The Kyrgyz Republic has experienced
modest and volatile economic expansion since the economy
bottomed out from the transition recession in 1995, when GDP
amounted to...
Type: Country Economic MemorandumReport#: 147112Date: July 31, 2020Author:
Izvorski,Ivailo V. ;
Mbowe,Appolenia ;
Dubashov,Bakyt ;
Gassner,Katharina B. ;
Ferrantino,Michael Joseph ;
Islam,Roumeen ;
Sahovic,Tarik ;
Kumar,Praveen
The 2020 G20 Presidency mandated the
Infrastructure Working Group (IWG) to develop an agenda to
accelerate the adoption and application of
technology-enabled infrastructure...
Cambodia’s tourism industry is a key
contributor to its economic growth. However, a recent
slowdown in the growth of tourism points to a need to
diversify Cambodia’s...
The objective of this working paper is
to: (i) document China’s business environment reform
experience over the past few years, (ii) analyze the reform
measures and...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 151109Date: July 24, 2020Author:
Piatkowski,Marcin Miroslaw ;
Solf,Sylvia ;
Wei,Wenting
Business safety inspections are commonly
cited as one of the most important bureaucratic barriers to
doing business around the developing world (World Bank 2019,
2020)....
Type: ReportReport#: 151049Date: July 21, 2020Author:
Barron Ayllon,Manuel Fernando ;
Bedoya Arguelles,Guadalupe ;
Garcia Montufar Garcia,Diego ;
Goicoechea,Ana
The Syrian crisis has led to rapid and
large-scale population displacement. This paper uses several
sources of data, including the United Nations Higher
Commissioner...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9326Date: July 21, 2020Author:
Krishnan,Nandini ;
Russo Riva,Flavio Luiz ;
Sharma,Dhiraj ;
Vishwanath,Tara
The outbreak of COVID-19 and the
wide-ranging measures needed to slow its advance triggered
an unprecedented collapse in oil demand, a surge in oil
inventories, and...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9320Date: July 13, 2020Author:
Wheeler,Collette Mari ;
Baffes,John ;
Kabundi,Alain Ntumba ;
Kindberg-Hanlon,Gene ;
Nagle,Peter Stephen Oliver ;
Ohnsorge,Franziska Lieselotte
This paper revisits trends in bank
privatization and analyzes their economic impact over the
past 25 years. Building on a novel data set of privatization
events for...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9318Date: July 13, 2020Author:
Bertay,Ata Can ;
Calice,Pietro ;
Diaz Kalan,Federico Alfonso ;
Masetti,Oliver
Nearly seven out of ten Somalis live in
poverty, making Somalia one of the poorest countries in
Sub-Saharan Africa. Nearly half of the population does not
reach average...
Somalia’s urban population is growing
rapidly partly because of significant forced migration into
cities caused by protracted conflicts, insecurity, and
cyclical natural...
This report provides details of the
current characteristics of national Investment Promotion
Agencies (IPAs) around the world, based on a joint global
survey conducted...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 150559Date: July 4, 2020Author:
Sanchiz Vicente,Alex ;
Omic, Ahmed
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