Malawians are healthier and live longer
than they ever have. Achieving universal health coverage in
a sustainable and equitable way is the main goal of Malawi’s
health...
While Vietnam has continued to cope well
with the COVID-19 pandemic, it was hit by series of tropical
storms that caused over two hundred casualties and damages
of around...
In May 2020, the National Statistical
Office (NSO), with support from the World Bank, has launched
the High-Frequency Phone Survey on COVID-19, which tracks
the socio-economic...
Adaptive Social Protection programs are
increasingly implemented in fragile and insecure contexts in
the Sahel. This paper provides a framework, key principles,
and...
Type: BriefReport#: 154723Date: November 1, 2020Author:
Grun,Rebekka E. ;
Saidi,Mira ;
Bisca,Paul Maximilian
Gender-based violence (GBV) is a global
pandemic and a major public health problem. Intimate partner
violence (IPV) against women is the most prevalent form of
GBV....
Advancing gender equality and empowering
women and girls is critically important for realizing the
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). SDG 13, which focuses
on combating...
Most countries now agree that striving
for universal health coverage (UHC) is important as it helps
ensure health for all, while enhancing health security
nationally,...
Deep tech companies aim to address the
world’s biggest challenges. These include providing Internet
access to the unconnected, reducing greenhouse gas
emissions, significantly...
The findings are based on the survey of
13,878 firms conducted from November 26 to December 10,
2020, to assess the impacts of COVID-19 on firms. This
survey builds...
Type: BriefReport#: 158007Date: November 1, 2020Author:
Piza,Sharon Faye Alariao ;
Lee,Jinkook ;
Frias,Jaime Andres Uribe ;
Qian,Rong ;
Cho,Yoonyoung
To monitor the social and economic
effects on households during the COVID-19 pandemic, the
World Bank is conducting High-Frequency Phone Surveys of
Households in Vietnam....
Type: BriefReport#: 154502Date: November 1, 2020Author:
World Bank
Human capital is the combination of
knowledge, skills and health that people accumulate
throughout their lives, which allows them to realize their
potential as productive...
A technical team worked with local
partners to strengthen flood forecasting in the Oti River
through the development of a forecasting model and early
warning system,...
The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has
had strong and lasting impacts on livelihoods of Kenyan
households, with employment and income levels only slowly
recovering....
Type: BriefReport#: 156817Date: November 1, 2020Author:
Pape,Utz Johann ;
Delius,Antonia Johanna Sophie ;
Khandelwal,Ritika ;
Gupta,Rhea
The World Bank’s Strategic Impact
Evaluation Fund supported a randomized controlled trial from
2015-2018 to assess the extent to which subsidized
microloans can enable...
In May 2020, the National Statistical
Office (NSO), with support from the World Bank, has launched
the High-Frequency Phone Survey on COVID-19, which tracks
the socio-economic...
Type: BriefReport#: 154795Date: November 1, 2020Author:
Vundru,Wilbert Drazi
Post-MERS (Middle East respiratory
syndrome) legislative and regulatory reforms enhanced the
public health preparedness and response system in the
Republic of Korea....
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