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Taking Stock and Looking Ahead : Cote d’Ivoire and the COVID-19 Pandemic (英语)

This report contributes to the growing body of knowledge by shedding light on the impact of COVID-19 and confinement measures on Ivoirian enterprises and households. It builds on two dedicated sets of...

Appraisal Program Information Document (PID) - CDI Sustainable and Inclusive Growth DPF1 - P169828 (英语)

Concept Program Information Document (PID) - CDI Human Capital, Climate Change, and Digital Economy DPF1 - P169828 (英语)

Etude sur la Fiscalite en Afrique de l’Ouest : Rapport de Synthese (法语)

Appraisal Program Information Document (PID) - Benin Second Fiscal Reform and Growth DPF - P166115 (英语)

Estimating an equilibrium exchange rate for the Argentine Peso (英语)

This paper assesses the equilibrium value of the Argentine peso exchange rate based on the country's economic fundamentals and compares it with the official exchange rate value. The paper estimates a behavioral...

Nowcasting prices using Google trends : an application to Central America (英语)

The objective of this study is to assess the possibility of using Internet search keyword data for forecasting price series in Central America, focusing on Costa Rica, El Salvador, and Honduras. The Internet...

The pulse of public opinion : using Twitter data to analyze public perception of reform in El Salvador (英语)

This study uses Twitter data to provide a more nuanced understanding of the public reaction to the 2011 reform to the propane gas subsidy in El Salvador. By soliciting a small sample of manually tagged...

Estimating local poverty measures using satellite images : a pilot application to Central America (英语)

Several studies have used satellite measures of human activity to complement measures of economic production. This paper builds on those studies by considering satellite measures for improving poverty...

Estimating the economic opportunity cost of capital for public investment projects : an empirical analysis of the Mexican case (英语)

This paper offers an assessment of the methodologies employed to estimate the economic opportunity cost of capital for public sector projects, relying on the Mexican case for an applied empirical exercise...

Central America - 6C big data in action for development (英语)

This report stemmed from a World Bank pilot activity to explore the potential of big data to address development challenges in Central American countries. As part of this activity we collected and analyzed...

Peru - Public Expenditure Review for Peru : spending for results (英语)

The purpose of this Public Expenditure Review (PER) is to take stock of Peru's public expenditure since the last PER and identify the main challenges. The key underlying questions addressed are: (i) How...

Peru - Public Expenditure Review for Peru : spending for results : Gasto para resultados : revision del gasto publico para Peru (西班牙语)

The purpose of this Public Expenditure Review (PER) is to take stock of Peru's public expenditure since the last PER and identify the main challenges. The key underlying questions addressed are: (i) How...

Higher wages, lower pay : public vs. private sector compensation in Peru (英语)

Do public sector employees earn less than their counterparts in the private sector? This paper addresses this question in the case of Peru, a country where civil service reform is being debated yet the...