Documents et rapports

Import Competition, Formalization, and the Role of Contract Labor (anglais)

Does higher import competition increase formalization and aggregate productivity? Exploiting plausibly exogenous variation from Chinese imports, we provide empirical causal evidence that higher imports...

Female-Worker Representation Effect : Gender Pay Variation in the Kuwaiti Civil Service (anglais)

Kuwaiti women working in Kuwait’s civil service earn, on average, 18 percent less than Kuwaiti men. Using a unique data set of all Kuwaiti nationals working in Kuwait’s civil service, this paper analyzes...

Crisis and Recovery - Learning from COVID-19’s Economic Impacts and Policy Responses in East Asia: Executive Summary (anglais)

More than three years after the first COVID-19 case was discovered in the East Asia and Pacific (EAP) region, it is time to take stock of the lasting effects—and opportunities—of the pandemic and identify...

The Employment Benefits of an Energy Transition in Morocco (anglais)

This report estimates the job creation potential of Morocco’s ambitious renewable energy and energy efficiency targets. To do this, it uses the Clean Energy Employment Assessment Tool (CEEAT), an excel-based...

Gender Wage Gap in Thailand (anglais)

The gender wage gap in Thailand is much less significant than in most countries in the world. The average hourly wage among female workers, in fact, slightly surpasses that of males. This highly equitable...

Global Job Quality : Evidence from Wage Employment across Developing Countries (anglais)

Measuring job quality across countries has been challenging and has relied typically on a single indicator, such as formality or wages. To contribute to this critical policy issue, this paper presents...

Somalia - Third Phase of the Recurrent Cost and Reform Financing Project : Additional Financing (anglais)

Ukraine - Public Expenditures for Administrative Capacity Endurance (PEACE) in Ukraine Project (anglais)

The development objective of the Public Expenditures for Administrative Capacity Endurance (PEACE) in Ukraine Project for Ukraine is to contribute to sustaining the government administrative and service...

Nudging in the Time of the Coronavirus : Evidence from an Experimental Tax Trial in Albania at the Onset of a Global Pandemic (anglais)

This paper presents the results of a randomized controlled trial testing the effectiveness of taxpayer communications informed by behavioral science in inducing business payroll tax compliance at the onset...

Liberia - Public Sector Modernization Project (anglais)

Ratings of Public Sector Modernization Project for Liberia were as follows: outcome was satisfactory, Bank performance was satisfactory, and monitoring and evaluation quality was high. Some of the lessons...

National Employment Service - Assessment and Recommendations for an Action Plan (anglais)

This report provides an overview of the tasks and responsibilities of the National Employment Service (NES) in Serbia with a focus on: (i) the monitoring and evaluation system of active labour market programmes...

The Distribution of Crisis Credit : Effects on Firm Indebtedness and Aggregate Risk (anglais)

This paper studies the distribution of credit during crisis times and its impact on firm indebtedness and macroeconomic risk. Whereas policies can help firms in need of financing, they can lead to adverse...

Cox’s Bazar Panel Survey : Rapid Follow-up Third Round : Status of Employment and Labor in Cox’s Bazar – Part One Hosts (anglais)

This brief summarizes findings on labor market impacts of COVID-19 from the third round of the rapid welfare tracking surveys in Cox’s Bazar. These rapid phone surveys are built on the Cox’s Bazar Panel...

Public Sector Employment and Compensation : An Assessment Framework (anglais)

This paper aims to provide a framework for conducting public sector employment and compensation assessments that can help develop evidence-based reforms. Such a framework is necessary given growing debt...

Gulf Economic Update : Seizing the Opportunity for a Sustainable Recovery (anglais)

The economic outlook for the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) economies appears far rosier now than it did even six months ago. Increased investment and consumption both public and private are contributing...

Worldwide Bureaucracy Indicators : Methodology, Insights, and Applications (anglais)

What is the appropriate level of employment in the public sector as a whole and for essential workers like public administrators, teachers, and doctors? Is the public sector wage bill affordable? Does...

Public Sector Employment and Compensation - A Framework 6 (anglais)

Effective management of public sector employment and compensation is a vital activity of governments with broad implications for fiscal sustainability, public sector productivity, and the competitiveness...

Disclosable Version of the ISR - Liberia: Public Sector Modernization Project - P143064 - Sequence No : 13 (anglais)

Egypt, Arab Republic of - 1st Prog DPL on Fisc. Sust. Energ. Comp (anglais)

Disclosable Version of the ISR - Public Financial Management Improvement Project - P162850 - Sequence No : 07 (anglais)