Can mass public health messages change
behavior during a crisis? This paper assesses the impact of
a COVID-19 focused text-messaging campaign launched in May
2020 with...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9755Date: August 23, 2021Author:
Seitz,William Hutchins
The Multi-Partner Fund (MPF) for Somalia
has been the primary source of financing for the World Bank
Group's early reengagement in Somalia after more than
two decades...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 163197Date: August 20, 2021
What are the impacts of expanding mobile
broadband coverage on poverty, household consumption and
labor market outcomes in developing countries? Who benefits
from improved...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9749Date: August 17, 2021Author:
Bahia,Kalvin ;
Castells,Pau ;
Masaki,Takaaki ;
Cruz,Genaro ;
Rodriguez Castelan,Carlos ;
Sanfelice,Viviane
The methodical collection of data helps
in monitoring performance of management, staff, and board.
This means appropriate and supporting information systems
must be...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 162985Date: August 16, 2021
Over the 2016-2018 reporting period,
Utility Performance and Behavior in Africa Today (UPBEAT)
gathered data on utilities, both publicly and privately
owned, in countries...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 162988Date: August 16, 2021
Broadband connectivity is a critical
enabler for modernizing higher education institutions (HEIs)
in their mission of teaching, research, and community
outreach. Connecting...
Type: ReportReport#: 161742Date: August 3, 2021Author:
Melhem,Samia ;
Kelly,Timothy John Charles ;
Park, Lucine Munkyung ;
Hurpy,Charles Pierre Marie ;
Bashir,Sajitha
Broadband connectivity is a critical
enabler for modernizing higher education institutions (HEIs)
in their mission of teaching, research, and community
outreach. Connecting...
Type: ReportReport#: 161742Date: August 3, 2021Author:
Melhem,Samia ;
Kelly,Timothy John Charles ;
Park, Lucine Munkyung ;
Hurpy,Charles Pierre Marie ;
Bashir,Sajitha
Performance-based financing (PBF) is the
transfer of funds to health facilities so they can provide a
pre-agreed set of services according to appropriate
standards of...
Type: ReportReport#: 164388Date: August 1, 2021Author:
Piattifuenfkirchen,Moritz Otto Maria Alfons ;
Hadley, Sierd ;
Mathivet,Benoit
The COVID-19 pandemic and the decline in
global oil demand and prices dealt the GCC countries a
health crisis and a commodity market shock. The GCC’s
aggregate GDP contracted...
Type: ReportReport#: 162376Date: August 1, 2021Author:
Ollero,Antonio M. ;
Alhmoud,Khaled Bassam Rasheed ;
De Pinies Bianchi,Jaime Rafael
Similar to many other countries around
the world, the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic has hit
Indonesia hard. Latest estimates suggest that about 5.1
million people—equivalent...
Type: ReportReport#: 162061Date: July 28, 2021Author:
Tiwari,Sailesh ;
Ali,Rabia ;
Ariadharma,Erwin ;
Arsana,I Gede Putra ;
Bennis,Lamiaa ;
Beschorner,Natasha ;
Marskell,Jonathan Daniel ;
Purnamasari,Ririn Salwa ;
Ralston,Laura R. ;
Al Rikabi,Jaffar ;
Sari,Virgi Agita ;
Setiawan,Imam ;
Suharnoko,Bambang ;
Suleiman,Muhammad Ajisatria ;
Wihardja,Maria Monica ;
Wibisana,Putu Sanjiwacika
Similar to many other countries around
the world, the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic has hit
Indonesia hard. Latest estimates suggest that about 5.1
million people—equivalent...
Type: ReportReport#: 162061Date: July 28, 2021Author:
Tiwari,Sailesh ;
Ali,Rabia ;
Ariadharma,Erwin ;
Arsana,I Gede Putra ;
Bennis,Lamiaa ;
Beschorner,Natasha ;
Marskell,Jonathan Daniel ;
Purnamasari,Ririn Salwa ;
Ralston,Laura R. ;
Al Rikabi,Jaffar ;
Sari,Virgi Agita ;
Setiawan,Imam ;
Suharnoko,Bambang ;
Suleiman,Muhammad Ajisatria ;
Wihardja,Maria Monica ;
Wibisana,Putu Sanjiwacika
Burkina Faso considers the education
sector a critical player in its development priorities. The
higher education sector, which comprised 18 accredited
universities...
Type: ReportReport#: 161737Date: July 16, 2021Author:
Melhem,Samia ;
Kelly,Tim ;
Park,Munkyung ;
Hurpy,Charles Pierre Marie ;
Bashir,Sajitha
Following the Introduction in chapter
one, the report provides a country overview in chapter two
to provide the national context. The connectivity gap has
both a supply-side...
Type: ReportReport#: 161726Date: July 16, 2021Author:
Melhem,Samia ;
Kelly,Timothy John Charles ;
Hurpy,Charles Pierre Marie ;
Bashir,Sajitha
Following the Introduction in chapter
one, the report provides a country overview in chapter two
to provide the national context. The connectivity gap has
both a supply-side...
Type: ReportReport#: 161725Date: July 16, 2021Author:
Melhem,Samia ;
Kelly,Timothy John Charles ;
Park,Munkyung ;
Hurpy,Charles Pierre Marie ;
Bashir,Sajitha
The Government of Cote d’Ivoire
considers information and communications technology (ICTs)
as a key instrument for national development. Youth
education and training...
Type: ReportReport#: 161738Date: July 16, 2021Author:
Melhem,Samia ;
Kelly,Tim ;
Park,Munkyung ;
Hurpy,Charles Pierre Marie ;
Bashir,Sajitha
Broadband connectivity is a critical
enabler for modernizing higher education institutions (HEIs)
in their mission of teaching, research, and community
outreach. Connecting...
Type: ReportReport#: 161742Date: July 16, 2021Author:
Melhem,Samia ;
Kelly,Tim ;
Park,Lucine Munkyung ;
Hurpy,Charles Pierre Marie ;
Bashir,Sajitha
The world is currently at a crossroads.
Low- and middle-income countries such as Nigeria are seeing
rapid growth in their working-age populations. Yet often,
these increasingly...
Type: ReportReport#: 161498Date: July 12, 2021Author:
Adhikari,Samik ;
Clemens,Michael A. ;
Dempster,Helen ;
Ekeator,Nkechi Linda
This document presents the findings of a
behavioral diagnostic on enablers and barriers to
preparedness and response decisions and actions among Sri
Lankans following...
Type: ReportReport#: 164076Date: July 1, 2021Author:
Munoz Boudet,Ana Maria ;
Llopis Abella,Jimena ;
Munoz Flandez,Cristian Alexis ;
Ramli,Ukasha Bin ;
Balog-Way,Simone Andrea Breunig
Yemen experienced sharp increases in
food insecurity during 2020, and many Yemen is risk falling
into famine. Several large shocks in 2020 combined to cause
the current...
Type: ReportReport#: 164602Date: July 1, 2021Author:
Favari, Eliana ;
Geiger,Michael Tobias ;
Krishnaswamy, Siddharth ;
Tandon,Sharad Alan
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