Document Type: Procurement Plan Report No.: STEP23565 Document Date: AUG 19, 2019

Author: Tchannibi Bakatimbe Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Procurement Plan Report No.: STEP23347 Document Date: AUG 09, 2019

Author: Tchannibi Bakatimbe Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Procurement Plan Report No.: STEP23268 Document Date: AUG 07, 2019

Author: Namaro Yago Disclosure Status: Disclosed

In response to rising inequality following decades of trade liberalization, many countries are adopting trade restrictions. Can temporary trade restrictions have long-lasting effects on the spatial distribution of employment and resource allocation? ... See More + To analyze this, this paper exploits the civil war in Côte d'Ivoire (2002-07), which disrupted access to the world market for two neighboring landlocked countries: Mali and Burkina Faso. The Ivorian war forced rerouting of trade from the Abidjan route to non-Abidjan routes. This paper builds a general equilibrium model where a subsistence-based autarkic hinterland coexists with an integrated segment, and there are two alternative routes to international markets. A trade shock to one route affects resource allocation in both routes by shifting the spatial margins of market integration and sectoral specialization. The effects are heterogeneous, depending on the pre-war market access of a location. The empirical analysis takes advantage of panel data and estimates the effects on structural change in employment on the non-Abidjan route using a triple difference design with location fixed effects. The areas that remain in autarkic equilibrium before and after the trade shock provide plausible estimates of the changes arising from long-term factors unrelated to the trade shock. The estimates show that the temporary trade shock created divergence between the Abidjan and non-Abidjan routes, with accelerated structural change in favor of manufacturing and services employment in the non-Abidjan route. This paper finds evidence of persistence in the effects through higher sunk investment in built-up density, agglomeration through concentration of skilled labor and greater public investment in complementary inputs such as electricity infrastructure (measured by nightlights density).  See Less -

Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS8962 Document Date: AUG 06, 2019

Author: Emran,M. Shahe; Shilpi,Forhad J.; Coulombe,Harold; Blankespoor,Brian Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Procurement Plan Report No.: STEP23179 Document Date: AUG 05, 2019

Author: Fantche AWOKOU Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Auditing Document Report No.: AUD0024005 Document Date: AUG 04, 2019

Author: Hayfron,Charlotte Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Procurement Plan Report No.: STEP23127 Document Date: AUG 02, 2019

Author: Haddy Njie Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Procurement Plan Report No.: STEP23030 Document Date: JUL 31, 2019

Author: Haddy Njie Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Procurement Plan Report No.: STEP22913 Document Date: JUL 29, 2019

Author: Camille GOUGNIMENOU Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Auditing Document Report No.: AUD0023096 Document Date: JUL 28, 2019

Author: Tinga,Joao Disclosure Status: Disclosed