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  • Kosovo Country Economic Memorandum : Raising Agricultural Productivity (English)

    Igniting farm productivity can support growth and job creation in Kosovo. Agricultural production, in real terms, has been decreasing in Kosovo since 2009 but employment has not changed much. This note...

    Document Type: Country Economic Memorandum Report No.: 168101 Document Date: October 31, 2021 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Mauri,Silvia,Psaltopoulos, Demetris,Tsekouras, Kostas,Myderrizi,Besart,Blanco Armas,Enrique

  • Subdued Recovery : The Country Notes (English)

    Growth contracted by 3.3 percent in 2020. The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic took a heavy toll on an economy already devastated by the earthquake in 2019. However, the shock to economic fundamentals and...

    Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 158540 Document Date: April 1, 2021 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Kikoni,Edith,Blanco Armas,Enrique

  • Subdued Recovery (English)

    In 2020 COVID-19 (coronavirus) plunged the Western Balkan countries, like the rest of the world, into deep recession. Economic activity contracted by an estimated 3.4 percent - the worst downturn on record...

    Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 158538 Document Date: April 1, 2021 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Kikoni,Edith,Blanco Armas,Enrique

  • Pakistan at 100 : Regional Connectivity (English)

    This policy note was prepared in parallel to the report Pakistan at hundred - Shaping the Future. The report Pakistan at the rate hundred discusses options to accelerate and sustain growth in Pakistan...

    Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 135322 Document Date: March 1, 2019 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Deng,Fei,Illangovan,Patchamuthu,Blanco Armas,Enrique

  • Pakistan at 100 : Shaping the Future 2047 (English)

    Pakistan at hundred – Shaping the Future is the flagship report by World Bank Pakistan, focusing on long-term development opportunities for a more prosperous future. It articulates the key actions it needs...

    Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 135334 Document Date: January 1, 2019 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Blanco Armas,Enrique,Do Rosario Francisco,Maria Manuela,Illangovan,Patchamuthu,Aslam,Zehra

  • Pakistan Development Update : At a Crossroad (Vol. 1 of 2) (English)

    The report begins with a chapter on economic developments, with sections on growth, fiscal policy, public debt, the external sector, monetary developments and inflation, and the financial sector. The second...

    Document Type: Report No.: 120560 Document Date: October 1, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Ashraf,Mehwish,Ghumman,Adnan Ashraf,Aslam,Zehra,Shaikh,Sarmad Ahmed,Waheed,Muhammad,Blanco Armas,Enrique,Panasco Santos,Cristina Isabel,Qureshi,Ali Nadeem,Zamand,Mina,Schneider,Charles Patrick,Bashir,Amjad,Rontoyanni,Clelia Kalliopi Helena,Varela,Gonzalo J.,Zaheer,Namoos

  • Generating sustainable wealth from Mozambique's natural resource boom (English)

    This policy note aims to contribute to a national debate on the management of natural resource revenues. This policy note, part of a broader analytical program that seeks to inform macroeconomic and fiscal...

    Document Type: Policy Note Report No.: 86082 Document Date: January 1, 2014 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Blanco Armas,Enrique,Gratcheva,Ekaterina M.,Pevzner,Dmitry,Sharma,Natasha

  • Agriculture public spending and growth in Indonesia (English)

    This paper analyzes the trends and evolution of public spending in the agriculture sector in Indonesia, as well as the impact of public spending on agricultural growth. It finds that, in line with empirical...

    Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS5977 Document Date: February 1, 2012 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Abriningrum,Dwi Endah,Blanco Armas,Enrique,Moreno-Dodson,Blanca,Gomez Osorio,Camilo

  • Who is benefiting from fertilizer subsidies in Indonesia ? (English)

    Using the Agricultural Census 2003 and the Rice Household Survey 2008 for Indonesia, this paper analyzes the distribution of benefits from fertilizer subsidies and their impact on rice production. The...

    Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS5758 Document Date: August 1, 2011 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Abriningrum,Dwi Endah,Blanco Armas,Enrique,Firdaus, Muhammad,Gomez Osorio,Camilo

  • Public financial support for commercial innovation in ECA countries (English)

    Key factors driving self-sustained, long-term economic growth are innovation and technology absorption; these factors are generated from within the economic system, responding to economic incentives. This...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 56704 Document Date: May 1, 2010 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Goldberg,Itzhak,Trajtenberg,Manuel,Jaffe,Adam,Muller,Thomas,Sunderland,Julie,Blanco Armas,Enrique

  • Public financial support for commercial innovation in ECA countries (Russian)

    Key factors driving self-sustained, long-term economic growth are innovation and technology absorption; these factors are generated from within the economic system, responding to economic incentives. This...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 56704 Document Date: May 1, 2010 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Goldberg,Itzhak,Trajtenberg,Manuel,Jaffe,Adam,Muller,Thomas,Sunderland,Julie,Blanco Armas,Enrique

  • Agriculture public spending and growth : the example of Indonesia (English)

    This note analyzes the trends and evolution of public spending in the agriculture sector in Indonesia, as well as its impact on the growth of agriculture during the period 1976-2006. Public spending on...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 54078 Document Date: April 1, 2010 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Blanco Armas,Enrique,Gomez Osorio,Camilo,Moreno-Dodson,Blanca

  • Agriculture public spending and growth : the example of Indonesia (English)

    This note analyzes the trends and evolution of public spending in the agriculture sector in Indonesia, as well as its impact on agriculture growth during the period 1976 to 2006. The authors demonstrate...

    Document Type: Report No.: 90184 Document Date: April 1, 2010 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Blanco Armas,Enrique,Moreno-Dodson,Blanca,Gomez Osorio,Camilo

  • Innovation and technology absorption for growth (English)

    These proceedings encapsulate the key messages emerging from the three-day Knowledge Economy Forum V (KEF V) on Innovation and Technology Absorption for Growth, held in Prague, Czech Republic on March...

    Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 70561 Document Date: June 1, 2006 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Blanco Armas,Enrique,Kapil,Natasha,Montes-Negret,Fernando