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  Book

  Women and Trade : The Role of Trade in Promoting Gender Equality

   

  World Bank; World Trade Organization

  Trade can dramatically improve women’s lives, creating new jobs, enhancing consumer choices, and increasing women’s bargaining power in society. It can also lead to job losses and a concentration of work in low-skilled employment. Given the complexity and specificity of the relationship between trade and gender, it is ...

  Trade can dramatically improve women’s lives, creating new jobs, enhancing consumer choices, and increasing women’s bargaining power in society. It can also lead to job losses and a concentration of w ...

  Trade can dramatically improve women’s lives, creating new jobs, enhancing consumer choices, and increasing women’s bargaining power in society. It can also lead to job losses and a concentration of work in low-skilled employment. Given the complexity and specificity of the relationship between trade and gender, it is essential to assess the potential impact of trade policy on both women and men and to deve ...

  Jul 30, 2020
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  Book

  Sourcebook on the Foundations of Social Protection Delivery Systems

   

  Lindert, Kathy; Karippacheril, Tina George; Rodriguez Caillava, Inés; Nishikawa Chavez, Kenichi

  The Sourcebook synthesizes real-world experiences and lessons learned of social protection delivery systems from around the world, with a particular focus on social and labor benefits and services. It takes a practical approach, seeking to address concrete “how-to” questions, including: How do countries deliver social ...

  The Sourcebook synthesizes real-world experiences and lessons learned of social protection delivery systems from around the world, with a particular focus on social and labor benefits and services. It ...

  The Sourcebook synthesizes real-world experiences and lessons learned of social protection delivery systems from around the world, with a particular focus on social and labor benefits and services. It takes a practical approach, seeking to address concrete “how-to” questions, including: How do countries deliver social protection benefits and services? How do they do so effectively and efficiently? How do th ...

  Jul 30, 2020
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  Book

  The African Continental Free Trade Area : Economic and Distributional Effects

   

  World Bank

  The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement will create the largest free trade area in the world, measured by the number of countries participating. The pact will connect 1.3 billion people across 55 countries with a combined GDP valued at $3.4 trillion. It has the potential to lift 30 million people ...

  The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement will create the largest free trade area in the world, measured by the number of countries participating. The pact will connect 1.3 billion ...

  The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement will create the largest free trade area in the world, measured by the number of countries participating. The pact will connect 1.3 billion people across 55 countries with a combined GDP valued at $3.4 trillion. It has the potential to lift 30 million people out of extreme poverty by 2035. But achieving its full potential will depend on putting ...

  Jul 27, 2020
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  Working Paper

  Coming Together While Staying Apart : Facilitating Collective Action through Trust and Social Connection in the Age of COVID-19

   

  Davenport, Stephen R.; Kallaur, Emily; Kunicova, Jana

  Facing the COVID-19 pandemic requires an unprecedented degree of cooperation between governments and citizens and across all facets of society to implement spatial distancing and other policy measures. This paper proposes to think about handling the pandemic as a ...

  Facing the COVID-19 pandemic requires an unprecedented degree of cooperation between governments and citizens and across all facets of society to implement spati ...

  Facing the COVID-19 pandemic requires an unprecedented degree of cooperation between governments and citizens and across all facets of society to implement spatial distancing and other policy measures. This paper proposes to think about handling the pandemic as a collective action problem that can be alleviated by policies that fo ...

  Jul, 2020
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  Working Paper

  Who on Earth Can Work from Home?

   

  Garrote Sanchez, Daniel; Gomez Parra, Nicolas; Ozden, Caglar; Rijkers, Bob; Viollaz, Mariana; Winkler, Hernan

  This paper presents new estimates of the share of jobs that can be performed from home. The analysis is based on the task content of occupations, their information and communications technology requirements, and the availability of internet access by country and incom ...

  This paper presents new estimates of the share of jobs that can be performed from home. The analysis is based on the task content of occupations, their informati ...

  This paper presents new estimates of the share of jobs that can be performed from home. The analysis is based on the task content of occupations, their information and communications technology requirements, and the availability of internet access by country and income groupings. Globally, one of every five jobs can be performed f ...

  Jul, 2020
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  Policy Note

  The Future of Bolsa Familia : An Evaluation of Several Reform Proposals in the Context of Brazil’s Tax Benefit System

   

  Morgandi, Matteo; Do Couto Sousa, Liliana; Farias, Alison; Cereda, Fabio

  This note aims to contribute to the debate, paying attention not only to changes in the Bolsa Familia program itself, but also by simulating the impact that general spending and tax reforms will have on the well-being of Brazilian families, whether they are poor or ...

  This note aims to contribute to the debate, paying attention not only to changes in the Bolsa Familia program itself, but also by simulating the impact that gene ...

  This note aims to contribute to the debate, paying attention not only to changes in the Bolsa Familia program itself, but also by simulating the impact that general spending and tax reforms will have on the well-being of Brazilian families, whether they are poor or not. This last point is particularly relevant in the current fisca ...

  May 15, 2020
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  Working Paper

  Managing the Employment Impacts of the COVID-19 Crisis : Policy Options for Relief and Restructuring

   

  Carranza, Eliana; Farole, Thomas; Gentilini, Ugo; Morgandi, Matteo; Packard, Truman; Santos, Indhira; Weber, Michael

  This note discusses policy options for managing the employment impacts of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) crisis aimed at relief and restructuring. The note pays attention to the labor market and institutional context of most low and middle-income countries where ...

  This note discusses policy options for managing the employment impacts of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) crisis aimed at relief and restructuring. The note pays atte ...

  This note discusses policy options for managing the employment impacts of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) crisis aimed at relief and restructuring. The note pays attention to the labor market and institutional context of most low and middle-income countries where informality is large and where existing institutions often lack mechanism ...

  Jul, 2020

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  Journal Article

  'Sex in Marriage Is a Divine Gift'? Evidence on the Quantity-Quality Trade-off from the Manila Contraceptive Ban

   

  Dumas, Christelle; Lefranc, Arnaud

  We analyze the trade-off between child quantity and child quality in developing countries by estimating the effect of family size on child’s education in urban Philippines. To isolate exogenous changes in family size, we exploit a policy shock: in the late 1990s, the mayor of Manila enacted a municipal ban on modern co ...

  We analyze the trade-off between child quantity and child quality in developing countries by estimating the effect of family size on child’s education in urban Philippines. To isolate exogenous change ...

  We analyze the trade-off between child quantity and child quality in developing countries by estimating the effect of family size on child’s education in urban Philippines. To isolate exogenous changes in family size, we exploit a policy shock: in the late 1990s, the mayor of Manila enacted a municipal ban on modern contraceptives. Since other comparable cities in the Manila metropolitan area were not affec ...

  Feb, 2019
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  Journal Article

  The Impact of the Arab Spring on the Tunisian Economy

   

  Matta, Samer; Appleton, Simon; Bleaney, Michael

  We use Synthetic Control Methodology to estimate the output loss in Tunisia as a result of the “Arab Spring.” Our results suggest that the loss was 5.5 percent, 5.1 percent, and 6.4 percent of GDP in 2011, 2012, and 2013 respectively. These findings are robust to a series of tests, including placebo tests, and are cons ...

  We use Synthetic Control Methodology to estimate the output loss in Tunisia as a result of the “Arab Spring.” Our results suggest that the loss was 5.5 percent, 5.1 percent, and 6.4 percent of GDP in ...

  We use Synthetic Control Methodology to estimate the output loss in Tunisia as a result of the “Arab Spring.” Our results suggest that the loss was 5.5 percent, 5.1 percent, and 6.4 percent of GDP in 2011, 2012, and 2013 respectively. These findings are robust to a series of tests, including placebo tests, and are consistent with those from an Autoregressive Distributed Lag Model of Tunisia’s economic growt ...

  Feb, 2019
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  Journal Article

  The Risk of Polygamy and Wives’ Saving Behavior

   

  Boltz, Marie; Chort, Isabelle

  In a polygamous society, all monogamous women are potentially at risk of polygamy. However, both the anthropological and economic literatures are silent on the potential impact of the risk of polygamy on economic decisions of monogamous wives. We explore this issue for Senegal using individual panel data. We first esti ...

  In a polygamous society, all monogamous women are potentially at risk of polygamy. However, both the anthropological and economic literatures are silent on the potential impact of the risk of polygamy ...

  In a polygamous society, all monogamous women are potentially at risk of polygamy. However, both the anthropological and economic literatures are silent on the potential impact of the risk of polygamy on economic decisions of monogamous wives. We explore this issue for Senegal using individual panel data. We first estimate a Cox model for the probability of transition to polygamy. Second, we estimate the im ...

  Feb, 2019

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  Report

  Russia Economic Report, No. 43, July 2020 : Recession and Growth Under the Shadow of a Pandemic

   

  World Bank

  The COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic has triggered a deep global economic recession. The COVID-19 (Coronavirus) shock is the most adverse peacetime shock to the global economy in a century. The Russian Federation possesses a high-quality education system that is recog ...

  The COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic has triggered a deep global economic recession. The COVID-19 (Coronavirus) shock is the most adverse peacetime shock to the g ...

  The COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic has triggered a deep global economic recession. The COVID-19 (Coronavirus) shock is the most adverse peacetime shock to the global economy in a century. The Russian Federation possesses a high-quality education system that is recognized internationally. Russia’s sustained growth in international ...

  Jul, 2020
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  Report

  Indonesia Economic Prospects, July 2020 : The Long Road to Recovery

   

  World Bank

  The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic and associated containment measures triggered the deepest global recession in eight decades. As many countries implemented lockdowns and travel restrictions, global demand for goods and services plummeted along with tourism flows an ...

  The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic and associated containment measures triggered the deepest global recession in eight decades. As many countries implemented lo ...

  The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic and associated containment measures triggered the deepest global recession in eight decades. As many countries implemented lockdowns and travel restrictions, global demand for goods and services plummeted along with tourism flows and commodity prices; supply chains were disrupted; and financial ...

  Jul, 2020
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  Book

  Global Economic Prospects, June 2020

   

  World Bank

  The COVID-19 pandemic has, with alarming speed, dealt a heavy blow to an already-weak global economy, which is expected to slide into its deepest recession since the second world war, despite unprecedented policy support. The global recession would be deeper if countries take longer to bring the pandemic under control, ...

  The COVID-19 pandemic has, with alarming speed, dealt a heavy blow to an already-weak global economy, which is expected to slide into its deepest recession since the second world war, despite unpreced ...

  The COVID-19 pandemic has, with alarming speed, dealt a heavy blow to an already-weak global economy, which is expected to slide into its deepest recession since the second world war, despite unprecedented policy support. The global recession would be deeper if countries take longer to bring the pandemic under control, if financial stress triggers defaults, or if there are protracted effects on households a ...

  Jun 08, 2020