In May, political impasse continued,
while socio-economic conditions deteriorated further,
affected by the COVID-19 outbreak, rising food prices, and
downsizing of humanitarian...
Indonesia has sustained robust growth
over a long period, and this has enabled millions of
citizens to move out of poverty. Indonesia’s gross domestic
product (GDP)...
Type: ReportReport#: 150207Date: May 1, 2020Author:
Ralston,Laura R. ;
Tiwari,Sailesh ;
Al Faizin,Ruli Endepe ;
Borden,Matthew Gale ;
Mosquera,Juan Andres ;
Cartwright Ramon,Juan Andres ;
Endarso,Gregorius Kelik Agus ;
Lumbanraja, Alvin Ulido ;
Moeis,Faizal Rahmanto ;
Oseguera Rodriguez,Mariana Gabriela ;
Pasha,Mochamad ;
Putri,Mayla Safuro Lestari ;
Samudra,Rachmat Reksa ;
Setiawan,Imam ;
Setyonugroho,Lourentius Dimas ;
Utami,Andhyta Firselly
How much an economy should invest in its
physical infrastructure is a crucial question being asked by
policy makers from developing countries where financial
resources...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9258Date: May 1, 2020Author:
Timilsina,Govinda R. ;
Hochman,Gal ;
Song,Ze
This note provides an up-to-date summary
of the academic evidence around the drivers and channels for
technology transfer and productivity spillovers by
multinational...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 148401Date: May 1, 2020Author:
Jordaan,Jacob Arie ;
Douw,Willem ;
Qiang,Zhenwei
Building and maintaining roads can have
significant economic and social benefits in terms of
economic growth and increased access to jobs and to a range
of services...
Central to making good decisions about
debt guarantees is assessing their expected and possible
fiscal cost, a task that many governments still struggle
with. This paper...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 148802Date: May 1, 2020Author:
Razlog,Lilia ;
Marrison,Chris ;
Irwin, Tim
This executive summary presents the main
recommendations of the urban transport policy note. The note
includes a diagnostic, presenting, and analyzing data from
two...
This report is prepared with the
objective of conducting a rapid diagnosis of the fisheries
sector and establishing an overview of it in the Gaza Strip
(GS). The fisheries...
Type: ReportReport#: 148889Date: May 1, 2020Author:
Kondo,Sachiko ;
Abu-Hassanein,Zeyad ;
Acerbi,Marcelo Hector ;
De Silva,Darshani ;
Menang Evouna,Emeran Serge M. ;
Hoossein,Shafick ;
Fitzgerald,Nora Patricia
Battery technology is evolving at a
breathtaking pace. As performance improves and costs fall,
batteries are already critical for consumer electronics,
such as mobile...
Type: BriefReport#: 151323Date: May 1, 2020Author:
Mockel,Peter
High Frequency Mobile Phone Surveys of
Households to Assess the Impacts of COVID-19 (Coronavirus)
is a series that is an overview of a global initiative by
the World...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 148213Date: May 1, 2020
Considering its regional economic
position, natural endowment, and its socio-economic
development aspirations, it is becoming imperative to Angola
to develop a safe,...
Type: Public Expenditure ReviewReport#: 148636Date: May 1, 2020
High Frequency Phone Surveys (HFS)
reveal that Covid-19 awareness is widespread in South Sudan.
Households experienced food insecurity, low rates of
government assistance...
The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic and
its economic and social effects on households have created
an urgent need for timely data to help monitor and mitigate
the social...
Type: ReportReport#: 149517Date: May 1, 2020Author:
Siwatu,Gbemisola Oseni ;
Palacios-Lopez,Amparo ;
Mcgee,Kevin Robert ;
Amankwah,Akuffo ;
Vishwanath,Tara ;
Azad,M Abul Kalam
This report was prepared in 2019 and
completed in February 2020, when the COVID-19 outbreak was
largely limited to China. Since then the outbreak has spread
rapidly...
Type: ReportReport#: 151318Date: May 1, 2020Author:
De Meneval,Philippe Jean Marie ;
Beck,Hans Anand ;
Chang,Philip Han ;
Rahardja,Sjamsu ;
Guo,Fang ;
Mehta,Gautam Vishram ;
Mishra,Deepak K. ;
Nasir,John L. ;
Dasgupta,Paramita ;
Astrakhan,Irina
This document has been produced by the
World Bank to underpin the Republic of Uzbekistan’s
‘Strategy for the Development of the Transport System until
2035’ as it continues...
The rural women in India have risen to
the extraordinary challenge of the COVID-19 (Coronavirus)
pandemic. Women's self-help groups are meeting
shortfalls in masks,...
This note discusses the role that import
duties have in Pakistan’s economy, and their links with
export competitiveness. Import duties play two key roles.
First, they...
Type: ReportReport#: AUS0001593Date: May 1, 2020Author:
Varela,Gonzalo J. ;
Gambetta,Juan Pedro ;
Ganz,Federico ;
Eberhard,Andreas ;
Franco Bedoya,Sebastian ;
Lovo,Stefania
The COVID-19 pandemic shows that digital
connectivity is critical to societal resilience and business
continuity in times of crisis. For digital infrastructure
providers...
Type: BriefReport#: 151368Date: May 1, 2020Author:
Strusani,Davide ;
Houngbonon,Georges Vivien
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