The most vulnerable households in Latin
America and the Caribbean have been disproportionately
affected by the Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, endangering
the region’s...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 161775Date: July 1, 2021Author:
Clavijo,Irene ;
Mejía-Mantilla,Carolina ;
Olivieri,Sergio Daniel ;
Lara Ibarra,Gabriel ;
Romero,Javier E.
High levels of poverty, income
inequality and slow economic growth challenge
Lesotho’s economic and human development
potential. With nominal per capita gross...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 183644Date: June 30, 2021Author:
World Bank
Over the last two decades, Bangladesh
has made significant progress in improving its routine
health information systems (HIS). The goal of the Bangladesh
HIS is to provide...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 189316Date: June 30, 2021Author:
Asangansi,Ime Effiong ;
Mohammed-Roberts,Rianna L. ;
Hannan,Muhammad Maksudul ;
Hulse,Matthew Thomas ;
Nasim,S M Asib
The authors project three scenarios of
labor market outcomes, as well as their impact on poverty
and inequality. The scenarios (optimistic, intermediate, and
pessimistic)...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 172526Date: June 30, 2021Author:
Rafael Macedo Rubião ;
Lara Ibarra,Gabriel ;
Campante Cardoso Vale,Ricardo
Across the world, small-scale lenders -
including microfinance institutions (MFIs), community-based
financial institutions, and other nonbank financial
institutions...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 160156Date: June 9, 2021Author:
Alibhai,Aly Salman ;
Achew,Mengistu Bessir ;
Weis,Toni Johannes
This note aims to establish which value
chains have the highest potential to create jobs, reduce
poverty and improve nutrition. Although the comparisons are
not limited...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 185962Date: June 1, 2021Author:
World Bank
This note aims to discuss the critical
elements and steps to implement the Framework for
Responsible and Inclusive Land-Intensive Agriculture
(FRILIA). The note draws...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 185964Date: June 1, 2021Author:
World Bank
This paper aims to contribute to the
Government’s plans by highlighting key policy options for
reforming the tax system to address environmental concerns.
It does this...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 160619Date: June 1, 2021Author:
Besley,Daniel James ;
Pryor,Joseph Dixon Callisto ;
Jooste,Charl ;
Madzarevic-Sujster,Sanja
Successive national socio-economic
development plans have identified the private sector as the
main engine of growth and the government of Lao PDR (GoL) is
committed...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 159705Date: May 31, 2021
Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao
PDR) is in the early stages of a transition to a greener,
more resilient economy. The country has embarked on an
ambitious reform...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 159709Date: May 31, 2021
Sudan, like the rest of the world, has
been experiencing the unprecedented social and economic
impact of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The Sudanese
authorities...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 158988Date: May 10, 2021Author:
World Bank
This policy note looks at the
institutional architecture and organization of the child
protection service delivery in Russia. The objective is to
understand how a complex...
As with other countries, Sudan has been
hit hard by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The
Sudanese authorities attempted to act quickly in the face of
the spreading...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 158989Date: May 10, 2021Author:
World Bank
School closures and learning loss during
the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic can have a long-term
negative impact on the current cohort of school children.
Global evidence...
This makes debt and debt management
transparency even more important. While new sources of
funding can provide opportunities to advance development
goals, they can also...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 158577Date: April 20, 2021Author:
Stucka,Tihomir ;
Sebudde,Rachel K. ;
Walker,Richard Ancrum
This policy note outlines critical
actions required to help implement recent reforms in the
legal frameworks for seed development and quality control
(National Agricultural...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 185963Date: April 1, 2021Author:
World Bank
COVID-19 closures in Latin American and
the Caribbean countries helped to curb the spread of the
virus, but inevitably brought negative consequences for
households,...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 159061Date: April 1, 2021Author:
Ballon Fernandez,Paola Marcela ;
Mejia-Mantilla,Carolina ;
Olivieri,Sergio Daniel ;
Lara Ibarra,Gabriel ;
Romero Haaker,Francisco Javier
Mozambique is about to face two
transformative opportunities for accelerating the pace of
poverty reduction: the prospect of major resource inflows
from the extraction...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 157853Date: March 31, 2021Author:
Lachler,Ulrich ;
Ricaldi,Federica
Conservation and tourism contribute to
greener economic growth in many countries. Although
protected areas have often been viewed as land excluded from
economic development...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 138125Date: March 26, 2021
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