The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the
important role digital financial services (DFS) can play in
reducing disruptions to supply chains, maintaining economic
activity,...
Type: BriefReport#: 172364Date: September 1, 2021Author:
Biallas,Margarete O. ;
Sossouvi,Kokoevi Ablavi
The September 2021 Vietnam Macro
Monitoring discusses some of the following topics : The
April 2021 COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak worsened in
August with the number...
This note does a deep dive into the
music industry and provides a situational analysis of the
music landscape in Africa. It highlights how the music
industry could provide...
Uruguay faces the challenge of balancing
fiscal consolidation needs with maintaining adequate fiscal
support to respond to the ongoing Coronavirus disease 2019
(COVID-19)...
Sexual and reproductive health and
rights (SRHR) has been identified as a priority within the
reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health
and nutrition...
Type: BriefReport#: 167539Date: August 31, 2021Author:
World Bank ;
Calimoutou,Emelyne
The share of women employees in the
surveyed institutions ranges from 3 percent to 25 percent
share of women total and share of women engineers and
technicians is even...
Improving water security can avoid up to
a 3 percent loss in gross domestic product (GDP) and foster
the country’s economic recovery from the Coronavirus disease
2019...
Type: BriefReport#: 163466Date: August 30, 2021Author:
Borja-Vega,Christian ;
Serrano,Hector Alexander ;
De Groot,Klaas
The single biggest influence on
educational outcomes is the home. After the parent, the next
most important factor is the teacher. Sustained - a few
years with a good...
Type: BriefReport#: 163417Date: August 27, 2021Author:
Mulkeen,Aidan Gerard
Private sector development is an
integral channel through which countries can better leverage
the productive potential of the youth bulge, support job
creation, and...
Type: BriefReport#: 163376Date: August 26, 2021Author:
Copley,Amy Elizabeth ;
Gokalp,Cansu Birce ;
Kirkwood,Daniel John
Chad had the lowest Human Capital Index
(HCI) in the world in 2018 (0.29), and little progress has
been achieved since then (0.30 in 2020). This weak
performance is...
Type: BriefReport#: 163205Date: August 23, 2021Author:
Beram,Ngarsaim Espoir
Haiti has the highest maternal mortality
rates (MMR) in the Latin America and Caribbean region, and
low rates of institutional care contribute to high MMR.
Although...
Vaccination rates in developing
countries lag those in developed countries by a huge margin.
This Research & Policy Brief identifies and quantifies
the impact of six...
Type: BriefReport#: 162900Date: August 16, 2021Author:
Murthi,Mamta ;
Reed,Tristan
By September 2020, Dhaka and Chittagong
labor markets in Bangladesh showed signs of recovery in
employment. Employment recovered faster in Chittagong,
reaching pre-COVID-19...
By September 2020, Dhaka and Chittagong
labor markets in Bangladesh showed signs of recovery in
employment. Employment recovered faster in Chittagong,
reaching pre-COVID-19...
The aging of populations around the
world and the associated fall in the working age population
are expected to adversely affect countries’ GDP growth in
coming decades....
To support socioeconomic development
objectives and improve service delivery, the former
government of Myanmar issued a public financial management
(PFM) reform strategy...
In 2017, an estimated 1.2 million people
in sub-Saharan Africa became infected with human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV). More than one-third of these
infections occurred...
The World Bank, with support from
Imaginable Futures and as part of the broader Global
Education Policy Dashboard, has created the EdTech Readiness
Index (ETRI). This...
Over one-third of women around the world
are victims of physical or sexual violence. Many of them
live-in low-income countries where individuals are often
socialized...
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