Auxilio Emergencial (AE) was launched in April 2020 to protect both, the chronic and transient poor affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, limited to those not already covered by other social protection transfers....
Type: BriefReport#: 168687Date: February 13, 2022Author:
Lara De Arruda,Pedro ;
Lazarotto De Andrade,Marina ;
Falcao Silva,Tiago ;
Teixeira Barbosa,Diana ;
Morgandi,Matteo
Auxílio Emergencial (AE) was conceived to be a temporary program, with an expected duration of only three months. However, the benefit was reissued in 3 versions (each with its legal diploma) which share...
Type: BriefReport#: 168723Date: February 11, 2022Author:
Lara De Arruda,Pedro ;
Lazarotto De Andrade,Marina ;
Falcao Silva,Tiago ;
Teixeira Barbosa,Diana ;
Morgandi,Matteo
This short note summarizes key findings of the 2021 World Bank technical note financed by the Foreign Commonwealth Development Office: Enrollment and eligibility
process of Brazil's Auxilio Emergencial:...
Type: BriefReport#: 168729Date: February 11, 2022Author:
Teixeira Barbosa,Diana ;
Lara De Arruda,Pedro ;
Lazarotto De Andrade,Marina ;
Falcao Silva,Tiago ;
Morgandi,Matteo
New Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases rose, on average, to 10,533 per day during the first ten days of February, up from 7,000 cases per day in January, as the fast-spreading Omicron variant became dominant....
Type: BriefReport#: 168655Date: February 11, 2022Author:
Puthong,Warunthorn ;
Ariyapruchya,Kiatipong ;
Edwards,Kim Alan
This short note summarizes key findings of the 2021 World Bank study financed by the Foreign Commonwealth Development Office: Auxilio Emergencial: Lessons from the Brazilian Experience Responding to COVID-19.
Type: BriefReport#: 168776Date: February 11, 2022Author:
Lara De Arruda,Pedro ;
Lazarotto De Andrade,Marina ;
Falcao Silva,Tiago ;
Teixeira Barbosa,Diana ;
Morgandi,Matteo
While in many countries in Latin America and Caribbean (LAC), the share of firms with a woman among the principal owners has been increasing, female entrepreneurs are more likely to be necessity entrepreneurs...
Type: BriefReport#: 168057Date: February 10, 2022Author:
Maquera Sardon,Daniela Andrea
In Latin America and Caribbean (LAC), gender gaps persist across multiple dimensions of job quality and in earnings. Women tend to be concentrated in less productive jobs, run enterprises in less productive...
Type: BriefReport#: 168056Date: February 10, 2022Author:
Maquera Sardon,Daniela Andrea
Online job vacancy (OV) data provide granular information in real time, allowing to track labor market dynamics. In a fast-changing world where megatrends (digitization, 4IR, climate change, ageing) accelerated...
This brief focuses on indicators used by World Bank projects to measure progress in closing gender gaps in human endowments, economic opportunity, and voice and agency, in line with LCR Gender Action Plan...
The COVID-19 pandemic has not only damaged individuals’ personal health, but it has also disrupted the lives of the population bringing massive social and economic costs. To timely monitor and mitigate...
The health system in Serbia faces significant challenges arising from a long-term demographic trend and recent shock caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Serbia’s population is aging, with the share of population...
Type: BriefReport#: 180464Date: February 1, 2022Author:
Nguyen,Ha Thi Hong ;
Djukic,Predrag ;
Zajeganovic-Jakovljevic,Jelena ;
Misic,Ivana ;
Sormaz,Nemanja ;
Gajic-Stevanovic,Milena
As climate shocks increasingly impact the water dependent sectors, it is vital that countries embrace integrated, cross-sectoral policies and programs. Water projects improve chances to attain positive...
Climate-informed projects aimed at boosting water utilities’ performance are likely to succeed in achieving intended results by investing in energy efficiency, nonrevenue water (NRW) reduction, climate...
To ensure food security and other social needs, support profitable farms that create jobs, reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and bolster resilience to climate extremes and other shocks, agriculture...
The dry Aral seabed spans an area of about 60,000 square kilometers, nearly half of which is located in Uzbekistan’s Republic of Karakalpakstan, home to1.8 million people. In the past few decades, this...
Type: BriefReport#: 168339Date: February 1, 2022Author:
World Bank
This brief offers a snapshot of the state of social assistance payments as of early 2020, especially as it relates to the transition to digital, account-based transfers which support financial inclusion...
This brief discusses the economic development of Vietnam for the month of February 2022. Industrial production continued to grow, though at a slower pace and with mixed performance across sub-sectors while...
This brief highlights the key aspects of the World Bank’s ECA learning recovery plan that should be prioritized given the current situation in the region. The plan consists of three stages: (i) coping...
Type: BriefReport#: 168513Date: February 1, 2022Author:
Patrinos,Harry Anthony ;
Sava,Alina ;
Shmis,Tigran ;
Frias,Micheline
A blue public expenditure review can be a valuable tool for countries on their journey to a blue economy, to help drive blue sectors toward better environmental practices and management and support long-term,...
As schools reopened after 18 months, are adolescent girls and boys back in school and engaged with learning? Evidence from four surveys in Punjab, Pakistan.
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