In June 2020, the Uganda Bureau of
Statistics, with the support from the World Bank, has
launched the high-frequency phone survey on Coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19)...
Children need a safe, nurturing,
healthy, and stimulating environment to thrive and reach
their full potential. But millions of children living in
poverty don’t receive...
This paper evaluates different methods
for nowcasting country-level poverty rates, including
methods that apply statistical learning to large-scale
country-level data...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9860Date: November 1, 2021Author:
Mahler,Daniel Gerszon ;
Castaneda Aguilar,Raul Andres ;
Newhouse,David Locke
Improving women’s labor force
participation and the quality of their employment can boost
economic growth and support poverty and inequality
reduction; thus, it is highly...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9828Date: November 1, 2021Author:
Halim,Daniel Zefanya ;
Perova,Elizaveta ;
Reynolds,Sarah
Ghana has been a rising growth star and
a beacon of hope in West Africa. Strong economic growth over
the past two decades led to a near doubling of GDP per
capita, lifting...
Type: Country Economic MemorandumReport#: 165982Date: November 1, 2021Author:
Elmaleh,David Jacques ;
Stapleton,Katherine Anne ;
Dutz,Mark Andrew ;
Graham,Errol George ;
Kruse,Aurelien ;
Kwakye,Kwabena Gyan
While the economy was projected to start
recovering in 2021, subsequent waves of Coronavirus disease
2019 (COVID 19) infections, emergence of new variants, and
slow...
This note will examine the
distributional and efficiency issues associated with the
fiscal response to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) crisis in Da
Nang city and nationally...
Type: Public Expenditure ReviewReport#: 166050Date: November 1, 2021Author:
Nga,Nguyen Nguyet ;
Nga,Nguyen Thi ;
Moroz,Harry Edmund ;
Yang,Judy ;
Ha,Pham Bao ;
Wai-Poi,Matthew Grant ;
Madani,Dorsati H.
These remarks were delivered by World
Bank Group President David Malpass to the G20 Leaders’
Summit, Session III : Sustainable Development on October 31,
2021. He spoke...
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 165804Date: October 31, 2021Author:
Malpass,David
Through Bank Reimbursable Advisory
Services (RAS), the government of Romania accesses
international experience and global best practice in pursuit
of strengthening government...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 165692Date: October 28, 2021
During protracted displacement, women
and girls often face serious gender-specific challenges and
vulnerabilities, including adverse norms and institutional
barriers....
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9824Date: October 28, 2021Author:
Stojetz,Wolfgang ;
Brück,Tilman
Proxy-Means Testing (PMT) and
Community-Based Targeting (CBT) are among the most widely
used methods for poverty targeting in low-income settings.
This paper analyzes...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9816Date: October 26, 2021Author:
Schnitzer,Pascale ;
Stoeffler,Quentin
The authors show that for China the
movement of more people into better jobs with higher incomes
formed a very important explanation for the country’s
long-term success...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 165538Date: October 26, 2021Author:
Merotto,Dino Leonardo ;
Jiang,Hanchen
This report, as part of the Groundswell
Africa series, reaffirms the potency for climate change to
drive internal migration in the Lake Victoria Basin. The
results described...
Type: ReportReport#: 165168Date: October 26, 2021Author:
World Bank
Colombia’s high level of inequality is a
core constraint to economic growth and social progress. The
country has one of the highest levels of income inequality
in the...
Type: ReportReport#: 165522Date: October 26, 2021Author:
Davalos,Maria Eugenia ;
Dudine,Paolo ;
Araujo Lozano,Jorge Gustavo ;
Del Carpio,Ximena Vanessa
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