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  • Productivity in the Time of COVID-19 : Evidence from East Asia and Pacific (Inglés)

    Firms in the East Asia and Pacific (EAP) region have been hit hard by the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, with dramatic and widespread falls in sales and employment. Firm sales in some EAP countries were...

    Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 158503 Fecha del documento: 26 de abril de 2021 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: De Nicola,Francesca,Mattoo,Aaditya,Timmis,Jonathan David,Tran,Trang Thu

  • Market Study to Understand Job Growth Potential in SMEs in Nepal (Inglés)

    This study of Nepal's SME sector is based on a survey of 932 firms located in 6 districts and spanning four sectors: agri-processing, manufacturing, tourism, and other services. The firm survey, conducted...

    Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo (Serie Numerada) Número del informe: 149845 Fecha del documento: 1 de junio de 2020 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor:

  • Designing wage contracts in multi-goal organizations (Inglés)

    Economic theory has long suggested the use of monetary incentives to motivate workers. In practice, however, public bureaucracies and nonprofit organizations are driven by a broader mission that often...

    Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 122970 Fecha del documento: 1 de enero de 2018 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Giné,Xavier,Mansuri,Ghazala,Shrestha,Slesh Anand

  • Precision farming enables climate-smart agribusiness (Inglés)

    Emerging market countries, particularly India and nations in Sub-Saharan Africa, can benefit from advanced farming technologies that mitigate the effects of climate change and protect environmental resources...

    Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 121268 Fecha del documento: 1 de octubre de 2017 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Ghannam,Nadine Shamounki

  • First Loan for Family Planning, Jamaica – Population Project (Inglés)

    The World Bank has been working in family planning and reproductive health for more than 30 years. As of 2005, the Bank has provided more than 3 billion dollars to finance projects addressing these issues...

    Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo Número del informe: 104679 Fecha del documento: 1 de enero de 2016 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor:

  • Exploring the sources of downward bias in measuring inequality of opportunity (Inglés)

    This study analyzes the extent of downward bias in the calculation of inequality of opportunity for continuous outcomes such as income. A typically recognized source of bias is the unobserved circumstances...

    Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo (Serie Numerada) Número del informe: 125424 Fecha del documento: 1 de octubre de 2015 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Lara Ibarra,Gabriel,Cruz,Adan L. Martinez

  • Output-based aid for solid waste management : Nepal and the West Bank (Inglés)

    With rapid urbanization, population growth, and new economic activity, municipal solid waste is increasing at alarming rates, and is expected to almost triple in low and lower middle income countries by...

    Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 99686 Fecha del documento: 1 de junio de 2015 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor:

  • The ECA's diaspora populations can aid growth and development (Inglés)

    The diaspora populations from Europe and Central Asia (ECA) countries are large in both absolute and relative terms. Nearly 11 percent of the population in the region resides outside the country of birth...

    Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 67970 Fecha del documento: 1 de abril de 2012 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Canagarajah,Roy S.,Heleniak,Timothy E.

  • Financial access and stability : a road map for the Middle East and North Africa (Inglés)

    The full report on which this Quick Note is based argues that Middle East and North Africa's (MENA's) financial systems contributed significantly to these unsatisfactory outcomes by failing to provide...

    Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 66107 Fecha del documento: 1 de septiembre de 2011 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: De Rezende Rocha,Roberto

  • The promotion of social cohesion through education in Sri Lanka (Inglés)

    The social dimensions and benefits of education are being increasingly appreciated in developed and middle-income countries. Among the many social benefits of education, promoting social cohesion in countries...

    Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo (Serie Numerada) Número del informe: 66042 Fecha del documento: 1 de septiembre de 2011 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Aturupane,Harsha,Wikramanayake,Damaris Helene

  • How do women weather economic shocks? What we know (Inglés)

    Do women weather economic shocks differently than men? First-round impacts of economic crises on women's employment should be more prominent in this recent economic downturn than historically because of...

    Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 59109 Fecha del documento: 1 de enero de 2011 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Sabarwal,Shwetlena,Sinha,Nistha,Buvinic,Mayra Lourdes

  • Assessment of innovative approaches for flood risk management and financing in agriculture (Inglés)

    Floods are a major source of risk for the agricultural sector. Flood risk in the agricultural sector primarily arises from river flooding, flash floods, and coastal flooding. The impacts of floods can...

    Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo (Serie Numerada) Número del informe: 71620 Fecha del documento: 1 de enero de 2010 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Lotsch,Alexander,Dick,William J.,Manuamorn, Ornsaran Pomme

  • Real exchange rates, saving, and growth : is there a link? (Inglés)

    The view that policies directed at the real exchange rate can have an important effect on economic growth has been gaining adherents in recent years. Unlike the traditional 'misalignment' view that temporary...

    Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo (Serie Numerada) Número del informe: 57745 Fecha del documento: 1 de enero de 2009 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Montiel,Peter J.,Serven,Luis