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  • Doing business in Lao PDR : constraints to productivity (English)

    New available data suggests that the Lao business environment is not improving, and might be deteriorating. The main constraints named by firms surveyed in the 2016 Enterprise Survey are the practices...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 122170 Document Date: August 1, 2017 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author:

  • Doing business in Lao PDR : constraints to productivity (Laotian)

    New available data suggests that the Lao business environment is not improving, and might be deteriorating. The main constraints named by firms surveyed in the 2016 Enterprise Survey are the practices...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 122170 Document Date: August 1, 2017 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author:

  • Mozambique economic update : facing hard choices (English)

    This Mozambique economic update brief for 2016 includes a section on recent economic developments and a discussion of Mozambique’s economic outlook, followed by focus section(s) analyzing issues of particular...

    Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 110817 Document Date: December 1, 2016 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Mahdi,Shireen,Allen Massingue,Anna Carlotta,Sharma,Natasha,Da Maia,Carlos Chadreque Penicela,Casal,Julian,Saute,Rafael

  • The World Bank Group in Afghanistan : country update (English)

    The contents of this newsletter focus on World Bank Group support, status of ongoing operations, and Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund. It has the following headings: news; World Bank group support;...

    Document Type: Report No.: 108759 Document Date: October 1, 2016 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author:

  • DECPG global monthly newsletter (English)

    Some of the headings included in this issue of the Development Economics Prospects Group (DECPG) global economic prospects monthly working paper are as follows: overview; chart of the month; Special focus...

    Document Type: Newsletter Report No.: 107514 Document Date: July 1, 2016 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Baffes,John,Eigen-Zucchi,Christian,Kim,Eung Ju,Maximiliano,Adriana A.,Nguyen,Trang,Stocker,Marc,Vashakmadze,Ekaterine T.,Vorisek,Dana Lauren,Williams,Peter Davis,Yu,Shu

  • Distribution automation : an opportunity to improve reliability and quality (English)

    The control systems of today’s smart power-distribution grids have evolved significantly. Such systems improve system reliability by reducing the frequency and duration of outages. They also optimize asset...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 107122 Document Date: July 1, 2016 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Nangia,Varun Ravi,Oguah,Samuel Kwesi Ewuah,Gaba,Kwawu Mensan

  • Smartening the grid in developing countries : emerging lessons from World Bank lending (English)

    Since fiscal year 2010 the World Bank has supported 20 smart grid projects in 19 countries and all six Bank regions. Valued at 960 million dollars - a quarter of all Bank support for transmission and distribution...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 107123 Document Date: July 1, 2016 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Nangia,Varun Ravi,Oguah,Samuel Kwesi Ewuah,Gaba,Kwawu Mensan

  • The ICSID caseload : statistics (English)

    This new issue of the International Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) caseload statistics provides an updated profile of the ICSID caseload, historically and for the centre's fiscal...

    Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 113331 Document Date: June 30, 2016 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author:

  • Malawi economic monitor : absorbing shocks, building resilience (English)

    This report consists of two parts: Part 1 presents a review of recent economic developments and a macroeconomic outlook. Part 2 focuses in greater depth on a special, selected topic relevant to Malawi's...

    Document Type: Economic Updates and Modeling Report No.: 106501 Document Date: May 1, 2016 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Record,Richard James Lowden,Kandoole,Priscilla Flaness,Hoglund Giertz,Asa Margareta G.

  • DECPG global monthly newsletter (English)

    High-frequency indicators suggest that global growth continued to be weak in the first quarter of 2016. Growth in the United States dropped to a two-year low and slowed further in China, while it gained...

    Document Type: Newsletter Report No.: 106080 Document Date: April 1, 2016 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author:

  • The ICSID caseload : statistics (English)

    This new issue of the International Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) caseload statistics provides an updated profile of the ICSID caseload, historically and for the centre's fiscal...

    Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 106048 Document Date: March 31, 2016 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author:

  • The ICSID caseload : statistics : Carga de casos del CIADI : estadisticas (Spanish)

    This new issue of the International Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) caseload statistics provides an updated profile of the ICSID caseload, historically and for the centre's fiscal...

    Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 106048 Document Date: March 31, 2016 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author:

  • The ICSID caseload : statistics : Affaires du CIRDI : statistiques (French)

    This new issue of the International Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) caseload statistics provides an updated profile of the ICSID caseload, historically and for the centre's fiscal...

    Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 106048 Document Date: March 31, 2016 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: