Documents et rapports

Decarbonizing Air Transport : Insights from a Quasi-Experiment (anglais)

The US-China direct flights in mid-2023 were only 7 percent of those available in mid-2019. This quasi-experiment informs the debate on air transport de-carbonization. An estimated structural model shows...

The Global Gender Distortions Index (GGDI) (anglais)

The extent to which women participate in the labor market varies greatly across the globe. If such differences reflect distortions that women face in accessing good jobs, they can reduce economic activity...

Climate Vulnerability and Job Accessibility : Evidence from Antananarivo, Madagascar (anglais)

Many developing cities are facing rapid population growth and extreme climate events. This paper examines the link between job accessibility and climate vulnerability, using data from Antananarivo, Madagascar...

Measuring Job Accessibility : Different Methods and New Data (anglais)

The paper reexamines how to measure job accessibility in environments with limited data availability and applies different methods to Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar. Job creation and accessibility...

The Impact of Trade Promotion Organizations on Exports: Evidence from the COVID-19 Pandemic (anglais)

This paper examines the impact of trade promotion organizations on exports during the COVID-19 pandemic using a World Bank survey. The results suggest that increased trade promotion organization budgets...

Democratic Republic of the Congo - Budget Execution in Health : From Bottlenecks to Solutions (anglais)

The Democratic Republic of Congo is committed to achieving Universal Health Care by 2030. Progress toward this goal faces challenges due to limitations in the execution and allocation of the country's...

Ethiopia - Budget Execution in Health : From Bottlenecks to Solutions (anglais)

Ethiopia achieves a high overall rate of execution of its health budget. From 2016 to 2021 the health budget execution rate averaged 95 percent of the original budget allocation. The health budget execution...

Lao PDR - Budget Execution in Health : From Bottlenecks to Solutions (anglais)

The Lao People's Democratic Republic has a high execution rate for its overall health budget, ranging from 89 to 104 percent from 2015 to 2019. Aggregated execution rates are generally high across the...

Budget Execution in Health : From Bottlenecks to Solutions - Solomon Islands (anglais)

The Solomon Islands government plays key roles in the health sector, as a funder, regulator, and provider of nearly all health services. Health services are funded, managed, and delivered by the Ministry...

Budget Execution in Health : From Bottlenecks to Solutions - Pakistan (anglais)

Pakistan’s overall national health budget had a high rate of execution from 2016 to 2019, averaging 95 percent. However, execution rates between provinces as well as between categories of spending varied...

Central Bank Independence and Sovereign Borrowing (anglais)

This paper studies the impact of central bank independence on sovereign borrowing, using an index that captures institutional constraints on central bank lending to the government across 155 countries...

Committee on Development Effectiveness (CODE) and Human Resources Committee (HRC) : Minutes of the Meeting held on July 23, 2025 (anglais)

Assessing Secondary Benefits of Urban Flood Protection Projects : The Case of Wroclaw, Poland (anglais)

With global climate change impacting cities around the world, local and national governments need to plan for and invest in solutions that mitigate the climate and disaster risks their populations and...

Protecting Forests in the Congo Basin : An Empirical Basis for Performance-Linked Financing for the Republic of Congo (anglais)

The Republic of Congo, a country with extensive tropical forests and low deforestation rates, needs to balance export-driven development, especially through timber production, and sustainable forest management...

Mangroves for Coastal Resilience in Bangladesh : Identification of Potential Locations, Assessment of Triple Dividends, and Cost Estimation (anglais)

Bangladesh is highly vulnerable to extreme weather events due to its frequent exposure to floods and extensive low-lying areas. Coastal flood risks are expected to increase due climate change. Therefore...

Designing and Analyzing Powerful Experiments : Practical Tips for Applied Researchers (anglais)

This paper offers practical advice on how to improve statistical power in randomized experiments through choices and actions researchers can take at the design, implementation, and analysis stages. At...

Committee on Development Effectiveness (CODE) : Minutes of the Meeting held on July 16, 2025 and Record of Approval on an Absence of Objection Basis on June 17, 2025 (anglais)

The Future of Poverty : Projecting the Impact of Climate Change on Global Poverty through 2050 (anglais)

Climate change is increasingly acknowledged as a critical issue with far-reaching socioeconomic implications that extend well beyond environmental concerns. Among the most pressing challenges is its impact...

Exports, Labor Markets, and the Environment : Evidence from Brazil (anglais)

What is the environmental impact of exports? Focusing on 2000–20, this paper combines customs, administrative, and census microdata to estimate employment elasticities with respect to exports. The findings...

Impact of Heat Waves on Learning Outcomes and the Role of Conditional Cash Transfers : Evidence from Peru (anglais)

This paper evaluates the impact of higher temperatures on learning outcomes in Peru. The results suggest that 1 degree above 20°C is equivalent to 7 and 6 percent of a standard deviation of what a student...