In this knowledge brief, the authors
examine strategies the World Bank’s promoting
inclusion of persons with disabilities in social protection
and employment...
Type: BriefReport#: 180861Date: March 1, 2022Author:
Singh,Sunamika ;
Datta,Namita
This brief is a part of the Solutions
for Youth Employment (S4YE) Knowledge Brief series on the
design and implementation of youth employment programs. The
digital transformation...
This brief reports on the results of a
household survey conducted by the World Bank in the fall of
2021 [October to December] to assess changes in basic living
conditions...
Type: BriefReport#: 182567Date: March 1, 2022Author:
Mansuri,Ghazala ;
Cancho,Cesar A. ;
Knippenberg,Erwin Willem Yvonnick Leon
These RAP 2021 updates offer in-depth
data on performance and outcomes ratings for every Region
and World Bank Practice Group. Each update includes trend
analyses; a...
Type: BriefReport#: 166168Date: March 1, 2022Author:
World Bank
The number of new Coronavirus (COVID-19)
cases soared in Vietnam as people returned to work after the
Lunar New Year. However, it has been affected by the surge
in infections...
In a world where data are becoming an
integral part of our lives, data governance has become
essential to support the production, use and reuse of data
in a safe, ethical,...
The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
business pulse survey (BPS) is a rapid survey designed to
measure the various channels of impact of COVID-19 on firms,
firm adjustment...
Georgia has been conducting health
reform designed to improve coverage, quality, and financial
protection. It faces the challenge of providing greater
financial protection...
Type: BriefReport#: 171765Date: February 28, 2022Author:
Cortez,Rafael A. ;
Cetinkaya,Volkan
Croatia’s long-term care
(LTC) needs will increase substantially in years to come and
under investment is not only limiting the
country’s productivity...
Type: BriefReport#: 172261Date: February 28, 2022Author:
Rupasinghe,Yoshini Naomi ;
Schack,Maya Viviane ;
Bolongaita,Sarah Ann ;
Dzakula,Aleksandar
Health appears to be an increasingly
high priority in Azerbaijan. However, more public resources
must be allocated to health to guarantee the Mandatory
Health Insurance...
Type: BriefReport#: 170506Date: February 28, 2022Author:
Cortez,Rafael A. ;
Cetinkaya,Volkan
Approximately two years after the
outbreak of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Gabon seems
to be most the resilient country with regard to COVID-19
fatalities in...
Type: BriefReport#: 170009Date: February 28, 2022Author:
Viboudoulou Vilpoux,Mervy Ever ;
Beidou,Abdoullahi ;
Konou,Akakpo Domefa ;
Ouedraogo,Alice R. ;
Rontoyanni,Clelia Kalliopi Helena ;
Mistiaen,Johan A. ;
Narayan,Ambar
Established in June 2017, the City
Resilience Program (CRP) is an initiative funded by multiple
donors, managed by the Global Facility for Disaster
Reduction and Recovery...
Type: BriefReport#: 170370Date: February 28, 2022Author:
World Bank
Located on the Alps-Himalaya seismic
zone, Armenia has historically been prone to earthquakes.
The last devastating earthquake in 1988 rocked Spitak,
killing 25,000...
Type: BriefReport#: 168916Date: February 22, 2022Author:
Takeuchi,Ko
Learning from years of experience
confronting natural disasters, Japan has established itself
as a global leader in mainstreaming disaster risk management
(DRM) in development...
A growing understanding of the
importance of children’s earliest years has led
to an increasing desire to measure early childhood
development (ECD) outcomes....
Type: BriefReport#: 168832Date: February 18, 2022Author:
Pushparatnam,Adelle ;
Seiden,Jonathan Michael ;
Luna Bazaldua,Diego Armando
Tracking economic activity in real time
is a difficult task for forecasters due to data publication
lags, frequent and/or large revisions and lack of
high-frequency...
The first Sustainable Development Goal
to end poverty in all its forms by 2030 pledges to leave no
one behind. This commitment includes the over 80 million
people—one...
Type: BriefReport#: 168730Date: February 15, 2022Author:
Hanmer,Lucia C. ;
Klugman,Jeni ;
Ortiz,Elena Judith
The COVID-19 crisis requires policy
reforms on many fronts, from debt sustainability to
climate-smart recovery. This Research & Policy brief
draws on theory and empirical...
Type: BriefReport#: 168657Date: February 15, 2022Author:
Smets,Lodewijk ;
Record,Richard James Lowden
This brief has been produced under the
World Bank’s Indonesia Coronavirus disease 2019
(COVID-19) observatory, a partnership among multiple global
practices at...
Auxilio Emergencial (AE) was launched in
April 2020 to protect both, the chronic and transient poor
affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, limited to those not
already covered...
Type: BriefReport#: 168687Date: February 13, 2022Author:
Lara De Arruda,Pedro ;
Lazarotto De Andrade,Marina ;
Falcao Silva,Tiago ;
Teixeira Barbosa,Diana ;
Morgandi,Matteo
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