Documents et rapports

Remarks by World Bank Group President Ajay Banga at the China Development Forum (anglais)

The document collection discusses the challenges and opportunities facing the global community, focusing on issues such as persistent poverty, protracted conflicts, and the intractable climate crisis...

Brazil - Improving Water Service Access and Security in the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo Project : Environmental Assessment (Vol. 2) : Socio-environmental Report of the Sanitary Sewage System Project for the Municipality of Itapecerica da Serra (portugais)

Land Rezoning and Structural Transformation in Rural India : Evidence from the Industrial Areas Program (anglais)

Zoning laws that restrict rural land to agricultural production pose an important institutional barrier to industrial development. This paper studies the effects of the Industrial Areas (IA) program in...

Slovensko Dobiehajúce Regióny : Prepájanie Priemyslu a Výskumu a Vývoja v Banskobystrickom Samosprávnom Kraji (BBSK) (slovaque)

Táto správa poskytuje prehľad zistení a odporúčaní pre Banskobystrický kraj (BBSK) a vybrané sektorové ministerstvá SR v oblasti podpory užšej spolupráce medzi priemyslom a verejnými výskumnými organizáciami...

Slovakia Catching-Up Regions : Linking Industry and Research in the Banska Bystrica Region (BBSK) (anglais)

This report provides an overview of findings and recommendations for the Banska Bystrica region (BBSK) and selected sectorial ministries of the Slovak Republic in the area of supporting closer collaboration...

The Employment Effect of Place-Based Policies : Evidence from India (anglais)

Many governments in developing countries have pursued policies targeting specific geographic areas over the past several decades. However, only a few have rigorously evaluated the causal impact of these...

South Africa – Financial Sector Assessment Program : Technical Note – Pension System (anglais)

The Financial Services Conduct Authority (FSCA) is responsible for the oversight of the sector, with the legal and regulatory framework and supervisory approach requiring updating for the authority to...

Industrial Policy Effects and the Case for Competition (anglais)

It is conventional wisdom that industrial policies can be at odds with competitive markets. This note examines the historical basis for industrial policy and empirical effects. Although the direct effects...

Multinational Corporation Affiliates, Backward Linkages, and Productivity Spillovers in Developing and Emerging Economies : Evidence and Policy Making (anglais)

Recent research on productivity spillovers from affiliates of multinational corporations in developing and emerging economies finds that backward linkages from affiliates of foreign-owned firms to local...

Official Documents- Financing Agreement for Credit 6622-BT (Closing Package) (anglais)

Firms Far Up : Productivity, Agglomeration, and High-Growth Firms in Ethiopia (anglais)

High-growth firms have been widely studied in advanced countries, but little is known about such stellar performers in Africa. Using establishment-level data from Ethiopia, this paper finds that the incidence...

Statement by Alamine Ousmane Mey at the 100th meeting of the Development Committee held on October 19, 2019 (anglais)

This is a statement by H. E. Alamine Ousmane Mey Minister of Economy, Planning and Regional Development, at the 100th meeting of the Development Committee held on October 19, 2019. Global Value Chains...

Innovative China : New Drivers of Growth (anglais)

After more than three decades of average annual growth close to 10 percent, China's economy is transitioning to a 'new normal' of slower but more balanced and sustainable growth. Its old drivers of growth...

Industrialization on a Knife's Edge : Productivity, Labor Costs and the Rise of Manufacturing in Ethiopia (anglais)

The latest push for industrialization in Ethiopia has attracted much academic and public interest. This paper assesses Ethiopia's competitiveness and attractiveness as an investment destination by comparing...

Egypt - Household Natural Gas Connection Project : Environmental Assessment (Vol. 15 of 12) : Environmental and Social Management Plan for Monofeya Governorate (anglais)

The development objective of Households Natural Gas Connection Project for Egypt aims for greater use of natural gas for domestic users and reduction of government subsidies of the energy sector (LPG)...

Papua New Guinea - EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC- P101578- PNG Energy Sector Development Project - Procurement Plan (anglais)

Papua New Guinea - EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC- P101578- PNG Energy Sector Development Project - Procurement Plan (anglais)

Papua New Guinea - EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC- P101578- PNG Energy Sector Development Project - Procurement Plan (anglais)

Papua New Guinea - EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC- P101578- PNG Energy Sector Development Project - Procurement Plan (anglais)

Papua New Guinea - EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC- P101578- PNG Energy Sector Development Project - Procurement Plan (anglais)