As the COVID-19 pandemic has continued to take its toll on human life, businesses in North Macedonia have continued to struggle despite a return to some normalcy. This note examines the state of the private...
Type: BriefReport#: 174107Date: July 19, 2022Author:
Jolevski,Filip ;
Madzarevic-Sujster,Sanja
The economy showed better-than-expected signs of improvement in Q2 2022 due to stronger domestic demand, a rebound in the tourism sector, and continuing expansion of goods exports. However, rising inflationary...
This brief summarizes findings and recommendations from a study that assesses the performance of Lesotho’s social protection systems, based on recent national household survey data, and program administrative...
Type: BriefReport#: 174020Date: July 14, 2022Author:
World Bank
This brief summarizes findings and recommendations from a study that assesses the performance of South Africa’s social assistance programs and systems, based on recent national household survey data and...
Type: BriefReport#: 174020Date: July 14, 2022Author:
World Bank
Globally, women working in male-dominated sectors earn an average of 67 percent more than those in traditionally female sectors. Yet female entrepreneurs tend to concentrate in lower-profit sectors. One...
Type: BriefReport#: 173911Date: July 14, 2022Author:
World Bank
Global poverty monitored by the World Bank for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is reported only at the national level, lacking a breakdown between urban and rural areas. A key challenge to producing...
Type: BriefReport#: 173894Date: July 12, 2022Author:
Combes,Pierre Philippe ;
Nakamura,Shohei ;
Roberts,Mark ;
Stewart,Benjamin P.
A participatory forest governance assessment was conducted in Mozambique in 2016, revealing a consensus among stakeholders that governance is weak, particularly around the implementation of laws and regulations....
Type: BriefReport#: 173802Date: July 7, 2022Author:
Aquino, Andrea Topacio ;
Kishor,Nalin M. ;
Taquidir,Muino Amarchande ;
Lim,Jialing Celine
In Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), the effects of the pandemic on labor market outcomes continue to be pronounced, especially for women. Continued pronounced impacts on women’s employment are partly...
Type: BriefReport#: 173790Date: July 7, 2022Author:
World Bank ;
United Nations Development Programme ;
Camacho,Adriana ;
Cucagna,Maria Emilia ;
De Hoop,Jacobus Joost ;
Hernández, Pablo ;
Romero Haaker,Francisco Javier ;
Rubiano Matulevich,Eliana Carolina ;
Tenjo Galvis,Laura Daniela
More than a year on from the start of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and with massive vaccination campaigns underway, over a quarter of the adult population in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)...
Type: BriefReport#: 173799Date: July 7, 2022Author:
World Bank ;
United Nations Development Programme ;
Camacho,Adriana ;
Del Carpio,Ximena Vanessa ;
Hernández, Pablo ;
Meléndez, Marcela, ;
Olivieri,Sergio Daniel ;
Rivadeneira Alava,Ana Mercedes ;
Tenjo Galvis,Laura Daniela ;
Winkler-Seales,Hernan Jorge
This brief reports the findings from innovative high frequency phone surveys (HFPS) on the drivers of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine acceptance and uptake in the Caribbean among the adult...
Type: BriefReport#: 173794Date: July 7, 2022Author:
Margolies,Amy Elliott ;
Anglade,Boaz ;
De Hoop,Jacobus Joost ;
Kim,Phillis ;
Mussini,Micaela ;
Paffhausen,Anna Luisa ;
Di Giorgio,Laura
The worldwide Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis has heightened the importance of aligning childcare policies more closely with the needs of working parents and, in particular, working mothers....
Type: BriefReport#: 173797Date: July 7, 2022Author:
World Bank
The worldwide Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis has heightened the importance of aligning childcare policies more closely with the needs of working parents and, in particular, working mothers....
Type: BriefReport#: 173796Date: July 7, 2022Author:
World Bank
Major technological changes in the production and analysis of data have opened opportunities to transform the way we use integrated high-frequency data ecosystems and advanced analytical tools, notably...
Type: BriefReport#: 173775Date: July 6, 2022Author:
Bedoya Arguelles,Guadalupe ;
Chen,Daniel Li ;
De Gouvea Scot De Arruda,Thiago ;
Legovini,Arianna ;
Sveta Milusheva ;
Piza,Caio ;
Trako,Iva ;
Ramos Maqueda,Manuel
The Global Water Security & Sanitation Partnership (GWSP) is the largest global think tank working across the full spectrum of water-related challenges in developing and emerging markets. The GWSP, launched...
Type: BriefReport#: 173646Date: July 5, 2022Author:
World Bank
The Word Bank’s South Asia Region Gender Innovation Lab has conducted an evidence review of findings from women’s economic empowerment (WEE) interventions with direct measures of intimate partner violence...
Type: BriefReport#: 173433Date: July 1, 2022Author:
Williams,Anaise Marie ;
Heise,Lori ;
Tas,Emcet Oktay
The Republic of Congo (ROC) has enacted an organic law requiring the preparation and execution of the government budget following the programmatic approach rather than the traditional line-item budgeting....
Type: BriefReport#: 183640Date: July 1, 2022Author:
Kasonde,Lombe ;
Wang Sonne,Soazic Elise ;
Lepassa-Litedi,Aubain ;
Verhaahe, Johan
The analysis of Fiscal space in the health sector allows us to identify and document the different opportunities and limitations of creating additional financial resources in the health sector without...
Type: BriefReport#: 183637Date: July 1, 2022Author:
Kasonde,Lombe ;
Wang Sonne,Soazic Elise ;
Lepassa-Litedi,Aubain
There is still a lack of health workers in the Republic of Congo (RoC) to achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC) by 2030. There is a significant variation in the proportion of staff on Payroll versus...
Type: BriefReport#: 183638Date: July 1, 2022Author:
Verhaahe, Johan ;
Lepassa-Litedi,Aubain ;
Kasonde,Lombe ;
Wang Sonne,Soazic Elise
The Republic of Congo government is making continuous efforts to improve the share of government expenditures going to health. After a steady decline in 2013, the share of government health expenditures...
Type: BriefReport#: 183639Date: July 1, 2022Author:
Wang Sonne,Soazic Elise ;
Kasonde,Lombe ;
Lepassa-Litedi,Aubain ;
Deme,Ousmane ;
Verhaahe, Johan
Over the past decade, Zambia’s gross domestic product (GDP) has been decreasing as a result of a devastating combination of external and domestic shocks. The country’s macroeconomic environment was weakened...
Type: BriefReport#: 186595Date: July 1, 2022Author:
De Andrade Falcao,Natasha ;
Mupuwaliywa,Mupuwaliywa
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