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  Libro

  Informe sobre el desarrollo mundial 2021 : Datos para una vida mejor

   

  World Bank

  El crecimiento sin precedentes de los datos y su omnipresencia en nuestras vidas son señales de que la revolución de los datos está transformando el mundo de hoy. Sin embargo, buena parte de su valor continúa sin aprovecharse. Los datos recopilados para un propósito tienen el potencial de generar un valor económico ...

  El crecimiento sin precedentes de los datos y su omnipresencia en nuestras vidas son señales de que la revolución de los datos está transformando el mundo de hoy. Sin embargo, buena parte de su val ...

  El crecimiento sin precedentes de los datos y su omnipresencia en nuestras vidas son señales de que la revolución de los datos está transformando el mundo de hoy. Sin embargo, buena parte de su valor continúa sin aprovecharse. Los datos recopilados para un propósito tienen el potencial de generar un valor económico y social en aplicaciones muy diferentes de las previstas inicialmente. No obstante, se ...

  Mar 24, 2021
• Serial

  Commodity Markets Outlook, April 2021 : Causes and Consequences of Metal Price Shocks

   

  World Bank Group

  Commodity prices continued their recovery in the first quarter of 2021 and are expected to remain close to current levels throughout the year, lifted by the global economic rebound and improved growth prospects. However, the outlook is heavily dependent on ...

  Commodity prices continued their recovery in the first quarter of 2021 and are expected to remain close to current levels throughout the year, lifted by the glob ...

  Commodity prices continued their recovery in the first quarter of 2021 and are expected to remain close to current levels throughout the year, lifted by the global economic rebound and improved growth prospects. However, the outlook is heavily dependent on progress in containing the COVID-19 pandemic as well as policy support meas ...

  Apr 20, 2021
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  Corporate Report

  IDA18 Retrospective : Investing in Growth, Resilience, and Opportunity through Innovation

   

  International Development Association

  The landmark 18th Replenishment of the International Development Association (IDA18) featured significant innovation, substantial delivery, and flexibility to respond to urgent country needs, including COVID-19. Paradigm shifts in IDA18 signaled a significant change for IDA. Dedicated Windows address targeted developm ...

  The landmark 18th Replenishment of the International Development Association (IDA18) featured significant innovation, substantial delivery, and flexibility to respond to urgent country needs, includi ...

  The landmark 18th Replenishment of the International Development Association (IDA18) featured significant innovation, substantial delivery, and flexibility to respond to urgent country needs, including COVID-19. Paradigm shifts in IDA18 signaled a significant change for IDA. Dedicated Windows address targeted development needs to complement country allocations....

  Apr 09, 2021
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  Book

  Promoting Agrifood Sector Transformation in Bangladesh : Policy and Investment Priorities

   

  Ahmed, Mansur; Saint-Geours, Jean; Gitau, Ciliaka

  Agriculture plays a central role in Bangladesh’s economy, especially in rural areas, and further progress in agriculture will remain important as Bangladesh’s economy continues to evolve. Bangladesh has made significant agricultural policy reforms since the 1980s, which has largely contributed to achieving self-suffici ...

  Agriculture plays a central role in Bangladesh’s economy, especially in rural areas, and further progress in agriculture will remain important as Bangladesh’s economy continues to evolve. Bangladesh h ...

  Agriculture plays a central role in Bangladesh’s economy, especially in rural areas, and further progress in agriculture will remain important as Bangladesh’s economy continues to evolve. Bangladesh has made significant agricultural policy reforms since the 1980s, which has largely contributed to achieving self-sufficiency in rice production. However, these policies are now creating headwinds, constraining ...

  Apr 08, 2021
• Remarks to the Spring Meetings 2021 Development Committee

   

  Malpass, David

  World Bank Group President David Malpass spoke about how the Development Committee plays an essential and unique role in the international cooperation architecture. He highlighted the actions taken by World Bank to respond quickly to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, which includes new COVID-related emergency health ...

  World Bank Group President David Malpass spoke about how the Development Committee plays an essential and unique role in the international cooperation architecture. He highlighted the actions taken by ...

  World Bank Group President David Malpass spoke about how the Development Committee plays an essential and unique role in the international cooperation architecture. He highlighted the actions taken by World Bank to respond quickly to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, which includes new COVID-related emergency health programs in 112 countries, vaccination operations that are expected to reach four billion ...

  Apr 09, 2021

• Report

  Opportunities and Challenges for Public Procurement in the First Months of the COVID-19 Pandemic : Results From an Experts Survey

   

  World Bank

  The COVID-19 pandemic created unprecedented circumstances and challenges in many dimensions, without clear ex ante directions and guidance on the best strategies for coping with the emergency, including in public procurement. As a result, especially in the first ...

  The COVID-19 pandemic created unprecedented circumstances and challenges in many dimensions, without clear ex ante directions and guidance on the best strategies ...

  The COVID-19 pandemic created unprecedented circumstances and challenges in many dimensions, without clear ex ante directions and guidance on the best strategies for coping with the emergency, including in public procurement. As a result, especially in the first months of the pandemic, governments responded to the COVID-19 crisis ...

  Apr 19, 2021
• Report

  Women in Agriculture Using Digital Financial Services : Lessons Learned from Technical Assistance Support to DigiFarm, Fenix, and myAgro

   

  Varangis, Panos; Buchenau, Juan; Ono, Toshiaki; Sberro-Kessler, Rachel; Okumura, Asuka

  Women in rural areas, and in particular female farmers, have significantly less access to financial services than their male counterparts. Such limited access is harmful to female farmers and their families and significantly impedes their ability to grow and prosper. ...

  Women in rural areas, and in particular female farmers, have significantly less access to financial services than their male counterparts. Such limited access is ...

  Women in rural areas, and in particular female farmers, have significantly less access to financial services than their male counterparts. Such limited access is harmful to female farmers and their families and significantly impedes their ability to grow and prosper. Female farmers tend to have limited access to formal savings and ...

  Apr 05, 2021
• Report

  Moldova : Assessment of the Public Procurement System

   

  World Bank Group

  The main development objective of the work has been to use the MAPS assessment tool to assess the quality and effectiveness of Moldova’s public procurement system and on that basis create an evidence base for future reforms. In order to achieve this objective, the ass ...

  The main development objective of the work has been to use the MAPS assessment tool to assess the quality and effectiveness of Moldova’s public procurement syste ...

  The main development objective of the work has been to use the MAPS assessment tool to assess the quality and effectiveness of Moldova’s public procurement system and on that basis create an evidence base for future reforms. In order to achieve this objective, the assessment has endeavored to: identify strengths and weaknesses of the ...

  Apr 04, 2021

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  Europe and Central Asia Economic Update, Spring 2021 : Data, Digitalization, and Governance

   

  World Bank

  Governments play a critical role in the economies of Europe and Central Asia, where government expenditures are close to 40 percent of gross domestic product and the public sector accounts for nearly 27 percent of total employment, which is almost twice the global average. The public sector often attracts some of the b ...

  Governments play a critical role in the economies of Europe and Central Asia, where government expenditures are close to 40 percent of gross domestic product and the public sector accounts for nearly ...

  Governments play a critical role in the economies of Europe and Central Asia, where government expenditures are close to 40 percent of gross domestic product and the public sector accounts for nearly 27 percent of total employment, which is almost twice the global average. The public sector often attracts some of the best educated workers in the region. And support for a larger public sector is increasing d ...

  Mar 30, 2021
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  World Bank East Asia and Pacific Economic Update, April 2021 : Uneven Recovery

   

  World Bank

  A year after the first case was confirmed in Wuhan COVID-19 is proving hard to suppress even, while the emergence of more transmissible variants of the variant poses new challenges to the containment of the disease globally. The economies of the region began to bounce back in the second half of 2020. However, only Chin ...

  A year after the first case was confirmed in Wuhan COVID-19 is proving hard to suppress even, while the emergence of more transmissible variants of the variant poses new challenges to the containment ...

  A year after the first case was confirmed in Wuhan COVID-19 is proving hard to suppress even, while the emergence of more transmissible variants of the variant poses new challenges to the containment of the disease globally. The economies of the region began to bounce back in the second half of 2020. However, only China and Vietnam have followed a V-shape recovery path with output surpassing pre-COVID-19 le ...

  Mar 25, 2021
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  Book

  Doing Business 2020 : Comparing Business Regulation in 190 Economies

   

  World Bank

  Doing Business 2020 is the 17th in a series of annual studies investigating the regulations that enhance business activity and those that constrain it. It provides quantitative indicators covering 12 areas of the business environment in 190 economies. The goal of the Doing Business series is to provide objective data f ...

  Doing Business 2020 is the 17th in a series of annual studies investigating the regulations that enhance business activity and those that constrain it. It provides quantitative indicators covering 12 ...

  Doing Business 2020 is the 17th in a series of annual studies investigating the regulations that enhance business activity and those that constrain it. It provides quantitative indicators covering 12 areas of the business environment in 190 economies. The goal of the Doing Business series is to provide objective data for use by governments in designing sound business regulatory policies and to encourage res ...

  2020