Documents et rapports
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Eyes on the Road : Evaluating Road Quality over Time Using Satellite Imagery in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (anglais)
Reliable road networks drive economic and social development in emerging economies, particularly those in the Global South, and are crucial for achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). However...
Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 190799 Date du document: 31 mai 2024 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Muhebwa,Aggrey,Lebrand,Mathilde Sylvie Maria,Steinbuks,Jevgenijs,Taneja,Jayant Kumar
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Road Investment and Violence in DRC : Perishable Effects (anglais)
This paper explores the effect of road rehabilitation projects on the incidence of violent events using a novel, rich dataset of road rehabilitation projects in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Violence...
Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 190797 Date du document: 17 mai 2024 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Lebrand,Mathilde Sylvie Maria,Mueller,Hannes Felix,Schouten,Peerke,Steinbuks,Jevgenijs
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Does Africa Need More Roads in the Digital Age ? Evidence of Complementarities in Infrastructure (anglais)
This paper investigates whether the expansion of fast internet networks complements or substitutes for the development of roads to improve market access and create more and higher-skilled jobs in Africa...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS10730 Date du document: 21 mars 2024 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Lebrand,Mathilde Sylvie Maria,Mongoue,Arcady,Pongou,Roland,Zhang,Fan
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Energy Price Shocks and Current Account Balances : Evidence from Emerging Market and Developing Economies (anglais)
This paper investigates the effects of real energy price shocks on the current account balances of 45 emerging market and developing economies using country-specific structural vector autoregression models...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS10623 Date du document: 1 décembre 2023 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Lebrand,Mathilde Sylvie Maria,Vasishtha,Garima,Yilmazkuday,Hakan
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Trade and Infrastructure Integration in Africa (anglais)
Economic integration of the African continent rests on two pillars: the ratification of an ambitious trade agreement and massive investment in transportation infrastructure. Leveraging a newly created...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS10609 Date du document: 16 novembre 2023 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Fontagné,Lionel,Lebrand,Mathilde Sylvie Maria,Murray,Siobhan,Ruta,Michele,Santoni,Gianluca
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Understanding Transport-Related Carbon Emissions : Learning from the Past, Looking into the Future (anglais)
The decarbonization of the transport sector has recently emerged as one of the most pressing challenges in the transition to net zero. With transport-related emissions growing rapidly across much of the...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 180772 Date du document: 10 mars 2023 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Foster,Vivien,Lebrand,Mathilde Sylvie Maria
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Infrastructure Matters : Complementarities with the Quality of Health Service Delivery in Kenya (anglais)
In many low- and middle-income countries, the lack of access to essential infrastructure such as roads, electricity, and information and communications technology may hinder the provision of many critical...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS10220 Date du document: 3 novembre 2022 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Becerra Luna,Laura Natalia,Lebrand,Mathilde Sylvie Maria,Pkhikidze,Nino,Yi Chang,Andres
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Rising Incomes, Transport Demand, and Sector Decarbonization (anglais)
As income increases, people become more mobile and spend more on carbon-intensive transport goods and services. This paper estimates income elasticities of transport consumption using household survey...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS10010 Date du document: 19 avril 2022 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Lebrand,Mathilde Sylvie Maria,Theophile,Ewane
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Mobility and Development : Innovations, Policies and Practices (anglais)
The traditional approach to valuing the benefits of transport investments overlooks their wider economic impacts. Traditional cost-benefit analysis of road projects focuses on estimating the value of time...
Type de document: Rapport Numéro du rapport: 170304 Date du document: 31 mars 2022 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Watkins,Kara Suzanne,Foster,Vivien,Lebrand,Mathilde Sylvie Maria,Jen JungEun Oh,Pimhidzai,Obert,Niu,Chiyu,Morales Sarriera,Javier
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Roads, Electricity, and Jobs: Evidence of Infrastructure Complementarity in Sub-Saharan Africa (anglais)
Evidence for road expansion and electrification as drivers of job creation is limited and mixed, with most studies having considered either one or the other, and only in isolation. This paper estimates...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS9976 Date du document: 21 mars 2022 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Abbasi ,Mansoureh,Lebrand,Mathilde Sylvie Maria,Mongoue,Arcady Bluette,Pongou,Roland,Zhang,Fan
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Benin Country Economic Memorandum 2.0 (Vol. 1 of 5) : Accelerating the Growth Momentum and Creating Better Jobs - Chapter 1 (anglais)
A small open economy, Benin has seen growth that is above average for the region. The volatility of high growth spells combined with low productivity growth has translated into limited gains in income...
Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 164448 Date du document: 25 février 2022 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Picarelli,Nathalie,Yan,Xun,Henry,Alexandre Ben-Aziz Kutu,Rougeaux,Solene Marie Paule,Mongan Agbeshie,Saint-Martin Kodjovi,Accrombessy,Felicien Donat Edgar Towenan,Dudu,Hasan,Engel,Jakob,Avdiu,Besart,Lebrand,Mathilde Sylvie Maria,Benitez,Daniel Alberto,Abate,Megersa Abera,Petreski,Marjan,Bartl,Esther Maria,Samson,Houdou Romaric,Beyene,Lulit Mitik,Sicra,Alejandro,Liu,Zhen-000495915,Kouwoaye,Amevi Rocard,Levai,Adam,Homegnon,Noukpo
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Benin Country Economic Memorandum 2.0 (Vol. 5 of 5) : Accelerating the Growth Momentum and Creating Better Jobs : Extended Executive Summary (anglais)
A small open economy, Benin has seen growth that is above average for the region. The volatility of high growth spells combined with low productivity growth has translated into limited gains in income...
Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 164448 Date du document: 25 février 2022 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Picarelli,Nathalie,Yan,Xun,Henry,Alexandre Ben-Aziz Kutu,Rougeaux,Solene Marie Paule,Mongan Agbeshie,Saint-Martin Kodjovi,Accrombessy,Felicien Donat Edgar Towenan,Dudu,Hasan,Engel,Jakob,Avdiu,Besart,Lebrand,Mathilde Sylvie Maria,Benitez,Daniel Alberto,Abate,Megersa Abera,Petreski,Marjan,Bartl,Esther Maria,Samson,Houdou Romaric,Beyene,Lulit Mitik,Sicra,Alejandro,Liu,Zhen-000495915,Kouwoaye,Amevi Rocard,Levai,Adam,Homegnon,Noukpo
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Benin Country Economic Memorandum 2.0 (Vol. 3 of 5) : Connecting People and Markets for Economic Transformation - Chapter 3 (anglais)
A small open economy, Benin has seen growth that is above average for the region. The volatility of high growth spells combined with low productivity growth has translated into limited gains in income...
Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 164448 Date du document: 25 février 2022 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Picarelli,Nathalie,Yan,Xun,Henry,Alexandre Ben-Aziz Kutu,Rougeaux,Solene Marie Paule,Mongan Agbeshie,Saint-Martin Kodjovi,Accrombessy,Felicien Donat Edgar Towenan,Dudu,Hasan,Engel,Jakob,Avdiu,Besart,Lebrand,Mathilde Sylvie Maria,Benitez,Daniel Alberto,Abate,Megersa Abera,Petreski,Marjan,Bartl,Esther Maria,Samson,Houdou Romaric,Beyene,Lulit Mitik,Sicra,Alejandro,Liu,Zhen-000495915,Kouwoaye,Amevi Rocard,Levai,Adam,Homegnon,Noukpo
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Benin Country Economic Memorandum 2.0 (Vol. 2 of 5) : How can Benin’s Demographic Transition Support Economic Growth? - Chapter 2 (anglais)
A small open economy, Benin has seen growth that is above average for the region. The volatility of high growth spells combined with low productivity growth has translated into limited gains in income...
Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 164448 Date du document: 25 février 2022 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Picarelli,Nathalie,Yan,Xun,Henry,Alexandre Ben-Aziz Kutu,Rougeaux,Solene Marie Paule,Mongan Agbeshie,Saint-Martin Kodjovi,Accrombessy,Felicien Donat Edgar Towenan,Dudu,Hasan,Engel,Jakob,Avdiu,Besart,Lebrand,Mathilde Sylvie Maria,Benitez,Daniel Alberto,Abate,Megersa Abera,Petreski,Marjan,Bartl,Esther Maria,Samson,Houdou Romaric,Beyene,Lulit Mitik,Sicra,Alejandro,Liu,Zhen-000495915,Kouwoaye,Amevi Rocard,Levai,Adam,Homegnon,Noukpo
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Improving Multi-Topic Household Surveys for Better Transport Policy Analysis (anglais)
Household surveys remain underutilized for understanding transport choices such as expenditure level and composition, the economic impacts of road accidents, and the economic and distributional impacts...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS9944 Date du document: 23 février 2022 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Lebrand,Mathilde Sylvie Maria,Yin,Qiuyan
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Infrastructure and Structural Change in the Lake Chad Region (anglais)
Access to infrastructure supports economic development through structural transformation. This paper investigates the links between investments in electricity, Internet, and transport infrastructure, in...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS9899 Date du document: 13 janvier 2022 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Lebrand,Mathilde Sylvie Maria
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Infrastructure and Structural Change in the Horn of Africa (anglais)
Access to infrastructure supports economic development through both capital accumulation and structural transformation. This paper investigates the links between investments in electricity, Internet, and...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS9870 Date du document: 30 novembre 2021 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Herrera Dappe,Matias,Lebrand,Mathilde Sylvie Maria
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Corridors without Borders in West Africa (anglais)
This paper estimates the welfare gains from upgrading several major regional corridors in West Africa. It uses a quantitative economic geography framework with trade within and across countries and mobility...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS9855 Date du document: 19 novembre 2021 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Lebrand,Mathilde Sylvie Maria
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Technical Paper 4 : Infrastructure and Structural Change in the Lake Chad Region (anglais)
This paper focuses on the impact of infrastructure on economic development for the countries around the Lake Chad area, an economically- and socially-integrated area in north-west Africa that has development...
Type de document: Mémorandum économique sur un pays Numéro du rapport: 165932 Date du document: 9 novembre 2021 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Lebrand,Mathilde Sylvie Maria
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Benin Country Economic Memorandum 2.0 (Vol. 4 of 5) : Increasing Diversification and Integration for Economic Transformation - Chapter 4 (anglais)
A small open economy, Benin has seen growth that is above average for the region. The volatility of high growth spells combined with low productivity growth has translated into limited gains in income...
Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 164448 Date du document: 27 septembre 2021 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Picarelli,Nathalie,Yan,Xun,Henry,Alexandre Ben-Aziz Kutu,Rougeaux,Solene Marie Paule,Mongan Agbeshie,Saint-Martin Kodjovi,Accrombessy,Felicien Donat Edgar Towenan,Dudu,Hasan,Engel,Jakob,Avdiu,Besart,Lebrand,Mathilde Sylvie Maria,Benitez,Daniel Alberto,Abate,Megersa Abera,Petreski,Marjan,Bartl,Esther Maria,Samson,Houdou Romaric,Beyene,Lulit Mitik,Sicra,Alejandro,Liu,Zhen-000495915,Kouwoaye,Amevi Rocard,Levai,Adam,Homegnon,Noukpo