The path to becoming an advanced economy
can be a difficult one that is fraught with obstacles,
traps, and frequent reversals. Yet in the past half century
several East...
Type: BriefReport#: 154593Date: August 1, 2020Author:
Lin,Justin ;
Cader,Masud Z. ;
Pietronero,Luciano
SMEs around the world are entering a
crisis period in light of COVID-19, adding new urgency to
understanding firm-level financial behaviors and challenges.
At the same...
Founded in 2012, the Grab offers
on-demand ride-hailing, logistics, and financial services in
eight countries, hosting more than 9 million
microentrepreneurs and contributing...
The United States has Silicon Valley.
Kenya has the Silicon Savannah, a regional and,
increasingly, a global hub of information and communications
technology (ICT)....
This document provides additional
information on the data collected in Armenia between
December 2019 and August 2020. The survey was part of a
joint project of the European...
In South Africa, 2019 was a landmark
year as the country’s first ever national minimum wage came
into effect on January 1 and with it, hopes that the
now-mandated rate...
The COVID19 (coronavirus) pandemic and
associated containment measures are expected to cause
far-reaching damage to economies around the world. Firms are
suffering from...
Type: BriefReport#: 151975Date: August 1, 2020Author:
Bachas,Pierre Jean ;
Brockmeyer,Anne ;
Semelet,Camille Marine ;
Ungerer,Christoph T F
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 ability to access the internet has
increasingly become an important tool for poverty reduction,
especially during the Covid-19 pandemic. Despite its
importance,...
Type: BriefReport#: 151394Date: August 1, 2020Author:
Frankfurter,Zoe Jordan Tillman ;
Kokoszka,Klaudia ;
Newhouse,David Locke ;
Silwal,Ani Rudra ;
Tian,Siwei
The findings in this note are based on a
household survey carried out between August 1 and 14, 2020,
to assess the COVID-19 impact on households. The survey
instrument...
Type: BriefReport#: 172888Date: August 1, 2020Author:
World Bank
Transport is a key and often
underemphasized tool for increasing women’s economic
potential. Women are both underrepresented as providers and
underserved as riders:...
Since Airbnb’s founding in 2008, women
hosts have earned nearly 32 billion dollars using the
platform. The income they generate has contributed to
launching businesses...
In partnership with the World Bank and
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
(OECD), Facebook’s future of business (FOB) surveys have
gathered insights...
South Africa is among the fairest
countries in the world when it comes to pay gaps between men
and women; it currently ranks 17th of 149 countries on the
world economic...
In order to support well designed water,
sanitation and hygiene (WASH) responses contributing to
Coronavirus (COVID-19) containment, this note provides an
overview of...
To advance economic gender equality in
Africa, the authors first need to know which development
programs work to economically empower women. Better data on
gender-informed...
Type: BriefReport#: 152334Date: August 1, 2020Author:
Donald,Aletheia Amalia ;
Goldstein,Markus P.
This document provides additional
information on the data collected in Armenia between
December 2019 and August 2020. The survey was part of a
joint project of the European...
This note examines gender disparities in
care work and intra-household tensions among online gig
workers in India. The data was collected as part of an
online experiment...
Type: BriefReport#: 154397Date: August 1, 2020Author:
Abel,Simon Martin ;
Tas,Emcet Oktay ;
Zahra,Najaf ;
D'Lima,Tanya Lynn ;
Kalashyan,Anna ;
Sethi,Jayati
For companies operating in the platform
economy, gender dividends are particularly relevant as they
are well placed to benefit from increased innovation and
improved...
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