This knowledge brief focuses on platforms that have leveraged novel digital technologies to deliver location agnostic mentoring solutions to youth. The authors explore six key operational areas where innovations...
Type: BriefReport#: 180863Date: January 1, 2022Author:
Singh,Sunamika ;
Datta,Namita
Greater data flows facilitated by the proliferation of broadband connectivity can serve as a driver for economic recovery and long-term growth of the private sector, modernization of public service delivery,...
Type: BriefReport#: 168130Date: January 1, 2022Author:
Srinivasan,Sharada
Ethiopia, the second-most populous nation in Sub-Saharan Africa, is one of the fastest-growing economies in the region and aims to achieve lower middle-income status by 2025. For the country to continue...
Type: BriefReport#: 184079Date: January 1, 2022Author:
World Bank
This brief summarizes findings on labor market impacts of COVID-19 from the third round of the rapid welfare tracking surveys in Cox’s Bazar. These rapid phone surveys are built on the Cox’s Bazar Panel...
Type: BriefReport#: 168574Date: December 31, 2021Author:
World Bank
This brief summarizes findings on labor market impacts of COVID-19 from the third round of the rapid welfare tracking surveys in Cox’s Bazar. These rapid phone surveys are built on the Cox’s Bazar Panel...
Type: BriefReport#: 168577Date: December 31, 2021Author:
World Bank
This brief provides updated findings on the education status of school-aged children from the third round of the rapid welfare tracking surveys in Cox’s Bazar in light of the continued closure of physical...
Type: BriefReport#: 168576Date: December 31, 2021Author:
World Bank
In many cities across Africa, a continent that is urbanizing faster than any other the buildup of disaster and climate risks has gone largely unnoticed, and therefore unmanaged. A key roadblock for urban...
Type: BriefReport#: 171313Date: December 31, 2021Author:
World Bank
This brief summarizes findings on coping with the impacts of COVID-19 from the third round of the rapid welfare tracking surveys in Cox’s Bazar. These rapid phone surveys are built on the Cox’s Bazar Panel...
Type: BriefReport#: 168575Date: December 31, 2021Author:
World Bank
In The Gambia, the smallest country on mainland Africa, the unique geography of the Greater Banjul Area, which is mostly surrounded by bodies of water, represents an economic lifeline. Lives and livelihoods...
Type: BriefReport#: 171587Date: December 31, 2021Author:
World Bank
The RBMD Assessment for West Africa aims to identify enabling broadband policies and regulations that remove cross-border barriers to digital infrastructure investment and improve connectivity. The 2021...
Type: BriefReport#: 167251Date: December 21, 2021Author:
World Bank
The construction sector has a major role in economic growth, with the industry's activities affecting nearly every aspect of the economy. It is forecasted that the volume of construction output will grow...
This note presents a snapshot of the results of rapid monitoring phone surveys conducted in Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR) on public service delivery, and on citizens’ expectations from the government...
Financial inclusion matters for creating economic opportunities and resilience. Having access to a financial account is an entry point to using other financial services such as saving, making payments,...
Type: BriefReport#: 182971Date: December 17, 2021Author:
World Bank
This brief summarizes findings and recommendations from a study that assesses the performance of Eswatini’s largest social assistance programs, based on recent national household survey data and program...
Type: BriefReport#: 167124Date: December 17, 2021Author:
Raju,Dhushyanth ;
Younger,Stephen D.
Into its second year, the pandemic life seems to be a little more filled with hope than it was in those dark months of 2020. Progress in global vaccination campaigns and economic reactivation policies...
Type: BriefReport#: 171963Date: December 5, 2021Author:
Bordon,Matilde ;
Bacigalupo, Carla ;
Canavire Bacarreza,Gustavo Javier ;
Recalde Ramirez,Luis Bernardo
The high-frequency phone survey (a World Bank initiative), conducted in the Latin American and Caribbean countries, indicated that, as of June 2021, Paraguay was the country with the highest percentage...
Type: BriefReport#: 171959Date: December 5, 2021Author:
Bordon,Matilde ;
Lezcano, Celina ;
Canavire Bacarreza,Gustavo Javier ;
Recalde Ramirez,Luis Bernardo
This brochure summarizes the key messages of the white paper on education in the Sahel and identifies key priorities to help countries improve access to quality education: (1) teaching children to read;...
St. Kitts has made progress in terms of health outcomes over the past decades. Domestic violence is the most common form of gender-based violence which predominantly affects women and girls. The measures...
Type: BriefReport#: 168952Date: December 1, 2021Author:
Rubiano Matulevich,Eliana Carolina ;
Galeano Servian,Diana Maria
While recent data to assess Guyana’s performance on achieving gender equality is scarce, the existing evidence highlights key shortcomings across all dimensions, with reproductive and health service indicators...
Type: BriefReport#: 168961Date: December 1, 2021Author:
Rubiano Matulevich,Eliana Carolina ;
Galeano Servian,Diana Maria
Although Chile has experienced robust economic growth and made progress in narrowing gender gaps during the last decades, gender disparities persist, especially in access to economic opportunities. Moreover,...
Type: BriefReport#: 168985Date: December 1, 2021Author:
Rubiano Matulevich,Eliana Carolina ;
Galeano Servian,Diana Maria
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