Governance

A short history of PPPs for development: the good, the bad, and the hopeful

PPPs have undergone a shift from being understood as a risk mitigation exercise for the public and private sectors to agreements that can bring broad development benefits. Learn more about where…

Jean-Christophe Barth-Coullaré|
Governance, Infrastructure & Public-Private Partnerships

Policy Research Working Paper series publication roundup for August 2022

This blog is a biweekly feature highlighting recent working papers from around the World Bank Group. It introduces five papers published in August 2022 on various topics, including COVID-19…

Marcelo Buitron, Policy Research Working Paper team|
Climate Change, Financial Sector, Fragility Conflict and Violence, Gender, Governance, Health, Jobs & Development, Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management, Poverty

Integrated national data ecosystems: the next stage of digital transformation

The traditional approach to data management is no longer adequate—data must be shared and used across disciplines, sectors, and platforms.

Declan Deasy, Yaroslav Eferin, Oleg Petrov|
Digital Development, Governance, Infrastructure & Public-Private Partnerships

Adopt and abandon: Path to ending household air pollution

A recent World Bank study analyzes national household surveys in 24 Sub-Saharan African countries in order to understand exactly how rich households in developing countries have to be to abandon…

Masami Kojima|
Climate Change, Energy, Extractive Industries, Financial Inclusion, Governance, Inequality and Shared Prosperity, Poverty, Social Sustainability and Inclusion

How can multinational corporations (MNCs) amplify the adverse employment effect of domestic minimum wage policies? Lessons from South Korea

Given that multinational corporations are increasingly influential, governments may need to reassess trade policies and domestic labor market policies. This study investigates the impacts of the…

JaeBin Ahn, Jaerim Choi, Sunghoon Chung|
Competitiveness, Financial Inclusion, Governance, Jobs & Development, Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management, Poverty, Trade
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