Documents et rapports
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Global Socio-economic Resilience to Natural Disasters (anglais)
Most disaster risk assessments use damages to physical assets as their central metric, often neglecting distributional impacts and the coping and recovery capacity of affected people. To address this shortcoming...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS11129 Date du document: 21 mai 2025 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Robin Middelanis,Bramka Arga Jafino,Ruth Hill,Minh Cong Nguyen,Stephane Hallegatte
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Breaking Invisible Barriers : Does Fast Internet Improve Access to Input Markets ? (anglais)
This paper explores how improved internet infrastructure impacts supply chains and economic activity, focusing on Turkiye. Using the expansion of fiber-optic networks and firm-to-firm transaction data...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS11122 Date du document: 13 mai 2025 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Demir,Banu,Javorcik,Beata,Piyush Paritosh Panigrahi
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Dry Spells, Urban Swells : Analyzing the Drought-Induced Expansion of Cities in Sub-Saharan Africa (anglais)
Droughts are increasingly cited as a driver of urbanization across Sub-Saharan Africa, yet little is known about the role they play in shaping the spatial expansion of cities. Combining satellite imagery...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS11099 Date du document: 10 avril 2025 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Rafael Van der Borght,Oscar Anil Ishizawa Escudero,Thuret,Jean,Joaquin Ignacio Munoz Diaz
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The Role of Market Frictions in Demand for Prepaid Electricity (anglais)
Prepaid electricity contracts lower enforcement costs but may burden consumers, particularly when market frictions are present. This paper presents the results of a randomized control trial where 2,000...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS11097 Date du document: 9 avril 2025 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Megan Elizabeth Lang
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Disentangling the Key Economic Channels through Which Infrastructure Affects Jobs (anglais)
This paper takes stock of the literature on infrastructure and jobs published since the early 2000s, using a conceptual framework to identify the key channels through which different types of infrastructure...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS11096 Date du document: 3 avril 2025 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Maria Vagliasindi,Nisan Gorgulu
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Road Investment and Violence in DRC : Perishable Peace Dividends (anglais)
This paper explores the effect of road rehabilitation on violent conflict using a novel, rich dataset of road rehabilitation projects in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The country received massive external...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS11071 Date du document: 20 février 2025 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Mathilde Lebrand,Mueller,Hannes,Schouten,Peer,Jevgenijs Steinbuks
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Decentralized Markets for Electricity in Low-Income Countries (anglais)
Governments in low-income countries are increasingly integrating off-grid electricity provision into national electrification strategies, creating novel, decentralized markets for electricity. This paper...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS11053 Date du document: 30 janvier 2025 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Megan Elizabeth Lang
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Public Key Infrastructure : Implementing High-Trust Electronic Signatures (anglais)
This note is designed to be read alongside the companion policy note on electronic signatures, which explains the role of PKI in implementing cryptographically secured digital signatures within a national...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 196018 Date du document: 31 décembre 2024 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: World Bank
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Impacts of Disasters in Conflict Settings : Evidence from Mozambique and Nigeria (anglais)
This paper estimates the differentiated economic impact of natural hazard-related disasters (the specific disasters and climate shocks studied here being floods) when they occur in conflict versus non-conflict...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS10995 Date du document: 9 décembre 2024 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Karima Ben Bih,Chloe Genevieve Helene Desjonqueres,Bramka Arga Jafino,Blanc,Elodie,Masson,Solene
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Firm Linkages and Domestic Value Added in Exports : Moving up the Global Value Chains with High-Speed Railways (anglais)
Since 2000, China has been upgrading its infrastructure, exemplified by the expansion of the high-speed railways (HSR), while simultaneously moving up the global value chains, evidenced by the rising domestic...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS10985 Date du document: 25 novembre 2024 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Hiau Looi Kee,Enze Xie,Xu,Mingzhi
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Global Evolution of Power Market Designs (anglais)
The design of the power market determines how the sector can address complex economic, social, environmental, and engineering challenges to deliver sustainable and reliable electricity at least cost to...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS10986 Date du document: 25 novembre 2024 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Elcin Akcura,Emelly Mutambatsere
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Prioritizing Heat Mitigation Actions in Indian Cities : A Cost-Benefit Analysis under Climate Change Scenarios (anglais)
Although deaths and economic losses due to extreme heat are rising globally, heatwaves remain a "hidden hazard" whose impacts are underrecognized due to measurement and valuation challenges. Cities in...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS10960 Date du document: 28 octobre 2024 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Nicholas K.W. Jones,Asmita Tiwari,Natsuko Kikutake,Takacs,Sacha,Souverijns,Niels
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Shrinking Economic Distance : Understanding How Markets and Places Can Lower Transport Costs in Developing Countries (anglais)
Despite the reduction in transport costs over the past decades, the world today is still far from being a single integrated economy. Developing countries face higher transport prices than developed countries...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 190759 Date du document: 18 septembre 2024 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Matias Herrera Dappe,Mathilde Lebrand,Aiga Stokenberga
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Optimal Investments in Africa’s Road Network (anglais)
This paper characterizes economically optimal investments in Africa’s road network in partial and general equilibrium —based on a detailed topography of the network, road con-struction costs, frictions...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS10893 Date du document: 4 septembre 2024 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Sebastian Martin Krantz
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Outward and Upward Construction : A 3D Analysis of the Global Building Stock (anglais)
The developing world has built structures on an unprecedented scale to accommodate population growth and urbanization. The horizontal and vertical structuring of the building stock resulting from this...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS10866 Date du document: 12 août 2024 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Esch,Thomas,Klaus W. Deininger,Jedwab,Remi,Palacios-Lopez,Daniela
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Connectivity, Road Quality, and Jobs : Evidence from Armenia (anglais)
Good road infrastructure decreases travel time and improves accessibility to urban areas. Improved rural-urban linkages could also affect rural employment through decreased time and travel costs. To study...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS10847 Date du document: 10 juillet 2024 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Nino Pkhikidze
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A Metric of Global Maritime Supply Chain Disruptions: The Global Supply Chain Stress Index (GSCSI) (anglais)
Global supply chains recently faced widespread disruptions. The COVID-19 pandemic caused major disruptions in 2021 and 2022, while in late 2023, geopolitical incidents in the Red Sea and water shortages...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS10839 Date du document: 3 juillet 2024 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Jean Francois Arvis,Cordula Rastogi,Rodrigue,Jean-Paul,Daria Ulybina
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The Path to 5G in the Developing World : Planning Ahead for a Smooth Transition (anglais)
Deployments of fifth generation (5G) mobile network technologies are taking off globally, with more than one billion connections reached by the end of 2022. This deployment includes 5G trials, licensing...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 191209 Date du document: 13 juin 2024 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Rami Amin,Doyle Gallegos,Christine Zhenwei Qiang,Casey Torgusson
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The Welfare and Productivity Effects of Transit Improvements in Amman (anglais)
This paper studies the long-run welfare and productivity effects of transit improvements in the Greater Amman Municipality. The paper builds a rich quantitative spatial model that includes many aspects...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS10802 Date du document: 13 juin 2024 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Tatjana Kleineberg,Sally Beth Murray,Tang,Yulu,Jon Kher Kaw
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Intra-national Trade Costs in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (anglais)
Casual observation suggests that intra-national trade costs remain high in low- and middle-income countries. Precisely estimating them is crucial for guiding policies aimed at optimizing economic efficiency...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS10789 Date du document: 3 juin 2024 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: de Astarloa,Bernardo Díaz,Pkhikidze,Nino