Documentos e informes

Committee on Development Effectiveness (CODE) : Minutes of the Meeting held on February 24, 2025 and Record of Approvals February 21 thru 24 (Inglés)

Road Investment and Violence in DRC : Perishable Peace Dividends (Inglés)

This paper explores the effect of road rehabilitation on violent conflict using a novel, rich dataset of road rehabilitation projects in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The country received massive external...

Committee on Development Effectiveness (CODE) : Minutes of the Meeting held on February 18, 2025 and Record of Approvals February 7 thru 14 (Inglés)

Budget Committee (BC) and Committee on Development Effectiveness (CODE) : Minutes of the Joint Meeting held on February 10, 2025 (Inglés)

Impact Evaluation of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Project and the Regional Express Train (TER) in Dakar, Senegal : Compilation of Intermediate Results (Inglés)

This note describes the effort to conduct a multidimensional rigorous impact evaluation of the Bus Rapid Transit pilot Project and the Regional Express Train in Dakar, Senegal. This note is focused on...

Committee on Development Effectiveness (CODE) : Minutes of the Meeting held on February 4, 2025 and Record of Approvals December 19, 2024 thru January 23, 2025 (Inglés)

Decentralized Markets for Electricity in Low-Income Countries (Inglés)

Governments in low-income countries are increasingly integrating off-grid electricity provision into national electrification strategies, creating novel, decentralized markets for electricity. This paper...

Budget Committee (BC) and Committee on Development Effectiveness (CODE) : Minutes of the Joint Meeting held on January 27, 2025 (Inglés)

Budget Committee (BC) and Committee on Development Effectiveness (CODE) : Minutes of the Joint Meeting held on January 27, 2025 (Inglés)

Public Key Infrastructure : Implementing High-Trust Electronic Signatures (Inglés)

This note is designed to be read alongside the companion policy note on electronic signatures, which explains the role of PKI in implementing cryptographically secured digital signatures within a national...

Committee on Development Effectiveness (CODE) : Minutes of the Meeting held on December 16, 2024 and Record of Approvals October 21 thru December 9 (Inglés)

Committee on Development Effectiveness and Committee on Governance and Executive Directors’ Administrative Matters (COGAM) : Minutes of the Joint Meeting held on December 16, 2024 and Record of Approvals June 24 (Inglés)

Impacts of Disasters in Conflict Settings : Evidence from Mozambique and Nigeria (Inglés)

This paper estimates the differentiated economic impact of natural hazard-related disasters (the specific disasters and climate shocks studied here being floods) when they occur in conflict versus non-conflict...

Firm Linkages and Domestic Value Added in Exports : Moving up the Global Value Chains with High-Speed Railways (Inglés)

Since 2000, China has been upgrading its infrastructure, exemplified by the expansion of the high-speed railways (HSR), while simultaneously moving up the global value chains, evidenced by the rising domestic...

Global Evolution of Power Market Designs (Inglés)

The design of the power market determines how the sector can address complex economic, social, environmental, and engineering challenges to deliver sustainable and reliable electricity at least cost to...

Water Security and Climate Change Insights from Country Climate and Development Reports (Inglés)

This report, "Water Security and Climate Change: Insights from Country Climate and Development Reports," examines the crucial role of water in addressing climate change, drawing insights from the World...

An Unsustainable Life : The Impact of Heat on Health and the Economy of Bangladesh (Inglés)

Bangladesh is warming at an alarming rate, the maximum temperature increased by 1.1°C between 1980 and 2023. At the same time, the heat index, or feels like temperature (which combines humidity and temperature...

Strategic Investment for Health System Resilience : A Three-Layer Framework (Inglés)

As global efforts to build emergency-ready health systems intensify, the "Strategic Investment for Health System Resilience: A Three-Layer Framework" offers a practical investment framework and diverse...

Prioritizing Heat Mitigation Actions in Indian Cities : A Cost-Benefit Analysis under Climate Change Scenarios (Inglés)

Although deaths and economic losses due to extreme heat are rising globally, heatwaves remain a "hidden hazard" whose impacts are underrecognized due to measurement and valuation challenges. Cities in...

Statement by Jutta Urpilainen at the 110th Meeting of the Development Committee held on October 25, 2024 (Inglés)

This is a statement by Jutta Urpilainen at the 110th Meeting of the Development Committee held on October 25, 2024. In the third year of Russia’s unprovoked and unjustified war of aggression against Ukraine...