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  • Guinea - Policy Notes to Support the Transition (English)

    Guinea has abundant natural resources, a rapidly growing population, and a privileged geographic location. Guinea has about one-third of the world’s known bauxite reserves (7 to 8 billion tons), the world’s...

    Document Type: Report Report No.: 186228 Document Date: January 1, 2022 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Sanchez,Susana M.,Toure,Boulel

  • Central African Republic Economic Update : Fourth Edition – Investing in Human Capital to Protect the Future (French)

    The economy of the Central African Republic (CAR) decelerated in 2020 compared to 2019. Despite a relatively contained health impact, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had a significant...

    Document Type: Report Report No.: 161580 Document Date: July 14, 2021 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Kouame,Wilfried Anicet Kouakou,Sandjong Tomi,Diderot Guy D Estaing,Edjigu,Habtamu Tesfaye,Kaplan,Avril Dawn,Kouame,Cristelle Alexandra Ahunvin,Wang Sonne,Soazic Elise,Lompo,Boubakar,Kamatsuchi,Mahoko,Geli,Patricia,Pajank,Daniel,Sanchez,Susana M.,Parlback,Oscar Hans Fredrik

  • Central African Republic Economic Update : Fourth Edition – Investing in Human Capital to Protect the Future (English)

    The economy of the Central African Republic (CAR) decelerated in 2020 compared to 2019. Despite a relatively contained health impact, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had a significant...

    Document Type: Report Report No.: 161580 Document Date: July 1, 2021 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Kouame,Wilfried Anicet Kouakou,Sandjong Tomi,Diderot Guy D Estaing,Edjigu,Habtamu Tesfaye,Kaplan,Avril Dawn,Kouame,Cristelle Alexandra Ahunvin,Wang Sonne,Soazic Elise,Lompo,Boubakar,Kamatsuchi,Mahoko,Geli,Patricia,Pajank,Daniel,Sanchez,Susana M.,Parlback,Oscar Hans Fredrik

  • The Gambia - Public Expenditure Review : Creating Fiscal Space (Vol. 1 of 2) (English)

    The objective of The Gambia Public Expenditure Review (PER) is to inform the fiscal consolidation effort of the authorities. World Bank PERs generally evaluate multiple dimensions of public spending including...

    Document Type: Public Expenditure Review Report No.: AUS0001544 Document Date: June 1, 2020 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Ashraf,Mehwish,Sanchez,Susana M.

  • Digitizing Agriculture : Evidence from E-Voucher Programs in Mali, Chad, Niger, and Guinea (French)

    The agricultural sector is a significant contributor to the economies of Guinea, Mali and Niger. In terms of share of GDP, agriculture represents 16 percent, 38 percent, and 40 percent respectively. It...

    Document Type: Report Report No.: 136045 Document Date: April 1, 2019 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Ba,Amadou - GFA01,Rubaiza,Rhoda,Taptue,Andre Marie,Sanoh,Aly,Savadogo,Aboudrahyme,Beguy,Olivier,Sanchez,Susana M.,Toure,Boulel,Razafimandimby,Luc,Nshimiyimana,Marcel,Kitzmuller,Markus,Kassim,Olanrewaju Malik,Touqeer,Irum

  • Sahel refugees : the human face of a regional crisis (English)

    Forced displacement is emerging as a major development challenge in the Sahel region, and especially around the Lake Chad basin. The Sahel has recently experienced political upheaval and insecurity due...

    Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 121818 Document Date: January 1, 2017 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Lopez Calix,Jose Roberto,Lemiere,Christophe,Rogy,Michel,Jourdan,Emilie Sandrine Celine,Niebuhr,Mona Luisa,Hoogeveen,Johannes G.,Razafimandimby,Luc,Sanoh,Aly,Beguy,Olivier,Zafar,Ali,Batana,Yele Maweki,Kitzmuller,Markus,Mijiyawa,Abdoul Ganiou,Nshimiyimana,Marcel,Touqeer,Irum,Sanchez,Susana M.,Skrok,Emilia

  • Costa Rica - Five years after CAFTA-DR assessing early results for the Costa Rican economy (Vol. 1 of 2) (English)

    The Dominican Republic - Central America - United States Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) has been fundamental in creating a stable framework for Costa Rica's trade with the United States. For Costa Rica...

    Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 84607 Document Date: June 1, 2014 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Koehler-Geib,Fritzi,Sanchez,Susana M.,Calvo-Gonzalez,Oscar,Kouame,Auguste Tano,Lopez,J. Humberto,Jaramillo,Carlos Felipe,Lachy Castillo,Diana Mercedes,Ulku,Hulya,Thorburn,Craig Walton,Vidal,Eloy Eduardo

  • Credit constraints and investment behavior in Mexico's rural economy (English)

    This paper uses two recently completed surveys of individual entrepreneurs (farmers and microentrepreneurs) and registered enterprises (agricultural and nonagricultural) operating in Mexico’s rural sector...

    Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS5014 Document Date: August 1, 2009 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Love,Inessa,Sanchez,Susana M.

  • The World Bank research observer 18 (1) (English)

    Tight money in a post-crisis defense of the exchange rate : what have we learned?, by Peter J. Montiel. Foreign bank entry : experience, implications for developing economies, and agenda for further research...

    Document Type: Publication Report No.: 25578 Document Date: March 31, 2003 Disclosure Status: Author: Botero,Juan Carlos,Clarke, George,Cull,Robert J.,Gwilliam,Kenneth M.,Keinan,Yoram,Kleinheisterkamp,Jan,Kumar, Ajay,La Porta,Rafael,Lopez-De-Silanes,Florencio,Martinez Peria,Maria Soledad,Montiel,Peter J.,Pistor,Katharina,Sanchez,Susana M.,Shleifer,Andrei,Volokh, Alexander,West,Mark D.