Documents et rapports

Concept Stage Program Information Document (PID) - Pakistan Grows Open, Resilient and Wealthy - P179807 (anglais)

Nepal Development Update 2023 (anglais)

The economy in Nepal grew at a slower pace in the first half of FY23. A decrease in construction activities, the lower registration of new businesses, slower credit growth to the private sector, and lower...

Pakistan Development Update : Financing the Real Economy (anglais)

Economic momentum continued over July-December 2021 (H1 FY22) as indicators mostly signaled positive trends. With sustained improvement in community mobility and still-robust official remittance inflows...

Economic Integration, Industrial Structure, and Catch-up Growth : Firm-Level Evidence from Poland (anglais)

This paper examines if and how deeper economic integration with high-income nations impacts industrial performance. It exploits Poland’s accession to the European Union in 2004 as a source of variation...

Deep Trade Agreement and Foreign Direct Investments (anglais)

Preferential trade agreements are growing in number and deepening in content by incorporating disciplines that go beyond market access. They increasingly encompass non-trade-related disciplines as diverse...

Pakistan Development Update : Reviving Exports (anglais)

Due to low base effects and recovering domestic demand, Pakistan’s real gross domestic product (GDP) growth (at factor cost) is estimated to have rebounded to 3.5 percent in FY21 from a contraction of...

Nepal Development Update : Harnessing Export Potential for a Green, Inclusive, and Resilient Recovery (anglais)

Nepal has been hit hard by COVID-19, although the situation has improved more recently. As the outbreak became widespread in mid-2020, a nationwide lockdown was implemented from March to July in 2020...

Evaluating the Impact of Export Finance Support on Firm-Level Export Performance : Evidence from Pakistan (anglais)

This paper evaluates the impact of two export finance support schemes, the Export Finance Scheme and the Long-Term Finance Facility for Plant & Machinery on firm-level export performance in Pakistan. These...

Slow Rockets and Fast Feathers or the Link between Exchange Rates and Exports : A Case Study for Pakistan (anglais)

Export responses to real exchange rate (RER) depreciations in Pakistan are lower than those to appreciations. This paper empirically documents this asymmetric response using macro-level data. It then relies...

Internationally Linked Firms, Integration Reforms and Productivity : Evidence from Pakistan (anglais)

This paper examines productivity dynamics and drivers for Pakistani firms listed in the stock exchange (publicly listed firms) over 2012-17. It relies on policy and outcome measures of integration in upstream...

Digital Pakistan - Economic Policy for Export Competitiveness : A Business and Trade Assessment (anglais)

This report analyses the recent trends in Pakistani Information Technologies (IT) and InformationTechnologies enabled Services (ITeS), as well as obstacles confronted by firms. The authors assess the importance...

Pakistan - Economic Policy for Competitiveness : Import Duties and Performance - Some Stylized Facts for Pakistan (anglais)

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 are a source of tax revenues for governments...

The Upstream Tariff Simulator (UTAS) : A Tool to Assess the Impact of Tariff Reform on Input Costs and Effective Protection across Sectors (anglais)

Increased international production fragmentation implies that firms at home rely on imported intermediates for production. In this context, tariff policy design needs to consider the impact downstream...

Project Information Document - Pakistan Goes Global: An Initiative for a Global Technology-Driven Pakistan - P170271 (anglais)

Stakeholder Engagement Plan (SEP) - Pakistan Goes Global: An Initiative for a Global Technology-Driven Pakistan - P170271 (anglais)

Appraisal Environmental and Social Review Summary (ESRS) - Pakistan Goes Global: An Initiative for a Global Technology-Driven Pakistan - P170271 (anglais)

Environmental and Social Commitment Plan (ESCP) - Pakistan Goes Global: An Initiative for a Global Technology-Driven Pakistan - P170271 (anglais)

Modernizing Trade in Pakistan: A Policy Roadmap (anglais)

This handbook intends to be a resource for those interested in trade policy reform, in Pakistan and elsewhere. It arose from the Pakistan trade and investment policy program (PTIPP). The PTIPP was designed...

Environmental and Social Review Summary (ESRS) - Pakistan Goes Global: An Initiative for a Global Technology-Driven Pakistan - P170271 (anglais)

Turkey Country Economic Memorandum : Firm Productivity and Economic Growth (anglais)

Turkey’s pace of income convergence has globally been one of the most remarkable of the past fifteen years. Sustaining growth and improvements in living standards in Turkey will require higher productivity...