This is a tip sheet for World Bank task teams on Illustrative Climate Change Actions on Adaptation Opportunities in Finance, Competitiveness, and Innovation (FCI) Projects.
Access to books (textbooks, teacher’s guides, and materials for reading practice) is key to addressing learning poverty. Children need to be exposed to sufficient and appropriate text, and they need to...
Type: BriefReport#: 170077Date: September 30, 2021Author:
Devercelli,Amanda Epstein ;
Holland,Peter Anthony
Mongolia’s national poverty headcount rate decreased moderately from 29.6 percent in 2016 to 28.4 percent in 2018. The prolonged Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic continues to cause significant...
Type: BriefReport#: 172698Date: September 30, 2021Author:
Uochi,Ikuko
Russia’s economic recovery is set to exceed expectations this year. Rising commodity prices and buoyant external and domestic demand has boosted the projected gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate to...
Type: BriefReport#: 172990Date: September 30, 2021Author:
World Bank
Malawi is a prime example of this precarious situation, showing both high numbers of annual road traffic crashes (RTCs) and a weak emergency response system, including pre-hospital care. To address this...
Type: BriefReport#: 175038Date: September 30, 2021Author:
World Bank
The economic crisis triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic led to a historical decrease of 4.1 percent in GDP and the loss of more than 10 million jobs during the first three quarters of 2020. The services...
Type: BriefReport#: 172517Date: September 30, 2021Author:
World Bank
Low-cost, high-quality printing of teaching and learning materials (TLM) requires well-designed and highly competitive procurement. Since 2010, Mozambique has implemented a range of measures to reduce...
Type: BriefReport#: 170076Date: September 30, 2021Author:
Devercelli,Amanda Epstein ;
Holland,Peter Anthony
The official poverty rate in Russia has been slowly declining in recent years: from 12.6 percent in 2018, 12.3 percent in 2019 to 12.1 percent in 2020. The economy rebound in the second quarter of 2021...
Type: BriefReport#: 172987Date: September 30, 2021Author:
Freije-Rodriguez,Samuel
Imports are becoming more important than ever in world trade in the face of rapid globalization and the spread of global supply chains. One way to boost imports is through efficient regulations and practices....
Today’s food systems generate 12 trillion dollars in hidden social, economic and environmental costs. Implementing five "food finance imperatives" would not only reduce these costs but help unlock 4.5...
Type: BriefReport#: 164318Date: September 23, 2021
Today’s food systems generate 12 trillion dollars in hidden social, economic and environmental costs. Implementing five "food finance imperatives" would not only reduce these costs but help unlock 4.5...
Type: BriefReport#: 164319Date: September 23, 2021
On September 1, the government relaxed lockdown measures as the number of new Coronavirus disease (COVID) cases declined. However, confidence remained subdued due to health concerns and the low vaccination...
Type: BriefReport#: 164340Date: September 22, 2021Author:
Puthong,Warunthorn ;
Ariyapruchya,Kiatipong ;
Edwards,Kim Alan
The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a double shock – health and economic. It has cost millions of lives and triggered a global economic recession surpassing any economic downturn since World War II. In the...
Type: BriefReport#: 164204Date: September 20, 2021
Women are underrepresented in jobs in natural resources sectors. For example, only 5 to 10 percent of those employed in large-scale mining projects globally are women. Women-owned businesses are also...
Type: BriefReport#: 163971Date: September 14, 2021
Among unemployed youth in South Africa, approximately 50 percent have not completed secondary education and have limited or no work experience. In this context, reliable signals of worker qualifications...
Type: BriefReport#: 163940Date: September 14, 2021
The Solomon Island’s Community Access and Urban Services Enhancement (CAUSE) project, with the support of UFGE, undertook a study which identified a set of 18 recommendations to increase the participation...
Type: BriefReport#: 163939Date: September 14, 2021
Some of the findings of round 4 of the Georgia High Frequency Survey (GHFS) include the following: COVID-19 (coronavirus) cases have been concentrated in densely populated urban areas. By June 2021, twenty-three...
Pratham Education Foundation’s flagship program develops basic reading, writing, and numeracy skills in children ages 6 - 14 through fun, hands-on activities that have been shown to improve learning. The...
Type: BriefReport#: 163866Date: September 8, 2021Author:
World Bank
Mozambique is one of the thirty highest tuberculosis (TB) burden countries in the world with respect to total incidence. Active case finding programs in Mozambique have been expanding, and community-based...
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