The note describes the key challenges
facing the health, livelihoods, and mobility of internal and
international migrants and their families due to the
COVID-19 (Coronavirus)...
Type: BriefReport#: 147784Date: May 26, 2020Author:
Moroz,Harry Edmund ;
Shrestha,Maheshwor ;
Testaverde,Mauro
The Human Capital project is predicated
on the importance of investing in all people. This brief
outlines the barriers faced by persons with disabilities at
different...
Type: BriefReport#: 148962Date: May 26, 2020Author:
Ng,Annabelle Ka Yee ;
Elder,Leslie K. ;
Hasan,Amer
The urgency of effective responses to
the COVID-19 pandemic and the reliance of many low-income
countries on imports of medical products, requires new
approaches to...
Type: BriefReport#: 148792Date: May 21, 2020Author:
Jensen,Michael Friis ;
Sela,Shane Robert ;
Brenton,Paul ;
Keyser,John C.
The Coronavirus (COVID 19) crisis led
schools and universities to rapidly transition to a
distance-learning mode, via the Internet, television or
radio. The French Ministry...
Type: BriefReport#: 152581Date: May 20, 2020Author:
Vincent-Lancrin,Stephan
The Coronavirus (COVID 19) crisis led
schools and universities to rapidly transition to a
distance-learning mode, via the Internet, television or
radio. Studenten helpen...
Type: BriefReport#: 152585Date: May 20, 2020Author:
Vlies,Reyer van der
Wide Open School is a web platform
coordinated by a not-for-profit private organization, Common
Sense Media, which curates and makes available online
educational resources...
Type: BriefReport#: 152564Date: May 15, 2020Author:
Vincent-Lancrin, Stephan
Collective Campaign for Peace's
(COCAP’s) COVID-19 biweekly covers the incidents from May 1
to 15, 2020 related to gender based violence (GBV) and
incidents related...
Central Falls is a small urban school
district located 10 minutes from Providence, Rhode Island,
in the United States. Historically an immigrant community,
the Central...
Type: BriefReport#: 152568Date: May 15, 2020Author:
Paez Moncaleano,Sergio ;
Reimers,Fernando M.
The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic and
its negative economic effects create an urgent need for
timely data and evidence to help monitor and mitigate the
social and...
The COVID-19 crisis has affected firms’
liquidity and balance sheet. Many firms are expected to
become insolvent. The surge in the number of bankruptcy
cases is likely...
Aprendo en casa (Learn at home) is an
initiative launched by the Spanish Ministry of Education and
Vocational Training (MEFP – Ministerio de Educacion y
Formacion Profesional)...
Type: BriefReport#: 152576Date: May 15, 2020Author:
Encinas-Martin, Marta
The world is experiencing the worst
pandemic crisis in one hundred years. By mid-April 2020,
more than 80 percent of countries around the world had
imposed strict containment...
Type: BriefReport#: 148535Date: May 15, 2020Author:
Loayza,Norman V.
The George and Veronica Phalen
Leadership Academies (‘PLA’) is a non-profit organization,
founded in 2013. PLA started as a network of charter schools
but evolved to...
Type: BriefReport#: 152570Date: May 15, 2020Author:
Phalen, Earl Martin ;
Reimers,Fernando M.
The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic and
its negative economic effects create an urgent need for
timely data and evidence to help monitor and mitigate the
social and...
The Coronavirus (COVID 19) crisis led
schools and universities to rapidly transition to a
distance-learning mode, via the Internet, television or
radio. With the rise...
Type: BriefReport#: 152579Date: May 15, 2020Author:
Tuominen,Saku
The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic and
its negative economic effects create an urgent need for
timely data and evidence to help monitor and mitigate the
social and...
The Coronavirus (COVID 19) crisis led
schools and universities to rapidly transition to a
distance-learning mode, via the Internet, television or
radio. This brief documents...
Type: BriefReport#: 152569Date: May 15, 2020Author:
Dellagnelo,Lucia ;
Reimers,Fernando M.
The higher education (HE) system in
South Asia (SAR) is vast. Compared to other regions, it is
the second largest in terms of enrollment and accounts for
18 percent...
Type: BriefReport#: 153413Date: May 12, 2020Author:
Tognatta,Namrata Raman
In the fight against COVID-19
(coronavirus), economic activities that require close
physical contact have been severely restricted. In this
context, e-commerce – defined...
Type: BriefReport#: 148444Date: May 12, 2020Author:
Ungerer,Christoph T F ;
Portugal Perez,Luis Alberto ;
Molinuevo,Martin ;
Rovo,Natasha
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