This working paper presents the results of a rapid literature review of program evaluations of food subsidies to promote healthy eating that address sales/prices, consumption, and/or health outcomes. It...
By advancing knowledge on digital climate information and agriculture advisory services (‘agromet services’) in support of West Africa’s farmers, this report has two objectives. First, it aims to identify...
As the war in Ukraine has created further challenges for the economy, the Tunisian government has announced a program that includes several measures to support the economy and social inclusion. One of...
As the war in Ukraine has created further challenges for the economy, the Tunisian government has announced a program that includes several measures to support the economy and social inclusion. One of...
As the war in Ukraine has created further challenges for the economy, the Tunisian government has announced a program that includes several measures to support the economy and social inclusion. One of...
These opening remarks were made by World Bank Group President David Malpass at the State of the Global Economy Event Organized by Brookings Institution on July 13, 2022. The report discusses about the...
This South Asia Country brief discusses about the economic development of Maldives as of 2018. Growth and a pick-up in tourism are expected to continue to drive growth. The government has succeeded in...
The development objective of the Strengthening Agri-Food Value-Chains Program-for-Results Project for Morocco is to increase the volume of added-value products commercialized in selected agri-food value...
The Iraqi Public Distribution System is the largest universal, in-kind subsidy system in the world. In 2012, the Public Distribution System transfers accounted for as much as 30 percent of incomes of the...
The paper takes stock of eight country studies and a cross-country analysis to review the experience with subsidy reforms in the Middle East and North Africa region between 2010 and 2014. This unprecedented...
The paper compares the distribution of energy and food subsidies across households and the impact of subsidy reforms on household welfare in the Middle East and North Africa region. The analysis uses a...
The paper compares the distribution of energy and food subsidies across households and the impact of subsidy reforms on household welfare in the Middle East and North Africa region. The analysis uses a...
The paper takes stock of eight country studies and a cross-country analysis to review the experience with subsidy reforms in the Middle East and North Africa region between 2010 and 2014. This unprecedented...
What is the welfare effect of a price change? This simple question is one of the most relevant and controversial questions in microeconomic theory and its different answers can lead to severe heterogeneity...
What is the welfare effect of a price change? This simple question is one of the most relevant and controversial questions in microeconomic theory and its different answers can lead to severe heterogeneity...
The suggested Project Development Objective of the Corredor Seco Food Security Project of Honduras is to enhance food and nutritional security of vulnerable households in selected locations. Food security...
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...