Documents et rapports

Women's Land Rights in Sub-Saharan Africa : Where do we Stand in Practice? (anglais)

This Brief examines the challenges in implementing laws protecting women’s land rights in Sub-Saharan Africa. While some progress has been made in enacting legal protections, remaining discriminatory legislation...

Does sustainable finance regulation play a role in the “greening” of capital markets? (anglais)

Robust regulatory frameworks are important for developing healthy capital markets. Most current research ends that sustainable finance regulation serves as a backbone for the development of sustainable...

April 2022 Update to the Global Database of Shared Prosperity : What’s New (anglais)

The April 2022 update introduces the 9th edition of the Global Database of Shared Prosperity. Shared prosperity, defined as the growth in household per capita income or consumption of the poorest 40 percent...

Kenya Economic Update : Rising Above the Waves (anglais)

Quality, Efficient Biomass Stoves Reach Ugandan Households via Strengthened Supply Chains (anglais)

An ESMAP-funded grant facility that began in 2017, implemented by the Private Sector Foundation Uganda (PSFU), put in place market incentives that established eight new manufacturer-distributor partnerships...

Where is the Money Coming From? : Ten Stylized Facts on Financing Social Protection Responses to COVID-19 (anglais)

The unprecedented and ongoing scale-up of social protection responses to the COVID-19 pandemic dwarf the response to the Great Recession. But how are countries financing such scale-up efforts? This note...

A Simple Methodology for Calculating the Impact of a Carbon Tax (anglais)

This technical note discusses how to implement a carbon tax at the national level. A carbon tax is a tax on fossil fuels, such as coal, natural gas, and crude oil (including fossil fuel products such as...

Data for Policy (D4P) Initiative (anglais)

The Data for Policy (D4P) initiative (D4P) is a new World Bank engagement to improve National Statistical Systems (NSS) by enhancing the availability, timeliness, quality, and relevance of key data for...

Financial Innovation and Additionality : The Power of Economic Analysis and Data Analytics (anglais)

As public and private financial institutions innovate to expand the range of financial products that households and firms use, questions about the additionality of different services have become central...

From Ghana to America : The Skill Content of Jobs and Economic Development (anglais)

There is a growing body of literature exploring the skill content ofjobs. This article contributes to this research by using data on thetask content of occupations from developing countries, instead of...

Overcoming behavioral biases in job search : the value of action planning (anglais)

Job search is a largely self-regulated process, subject to behavioralbiases that lead to sub-optimal search and employment outcomes.Within this context, we designed, implemented and tested anaction-planning...

Technology transfer (anglais)

This note provides guidance to governments and investors on how best to support the development and transfer of technologies to local smallholders and communities. New technology can help boost production...

Energy storage : business solutions for emerging markets (anglais)

With the application of new storage capacity technologies, advances in the capabilities of energy networks promise to deliver not only efficiency and productivity gains but also business opportunities...

Financing landfill gas projects in developing countries (anglais)

This report offers an overview of the range of financial resources that may go into a financial assessment of an LFG system. This includes major sources of capital and operating funds, revenue from energy...

The Woods Presidency (anglais)

George D. Woods was President of the World Bank from January 1, 1963, to March 31, 1968. Under Woods, Bank activities went in significant new directions.This article is excerpted from "The Coming of Age"...

A new measure of rural access to transport : using GIS data to inform decisions and attainment of the SDGs (anglais)

In rural areas of the developing world, where the majority of the poor live, good transport connectivity through road infrastructure and transport services is an essential part of the enabling environment...

The quest for subsidy reforms in Libya (anglais)

Shortly before the 2011 Libyan revolution, consumers' subsidies were rapidly increased by the regime in an effort to reduce social discontent. In the aftermath of the revolution, these subsidies became...

Private sector participation in electricity transmission and distribution : experiences from Brazil, Peru, the Philippines, and Turkey (anglais)

In recent decades, many countries have embarked on structural reform programs involving private sector participation (PSP) across the entire value chain of the power sector. Often as part of a broader...

Lao People's Democratic Republic Nam Theun 2 Multipurpose Project : twenty third report of the international and social panel of experts (anglais)

This is Report 23 of the International Panel of Environmental and Social Experts (POE or the Panel) for the Nam Theun 2 (NT2) Multipurpose Project in the Lao People's Democratic Republic. The mission was...

Migration and remittances : recent developments and outlook (anglais)

Remittances to developing countries are projected to grow by 5.0 percent to reach US$435 billion in 2014 (accelerating from the 3.4 percent expansion of 2013), and rise further by 4.4 percent to US$454...