The unprecedented and ongoing scale-up
of social protection responses to the COVID-19 pandemic
dwarf the response to the Great Recession. But how are
countries financing...
This note examines the effects of
COVID-19 and subsequent economic and educational disruptions
on adolescent well-being in Bangladesh. The analysis is
based on data...
Type: BriefReport#: 154398Date: November 1, 2020Author:
Baird,Sarah Jane ;
Seager, Jennifer ;
Sabarwal,Shwetlena ;
Guglielmi, Silvia ;
Sultan,Maheen
Building urban resilience in Morocco at
both the local and national level has helped to increase the
application of risk information in public policy and
investment...
To sustain long-term economic growth and
development, Tajikistan needs an adequate and reliable
electricity supply. From 2009-2016, approximately 70 percent
of the Tajik...
Geospatial information technology has
emerged as a major contributor to economic transformation
for many countries. Established along with the E-government
drive, the...
Type: BriefReport#: 154724Date: November 1, 2020Author:
Ju,Bola ;
Kelm,Kathrine M.
Over the past decade, Burkina Faso has
experienced sustained economic growth driven by domestic
factors such as consumption and investment on the demand
side and services...
The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is
having a significant negative impact on the private sector
in developing economies, and businesses and individuals in
fragile...
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...
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
The Philippine economy is largely
cash-based, with digital payments growing, but still in
their infancy. Low transaction account ownership, lack of a
national ID, nascent...
Type: BriefReport#: 191744Date: October 31, 2020Author:
Chua,Kevin C.
This migration and development brief
provides updates on global trends in migration and
remittances. It highlights developments related to
migration-related Sustainable...
This Jobs Solutions Note is intended to
identify practical solutions for development practitioners
and policymakers to design and implement policies and
programs for...
Type: BriefReport#: 154279Date: October 31, 2020Author:
Schuettler,Kirsten
The Turkish Cypriot community (TCc) has
a unique opportunity to transform agriculture into a modern
sector that drives economic growth, creates jobs and
generates incomes...
The economic impact of the second wave
of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Myanmar has been
significantly more severe on businesses than the first wave,
according...
This brief presents the main findings
from the third of eight rounds of a nationally
representative survey of fifteen hundred randomly selected
households in all states/regions...
The current Turkish Cypriot (TC)
agricultural support scheme is highly distortive, as it does
not incentivize farmers to increase productivity and results
in higher...
Type: BriefReport#: 153968Date: October 28, 2020Author:
Heinz,Marcus Bernhard
A review of Independent Evaluation Group
(IEG) evaluations identifies that the performance of World
Bank interventions operating in contexts of migration can be
enhanced...
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