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
This note examines how sensitive the
demand for business training is to price, and whether
charging a higher price causes firm owners to exert more
effort in training.
Type: BriefReport#: 153375Date: September 28, 2020Author:
Maffioli,Alessandro ;
Mckenzie,David J. ;
Ubfal,Diego Javier
In the Kyrgyz Republic, the Government
is investing in its schools to improve their safety and
functionality and ensure that they are more resilient to
natural disasters.
Type: BriefReport#: 154507Date: September 28, 2020Author:
World Bank
This one-pager summarizes the results of
the sixth round of the HFPS-F in Addis Ababa, implemented
between August 17 and September 8, 2020. The information
presented...
The Ethiopian high-frequency phone
survey of households (HFPS-HH) allows for a better
understanding of the effects of COVID-19 on households and
provides data in almost...
Type: BriefReport#: 153442Date: September 25, 2020
The Ethiopian high-frequency phone
survey of households (HFPS-HH) allows for a better
understanding of the effects of COVID-19 on households and
provides data in almost...
Type: BriefReport#: 153442Date: September 25, 2020Author:
Wieser,Christina ;
Ambel,Alemayehu A. ;
Bundervoet,Tom ;
Tsegay,Asmelash Haile
As countries make decisions to reopen
schools, there are unique considerations related to opening
early childhood education (ECE) settings with holistic
approaches to...
Type: BriefReport#: 153402Date: September 25, 2020Author:
UNICEF ;
World Bank ;
UNESCO
TDLC was launched in Tokyo in 2004 under
a partnership between the Government of Japan and the World
Bank. TDLC is a global one-stop knowledge hub for urban
development,...
Type: BriefReport#: 153273Date: September 24, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic and its economic
and social effects on households have created an urgent need
for timely data to help monitor and mitigate the social and
economic...
Type: BriefReport#: 154358Date: September 21, 2020Author:
Siwatu,Gbemisola Oseni ;
Palacios-Lopez,Amparo ;
Mcgee,Kevin Robert ;
Amankwah,Akuffo ;
Contreras Gonzalez,Ivette Maria ;
Vishwanath,Tara ;
Lain,Jonathan William ;
Jenq,Christina ;
Azad,M Abul Kalam
The Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis led
schools and universities to rapidly transition to a
distance-learning mode, via the Internet, television or
radio. Coronavirus...
Type: BriefReport#: 153540Date: September 17, 2020Author:
Batra,Garima ;
Nangia,Aditi ;
Reimers,Fernando M.
Bangladesh has shown great leadership
and generosity by providing shelter to around 1.1 million
Rohingya in Cox’s Bazar district. This has placed immense
strain on existing...
Type: BriefReport#: 152945Date: September 14, 2020
Bangladesh has made significant progress
across a range of health, nutrition, and population (HNP)
indicators, achieving wide coverage of high-impact
interventions (such...
Type: BriefReport#: 152943Date: September 14, 2020
Bangladesh achieved its millennium
development goals targets of halving the population without
access to improved drinking water sources three years ahead
of time and...
Type: BriefReport#: 152942Date: September 14, 2020
Cities in Bangladesh, especially the
capital Dhaka, are characterized by rapid population growth
which leads to deficit in infrastructures and service
deliveries resulting...
Type: BriefReport#: 152944Date: September 14, 2020
The first round of survey results
reported in the Myanmar Coronavirus (COVID-19) monitoring
platform revealed that impacts on employment between March
and May 2020 were...
Type: BriefReport#: 153169Date: September 11, 2020
While efforts are currently in place to
collect data on the economic consequences of the COVID-19
pandemic, this note looks at the experience of the 2008
financial crisis...
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is
the first pandemic since the world’s population consisted of
more people aged over 65 than under five. COVID-19 fatality
rises...
Type: BriefReport#: 161022Date: September 10, 2020Author:
Arai,Yuko
This document, the World Bank Group Code
of Ethics (the Code), is derived directly from WBG core
values. The Code sets out broader principles that align to
our values....
The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic
crisis combines the worst characteristics of previous
crises. It features a simultaneous supply and demand shock;
domestic, regional,...
Type: BriefReport#: 152797Date: September 7, 2020Author:
Loayza,Norman V. ;
Sanghi,Apurva ;
Shaharuddin,Nurlina Binti ;
Wuester,Lucie Johanna
The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and
its negative economic effects create a need for timely data
and evidence to help monitor and mitigate the social and
economic...
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