Maintaining trade flows as much as
possible during the COVID-19 pandemic will be crucial in
providing access to essential food and health supplies and
in limiting the...
Type: BriefReport#: 147821Date: April 12, 2020Author:
Sela,Shane Robert ;
Yang,Aileen Duong ;
Zawacki,Marisa
Royalties paid by natural resources
companies active in Bolivia are intended to support local
community development. But often local communities that are
impacted by...
Type: BriefReport#: 185406Date: April 12, 2020Author:
World Bank
Some key finds from this "living
paper" include : As of April 10, 2020, a total of 126
countries have introduced or adapted social protection and
jobs programs in response...
Faced with COVID-19 (Coronavirus),
countries are taking drastic action based on little
information. Two tests can help governments shorten and
soften economically costly...
Type: BriefReport#: 147504Date: April 8, 2020Author:
De Walque,Damien B. C. M. ;
Friedman,Jed ;
Gatti,Roberta V. ;
Mattoo,Aaditya
Youth unemployment rates are high in
Argentina, where over 23 percent of women and 19 percent of
men aged 14 to 29 are out of work. Tied to a mismatch
between the experience...
Countries in Africa should strive to
maintain trade flows during the crisis to secure access to
medical goods and services, and food and other essential
items such as...
Type: BriefReport#: 147452Date: April 6, 2020Author:
Brenton,Paul ;
Chemutai,Vicky
Some key finds from this "living
paper" include : As of April 3, 2020, a total of 106
countries have introduced or adapted social protection and
jobs programs in response...
The COVID-19 pandemic was first
identified in December 2019 in Wuhan, China. The World
Health Organization declared the outbreak a ‘public health
emergency of international...
The strategic transformation in
agriculture and rural space (STARS) pilots represent the
last step in the four-step process that constitutes the
STARS reimbursable advisory...
This brief provides a description of the
Cascade Analysis Tool (CAT) and a summary of an early
application of the tool in Poltava Region, central Ukraine.
The CAT is...
Type: BriefReport#: 148391Date: April 1, 2020Author:
Fraser-Hurt,Nicole ;
Amoore,Zara
The economic crisis induced by COVID -
19 (Coronavirus) could be long, deep, and pervasive when
viewed through amigration lens. Lockdowns, travel bans, and
social distancing...
Type: BriefReport#: 147828Date: April 1, 2020Author:
Ratha,Dilip K. ;
De,Supriyo ;
Kim,Eung Ju ;
Plaza,Sonia ;
Seshan,Ganesh Kumar ;
Yameogo,Nadege Desiree
The Global Road Safety Facility (GRSF)
and the World Bank Transport team, in collaboration with
Governments of Mozambique and Liberia, has been working on
the development...
Safe drinking water is essential for
healthy human development and survival, but millions of poor
people in low-income countries only have access to
contaminated drinking...
The COVID-19 virus (Coronavirus) is
creating a humanitarian and economic crisis without
precedent in recent times. Safely managed water, sanitation,
and hygiene (WASH)...
Carbon market simulations are programs,
models, virtual environments, and/or games that allow
stakeholders to participate in a simulated process of
designing or participating...
Vietnam reacted early to the spread of
Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) by imposing social distancing
measures and mobility restrictions, culminating in a
national lockdown...
Dutch Disease is a condition in which a
sudden increase of resource wealth from an extractive sector
(such as oil, gas, coal, or mining) undermines other areas
of the...
Type: BriefReport#: 147609Date: April 1, 2020Author:
Mendez Ramos,Fabian
The Government of Jordan has
strengthened its commitment in recent years to gender
equality and women's social and economic empowerment
through Jordan's Renaissance...
Type: BriefReport#: 147456Date: April 1, 2020Author:
Ait Ali Slimane,Meriem ;
Lundvall,Jonna Maria ;
Mohindra,Komal ;
Al Abbadi,Shereen Fayez Hussein ;
Kurshitashvili,Nato ;
Hisou,Ola
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