This paper quantifies the gains in gross domestic product per capita from closing gender employment gaps in the Middle East and North Africa, using three neoclassical growth models. The paper starts with...
Over the past three decades, economic growth in Mexico has been sluggish, the result of meager productivity improvements. Indeed, Mexico’s entrepreneurship ecosystem is characterized by the limited entry...
This chapter presents comprehensive firm-level evidence from the Business Pulse Surveys (BPS) and Enterprise Surveys (ES) conducted by the World Bank Group across 18 countries in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)...
The COVID-19 pandemic has struck businesses across the globe with unprecedented impacts. The world economy has been hit hard and firms have experienced a myriad of challenges, but these challenges have...
An entrepreneurial ecosystem consists of the set of complementary factors required to start a business with the potential to scale up and innovate in a particular geographic space. This paper develops...
The authors examine job creation, job destruction, and net employment growth across 53 developing and emerging economies during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our evidence draws on survey responses from 27,000...
To help monitor in real time the impact of Coronavirus (COVID 19) on the private sector in the Philippines and inform public policy responses, the World Bank, in collaboration with the Department of Finance...
This paper estimates the impact of technology sophistication pre-COVID-19 on the performance of firms during the early stages of the pandemic. It exploits a unique data set covering firms from Brazil...
This paper estimates the impact of technology sophistication pre-COVID-19 on the performance of firms during the early stages of the pandemic. A unique data covering firms from Brazil, Senegal, and Vietnam...
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has made the digital revolution more important than ever. A strong entrepreneurial ecosystem is essential for digital revolution. This report assesses entrepreneurship...
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has made the digital revolution more important than ever. A strong entrepreneurial ecosystem is essential for digital revolution. This report assesses entrepreneurship...
The Lao PDR Economic Monitor provides updates on macroeconomic developments and sectoral issues in the country. The economic recovery in 2021 is likely to be slower than anticipated, mainly owing to containment...
The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered an unprecedented worldwide recession. Survey results show deepening impact on business performance and pessimistic investment outlooks, which will likely require some...
Despite the local lockdown restrictions in March 2021, more businesses in May 2021 were opening compared to November of 2020, but a substantial share continued to operate under capacity. Sales have continued...
Relying on a novel dataset covering more than 120,000 firms in 60 countries, this paper contributes to the debate about policies to support businesses through the COVID-19 pandemic. While governments around...
The COVID-19 pandemic has severe impacts on the Kenyan economy and society as a whole. This report analyzes the impact of COVID-19 on businesses in Kenya based on a nationally representative Business Pulse...
This paper provides a comprehensive assessment of the short-term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on businesses worldwide with a focus on developing countries. The results are based on a novel data set...