In June 2020, the Uganda Bureau of
Statistics, with the support from the World Bank, has
launched the High-Frequency Phone Survey on COVID-19 to
track the impacts of...
Type: BriefReport#: 178184Date: October 31, 2022Author:
Atamanov,Aziz ;
Cochinard,Frederic Pierre Francois Hugue ;
Ilukor,John ;
Kemigisha, Audrey ;
Kilic,Talip ;
Mupere, Andrew ;
Ponzini,Giulia
The gap in the prevalence and reporting
of sexual harassment needs to be addressed through efficient
redressal mechanisms. Evidence from Indian cities shows that
while...
Lack of safety deters women from
stepping out, creating a vicious cycle that lowers
women’s presence in public spaces. The lack of
safe public transport options...
Urban mobility systems are often not
designed to account for gender-based differences in mobility
patterns. Women are amongst the biggest users of public
transport across...
Cities are engines of growth,
job-creation, and innovation. As workers and firms interact
closely, cities generate increases in labor productivity
through agglomeration...
In the wake of disruptions to healthcare
delivery caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare
policymakers and professionals in several Caribbean
countries are implementing...
Type: BriefReport#: 192927Date: October 25, 2022Author:
World Bank
In the wake of disruptions to healthcare
delivery caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare
policymakers and professionals in several Caribbean
countries are implementing...
Type: BriefReport#: 192930Date: October 25, 2022Author:
World Bank
This brief examines the introduction of
landmark reforms in São Tomé and
Príncipe to counter domestic and family violence
and to protect women, both at...
Type: BriefReport#: 177512Date: October 21, 2022Author:
Mazoni Silva Martins,Natalia ;
Corminales De Oliver,Claudia Lenny
The October 2022 update introduces the
10th edition of the Global Database of Shared Prosperity
(GDSP). Shared prosperity, defined as the growth in per
capita household...
Mobility, tourism, and employment
conditions are improving as expected. However, softening
global demand and flooding are weighing on the growth
outlook. The World Bank...
Type: BriefReport#: 177260Date: October 20, 2022Author:
World Bank
Over the past three decades the
Philippines has made great progress in poverty reduction and
income growth, but only recently has inequality begun to
fall. Before the...
Type: BriefReport#: 177196Date: October 18, 2022Author:
Belghith,Nadia Belhaj Hassine ;
Fernandez,Francine Claire Chang ;
Jandoc,Karl Robert Lasmarias
The worldwide COVID-19 crisis has
heightened the importance of aligning childcare policies
more closely with the needs of working parents and, in
particular, working...
Type: BriefReport#: 176818Date: October 12, 2022Author:
World Bank
The worldwide COVID-19 crisis has
heightened the importance of aligning childcare policies
more closely with the needs of working parents and, in
particular, working...
Type: BriefReport#: 176820Date: October 12, 2022Author:
World Bank
This report argues that Digital
Transformation (DTs) are an essential element of a good-jobs
strategy for African countries. The evidence shows that
internet use has...
Type: BriefReport#: 176763Date: October 11, 2022Author:
World Bank
Communities, cities, and countries have
improved their understanding of disaster risk since 2005
when the Hyogo Framework for Action was adopted. Over time,
the agenda...
A limited number of poverty-targeted
measures, administrative inefficiencies and a complex
administrative set up reduce the impact of social protection
services in both...
Type: BriefReport#: 176765Date: October 10, 2022Author:
World Bank
There is unprecedented interest among
developing countries to attract private investment into
infrastructure and basic services to meet growing national
demand. Today,...
Type: BriefReport#: 176600Date: October 5, 2022Author:
Jones, Andrew
There is unprecedented interest among
developing countries to attract private investment into
infrastructure and basic services to meet growing national
demand. Today,...
Type: BriefReport#: 176599Date: October 5, 2022Author:
Jones, Andrew
There is unprecedented interest among
developing countries to attract private investment into
infrastructure and basic services to meet growing national
demand. Today,...
Type: BriefReport#: 176601Date: October 5, 2022Author:
Jones, Andrew
There is unprecedented interest among
developing countries to attract private investment into
infrastructure and basic services to meet growing national
demand. Today,...
Type: BriefReport#: 176602Date: October 5, 2022Author:
Jones, Andrew
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