This brief summarizes findings on coping
with the impacts of COVID-19 from the third round of the
rapid welfare tracking surveys in Cox’s Bazar.
These rapid phone...
Type: BriefReport#: 168575Date: December 31, 2021Author:
World Bank
In The Gambia, the smallest country on
mainland Africa, the unique geography of the Greater Banjul
Area, which is mostly surrounded by bodies of water,
represents an...
Type: BriefReport#: 171587Date: December 31, 2021Author:
World Bank
The RBMD Assessment for West Africa aims
to identify enabling broadband policies and regulations that
remove cross-border barriers to digital infrastructure
investment...
Type: BriefReport#: 167251Date: December 21, 2021Author:
World Bank
The construction sector has a major role
in economic growth, with the industry's activities
affecting nearly every aspect of the economy. It is
forecasted that the volume...
This note presents a snapshot of the
results of rapid monitoring phone surveys conducted in Lao
People’s Democratic Republic (PDR) on public service
delivery, and on...
Financial inclusion matters for creating
economic opportunities and resilience. Having access to a
financial account is an entry point to using other financial
services...
Type: BriefReport#: 182971Date: December 17, 2021Author:
World Bank
This brief summarizes findings and
recommendations from a study that assesses the performance
of Eswatini’s largest social assistance programs,
based on recent...
Type: BriefReport#: 167124Date: December 17, 2021Author:
Raju,Dhushyanth ;
Younger,Stephen D.
Into its second year, the pandemic life
seems to be a little more filled with hope than it was in
those dark months of 2020. Progress in global vaccination
campaigns...
Type: BriefReport#: 171963Date: December 5, 2021Author:
Bordon,Matilde ;
Bacigalupo, Carla ;
Canavire Bacarreza,Gustavo Javier ;
Recalde Ramirez,Luis Bernardo
The high-frequency phone survey (a World
Bank initiative), conducted in the Latin American and
Caribbean countries, indicated that, as of June 2021,
Paraguay was the...
Type: BriefReport#: 171959Date: December 5, 2021Author:
Bordon,Matilde ;
Lezcano, Celina ;
Canavire Bacarreza,Gustavo Javier ;
Recalde Ramirez,Luis Bernardo
This brochure summarizes the key
messages of the white paper on education in the Sahel and
identifies key priorities to help countries improve access
to quality education:...
St. Kitts has made progress in terms of
health outcomes over the past decades. Domestic violence is
the most common form of gender-based violence which
predominantly...
Type: BriefReport#: 168952Date: December 1, 2021Author:
Rubiano Matulevich,Eliana Carolina ;
Galeano Servian,Diana Maria
While recent data to assess Guyana’s
performance on achieving gender equality is scarce, the
existing evidence highlights key shortcomings across all
dimensions, with...
Type: BriefReport#: 168961Date: December 1, 2021Author:
Rubiano Matulevich,Eliana Carolina ;
Galeano Servian,Diana Maria
Although Chile has experienced robust
economic growth and made progress in narrowing gender gaps
during the last decades, gender disparities persist,
especially in access...
Type: BriefReport#: 168985Date: December 1, 2021Author:
Rubiano Matulevich,Eliana Carolina ;
Galeano Servian,Diana Maria
Argentina’s progress towards gender
equality remains imbalanced: women have advantage in human
endowment, but still lag in economic participation and voice
and agency....
Type: BriefReport#: 168989Date: December 1, 2021Author:
Rubiano Matulevich,Eliana Carolina ;
Galeano Servian,Diana Maria
This brief provides an overview of
adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR)
in Malawi. Adolescent SRHR is important for improving
population health...
Type: BriefReport#: 167551Date: December 1, 2021Author:
World Bank
As the Novel Coronavirus Disease 2019
(COVID-19) swept the globe, most countries took swift action
in response to the pandemic, with most governments
temporarily closing...
Type: BriefReport#: 167544Date: December 1, 2021Author:
World Bank
The country has made major progress in
gender equality since the beginning of the century. The
government has taken concrete steps to enact policies that
address gender...
Type: BriefReport#: 168986Date: December 1, 2021Author:
Rubiano Matulevich,Eliana Carolina ;
Galeano Servian,Diana Maria
Jamaica has made significant strides
towards gender equality in the last two decades. Despite
improvements in educational attainment, Jamaican women do
not have the...
Type: BriefReport#: 168958Date: December 1, 2021Author:
Rubiano Matulevich,Eliana Carolina ;
Galeano Servian,Diana Maria
When looking at human endowments,
Honduras has a mixed performance in women’s health outcomes
and a poor performance in education. Gender gaps in labor
market outcomes...
Type: BriefReport#: 168959Date: December 1, 2021Author:
Rubiano Matulevich,Eliana Carolina ;
Galeano Servian,Diana Maria
This brief provides an overview of
adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR)
in Nigeria. Adolescent SRHR is important for improving
population health...
Type: BriefReport#: 167552Date: December 1, 2021Author:
World Bank
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