The African Development Bank (AfDB) is
currently implementing the Gazetted Forests Participatory
Management Project for REDD+, with the objective of
improving the carbon...
The African Development Bank’s (AfDB)
Gazetted Forests Participatory Management Project for REDD+
aims to address two pressing developmental objectives in
Burkina Faso...
Coronavirus (COVID-19) has significantly
affected many economies throughout the world, but there are
some brighter signs in Vietnam. To monitor the social and
economic...
Social and family networks play an
important role as informal safety nets in Sub-Saharan Africa
and other development contexts, with relatives, friends,
colleagues,...
Prior to COVID-19, Rwanda was booming,
with economic growth exceeding ten percent in 2019. Strong
growth has been accompanied by significant improvements
across various...
The Edcamp model is built on the idea
that teachers can learn from and inspire one another to
enhance their professional skills with the goal of improving
student outcomes....
Type: BriefReport#: 152076Date: August 24, 2020Author:
Modica, Allison
The Coronavirus 2019 (COVID 19) crisis
led schools and universities to rapidly transition to a
distance-learning mode, via the Internet, television or
radio. At the...
Second and more importantly, MOET began
to broadcast school lessons on 1 national and 27 provincial
TV channels all over the country. Local education agencies
were in...
Type: BriefReport#: 152571Date: August 24, 2020Author:
Hoang, Hanh Phuong ;
Vinh,Le Anh ;
Reimers,Fernando M.
As the world faces its most significant
health and economic crisis in almost one hundred years,
international cooperation and global integration face their
own watershed...
Type: BriefReport#: 152015Date: August 24, 2020Author:
Nixon, Stewart
This brief has been produced under the
World Bank’s Indonesia Covid-19 Observatory, a partnership
among multiple Global Practices at the Bank that aims to
generate near-real-time...
Type: BriefReport#: 154140Date: August 20, 2020Author:
Doarest,Aufa ;
Kamphuis,Bertine
The High-Frequency Phone Survey of Firms
(HFPS-F) interviews a sample of firms in Addis Ababa every
three weeks for a total of eight survey rounds. This
high-frequency...
The High-Frequency Phone Survey of Firms
(HFPS-F) interviews a sample of firms in Addis Ababa every
three weeks for a total of eight survey rounds. This
high-frequency...
This study contributes to the broader
literature demonstrating the devastating impact of floods on
the poor, particularly women, making it very difficult to
move out...
Type: BriefReport#: 151755Date: August 13, 2020Author:
Kristof,Mariano Jordan ;
Ramirez,Maria Catalina ;
Pereira,Leda ;
Couvin,Sabrina Giselle
International Finance Corporation
(IFC’s) banking on women business provides financing and
expertise to emerging market financial institutions to
expand financial services...
Type: BriefReport#: 151746Date: August 13, 2020Author:
Schnabel,Jessica A. ;
Mcnally,John Philip
This brief focuses on how IFC’s
environmental and social performance standards support
gender equality and help combat gender-based violence.
Addressing gender equality...
The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic and
its economic and social effects on households have created
an urgent need for timely data to help monitor and mitigate
the social...
The Coronavirus (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...
Type: BriefReport#: 151756Date: August 11, 2020Author:
Wieser,Christina ;
Ambel,Alemayehu A. ;
Bundervoet,Tom ;
Tsegay,Asmelash Haile
The Coronavirus (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...
Type: BriefReport#: 151756Date: August 11, 2020Author:
Wieser,Christina ;
Ambel,Alemayehu A. ;
Bundervoet,Tom ;
Tsegay,Asmelash Haile
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