Documents & Reports
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Country Private Sector Diagnostic : Creating Markets in Ukraine - Doubling Down on Reform: Building Ukraine’s New Economy (Vol. 1 of 2) (English)
The present Country Private Sector Diagnostic (CPSD) will help inform the Government of Ukraine’s reform efforts, especially those leveraging the power of the private sector to boost economic growth and...
Document Type: Country Private Sector Diagnostics Report No.: 159076 Document Date: January 1, 2021 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Haddad,Mona E.,Kahkonen,Satu Kristiina Jyrintytar,Moorty,Lalita M.,Behrndt,Rolf,Nenova,Tatiana,Pellmar,Jason Brett,Shiels,Damien
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Assessment of Secondary Markets for Movable Assets in the Jamaica Manufacturing Sector (English)
One of the critical challenges to micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) continues to be access to finance (World Bank 2019). Asset-based lending (ABL) is emerging as a unique financing option for...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 154432 Document Date: October 1, 2020 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Chhabra,Pratibha,Thyssen,Lillian,Uttamchandani,Mahesh,Shiels,Damien,Alvarez De La Campa,Alejandro,Arthur Lok Jack
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Tourism Theory of Change (English)
Theory of Change in tourism is about understanding why and how change happens, so that development programs can make the most of the development potential of this sector. It is critically important that...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 158368 Document Date: January 1, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Twining-Ward,Louise D,Messerli,Hannah R.,Sharma, Amit,Villascusa Cerezo,Jose Miguel,Hristova,Diana,Li,Wendy,Mann,Shaun,Perrottet,John Gerard,Salem,Talia Malvina,Saurav,Abhishek,Schalken,Wouter,Shiels,Damien,Siblini,Kamal M.
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20 reasons sustainable tourism counts for development (English)
The focus of this paper is on sustainable tourism’s wider benefits, it is important to acknowledge that there are tradeoffs involved. Like other economic activities, tourism both gives and takes from communities...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 119954 Document Date: January 1, 2017 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Twining-Ward,Louise D,Aguerrevere Yanes,Gabriela,Bakker,Martine Hendrica Elize,Bartlett,Jennifer Louise,Chappell Jr,Robert L,Harman,Philip Alexander,Li,Wendy,Mann,Shaun,Miguel, Jose,Villascusa Cerezo,Jose Miguel,Perrottet,John Gerard,Salem,Talia Malvina,Shiels,Damien,Torres, Issa,Weiss,Bradley Lawrence,Wohlmuther, Cordula
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Facility for investment climate advisory services (FIAS) strategy for FY17-21 (English)
In the face of evolving global and regional economic circumstances, the facility for investment climate advisory services (FIAS), too, is evolving in the expertise and products it delivers, the issues...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 106110 Document Date: June 1, 2016 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Shiels,Damien,Werner,Wendy Jo,Diamond,John Michael,Begazo Gomez,Tania Priscilla,Kusek,Peter,Nelli Feroci,Lorenzo,Yap,Justin,Stanoev,Boyan Ivanov
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A guide to warehouse receipt financing reform : legislative reform (English)
The main objective of this Guide to Warehouse Receipt Financing Reform is to provide technical advice and guidance to reformers, project teams supporting reforms, donor institutions, government officials...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 108450 Document Date: January 1, 2016 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Saint-Geours,Jean Edouard Albert,Shiels,Damien