The global Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and diminished economic activity that resulted from it had a significant impact on financial institutions around the world in 2020. In order to gauge...
Women and men travel differently in low- and middle-income countries and women face different constraints on their mobility. _is Brief is the second in a two-part series that provides an overview of the...
Type: BriefReport#: 174675Date: August 2, 2022Author:
Borker,Girija
This brief, the first in a two-part series, provides an overview of the evidence on key features of women’s travel behavior and the barriers they face in accessing public transport in developing countries,...
Type: BriefReport#: 174675Date: August 2, 2022Author:
Borker,Girija
Exposure to conflict and violence negatively affects the economic, human, and social capital of individuals and their communities. Nonetheless, less tangible effects of traumatic experiences can hinder...
Type: BriefReport#: 174690Date: August 1, 2022Author:
Holloway, Kyle
Menstrual health and hygiene (MHH) is essential to the well-being and empowerment of women and adolescent girls. Attaining adequate MHH requires access to at least three intersecting elements: (i) access...
Type: BriefReport#: 180939Date: August 1, 2022Author:
Hatzfeldt,Gaia ;
Keener,Sarah
The African Medicines Regulatory Harmonization (AMRH) initiative, a multistakeholder partnership, focuses on improving fragmented regulatory systems in the region to ensure faster access to safe, efficacious,...
Type: BriefReport#: 175430Date: August 1, 2022Author:
Mercado, A. ;
Seiter, A. ;
Boateng, K. ;
Kagan, L. Philippe
Zambia introduced free and compulsory general education in 2011, but its implementation has been incomplete. In 2021, the government introduced the “Education for All” policy which abolished all formal...
The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has affected the wellbeing of Indonesian students, including both physical and mental health. It is important to provide psychosocial support especially...
Type: BriefReport#: 175573Date: July 31, 2022Author:
Prakosa,Petra Wiyakti Bodrogini
Technology innovation is one of the key drivers of economic and rural development. Despite the existence of profitable agricultural technologies, such as improved seeds and fertilizers, adoption has remained...
Type: BriefReport#: 192050Date: July 31, 2022Author:
World Bank
Across the globe, transnational migrants who are doing low-paid work in precarious situations experience widespread rights violations. The structures that create precarity for migrant workers and enable...
Type: BriefReport#: 193081Date: July 31, 2022Author:
Faraday, Fay
Many countries around the world are implementing national strategies for financial education. These strategies often involve teaching financial education in schools. While the literature on school financial...
Type: BriefReport#: 175566Date: July 31, 2022Author:
Bruhn,Miriam ;
Garber, Gabriel ;
Koyama, Sergio ;
Zia,Bilal Husnain
Hybrid learning is a viable option for Indonesian students: the apt use of EdTech applications can potentially improve both learning experiences and learning outcomes and can mitigate learning loss as...
Type: BriefReport#: 175572Date: July 31, 2022Author:
Prakosa,Petra Wiyakti Bodrogini
Tracking economic activity in real time is a difficult task for forecasters due to data publication lags, frequent and/or large revisions and lack of high-frequency indicators. For North Macedonia, first...
Type: BriefReport#: 175127Date: July 31, 2022Author:
World Bank
A high-quality health systems approach that integrates nutrition is vital to accelerate progress in nutrition and meet the sustainable development goals by 2030.High-quality health systems for nutrition...
Type: BriefReport#: 176298Date: July 31, 2022Author:
Holschneider,Silvia ;
Subandoro,Ali Winoto ;
Ruel Bergeron,Julie ;
Elder,Leslie K.
Excess salt intake is a widespread global problem contributing to increased blood pressure, the leading risk factor for preventable deaths worldwide. Effective and feasible interventions exist to reduce...
Type: BriefReport#: 175530Date: July 31, 2022Author:
Warren,Bethany Leanna ;
Mandeville,Kate
Measures to mitigate learning loss from the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and work toward learning recovery need to be both systemic and practical. Key levers for learning recovery include...
Type: BriefReport#: 175571Date: July 31, 2022Author:
Prakosa,Petra Wiyakti Bodrogini
The DRC CO High-Frequency Phone Survey (HFPS) calls individuals from the social registry in Eastern DRC that was built up by the Social Protection and Jobs (SPJ) program and managed by Fonds Social de...
Type: BriefReport#: 185128Date: July 30, 2022Author:
World Bank
The 12th #OneSouthAsia Conversation, held in collaboration with the World Bank’s Regional Integration and Engagement program and the National University of Singapore’s Institute of South Asian Studies,...
Type: BriefReport#: 175852Date: July 28, 2022Author:
World Bank
Substantial gender gaps exist in labor force participation and productivity in the agriculture sector in Nigeria. Closing the gender productivity gap in agriculture could lead to sizable gains in the Nigerian...
Type: BriefReport#: 174207Date: July 20, 2022Author:
Brudevold-Newman,Andrew Peter ;
Geist,Amy Elizabeth Copley ;
Fashogbon,Ayodele Emmanuel ;
Morrison,Laurel Elizabeth ;
Sahay,Abhilasha ;
Vaillant,Julia
When societies become more equal, economies become more resilient. Besides being the right thing to do, gender equality makes economic sense. The World Bank estimates that, globally, differences between...
Type: BriefReport#: 171178Date: July 20, 2022Author:
World Bank
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