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  • Climate Change and Sinking Corporates : Mitigating the Risks (English)

    This article explores the reciprocal relationship between climate change and economic activity through the lens of business insolvency, in particular, the effects of climate change on corporate solvency...

    Document Type: Report Report No.: 191022 Document Date: June 7, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Menezes,Antonia Preciosa,Gropper,Akvile

  • Offshore Data Leaks and Tax Enforcement in Developing Countries (English)

    The past decade has witnessed a rapid increase in data leaks from tax havens, spanning from the Luxembourg Leaks to revelations in the Panama and Pandora Papers. While these leaks often prompt political...

    Document Type: Report Report No.: 190403 Document Date: May 18, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Pierre Bachas,Collin,Matthew,Tatiana Flores,Thiago De Gouvea Scot de Arruda,Lyu,Hao

  • Firms’ Networks Under Export Exemption Regimes: Stylized Facts from Honduras (English)

    This report uses administrative tax data on firm-to-firm trade in Honduras to evaluate the degree of integration between firms receiving export-oriented tax exemptions and the local economy. We present...

    Document Type: Report Report No.: 190404 Document Date: May 18, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Jose Carlo Bermudez Sanchez,Tatiana Flores,Thiago De Gouvea Scot de Arruda

  • Pobreza e Vulnerabilidade Nas Zonas Urbanas de Angola (Portuguese)

    Embora zonas rurais em Angola tenham as taxas mais elevadas de pobreza, um terço dos angolanos que vivem na pobreza e 40 por cento dos vulneráveis a cair na pobreza estão em áreas urbanas. No entanto...

    Document Type: Report Report No.: 190989 Document Date: May 1, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Zane, Liliana Sousa e Giulia

  • Poverty and Vulnerability in Urban Angola (English)

    Though rural Angola has higher rates of poverty, a third of Angolans living in poverty and 40 percent of those vulnerable to falling into poverty are in urban areas. Yet, Angola’s poverty alleviation strategy...

    Document Type: Report Report No.: 190989 Document Date: May 1, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Sousa, Liliana,Zane, Giulia

  • Liquidity In Corporate Markets: A Literature Review (English)

    This note reviews the economic literature and empirical research on the drivers and effects of secondary market liquidity in the corporate securities markets. The choice of this topic was driven by the...

    Document Type: Report Report No.: 189020 Document Date: April 6, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Ana Fiorella Carvajal,Ricardo Bebczuk

  • Insolvency of Mobile Money Firms in Developing Countries - Overview for Policy Makers (English)

    E-money services have become increasingly popular, particularly in developing countries. These services, offered by providers other than traditional banks, enable customers to deposit, store, transfer...

    Document Type: Report Report No.: 187644 Document Date: December 31, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Martinez,Andres Federico,Will Paterson,Greenacre,Jonathan Espie

  • Strengthening Personal Income Taxation in Senegal - Case Study (English)

    As part of its medium-term revenue strategy, Senegal’s Finance and Budget Ministry plans to raise its tax-to-GDP ratio to 20 percent. The tax administration (Direction Générale des Impôts et Domaines...

    Document Type: Report Report No.: 182499 Document Date: June 2, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Bachas,Pierre Jean,Czajka,Leo,Aissatou Diallo,Knebelmann,Justine Simone Cecile,Toure,Anaelle Binta

  • Gender and Property Taxes in São Paulo (English)

    This knowledge note provides new evidence on property ownership and taxation patterns across genders in São Paulo (Brazil), the largest city in the Americas, with 12 million inhabitants. We exploit microdata...

    Document Type: Report Report No.: 183317 Document Date: May 31, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: De Gouvea Scot De Arruda,Thiago,Flores Ibarra,Roxana Tatiana,Moura,Davi Prado Novais,Feinmann,Javier,Rocha,Roberto Hsu

  • GovTech Maturity Index : 2022 Update - Regional Brief : Latin America and the Caribbean (English)

    According to the GovTech Maturity Index (GTMI) 2022 update for the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region, 18 countries in groups A and B are exhibiting significant focus on GovTech initiatives to...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 181254 Document Date: April 10, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Dener,Cem,Johns,Kimberly D.,Nii-Aponsah,Hubert,Blanco,Charles Victor,La Cascia,Joseph Huntington,Giray,Cagla,Hartmann,Johannes Till,Kim,Youngseok,Okahashi,Asami,Siregar,Freida,João Ricardo Vasconcelos

  • GovTech Maturity Index : 2022 Update - Regional Brief : Europe and Central Asia (English)

    According to the GovTech Maturity Index (GTMI) 2022 update for the Europe and Central Asia (ECA) region, 26 countries are in groups A and B demonstrating significant focus on GovTech initiatives and the...

    Document Type: Report Report No.: 181255 Document Date: April 10, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Dener,Cem,Johns,Kimberly D.,Nii-Aponsah,Hubert,Blanco,Charles Victor,La Cascia,Joseph Huntington,Giray,Cagla,Hartmann,Johannes Till,Kim,Youngseok,Okahashi,Asami,Siregar,Freida,João Ricardo Vasconcelos

  • GovTech Maturity Index : 2022 Update - Regional Brief : South Asia (English)

    According to the GovTech Maturity Index (GTMI) 2022 update for the South Asia (SAR) region, five countries are in group A or B, exhibiting substantial focus on GovTech initiatives, and the remaining three...

    Document Type: Report Report No.: 181252 Document Date: March 31, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Dener,Cem,Johns,Kimberly D.,Nii-Aponsah,Hubert,Blanco,Charles Victor,La Cascia,Joseph Huntington,Giray,Cagla,Hartmann,Johannes Till,Kim,Youngseok,Okahashi,Asami,Siregar,Freida,João Ricardo Vasconcelos

  • GovTech Maturity Index : 2022 Update - Regional Brief : East Asia and Pacific (English)

    According to the GovTech Maturity Index (GTMI) 2022 update for the East Asia and Pacific (EAP) region, 11 countries are progressing well in groups A and B, and the remaining 14 countries in groups C and...

    Document Type: Report Report No.: 181253 Document Date: March 31, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Dener,Cem,Johns,Kimberly D.,Nii-Aponsah,Hubert,Blanco,Charles Victor,La Cascia,Joseph Huntington,Giray,Cagla,Hartmann,Johannes Till,Kim,Youngseok,Okahashi,Asami,Siregar,Freida,João Ricardo Vasconcelos

  • GovTech Maturity Index : 2022 Update - Regional Brief : West and Central Africa (English)

    According to the GovTech Maturity Index (GTMI) 2022 update for the West and Central Africa (AFW) region, six countries are in group A or B (in 2020, there were only two countries in group B and no countries...

    Document Type: Report Report No.: 181249 Document Date: March 31, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Dener,Cem,Johns,Kimberly D.,Nii-Aponsah,Hubert,Blanco,Charles Victor,La Cascia,Joseph Huntington,Giray,Cagla,Hartmann,Johannes Till,Kim,Youngseok,Okahashi,Asami,Siregar,Freida,João Ricardo Vasconcelos

  • GovTech Maturity Index : 2022 Update - Regional Brief : Middle East and North Africa (English)

    According to the GovTech Maturity Index (GTMI) 2022 update for the Middle East and North Africa (MNA) region, 13 countries are in groups A and B, exhibiting substantial focus on GovTech initiatives; the...

    Document Type: Report Report No.: 181251 Document Date: March 31, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Dener,Cem,Johns,Kimberly D.,Nii-Aponsah,Hubert,Blanco,Charles Victor,La Cascia,Joseph Huntington,Giray,Cagla,Hartmann,Johannes Till,Kim,Youngseok,Okahashi,Asami,Siregar,Freida,João Ricardo Vasconcelos