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  • Burkina Faso - Protecting the Poor During the Recovery and Beyond (French)

    According to latest estimates, the economy grew by 2.0 percent in 2020, 4 percentage points less than projected before the onset of COVID-19 (coronavirus). The primary sector grew by 5.2 percent, supported...

    Document Type: Report Report No.: 160207 Document Date: April 1, 2021 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Pajank,Daniel,Abalo,Kodzovi Senu,Kane,Soukeyna,Thomas,Theo David,Chauffour,Jean-Pierre Christophe,Tsimpo Nkengne,Clarence,Pagura,Maria Eileen,Koanda,Youssaou,Kone,Sekou,Vandeninden,Frieda,Lefebvre,Matthieu Boris,Koschorke,Julian Alexander,Bodewig,Christian,Kedote,Ayaba Gilberte,Rodriguez Caillava,Maria Ines,Dicko,Tenin Fatimata,Berehoudougou,Roland Berenger,Bartmann,Robin,Evers,Michael Wayne

  • Mali Economic Update : Protecting the Vulnerable during the Recovery (English)

    The twin shocks of the pandemic and the coup pushed the economy into a recession in 2020. Real GDP is estimated to contract by 2.0 percent (4.9 percent in per capita terms) in 2020. The containment measures...

    Document Type: Report Report No.: 160255 Document Date: April 1, 2021 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Kakpo,Eliakim,Yan,Xun,Doretti,Diletta,Buba,Johanne,Antic,Adela,Chauffour,Jean-Pierre Christophe,Tchana Tchana,Fulbert,Thomas,Theo David,Mistiaen,Johan A.

  • Mali Economic Update : Protecting the Vulnerable during the Recovery (French)

    The twin shocks of the pandemic and the coup pushed the economy into a recession in 2020. Real GDP is estimated to contract by 2.0 percent (4.9 percent in per capita terms) in 2020. The containment measures...

    Document Type: Report Report No.: 160255 Document Date: April 1, 2021 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Kakpo,Eliakim,Yan,Xun,Sanoh,Aly,Doretti,Diletta,Buba,Johanne,Antic,Adela,Chauffour,Jean-Pierre Christophe,Tchana Tchana,Fulbert,Thomas,Theo David,Mistiaen,Johan A.

  • Burkina Faso - Protecting the Poor During the Recovery and Beyond (English)

    According to latest estimates, the economy grew by 2.0 percent in 2020, 4 percentage points less than projected before the onset of COVID-19 (coronavirus). The primary sector grew by 5.2 percent, supported...

    Document Type: Report Report No.: 160207 Document Date: April 1, 2021 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Pajank,Daniel,Abalo,Kodzovi Senu,Kane,Soukeyna,Thomas,Theo David,Chauffour,Jean-Pierre Christophe,Pagura,Maria Eileen,Koanda,Youssaou,Kone,Sekou,Vandeninden,Frieda,Lefebvre,Matthieu Boris,Koschorke,Julian Alexander,Bodewig,Christian,Kedote,Ayaba Gilberte,Rodriguez Caillava,Maria Ines,Dicko,Tenin Fatimata,Berehoudougou,Roland Berenger,Bartmann,Robin,Evers,Michael Wayne

  • Mali - Economic and Poverty Update during COVID-19 (English)

    Growth remained robust in Mali in 2019 despite the exacerbated violence in the northern and central regions. Real GDP growth reached 5.1 percent in 2019 (1.9 percent per capita) compared with 4.7 percent...

    Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 153457 Document Date: June 1, 2020 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Yan,Xun,Toure,Boulel,Sanoh,Aly,Chauffour,Jean-Pierre Christophe,Moller,Lars Christian,Dabalen,Andrew L.

  • Exiting Financial Repression : The Case of Ethiopia (English)

    Ethiopia's framework for managing its monetary and foreign exchange policy has relied on some standard instruments of financial repression. Over time, the framework has led to the buildup of large macro-financial...

    Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS9082 Document Date: December 12, 2019 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Chauffour,Jean-Pierre Christophe,Gobezie,Muluneh Ayalew

  • Product and factor market distortions : the case of the manufacturing sector in Morocco (English)

    This paper studies the effect of market distortions in the manufacturing sector in Morocco. Recent microdata are used to calculate the extent of resource misallocation associated to these distortions and...

    Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS8218 Document Date: October 13, 2017 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Chauffour,Jean-Pierre Christophe,Diaz Sanchez,Jose Luis

  • Morocco 2040 : Emerging by Investing in Intangible Capital (Vol. 2 of 2) : Overview (Arabic)

    Morocco has made undeniable progress over the past fifteen years not only in the economic and social spheres, but also in the areas of personal freedoms and civil and political rights. These achievements...

    Document Type: Country Economic Memorandum Report No.: 120402 Document Date: October 12, 2017 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Chauffour,Jean-Pierre Christophe

  • Morocco 2040 : Emerging by Investing in Intangible Capital (Vol. 2 of 2) : Overview (English)

    Morocco has made undeniable progress over the past fifteen years not only in the economic and social spheres, but also in the areas of personal freedoms and civil and political rights. These achievements...

    Document Type: Country Economic Memorandum Report No.: 120402 Document Date: October 12, 2017 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Chauffour,Jean-Pierre Christophe

  • Morocco 2040 : Emerging by Investing in Intangible Capital (Vol. 2 of 2) : Overview (French)

    Morocco has made undeniable progress over the past fifteen years not only in the economic and social spheres, but also in the areas of personal freedoms and civil and political rights. These achievements...

    Document Type: Country Economic Memorandum Report No.: 120402 Document Date: October 12, 2017 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Chauffour,Jean-Pierre Christophe

  • Trade finance during the 2008-9 trade collapse : key takeaways (English)

    Trade finance matters for trade, and when financial markets and world trade collapsed three years ago, a shortage in trade finance was hailed as a possible culprit. Because of the potential for global...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 64687 Document Date: September 1, 2011 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Chauffour,Jean-Pierre Christophe,Malouche,Mariem

  • Preferential trade agreement policies for development : a handbook (English)

    Regional integration is increasingly recognized as a key avenue for promoting economic growth and reducing poverty. Preferential trade agreements (PTAs) have become a central instrument of regional integration...

    Document Type: Publication Report No.: 63404 Document Date: June 22, 2011 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Chauffour,Jean-Pierre Christophe,Maur,Jean-Christophe

  • Trade finance during the great trade collapse (English)

    The bursting of the subprime mortgage market in the United States in 2008 and the ensuing global financial crisis were associated with a rapid decline in global trade. The extent of the trade collapse...

    Document Type: Publication Report No.: 63264 Document Date: June 22, 2011 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Chauffour,Jean-Pierre Christophe,Malouche,Mariem

  • Freedom, entitlement, and the path to development (English)

    Twenty years after the revolutions of Central and Eastern Europe, the Arab Spring is again raising some fundamental questions about the place of freedom and entitlement in development. Depending on the...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 62419 Document Date: June 1, 2011 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Chauffour,Jean-Pierre Christophe

  • Trade integration as a way forward for the Arab world : a regional agenda (English)

    The current political turmoil for more open and participative societies in many Arab countries coupled with the emergence of new growth poles around the world could create the conditions for a big push...

    Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS5581 Document Date: February 1, 2011 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Chauffour,Jean-Pierre Christophe

  • Beyond market access : the new normal of preferential trade agreements (English)

    This paper takes stock of the growing success of preferential trade agreements. It revisits what are the defining characteristics of modern preferential trade agreements, which are typically pursued for...

    Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS5454 Document Date: October 1, 2010 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Chauffour,Jean-Pierre Christophe,Maur,Jean-Christophe