Documents et rapports
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September 2024 Update to the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) : What’s New (anglais)
The September 2024 update to the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) introduces several changes to the data underlying the global poverty estimates. This document details these changes and the methodological...
Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: 193585 Date du document: 18 septembre 2024 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Danielle Victoria Aron,R.Andres Castaneda Aguilar,Carolina Diaz-Bonilla,Tony Henri Mathias Jany Fujs,Diana Carolina Garcia Rojas,Ruth Hill,Ma Llane Loren Torres Jularbal,Christoph Lakner,Gabriel Lara Ibarra,Daniel Gerszon Mahler,Minh Cong Nguyen
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Opportunities for Linking Fisheries Management and Social Protection in Solomon Islands (anglais)
Social protection and jobs programs (SPJ) can improve livelihoods and reduce vulnerability in coastal fishing communities in Solomon Islands, but these programs must be designed in a way that responds...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 192603 Date du document: 1 juin 2024 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Anita Kendrick,Vincenzo Vinci,Xavier F.P. Vincent,Fiona Howell,Son H. Nguyen
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Bridging the Gap Between Data and Policies in Remote Rural Municipalities in Nepal (anglais)
Nepal's transition to a federal system provides new optimism to achieve inclusive development and economic growth. However, the scarcity of locally disaggregated data and lack of capacity to use it stymie...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 157078 Date du document: 1 février 2021 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Walcher,Alexandra,Adhikary,Phanindra,Tamang,Urmila,Uematsu,Hiroki,Banick,Robert Steven,Maharjan,Liza,Shrestha,Tanuja
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Exploring the Potential of Gender Parity to Promote Economic Growth (anglais)
Narrowing the gender gap is critical to sustainable and inclusive growth. This brief discusses how moving toward gender equality can improve female labor force participation, human capital, and total factor...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 153893 Date du document: 27 octobre 2020 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Devadas,Sharmila,Kim,Young Eun
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Do Crises hit Female-Managed and Male-Managed Firms Differently? Evidence from the 2008 Financial Crisis (anglais)
While efforts are currently in place to collect data on the economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, this note looks at the experience of the 2008 financial crisis to gain insights on possible differential...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 152886 Date du document: 10 septembre 2020 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Ahmed,Tanima,Muzi,Silvia,Ueda,Kohei
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Theoretical Underpinnings of Jobs Diagnostics (anglais)
This paper is a work-in-progress and was developed to advance our thinking on how to make Jobs Diagnostics more strategic and to explore how guidance can best bridge the link from jobs analysis through...
Type de document: Rapport Numéro du rapport: 147121 Date du document: 20 mars 2020 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Lachler,Ulrich,Merotto,Dino Leonardo
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Russia Economic Report, May 2018, No. 39: Modest growth ahead (russe)
Global growth continued its 2017 momentum in early 2018. Global growth reached a stronger than- expected 3 percent in 2017 — a notable recovery from a post-crisis low of 2.4 percent in 2016. It is currently...
Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 127254 Date du document: 1 juin 2018 Mode de publication: Disclosed
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Russia Economic Report, May 2018, No. 39: Modest growth ahead (anglais)
Global growth continued its 2017 momentum in early 2018. Global growth reached a stronger than- expected 3 percent in 2017 — a notable recovery from a post-crisis low of 2.4 percent in 2016. It is currently...
Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 127254 Date du document: 1 mai 2018 Mode de publication: Disclosed
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Universal health coverage in low-income countries : Tanzania’s efforts to overcome barriers to equitable health service access (anglais)
During the past decade, Tanzania has experienced steady economic growth, with average annual growth rates of between 6 and 7 percent. Despite this positive trend in the economy, poverty rates have not...
Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: 122815 Date du document: 1 janvier 2018 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Wang,Huihui,Rosemberg,Nicolas
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Technology-enabled supply chain finance for small and medium enterprises is a major growth opportunity for banks (anglais)
In most emerging markets, small and medium enterprises (SMEs), lack access to the credit and liquidity they require for their daily working capital needs. This is partly due to the fact that the credit...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 118730 Date du document: 1 juin 2017 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Saleem,Qamar,Hommes,Martin,Sorokina,Aksinya
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Headaches, concerns, and regrets : what does the experience of 102 Brazilian directors tell us? (anglais)
This paper takes a look inside the functioning of the modern corporate board “black box.” Using results of an anonymous online survey, it investigates the experiences and behavior of 102 Brazilian directors—from...
Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: 115717 Date du document: 1 janvier 2017 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Guerra,Sandra,Santos,Rafael Liza
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Research grants for science-industry collaboration : do they spur innovation? (anglais)
Collaborations between science and industry are becoming increasingly important for the innovation process, in part because many new inventions are directly rooted in science, such as biotechnology, information...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 112126 Date du document: 1 janvier 2017 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Bruhn,Miriam,Mckenzie,David J.
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Education Project – Tunisia (anglais)
This was the first World Bank Group financing for education. The purpose of the project was to provide assistance for the most crucial requirements of the Tunisian school system by financing the construction...
Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 104672 Date du document: 1 janvier 2016 Mode de publication: Disclosed
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A decade of declining earnings inequality in the Russian Federation (anglais)
Wage inequality decreased significantly in the Russian Federation over the 2000s. The economic expansion experienced throughout the decade led to an improvement in social indicators, With a large reduction...
Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: 125413 Date du document: 1 août 2015 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Calvo,Paula Andrea,López-Calva,Luis Felipe,Posadas,Josefina
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Reducing dwell time to boost efficiency at the Port of Cotonou (anglais)
The Port of Cotonou is of primary importance to economic growth and diversification in Benin. Furthermore, given its key geographic location as a port serving Niger and other land-locked countries to its...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 79712 Date du document: 1 juillet 2013 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Macwilliam,David Cal
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National transfer accounts analysis for Sri Lanka (anglais)
Sri Lanka has been going through a demographic transition triggered by decreasing fertility and increasing life expectancy. The demographic transition is marked by two stages. During the first stage, the...
Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: 74170 Date du document: 1 octobre 2012 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Nikitin,Denis,De Silva,Weraduwage Indralal,Jayasekara, Tissa
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Turkey - Comercializing sustainable energy finance program : case study (anglais)
Financial intermediaries in Turkey do not typically have the expertise and technical capacity to evaluate or identify sustainable energy projects. They also have limited access to the long term funding...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 76169 Date du document: 1 août 2012 Mode de publication: Disclosed
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Brazil - How to decrease freight logistics costs in Brazil (anglais)
The ultimate goal of this work is to provide recommendations to the Brazilian government, private sector and non-governmental organizations for the preparation of a freight logistics policy agenda that...
Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: 46885 Date du document: 1 avril 2012 Mode de publication: Disclosed
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Roma inclusion is smart economics : illustrations from Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Romania and Serbia (anglais)
Roma are Europe's largest and poorest minority group, as well as one of its fastest growing populations, with approximately 70 percent Roma living in Central and Eastern Europe. A large share of new labor...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 62256 Date du document: 1 avril 2011 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: De Laat,Joost,Bodewig,Christian
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MENA's non-oil export performance in the last decade (anglais)
The political events reshaping the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region underlines that the key to political stability and renewed growth is going to depend on enabling more inclusive political and...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 62241 Date du document: 1 avril 2011 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Ianchovichina,Elena