small groups of
people over short distances in urban areas. This segment is
undergoing a...
High-performing firms (HPFs) are those
with rapid growth potential and are early movers with
respect to the recognition and realization of
sector-specific growth opportunities....
Type: ReportReport#: 150381Date: June 1, 2020Author:
Acar Erdogan,Aysenur ;
Aterido,Reyes ;
Del Carpio,Ximena Vanessa ;
Cinar,Elif ;
Ustun,Oguzhan
Kazakhstan is an upper-middle income,
resource rich country. Its ascent to upper-middle income
status was propelled by rising oil production and booming
oil prices which...
Type: ReportReport#: 150333Date: June 1, 2020Author:
Matin,Kazi Mahbub-Al ;
Najdov,Evgenij
The Hanoi Urban Transport Development
Project aims to increase urban mobility in targeted areas in
Hanoi by: (i) increasing the use of public transport in
selected traffic...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 151386Date: June 1, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic and its economic
and social effects on households have created an urgent need
for timely data to help monitor and mitigate the social and
economic...
The contraction in the nominal value of
global merchandise trade that began in mid-2018 deepened in
March, with global exports of merchandise trade declining by
11.9...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 148956Date: May 29, 2020Author:
Ferrantino,Michael Joseph ;
Arvis,Jean Francois ;
Brotsis,Christianna Johnnides ;
Constantinescu,Ileana Cristina ;
Dairabayeva,Karlygash Serikovna ;
Gillson,Ian John Douglas ;
Lee,Woori ;
Souza Muramatsu,Karen
Transport connectivity in Cambodia is
challenged by its geography and exposure to recurrent
flooding. Flood events create severe disruptions in segments
of the transport...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9262Date: May 28, 2020Author:
Espinet Alegre,Xavier ;
Stanton-Geddes,Zuzana ;
Aliyev,Sadig
This Regular Economic Report (RER) on
air pollution challenges shows how the macroeconomic impact
affects the people, and discusses the social impact of
COVID-19 in...
The COVID-19 pandemic and its economic
and social effects on households have created an urgent need
for timely data to help monitor and mitigate the social and
economic...
The Government of the Republic of
Cameroon prepared, with the financial and technical support
from the World Bank, the South Interconnected Network
(RIS)-North Interconnected...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 148931Date: May 26, 2020
The authors show how to build a system
of forecasting models for Moldova based on vector
autoregression models (VARs). Before that, the authors
review some basic features...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 161157Date: May 26, 2020
The Human Capital project is predicated
on the importance of investing in all people. This brief
outlines the barriers faced by persons with disabilities at
different...
Type: BriefReport#: 148962Date: May 26, 2020Author:
Ng,Annabelle Ka Yee ;
Elder,Leslie K. ;
Hasan,Amer
This paper examines how providing better
information to customs inspectors and monitoring their
actions affects tax revenue and fraud detection in
Madagascar. First,...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9254Date: May 21, 2020Author:
Chalendard,Cyril Romain ;
Duhaut,Alice ;
Fernandes,Ana Margarida ;
Mattoo,Aaditya ;
Raballand,Gael J. R. F. ;
Rijkers,Bob
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