This report presents overview of
context, objectives, and interventions for reference. The
five objectives, as well as the list of interventions, were
developed after...
The Country Opinion Survey in Turkey
assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in gaining a better
understanding of how stakeholders in Turkey perceive the
WBG. It provides...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 168406Date: July 1, 2020Author:
Felzer,Sharon
The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has
adversely affected economies around the globe, bringing
unprecedented challenges in health, economics and society.
Lao PDR has...
Second Industry Survey of the South
African tourism sector carried out jointly by IFC, the
Department of Tourism and the Tourism Business Council of
South Africa. This...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 150818Date: July 1, 2020
Papua New Guinea’s economy has been hit
hard by the COVID-19 crisis due to weaker demand and less
favorable terms of trade. Pandemic-related global and
national movement...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 157031Date: July 1, 2020Author:
Sarsenov,Ilyas ;
Deng,Fei ;
Grinyer,John Joseph Scott ;
Hasanov,Rashad ;
Rabefaniraka,Noroarisoa ;
Cooper,Andrew William ;
Ling,David Tai-Wen ;
Motohashi,Mitsunori ;
Fae,Gerard ;
Maso,Sevesoa ;
Dahan,Stephane Raphael ;
Overbeek,Jan ;
Fitzgerald,Shona Kate ;
Beschorner,Natasha ;
Neumann,James L. ;
Sundakov,Alex ;
Nelson,Jordan
The Country Opinion Survey in Tanzania
assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in gaining a better
understanding of how stakeholders in Tanzania perceive the
WBG. It provides...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 168409Date: July 1, 2020Author:
Felzer,Sharon
The Country Opinion Survey in Myanmar
assists the World Bank Group (WBG)in gaining a better
understanding of how stakeholders in Myanmar perceive the
WBG. It provides...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 168398Date: July 1, 2020Author:
Felzer,Sharon
The COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic and
associated containment measures triggered the deepest global
recession in eight decades. As many countries implemented
lockdowns...
Lao PDR was the last country in
Southeast Asia to report its first confirmed case of
COVID-19. The first case was confirmed on 24 March 2020. By
July 2020, 22 cases...
Economic conditions in China have
changed dramatically over the past six months. The COVID-19
(coronavirus) pandemic and measures taken to contain it have
triggered...
Type: Economic Updates and ModelingReport#: 151320Date: July 1, 2020Author:
Zhao,Luan ;
Eckardt,Sebastian ;
Vashakmadze,Ekaterine T. ;
Lugo,Maria Ana ;
Nair,Dinesh M. ;
Wang,Dewen ;
Yemtsov,Ruslan G. ;
Chowdhury,Ibrahim Saeed ;
Huang,Yang ;
Niu,Chiyu ;
Alawode,Abayomi A. ;
Islamaj,Ergys ;
Ruch,Franz Ulrich ;
Lee,Woori ;
Han,Wei-000505642 ;
Constantinescu,Ileana Cristina ;
Li,Yusha ;
Li,Yan - EEAM1
The Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic
and its economic and social effects on households have
created an urgent need for timely data to help monitor and
mitigate the...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 151243Date: July 1, 2020Author:
Sagesaka,Akiko ;
Contreras Gonzalez,Ivette Maria ;
Durazo,Josefine
High Frequency Phone Surveys (HFS)
reveal that Covid-19 awareness is not widespread in Sierra
Leone. Households experienced reductions in income, food
insecurity and...
This paper uses high-resolution
satellite data on the proportion of buildings in a 250x250
meter cell to study the evolution of human settlement in
Ghana over a 40-year...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9314Date: July 1, 2020Author:
Fafchamps,Marcel ;
Shilpi,Forhad J.
In May 2020, the National Statistical
Office (NSO), with support from the World Bank, has launched
the High-Frequency Phone Survey on COVID-19, which tracks
the socio-economic...
Type: BriefReport#: 151858Date: July 1, 2020Author:
Vundru,Wilbert Drazi ;
Moylan,Heather G.
North Macedonia continues to improve its
environmental performance and the efficacy of its
environmental regulation. As part of this effort, the World
Bank is working...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 156798Date: July 1, 2020
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...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 152115Date: July 1, 2020Author:
Siwatu,Gbemisola Oseni ;
Palacios-Lopez,Amparo ;
Mcgee,Kevin Robert ;
Amankwah,Akuffo ;
Vishwanath,Tara ;
Lain,Jonathan William
The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic has
taken a toll on human life and brought major disruption to
economic activity across the world, precipitating an
unprecedented...
Type: BriefReport#: 150625Date: July 1, 2020Author:
Humphreys,Richard Martin ;
Dumitrescu,Anca Cristina ;
Biju,Ninan Oommen ;
Lam,Yin Yin
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