Auxílio Emergencial (AE) was
conceived to be a temporary program, with an expected
duration of only three months. However, the benefit was
reissued in 3 versions...
Type: BriefReport#: 168723Date: February 11, 2022Author:
Lara De Arruda,Pedro ;
Lazarotto De Andrade,Marina ;
Falcao Silva,Tiago ;
Teixeira Barbosa,Diana ;
Morgandi,Matteo
This short note summarizes key findings
of the 2021 World Bank technical note financed by the
Foreign Commonwealth Development Office: Enrollment and
eligibility process...
Type: BriefReport#: 168729Date: February 11, 2022Author:
Teixeira Barbosa,Diana ;
Lara De Arruda,Pedro ;
Lazarotto De Andrade,Marina ;
Falcao Silva,Tiago ;
Morgandi,Matteo
This short note summarizes key findings
of the 2021 World Bank study financed by the Foreign
Commonwealth Development Office: Auxilio Emergencial:
Lessons from the Brazilian...
Type: BriefReport#: 168776Date: February 11, 2022Author:
Lara De Arruda,Pedro ;
Lazarotto De Andrade,Marina ;
Falcao Silva,Tiago ;
Teixeira Barbosa,Diana ;
Morgandi,Matteo
New Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases rose,
on average, to 10,533 per day during the first ten days of
February, up from 7,000 cases per day in January, as the
fast-spreading...
Type: BriefReport#: 168655Date: February 11, 2022Author:
Puthong,Warunthorn ;
Ariyapruchya,Kiatipong ;
Edwards,Kim Alan
While in many countries in Latin America
and Caribbean (LAC), the share of firms with a woman among
the principal owners has been increasing, female
entrepreneurs are...
Type: BriefReport#: 168057Date: February 10, 2022Author:
Maquera Sardon,Daniela Andrea
In Latin America and Caribbean (LAC),
gender gaps persist across multiple dimensions of job
quality and in earnings. Women tend to be concentrated in
less productive...
Type: BriefReport#: 168056Date: February 10, 2022Author:
Maquera Sardon,Daniela Andrea
Online job vacancy (OV) data provide
granular information in real time, allowing to track labor
market dynamics. In a fast-changing world where megatrends
(digitization,...
This brief focuses on indicators used by
World Bank projects to measure progress in closing gender
gaps in human endowments, economic opportunity, and voice
and agency,...
The COVID-19 pandemic has not only
damaged individuals’ personal health, but it has
also disrupted the lives of the population bringing massive
social and economic...
As climate shocks increasingly impact
the water dependent sectors, it is vital that countries
embrace integrated, cross-sectoral policies and programs.
Water projects...
The health system in Serbia faces
significant challenges arising from a long-term demographic
trend and recent shock caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Serbia’s...
Type: BriefReport#: 180464Date: February 1, 2022Author:
Nguyen,Ha Thi Hong ;
Djukic,Predrag ;
Zajeganovic-Jakovljevic,Jelena ;
Misic,Ivana ;
Sormaz,Nemanja ;
Gajic-Stevanovic,Milena
Climate-informed projects aimed at
boosting water utilities’ performance are likely to succeed
in achieving intended results by investing in energy
efficiency, nonrevenue...
To ensure food security and other social
needs, support profitable farms that create jobs, reduce
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and bolster resilience to
climate extremes...
The dry Aral seabed spans an area of
about 60,000 square kilometers, nearly half of which is
located in Uzbekistan’s Republic of
Karakalpakstan, home to1.8 million...
Type: BriefReport#: 168339Date: February 1, 2022Author:
World Bank
This brief offers a snapshot of the
state of social assistance payments as of early 2020,
especially as it relates to the transition to digital,
account-based transfers...
A blue public expenditure review can be
a valuable tool for countries on their journey to a blue
economy, to help drive blue sectors toward better
environmental practices...
This brief discusses the economic
development of Vietnam for the month of February 2022.
Industrial production continued to grow, though at a slower
pace and with mixed...
This brief highlights the key aspects of
the World Bank’s ECA learning recovery plan that should be
prioritized given the current situation in the region. The
plan consists...
Type: BriefReport#: 168513Date: February 1, 2022Author:
Patrinos,Harry Anthony ;
Sava,Alina ;
Shmis,Tigran ;
Frias,Micheline
The health system in Serbia faces
significant challenges arising from a long-term demographic
trend and recent shock caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Serbia’s...
Type: BriefReport#: 180464Date: February 1, 2022Author:
World Bank
As schools reopened after 18 months, are
adolescent girls and boys back in school and engaged with
learning? Evidence from four surveys in Punjab, Pakistan.
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