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  • Comparing Approaches to Project COVID-19 Effects on Poverty (English)

    Different studies use different approaches to forecast how many people will fall into poverty due to the outbreak of Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19), with largely different results. Even when using the same...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 151252 Document Date: July 1, 2020 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Yoshida,Nobuo,Nguyen,Minh Cong,Uematsu,Hiroki,Wu,Haoyu,Mahler,Daniel Gerszon,Gupta,Dixita

  • Macroeconomic Policy in the Time of COVID-19 : A Primer for Developing Countries (English)

    COVID-19 not only represents a worldwide public health emergency but has become an international economic crisis that could surpass the global financial crisis of 2008–09. Right now, containment and mitigation...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 147291 Document Date: March 26, 2020 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Loayza,Norman V.,Pennings,Steven Michael

  • Stubborn Gender Gaps in Paraguay’s Labor Market (English)

    This note analyzes household survey data and firm-level data to measure gender gaps in employment outcomes over the past 15 years and shed light on the degree to which economic growth has translated into...

    Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 135839 Document Date: April 1, 2019 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Ruppert Bulmer,Elizabeth N.,Scarpari,Raquel,Garlati Bertoldi,Pablo Adrian

  • Stubborn Gender Gaps in Paraguay’s Labor Market (Spanish)

    This note analyzes household survey data and firm-level data to measure gender gaps in employment outcomes over the past 15 years and shed light on the degree to which economic growth has translated into...

    Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 135839 Document Date: January 1, 2019 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Ruppert Bulmer,Elizabeth N.,Scarpari,Raquel,Garlati Bertoldi,Pablo Adrian

  • Gender Equality in The Geothermal Energy Sector : Road to Sustainability (English)

    Although geothermal energy is globally recognized as a clean and reliable source of heat and electric power its development can inadvertently lead to adverse outcomes that disproportionately disadvantage...

    Document Type: ESMAP Paper Report No.: 136571 Document Date: January 1, 2019 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Fridriksson,Thrainn,Schomer,Inka Ivette

  • Challenges on the path to universal health coverage : the experience of Azerbaijan (English)

    The objectives of this case study are to assess how the poor fared as a result of recent efforts toward universal health coverage in Azerbaijan, and to provide an overview of the government’s planned additional...

    Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 122830 Document Date: January 1, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Bonilla-Chacin,Maria Eugenia,Afandiyeva,Gulara,Suaya,Agustina Sara

  • Migration and remittances : recent developments and outlook : Return migration (English)

    This migration and development brief reports global trends in migration and remittance flows, major policy developments, and the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) indicators for reducing remittance costs...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 129452 Document Date: October 1, 2017 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Ratha,Dilip Kumar,De,Supriyo,Schuettler,Kirsten,Seshan,Ganesh Kumar,Yameogo,Nadege Desiree

  • The importance of local capital markets for financing development (English)

    Rudimentary markets for capital - for raising money and investing - exist in even the remotest places around the world. However, prudent macroeconomic management, regulation, investor protection, and innovation...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 112692 Document Date: January 1, 2017 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Narayanaswamy,Meera,Blitzer,Charles R.,Carvajal,Ana Fiorella

  • Early mission trip to Yugoslavia - July 2003 (English)

    The Bank lent Yugoslavia an amount in various currencies equivalent to $28 million in October 1951 [Loan 00510]. The loan provided foreign exchange needed to complete projects in the fields of electric...

    Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 104652 Document Date: January 1, 2016 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Brion,Rene

  • Socio-Economic Impact of the Crisis in Northern Mali on Displaced People (French)

    This paper analyzes the impact of the 2012 crisis in Mali on internally displaced people, refugees and returnees. It uses information from a face-to-face household survey as well as follow-up interviews...

    Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 125544 Document Date: May 1, 2015 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Etang Ndip,Alvin,Hoogeveen,Johannes G.,Lendorfer,Julia

  • Financial disclosure in Mexico : evidence from an audit study (English)

    This note examines the extent to which financial disclosure policies are enough to protect consumers in Mexico. It highlights two questions that are the focus of an investigation: 1) what is the quality...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 90902 Document Date: July 1, 2014 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Gine,Xavier,Martinez, Cristina,Mazer,Rafael Keenan