This note presents the results of the
second round of a nationally representative telephone survey
(HFPS). Data collection took place between July 20 and
August 14,...
Type: BriefReport#: 156729Date: October 1, 2020Author:
Tsimpo Nkengne,Clarence ;
Tiberti,Marco ;
Backiny-Yetna,Prospere R. ;
Costantini,Marco ;
Koncobo,Zakaria ;
Tiendrebeogo,Adama
This note focuses on how micro, small,
and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) are affected by the
pandemic and are dealing with its impact in Sierra Leone.
This note is...
Type: BriefReport#: 156648Date: October 1, 2020Author:
Ferber,Tim ;
Buri,Sinja
As part of a global effort led by the
World Bank to track the socio-economic impacts of
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the living standards
measurement study (LSMS)...
Type: BriefReport#: 160427Date: October 1, 2020Author:
Contreras Gonzalez,Ivette Maria ;
Siwatu,Gbemisola Oseni ;
Palacios-Lopez,Amparo ;
Pieters,Janneke ;
Weber,Michael
As of October 12, the Coronavirus 2019
(COVID-19) pandemic appears well controlled as the country
has registered 1,100 infections and only 35 deaths since
early February....
The world’s stocks of natural resources
its natural capital and the rich ecosystem it provides
support business and economies to the tune of forty-four
trillion in economic...
Type: BriefReport#: 154595Date: October 1, 2020Author:
White,Elizabeth M. ;
Rahill,Bilal H. ;
Gough,Mark ;
Spurgeon,James Philip Giles
This note builds on previous
collaboration between the World Bank Group and UNICEF to
estimate the global extent of child poverty. We estimate
that in 2017, 17.5 percent...
Type: BriefReport#: 153735Date: October 1, 2020Author:
Silwal,Ani Rudra ;
Engilbertsdottir,Solrun ;
Cuesta Leiva,Jose Antonio ;
Newhouse,David Locke ;
Stewart,David
This brief is part of the solutions for
youth employment (S4YE) knowledge brief series focusing on
the design and implementation of youth employment programs.
In this...
Type: BriefReport#: 153765Date: October 1, 2020Author:
Singh,Sunamika ;
Joseph,Kavell Gianina
Taxes on SSB are an increasingly popular
fiscal policy for health. This brief summarizes the latest
evidence on SSB tax implementation and effectiveness to
support governments...
Type: BriefReport#: 156893Date: October 1, 2020Author:
Hattersley,Libby ;
Thiebaud,Alessia ;
Fuchs Tarlovsky,Alan ;
Gonima,Alberto ;
Silver,Lynn D. ;
Mandeville,Kate
The national poverty rate in Russia has
been slowly declining in recent years: from 12.9 percent in
2017, 12.6 percent in 2018 to 12.3 percent in 2019. In its
May 2018...
High Frequency Phone Surveys (HFS)
reveal that Covid-19 awareness was widespread in South Sudan
at the start of the pandemic. By October 2020, food
insecurity levels...
This note presents the results of the
second round of a nationally representative telephone survey
(HFPS). Data collection took place between July 20 and
August 14,...
Type: BriefReport#: 156729Date: October 1, 2020Author:
Tsimpo Nkengne,Clarence ;
Tiberti,Marco ;
Backiny-Yetna,Prospere R. ;
Costantini,Marco ;
Koncobo,Zakaria ;
Tiendrebeogo,Adama
In May 2020, the national statistical
office (NSO), with support from the World Bank, has launched
the high-frequency phone survey on Coronavirus 2019
(COVID-19), which...
In this knowledge brief, the authors
discuss the importance of incorporating youth voice in the
design of youth employment programs and the factors
organizations must...
Type: BriefReport#: 180887Date: October 1, 2020Author:
Joseph,Kavell Gianina ;
Datta,Namita
Mongolia’s national poverty
headcount rate decreased moderately from 29.6 percent in
2016 to 28.4 percent in 2018. Between 2016 and 2018, poverty
reduction was...
Type: BriefReport#: 172697Date: September 30, 2020Author:
Uochi,Ikuko
To mitigate the impact of the COVID-19
pandemic, countries worldwide are working to provide people,
particularly low-income and vulnerable individuals, with
financial...
Type: BriefReport#: 183679Date: September 30, 2020Author:
World Bank
The presentation pays tribute to the
many associations and organizations in support of harnessing
and working towards the cause of assessing variable
renewable energy...
Type: BriefReport#: 153445Date: September 30, 2020
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...
Type: BriefReport#: 154992Date: September 29, 2020
As a result of the spread of Coronavirus
2019 (COVID-19), a strict national lockdown was announced in
India on 22 March 2020 in which movement was limited to only
essential...
Type: BriefReport#: 153614Date: September 29, 2020Author:
Zacharia,Sharon
This report focuses on four countries in
the Sahel who successfully delivered productive inclusion
measures through adaptive safety net systems as of 2020.
Type: BriefReport#: 153386Date: September 29, 2020
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