Business models utilizing artificial
intelligence can help meet rising global demand for food and
support a more inclusive and sustainable food system by: (1)
enhancing...
Type: BriefReport#: 151369Date: May 1, 2020Author:
Cook,Peter A. ;
Felicity O'Neill
Despite years of development
programming, Niger has seen limited change in its
reproductive health and nutritional (RHN) outcomes. This
brief presents results from stakeholder...
Early childhood is a critical period for
growth and development. Research shows that giving young
children enough nurturing and stimulating experiences during
these...
The brief identifies the ways in which
the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic is likely to affect the
availability of funding for education. It summarizes
evidence on the...
Type: BriefReport#: 148403Date: May 1, 2020Author:
Al-Samarrai,Samer
As part of the efforts of the World Bank
to understand the impact of Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) on
the private sector, the enterprise analysis unit is
conducting a...
While many European countries are
announcing that their populations are gradually deconfining
and the scenario is gradually being sketched out in Morocco,
some medical...
Type: BriefReport#: 183055Date: May 1, 2020Author:
World Bank
Carbon pricing policies that are aligned
with the Paris Agreement objectives will have positive and
negative socio-economic impacts on society. Impacts of
unabated climate...
The ongoing coronavirus pandemic is
expected to drastically slow 2020 GDP per capita growth in
Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) by about 5 percentage points
compared to pre-pandemic...
A significant benefit of floating solar
is that it doesn’t take up valuable space on land - meaning
that it can be used for other purposes, such as farming or
construction....
Type: BriefReport#: 151324Date: May 1, 2020Author:
Agostinelli,Guido
Battery technology is evolving at a
breathtaking pace. As performance improves and costs fall,
batteries are already critical for consumer electronics,
such as mobile...
Type: BriefReport#: 151323Date: May 1, 2020Author:
Mockel,Peter
cOVID-19 affects ECA countries through
five transmission channels and the relevance of each of
these transmission channels varies according to the country
circumstances:...
The Covid-19 pandemic is projected to
trigger a severe economic contraction in 2020 in Latin
America and the Caribbean, which comes on the heels of
several years of...
High Frequency Phone Surveys (HFS)
reveal that Covid-19 awareness is widespread in South Sudan.
Households experienced food insecurity, low rates of
government assistance...
Digitalization has been identified as
one of the major global trends that is transforming the
electricity sector. A recent study investigating the level
of digitalization...
Type: BriefReport#: 149758Date: May 1, 2020Author:
Tjong,Erick ;
Ereshchenko,Viktoriya ;
Lopez Rocha,Silvia Carolina ;
Al Hourani,Youmna
Despite a wide range of research
discussing the connection between education and
entrepreneurship, one aspect remains untouched which is the
association between education...
Type: BriefReport#: 150073Date: May 1, 2020Author:
Novik,Nadia
The COVID-19 pandemic shows that digital
connectivity is critical to societal resilience and business
continuity in times of crisis. For digital infrastructure
providers...
Type: BriefReport#: 151368Date: May 1, 2020Author:
Strusani,Davide ;
Houngbonon,Georges Vivien
The Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak
is having a significant impact on the economies of the
Middle East and North Africa (MENA), leading to declines in
oil production,...
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