The objective of the report is to
support the Government of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines’
response to the crisis, the Canada Caribbean Resilience
Facility (CRF)...
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...
This note presents the results of the
eighth round of a nationally representative telephone survey
(HFPS). The BFA istered during the 8th visit: access to
basic services;...
Type: BriefReport#: 167943Date: April 1, 2021Author:
Tsimpo Nkengne,Clarence ;
Tiberti,Marco ;
Backiny-Yetna,Prospere R. ;
Costantini,Marco ;
Tiendrebeogo, et Adama ;
Koncobo,Zakaria
Accurately measuring and understanding
agency, or one’s ability to make choices and achieve desired
outcomes can support the design and targeting of effective
development...
Type: BriefReport#: 158620Date: April 1, 2021Author:
Jarvis,Forest Brach ;
Johnson,Hillary C. ;
Perova,Elizaveta
In May 2020, the National Statistical
Office (NSO), with support from the World Bank, launched the
High-Frequency Phone Survey on COVID-19 (coronavirus), which
tracks...
Textbooks are one of the most important
tools to foster learning. There is evidence from a wide
range of countries that, in order to raise literacy rates
and improve...
The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic hit
the tourism industry particularly hard, affecting
livelihoods and exacerbating some pressures on the natural
capital resource...
Type: BriefReport#: 158327Date: April 1, 2021Author:
White,Elizabeth M. ;
Rahill,Bilal H.
If teachers were paid more based on
their performance, will they be more effective? Will
teachers teach better and will students learn more? Can
teacher pay-for-performance...
Type: BriefReport#: 158606Date: April 1, 2021Author:
Breeding,Mary E. ;
Beteille,Tara ;
Evans,David K.
Over the past two decades, Malawi has
made remarkable progress in improving maternal and child
health, as well as nutrition outcomes. The Coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19)...
Type: BriefReport#: 160907Date: April 1, 2021Author:
Chansa,Collins ;
Yoo,Katelyn Jison ;
Kuguru,Toni Lee ;
Juma,Mariam Ally ;
Piattifuenfkirchen,Moritz Otto Maria Alfons ;
Zamawe,Collins Owen Francisco ;
Hettinger,Patrick Shawn ;
Borrazzo,John Edward
Creating cutting-edge disaster risk
management tools, growing applied knowledge, and deepening
financial protections not only strengthens Brazil’s ability
to mitigate...
Type: BriefReport#: 160061Date: April 1, 2021Author:
Pedroso,Frederico Ferreira Fonseca
In May 2020, the National Statistical
Office (NSO), with support from the World Bank, launched the
High-Frequency Phone Survey on COVID-19 (coronavirus), which
tracks...
Type: BriefReport#: 158642Date: April 1, 2021Author:
Vundru,Wilbert Drazi
A lower-than-expected gross domestic
product (GDP) contraction in 2020 and a rapid easing of
Coronavirus (COVID-19) related restrictions have improved
growth momentum,...
Digital technologies, services, and
tools can offer opportunities to young entrepreneurs in
agriculture (agripreneurs) to make more informed decisions,
increase productivity...
Type: BriefReport#: 180857Date: April 1, 2021Author:
Singh,Sunamika ;
Datta,Namita
This brief focuses on the World Bank
District heating and residential energy efficiency study
with poverty and social impact analysis (PSIA) in Serbia as
of April 2021.
Lottery, a simple random draw, has been
used in selecting beneficiaries of public work programs in
context as diverse as Argentina and the Central African
Republic....
Type: BriefReport#: 157912Date: April 1, 2021Author:
Bance,Paul G. A. ;
Schnitzer,Pascale
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