Firms in the fresh convenience strategic
segment provide ready-to-eat or easy-to-prepare meals of
fresh ingredients. Consumers are increasingly willing to pay
more for...
In the emerging collaborative
intelligent transport strategic segment, vehicles will
interact with everything. They will interact with one
another and with diverse types...
The coronavirus (COVID-19) (coronavirus)
pandemic has led to disruptions of both social and economic
activities across the globe. While the early narrative
described...
Ecuador is facing significant labor
difficulties at present, with rates of unemployment and
informality at their highest level for a decade. The arrival
of 400,000 permanent...
Gender equality and the empowerment of
women and girls, one of the Sustainable Development Goals,
is a highly complex and challenging undertaking. We must
address multiple...
Type: BriefReport#: 151295Date: June 1, 2020Author:
Rana,Ahmed Nauraiz
As the Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19)
pandemic continues to disrupt international supply chains
and local economies, workers employed in export-oriented
industries are...
Vietnam reacted early to the spread of
Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) by imposing social distancing
measures and mobility restrictions, culminating in a
national lockdown...
The recent phenomenon of Venezuelan
migration to Ecuador presents a number of significant issues
related to gender and, more specifically, the protection of
women’s...
Young children everywhere need
sufficient nutrition and stimulation to grow and develop
appropriately. A healthy, diverse diet and a supportive
caregiving environment...
Vietnam has the unique opportunity to
take advantage of the COVID-19 crisis. While the future is
hard to predict, most would agree that the world will look
very different...
Artificial intelligence technologies are
permeating financial services sectors around the world. The
application of these technologies in emerging markets allows
financial...
Type: BriefReport#: 151335Date: June 1, 2020Author:
Biallas,Margarete O. ;
Felicity O'Neill
Measures taken to curtail the spread of
COVID-19 have led to a sharp contraction of the global
economy and an even larger decline in trade, with
significant implications...
Type: BriefReport#: 148966Date: June 1, 2020Author:
Kassa,Woubet
Tirana has grown fourfold in the past
thirty years with a lot of informal and illegal development
fueling the booming construction of the Albanian capital. In
Tirana’s...
Type: BriefReport#: 168642Date: June 1, 2020Author:
World Bank
The construction industry in Tirana has
been going through five booming years with residential real
estate being the driving force behind the growth.
Fortuitously for...
Type: BriefReport#: 168049Date: June 1, 2020Author:
World Bank
Defense dual-use items are goods with
both civilian and military uses. This report focuses only on
the civilian applications of dual-use technology. Even so,
defense...
Clearing antipersonnel landmines is a
EUR 267 million business globally. The industry requires
specialist machinery and equipment to detect and clear mines
and service...
Cybersecurity includes activities
focused on protecting computers, networks, software, and
data from unauthorized or unintended access. Cybersecurity
preserves the availability...
Short-sea transportation refers to
transporting passengers or goods short distances in coastal
waters. It includes coastal trade, such as transferring
freight from sea...
Data collected during the Covid-19
period reveal reductions in the employment levels of the
population in South Africa, lack of resources to buy food
and low rates of...
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