The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
pandemic is impacting businesses on a national and global
scale. As governments introduced measures to contain the
domestic spread...
Type: BriefReport#: 174861Date: March 31, 2021Author:
Ferber,Tim ;
Buri,Sinja
Tes Cepat is an adaptive student
learning assessment instrument, which can be administered by
parents and community members to provide a low-stakes and
frequent means...
This note discusses the impact of
Coronavirus (COVID-19) and related school closures on
primary students’ access to learning in Nepal. The primary
source of data is...
Economists disagree on many things, but
there is an universal consensus in the field that education
is key for long-term growth and development. Evidence
strongly suggests...
The World Bank Group’s Women
Business and the Law (WBL) project, Global Disability
Advisor, and Social Sustainability and Inclusion (SSI)
Global Practice are...
Type: BriefReport#: 192600Date: March 26, 2021Author:
World Bank
The High-Frequency Phone Survey for
refugees in Uganda (URHFPS) tracks the socioeconomic impacts
of the COVID-19 crisis on refugees. The World Bank (WB) in
collaboration...
Type: BriefReport#: 157786Date: March 26, 2021Author:
Atamanov,Aziz ;
Yoshida,Nobuo ;
Alemi, Charles ;
Beltramo,Theresa Parrish ;
Ilukor,John ;
Rios Rivera,Laura Abril ;
Sarr, Ibrahima ;
Hamud Said, Ally ;
Waita, Peter ;
Yoshimura,Kazusa
The South Asia energy unit of the World
Bank is working with researchers from the Harvard Business
School (HBS) on a series of South Asia gender and energy
case studies....
Type: BriefReport#: 157718Date: March 25, 2021Author:
Xia,Fan ;
Vaidya,Pranav
The COVID-19 pandemic and its economic
and social effects on Mozambican households have created an
urgent need for timely data on which to base well informed
interventions...
Type: BriefReport#: 157732Date: March 25, 2021Author:
Da Maia,Carlos Chadreque Penicela ;
Negre Rossignoli,Mario ;
Myers,Cara Ann ;
Tiroso Nacivila,Circe Da Gabriela Bernardo
This Jobs Watch brief provides an
analysis of labor market and social protection responses to
the COVID-19 crisis, with a focus on policies targeted to
workers and firms....
Type: BriefReport#: 157683Date: March 23, 2021Author:
De La Flor Giuffra,Luciana ;
Mujica Canas,Ingrid Veronica ;
Fontenez,Maria Belen ;
Newhouse,David Locke ;
Rodriguez Alas,Claudia P ;
Sabharwal,Gayatri ;
Weber,Michael
The importance of strengthening the
resilience of cities is more critical than ever, as
unprecedented urbanization is transforming the planet. The
global facility for...
The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
pandemic has magnified household preferences for convenience
and affordability, presenting challenges as well as
opportunities...
Type: BriefReport#: 157291Date: March 10, 2021Author:
Zhang,Yabei ;
Li,Zijun
The Ethiopian high-frequency phone
survey of households (HFPS-HH) allows for a better
understanding of the effects of COVID-19 on households and
provides data in al...
International trade increases efficiency
but also redistributes income, thus creating winners and
losers. To account for the total impact and calculate
redistributive...
Type: BriefReport#: 157245Date: March 5, 2021Author:
Artuc,Erhan
The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic and
its negative economic effects create an urgent need for
timely data and evidence to help monitor and mitigate the
social and...
The World Bank Group, the Ethiopia
Agency for Refugee and Returnee Affairs (ARRA), the United
Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and the
World Bank-UNHCR...
The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic and
its economic and social effects on households have created
an urgent need for timely data to help monitor and mitigate
the social...
The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and
its economic and social effects on households have created
an urgent need for timely data to help monitor and mitigate
the social...
Type: BriefReport#: 151756Date: March 4, 2021Author:
Wieser,Christina ;
Ambel,Alemayehu A. ;
Bundervoet,Tom ;
Tsegay,Asmelash Haile
The World Bank Group, the Ethiopia
Agency for Refugee and Returnee Affairs (ARRA), the United
Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and the
World Bank-UNHCR...
The World Bank Group, the Ethiopia
Agency for Refugee and Returnee Affairs (ARRA), the United
Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and the
World Bank-UNHCR...
Type: BriefReport#: 157224Date: March 3, 2021Author:
Wieser,Christina ;
Dampha,Nfamara K ;
Ambel,Alemayehu A. ;
Tsegay,Asmelash Haile ;
Mugera,Harriet Kasidi ;
Tanner,Jeffery
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