Background: The efficiency and competitiveness of port supply chain entities are two critical concerns for maritime transport that must constantly be enhanced. This paper presents an approach called ECOGRAISIM for evaluating the performance of the seaport supply chain. The objective is to...

We study the impact of government-led incentive systems by examining a staggered reform in the Chinese state-owned enterprise (SOE) performance evaluation policy. To improve capital allocative efficiency, in 2010, regulators switched from using return on equity (ROE) to economic value added...

Purpose - This paper aims to address research gaps with regard to the relationship between market orientation and marketing performance when small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are located within a service cluster. The three main objectives of this research are to determine the effect...

This report presents the field calibration results of low-cost sensor systems including several pollutant and axillary sensors, AirSensEUR (ASE), at a rural site and three European cities. An automatic calibration procedure has been developed using co-located data of ASEs and reference...

Adapting to the inevitable impacts of climate changes is unavoidable and action is needed at all levels of governance. Local and regional authorities (LRAs) are increasingly designing and implementing adaptation strategies and/or plans. As different policy-makers progress with their adaptation...

A World Bank mission undertook applied the Debt Management Performance Assessment (DeMPA) methodology to evaluate the government's debt management (DM) capacity and institutions in Cabo Verde during March 28 to April 5, 2022. The assessment covers the legal, institutional, and regulatory...

This report assesses Niger's debt management capacity and institutions through the application of the Debt Management Performance Assessment (DeMPA) methodology. Revisiting the five core dimension areas of the DEMPA, there are key features that stand out. First, in governance and debt management...