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...
By 2050, the world is projected to be
1.5 degree C warmer than 2019, and the global population
will grow by 2.2 billion, which will increase the demand and
the need...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 166121Date: June 5, 2020Author:
Teladia,Aamina
The 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 social and
economic...
Type: BriefReport#: 148890Date: June 4, 2020Author:
Wieser,Christina ;
Ambel,Alemayehu A. ;
Bundervoet,Tom ;
Tsegay,Asmelash Haile
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9269Date: June 3, 2020Author:
Kondylis,Florence ;
Legovini,Arianna ;
Vyborny,Kate ;
Zwager,Astrid Maria Theresia ;
Cardoso De Andrade,Luiza
As COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc
across the world, researchers are attempting to quantify the
economic fallout from the pandemic as it continues to
unfold. Estimating...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9268Date: June 2, 2020Author:
Abay,Kibrom A. ;
Hirfrfot,Kibrom Tafere ;
Woldemichael,Andinet
This report summarizes the methods and
findings of the Competitiveness Reinforcement Initiative in
Croatia. The objective of the project was to help industry
clusters...
The Country Opinion Survey in Vietnam
assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in gaining a better
understanding of how stakeholders in Vietnam perceive the
WBG. It provides...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 168404Date: June 1, 2020Author:
Felzer,Sharon
The COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic is
exposing Brazil to an unprecedented challenge. The pandemic
is expected to plunge Brazil into another recession.
Although the...
This paper describes the Services Trade
Policy Database, a joint initiative by the World Bank and
the World Trade Organization Secretariat, which builds on a
database...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9264Date: June 1, 2020Author:
Borchert,Ingo ;
Gootiiz,Batshur ;
Magdeleine,Joscelyn ;
Marchetti,Juan A. ;
Mattoo,Aaditya ;
Rubio,Ester ;
Shannon,Evgeniia
The Regular Economic Report (RER) No. 17
is a collection of notes on the Economic and Social Impact
of COVID-19 (coronavirus) that has been published in three
parts....
Zambia has invested heavily on education
with an allocation of about 20 percent of the government
budget, but this investment has not translated into better
student...
Five countries across the globe are
working to strengthen the transport sector to build
resilience against disaster and climate risks, enabling a
resilient global transport...
An extended COVID-19 (Coronavirus)
pandemic will have an increasing impact on the global
economy, affecting the financial health of consumers and
businesses and hence...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 151300Date: June 1, 2020Author:
Veligura,Natalia V. ;
Chan,Ka Ki Karl ;
Van Ingen,Ferdinand Martin Philip ;
Cufre,German
‘You can count on your trusted friends
in difficult time’. This saying symbolizes Vietnam and the
World Bank Group’s long-lasting partnership over the past 25
years,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 149899Date: June 1, 2020
By 2050, it is estimated that nearly
half the world’s population will reside in cities. Bulging
population in cities coupled with their rising income levels
has led...
The COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic is
exposing Brazil to an unprecedented challenge. The pandemic
is expected to plunge Brazil into another recession.
Although the...
Uzbekistan is a resource-rich country
with a relatively young population of 33 million, the
largest in Central Asia. It is also a geographic pivot for
the region, bordering...
Type: ReportReport#: 150336Date: June 1, 2020Author:
Matin,Kazi Mahbub-Al ;
Najdov,Evgenij
The Kyrgyz economy has been, since its
earliest days, the most liberal and open among Central Asian
countries resulting in an atypical structural transformation
with...
Type: ReportReport#: 150334Date: June 1, 2020Author:
Matin,Kazi Mahbub-Al ;
Najdov,Evgenij
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