The brief presents the main findings
from the fourth of eight rounds of a nationally
representative survey of 1,500 randomly selected households
in all states/regions...
Development Impact Evaluation (DIME)
worked with the World Bank financed PROIRRI Sustainable
Irrigation Development project team to tackle the water
scarcity challenges...
This document provides basic information
about the High Frequency Phone Survey of Refugees (HFPS-R),
implemented in response to Coronavirus (COVID-19) in
Ethiopia. It...
Type: BriefReport#: 155294Date: December 6, 2020Author:
Wieser,Christina ;
Dampha,Nfamara K ;
Beltramo,Theresa Parrish ;
Sarr,Ibrahima
This note summarizes the results of
simulations of the poverty and welfare impacts of the
Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Armenia. First, the
poverty and distributional...
This note summarizes the results of
simulations of the poverty and welfare impacts of the
COVID-19 pandemic in Georgia, undertaken by the Poverty and
Equity team of...
This note reports on a new approach to
improving business practices in growing firms - using the
market to insource or outsource skills instead of training
the entrepreneur.
Type: BriefReport#: 155245Date: December 1, 2020Author:
Anderson,Stephen J. ;
Mckenzie,David J.
Road traffic crashes (RTC) are the
number one cause of death for children and young adults ages
5-29 years. On average, only seventeen percent of road
traffic deaths...
Type: BriefReport#: 155250Date: December 1, 2020Author:
Milusheva,Svetoslava Petkova ;
Marty,Robert Andrew ;
Bedoya Arguelles,Guadalupe ;
Williams,Sarah Elizabeth ;
Resor,Elizabeth Landsdowne ;
Legovini,Arianna
The Mekong River is the eleventh
longest river in the world, and its characteristics are
integral components of the subregion’s complex
hydro-geopolitical economy....
Vulnerability to poverty refers to the
likelihood that a household or an individual may fall below
the poverty line in the event of a shock. Understanding
vulnerability...
Utilities attempting to extend service
to low-income settlements are frequently trapped in a
vicious circle: poor cost recovery contributes to inadequate
service provision...
Type: BriefReport#: 159154Date: December 1, 2020Author:
Gesund Forero,Jessica ;
Keener,Sarah
The Sustainable Development Goals set a
triple educational objective: improve access to, quality of,
and gender equity in education. This note documents the
effectiveness...
Type: BriefReport#: 155336Date: December 1, 2020Author:
Delavallade,Clara Anne ;
Griffith,Alan ;
Thonrton,Rebecca
A 2.1 million dollars grant through
ESMAPs Small Island Developing States (SIDS) DOCK Support
Program is playing a key role in helping Tuvalu achieve
energy security...
The high level of exposure to shocks, in
particular climate-related and conflict induced shocks,
across the Sahel region exacerbates the vulnerability of the
population....
Type: BriefReport#: 158702Date: December 1, 2020Author:
Brunelin,Stephanie ;
Ouedraogo,Aissatou ;
Tandon,Sharad Alan
The brief summarizes findings from the
research study "Structural Transformation and Labor
Market Performance in Ghana." Structural transformation
refers to the reallocation...
Type: BriefReport#: 155281Date: December 1, 2020Author:
Nxumalo,Mpumelelo ;
Raju,Dhushyanth
One in three Indonesian women have
experienced Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in their lifetime.
The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic may further exacerbate
the risks of...
Type: BriefReport#: 155758Date: December 1, 2020Author:
Halim,Daniel Zefanya ;
Can,England Rhys ;
Perova,Elizaveta
Microsimulation modelling has become a
powerful tool to analyze the effects of fiscal policy
changes. The World Bank’s Equity Policy Lab (EPL) has
developed a customizable...
This note presents the results of the
fourth round of a nationally representative telephone survey
(HFPS). Data collection took place between November 06 and
December...
Type: BriefReport#: 159004Date: December 1, 2020Author:
Tsimpo Nkengne,Clarence ;
Tiberti,Marco ;
Backiny-Yetna,Prospere R. ;
Constantinidis,Stavros ;
Koncobo,Zakaria ;
Tiendrebeogo,Adama
Earmarking means taking all or a portion
of total revenue from a tax or group of taxes and setting it
aside or ‘protecting’ it for a designated expenditure
purpose....
Type: BriefReport#: 154865Date: December 1, 2020Author:
Ozer,Ceren ;
Bloom,Danielle Elena ;
Valle, Adolfo Martinez ;
Banzon,Eduardo P. ;
Mandeville,Kate ;
Paul Jr,Jeremias Neri ;
Blecher, Evan ;
Sparkes,Susan ;
Chhabra,Sheena
A machine learning (ML) algorithm is a
type of computer program that learns to perform specific
tasks based on various data inputs or rules provided by a
human. Since...
The unemployment rate has increased
noticeably from 4.6 percent in October 2019 to 6.3 percent
in October 2020 - the highest in the last eight years. The
combination...
Type: BriefReport#: 165693Date: December 1, 2020Author:
Pala,John Christopher
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