In June 2020, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics, with the support from the World Bank, has launched the High-Frequency Phone Survey on COVID-19 to track the impacts of the pandemic on a monthly basis for...
Type: BriefReport#: 178184Date: October 31, 2022Author:
Atamanov,Aziz ;
Cochinard,Frederic Pierre Francois Hugue ;
Ilukor,John ;
Kemigisha, Audrey ;
Kilic,Talip ;
Mupere, Andrew ;
Ponzini,Giulia
The gap in the prevalence and reporting of sexual harassment needs to be addressed through efficient redressal mechanisms. Evidence from Indian cities shows that while the prevalence of sexual harassment...
Lack of safety deters women from stepping out, creating a vicious cycle that lowers women’s presence in public spaces. The lack of safe public transport options deters women from choosing promising employment...
Urban mobility systems are often not designed to account for gender-based differences in mobility patterns. Women are amongst the biggest users of public transport across Indian cities. Public transport...
Cities are engines of growth, job-creation, and innovation. As workers and firms interact closely, cities generate increases in labor productivity through agglomeration economies. Globally, lack of consideration...
In the wake of disruptions to healthcare delivery caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare policymakers and professionals in several Caribbean countries are implementing measures to improve health system...
Type: BriefReport#: 192927Date: October 25, 2022Author:
World Bank
In the wake of disruptions to healthcare delivery caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare policymakers and professionals in several Caribbean countries are implementing measures to improve health system...
Type: BriefReport#: 192930Date: October 25, 2022Author:
World Bank
This brief examines the introduction of landmark reforms in São Tomé and Príncipe to counter domestic and family violence and to protect women, both at home and at work. The enactment of laws on domestic...
Type: BriefReport#: 177512Date: October 21, 2022Author:
Mazoni Silva Martins,Natalia ;
Corminales De Oliver,Claudia Lenny
The October 2022 update introduces the 10th edition of the Global Database of Shared Prosperity (GDSP). Shared prosperity, defined as the growth in per capita household income or consumption of the poorest...
Mobility, tourism, and employment conditions are improving as expected. However, softening global demand and flooding are weighing on the growth outlook. The World Bank increased Thailand’s growth projection...
Type: BriefReport#: 177260Date: October 20, 2022Author:
World Bank
Over the past three decades the Philippines has made great progress in poverty reduction and income growth, but only recently has inequality begun to fall. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, structural transformation...
Type: BriefReport#: 177196Date: October 18, 2022Author:
Belghith,Nadia Belhaj Hassine ;
Fernandez,Francine Claire Chang ;
Jandoc,Karl Robert Lasmarias
On October 15th, 2022, 44 countries and 200 participants joined the 2022 Annual Meetings Human Capital closed-door Ministerial Conclave to discuss policy priorities and solutions to provide immediate support...
Type: BriefReport#: 202408Date: October 15, 2022Author:
World Bank
The worldwide COVID-19 crisis has heightened the importance of aligning childcare policies more closely with the needs of working parents and, in particular, working mothers. In light of these circumstances,...
Type: BriefReport#: 176818Date: October 12, 2022Author:
World Bank
The worldwide COVID-19 crisis has heightened the importance of aligning childcare policies more closely with the needs of working parents and, in particular, working mothers. In light of these circumstances,...
Type: BriefReport#: 176820Date: October 12, 2022Author:
World Bank
This report argues that Digital Transformation (DTs) are an essential element of a good-jobs strategy for African countries. The evidence shows that internet use has significant inclusive job impacts on...
Type: BriefReport#: 176763Date: October 11, 2022Author:
World Bank
Communities, cities, and countries have improved their understanding of disaster risk since 2005 when the Hyogo Framework for Action was adopted. Over time, the agenda in many countries has shifted from...
A limited number of poverty-targeted measures, administrative inefficiencies and a complex administrative set up reduce the impact of social protection services in both entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina....
Type: BriefReport#: 176765Date: October 10, 2022Author:
World Bank
There is unprecedented interest among developing countries to attract private investment into infrastructure and basic services to meet growing national demand. Today, nearly all developing countries have...
Type: BriefReport#: 176600Date: October 5, 2022Author:
Jones, Andrew
There is unprecedented interest among developing countries to attract private investment into infrastructure and basic services to meet growing national demand. Today, nearly all developing countries have...
Type: BriefReport#: 176599Date: October 5, 2022Author:
Jones, Andrew
There is unprecedented interest among developing countries to attract private investment into infrastructure and basic services to meet growing national demand. Today, nearly all developing countries have...
Type: BriefReport#: 176601Date: October 5, 2022Author:
Jones, Andrew
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