Mongolia’s national poverty headcount rate in 2020 was 27.8 percent, 0.6 percentage points lower than in 2018. Between 2014 and 2018, annualized per-capita consumption growth rates were negative both for...
Type: BriefReport#: 172699Date: March 31, 2022Author:
Uochi,Ikuko
The World Bank is providing technical and financial support to countries to help mitigate the spread and impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). One area of support is for data collection to inform...
Croatia’s long-term care (LTC) needs will increase substantially in years to come and under investment is not only limiting the country’s productivity but increasing poverty and compromising the sustainability...
Type: BriefReport#: 172262Date: March 31, 2022Author:
Rupasinghe,Yoshini Naomi ;
Schack,Maya Viviane ;
Bolongaita,Sarah Ann ;
Dzakula,Aleksandar
Saint Lucia is one of the countries in the Caribbean most heavily impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, with cases and deaths being among the highest in the sub region as of February 2022. The economic consequences...
Type: BriefReport#: 176417Date: March 31, 2022Author:
World Bank
Although initially spared, Dominica ultimately faced a relatively high number of confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths due to the pandemic. Given its reliance on international tourism, the economic consequences...
Type: BriefReport#: 176419Date: March 31, 2022Author:
World Bank
Belize was adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic through a relatively high incidence of COVID-19 cases and a relatively high number of deaths compared to other countries in the Caribbean. The COVID-19...
Type: BriefReport#: 176418Date: March 31, 2022Author:
World Bank
A year and half into the pandemic, employment had not recovered yet to pre-pandemic levels, with women and the population without higher education finding it harder to get back into employment. Women and...
Type: BriefReport#: 170345Date: March 31, 2022Author:
Paffhausen,Anna Luisa ;
Campante Cardoso Vale,Ricardo ;
Castaneda Castrillon,Carlos Alberto ;
Lara Ibarra,Gabriel
The 10th OneSouthAsia Conversation, a bi-monthly series, explored the ways South Asian countries can tap opportunities to build a robust digital economy at a country and regional level. The conversation...
Type: BriefReport#: 174080Date: March 30, 2022Author:
World Bank
In February 2020 the World Bank launched advisory services and analytics (ASA) on Improving Water Supply and Sanitation in Growth Centers in Zambia. The overall objective of the ASA was to deliver a road...
Type: BriefReport#: 169952Date: March 28, 2022Author:
World Bank
In February 2020 the World Bank launched advisory services and analytics (ASA) on Improving Water Supply and Sanitation in Growth Centers in Zambia. The overall objective of the ASA was to deliver a road...
Type: BriefReport#: 169957Date: March 28, 2022Author:
World Bank
Inefficiencies in water supply and sanitation (WSS) service delivery can be due to several factors, each of which entails certain costs to address. The present weak financial position of Zambia's commercial...
Type: BriefReport#: 169949Date: March 28, 2022Author:
World Bank
The World Bank launched an Advisory Service Analysis (ASA) in February 2020 titled Improving Water Supply and Sanitation in Growth Centers in Zambia. The overall objective of the ASA was to deliver a road...
Type: BriefReport#: 169956Date: March 28, 2022Author:
World Bank
Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines have protected people from serious illnesses and deaths in the waves of infections due to Delta and Omicron, thereby proving important in shifting to managed endemicity....
Type: BriefReport#: 169990Date: March 28, 2022Author:
Kim,Young Eun ;
Muthee,Tonny Brian Mungai ;
Arur,Aneesa
Legislative reforms to increase gender equality before the law are often long and complex processes. This brief focuses on a series of reforms in Kenya, specifically, the adoption of the Sexual Offenses...
Results from the Myanmar firm survey round 10 indicate that the there are signs that the business environment has started to stabilize. With fewer closures and a modest improvement in operating capacity,...
Type: BriefReport#: 170131Date: March 23, 2022Author:
World Bank
The Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) has made a commitment to continuously improve public service delivery by bringing government closer to people through Decentralization and Deconcentration (D&D) reforms....
Type: BriefReport#: 169839Date: March 23, 2022Author:
World Bank
The measurement of poverty is essential for the Government of Sao Tome and Príncipe (STP) to follow its national and international commitments. Given the ambiguity of the definition of poverty, several...
Type: BriefReport#: 166837Date: March 23, 2022Author:
Costa,Rita D.
Kenya has experienced sustained economic growth over the past few years. The country’s gross domestic product (GDP) has grown at an average annual rate of 5.2 percent over the past 10 years (2007 to 2016)....
Type: BriefReport#: 169720Date: March 22, 2022Author:
Chuma,Jane ;
Rono,Joseah Kibet
Nigeria aspires to lift poverty 100 million people out of poverty by 2030. Yet since 2015, and right through the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis, population growth outstripped real gross domestic...
Type: BriefReport#: 170202Date: March 21, 2022Author:
Lain,Jonathan William ;
Vishwanath,Tara
The COVID-19 pandemic created an urgent need for timely information to help monitor and mitigate the socio-economic impact of the crisis. This information is essential to inform policy measures for protecting...
Type: BriefReport#: 191293Date: March 19, 2022Author:
World Bank
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