The authors study whether firms that had access to external sources of finance were in a better position to overcome demand shocks caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Using data on around 20,000 firms in...
The Coronavirus(COVID-19) pandemic has had strong adverse impacts on the private sector in low- and middle-income countries. The future course of the pandemic remains highly uncertain, so consideration...
The objective of the present SME Operational Guidance Note is to support World Bank Group task teams and client countries with the knowledge and tools required for the effective design and implementations...
Relying on a novel dataset covering more than 120,000 firms in 60 countries, this paper contributes to the debate about policies to support businesses through the COVID-19 pandemic. While governments around...
Relying on a novel dataset covering more than 120,000 firms in 60 countries, this paper con-tributes to the debate about D policies to support businesses through the COVID-19 pandemic. While governments...
Senegal’s strong economic growth since 2014 represents a positive departure from weaker past growth performance since independence. Just this past year, in 2019, Senegal crossed the threshold to become...
Senegal’s strong economic growth since 2014 represents a positive departure from weaker past growth performance since independence. Just this past year, in 2019, Senegal crossed the threshold to become...
Tourism is an important source of foreign exchange and employment across developing economies. A scant literature has explored the relationship between tourism and the advent of the internet. This paper...
The objective of this deliverable of Component 5, Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E), of the Cluster Competitiveness Project (P154353) is to outline the requirements of a functional M&E setup and to present...
The Cluster Competitiveness Project (P154353) is a Reimbursable Advisory Services Project, which delivered a set of 13 Competitiveness Reinforcement Initiatives (CRI), targeting transformational change...
The overall objective of the Croatia Clusters and global value chain (GVC) Assessment project is to support the Croatian Ministry of Economy, Entrepreneurship, and Crafts (MoEEC) in improving Croatia’s...
Despite the rising volume of remittances flowing to developing countries, their impact on banking sector breadth and depth in recipient countries has been largely unexplored. The authors examine this topic...
This paper analyzes the impact of remittances on the breadth and depth of the banking sector. There are several reasons to believe that remittances might lead to the opening of new commercial bank branches...
This study evaluates the performance of Energy Toolbox (ETB), a wide-energy model. For purposes of this assessment two case studies were developed: a case for Haiti that assesses ETB's performance at the...