Summary of note 96: innovation,
investment, and emerging opportunities in today’s textile
and apparel value chain textile and apparel manufacturing is
a critical creator...
Type: BriefReport#: 156040Date: December 1, 2020Author:
Manchanda,Sumit ;
Schlorke,Sabine ;
Schmitt,Maud Louise Anne
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in
Middle East and North Africa (MENA), especially female
entrepreneurs, face steep challenges in accessing finance
and credit. This...
Type: BriefReport#: 154716Date: December 1, 2020Author:
Dornel,Arnaud D. ;
Ait Ali Slimane,Meriem ;
Mohindra,Komal
Coronavirus (COVID-19) and the related
lockdown measures to prevent the virus’ spread have
highlighted how important it is for everyone to have access
to reliable and...
Type: BriefReport#: 154722Date: December 1, 2020Author:
Comini,Niccolo
As part of the efforts of the World Bank
Group to understand the impact of Coronavirus 2019
(COVID-19) on the private sector the enterprise analysis
unit is conducting...
About 10 percent of urban Pakistani
women from lower-income segments of the population with
lower levels of schooling (primary or less) are in the labor
force, compared...
Type: BriefReport#: 156139Date: December 1, 2020Author:
Amir,Saman ;
Rahman,Noor ;
Pande,Rohini P.
This note uses administrative tax data
for formal firms to measure the direct impact of lockdown
restrictions on firms’ profitability, employment, and exit
rates. The...
Type: BriefReport#: 155887Date: December 1, 2020Author:
Lees, Adrienne ;
Mascagni,Giulia ;
Kilumelume, Michael
Summary of Note 95, how the Tourism
Sector in Emerging Markets is Recovering from COVID-19
Tourism is an important sector that accounts for 10 percent
of global gross...
Type: BriefReport#: 154752Date: December 1, 2020Author:
Mekharat,Nisachol ;
Traore,Nouhoum-000531164
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. ;
Costantini,Marco ;
Koncobo,Zakaria ;
Tiendrebeogo,Adama
The COVID-19 Business Pulse Survey (BPS)
is a rapid survey designed to measure the various channels
of impact of COVID-19 on firms, firm adjustment strategies,
and public...
Type: BriefReport#: 155333Date: December 1, 2020Author:
Kuriakose,Smita ;
Tran,Trang Thu
Over a third of women in the Democratic
Republic of Congo (DRC) have experienced physical or sexual
intimate-partner violence (IPV) in the past year (2013-2014
DHS)....
This brief summarizes the results of
simulations estimating the potential impacts of the COVID-19
pandemic in learning poverty. Of 720 million primary school
age children,...
Type: BriefReport#: 154660Date: December 1, 2020Author:
Azevedo,Joao Pedro Wagner De
This note focuses on how micro, small,
and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) are affected by the
pandemic and are dealing with its impact in Cote
d'Ivoire. This note...
Type: BriefReport#: 156651Date: December 1, 2020Author:
Ferber,Tim ;
Buri,Sinja
A prender la Onda (ALO) is an initiative
led by a group of Enseña por Colombia’s (Teach for
Colombia) fellows, alumni and other teachers with the aim of
continuing...
Type: BriefReport#: 155306Date: November 27, 2020Author:
Saenz, Margarita ;
Medina,Ana Maria ;
Holguin, Barbara Uribe
To contribute to mitigate the
consequences of the closure of schools across the world
triggered by the COVID-19 crisis, the digital education
program ProFuturo put in...
Over much of the past decade,
Bangladesh's development prospects have been buoyed by
a record of strong and sustained economic growth. Yet even
as the country's bustling...
The economic impact of the second wave
of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic remains significantly
more severe on businesses than the first, according to the
World...
Slam Out Loud is an Indian non-profit
that uses the arts along with multiple low tech platforms to
deliver support for arts-based socio-emotional learning and
mental...
The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic
created an urgent need for timely information to help
monitor and mitigate the social and economic impacts of the
crisis. This information...
The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic
created an urgent need for timely information to help
monitor and mitigate the social and economic impacts of the
crisis. This information...
This brief summarizes the findings of
round 2 (R2) of the high-frequency phone survey (HFPS) of
households. The information presented is based on a sample
of 1,667 households,...
Type: BriefReport#: 155786Date: November 17, 2020Author:
Karamba,R. Wendy ;
Tong,Kimsun
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