The share of women employees in the surveyed institutions ranges from 3 percent to 25 percent share of women total and share of women engineers and technicians is even lower - less than 1 percent to 21...
Improving water security can avoid up to a 3 percent loss in gross domestic product (GDP) and foster the country’s economic recovery from the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis. The Colombia’s...
Type: BriefReport#: 163466Date: August 30, 2021Author:
Borja-Vega,Christian ;
Serrano,Hector Alexander ;
De Groot,Klaas
The single biggest influence on educational outcomes is the home. After the parent, the next most important factor is the teacher. Sustained - a few years with a good teacher can make a difference which...
Type: BriefReport#: 163417Date: August 27, 2021Author:
Mulkeen,Aidan Gerard
Private sector development is an integral channel through which countries can better leverage the productive potential of the youth bulge, support job creation, and maintain social stability. Entrepreneurship...
Type: BriefReport#: 163376Date: August 26, 2021Author:
Geist,Amy Elizabeth Copley ;
Gokalp,Cansu Birce ;
Kirkwood,Daniel John
Chad had the lowest Human Capital Index (HCI) in the world in 2018 (0.29), and little progress has been achieved since then (0.30 in 2020). This weak performance is largely driven by poor quality of education:...
Type: BriefReport#: 163205Date: August 23, 2021Author:
Beram,Ngarsaim Espoir
Haiti has the highest maternal mortality rates (MMR) in the Latin America and Caribbean region, and low rates of institutional care contribute to high MMR. Although both structural and behavioral barriers...
Vaccination rates in developing countries lag those in developed countries by a huge margin. This Research & Policy Brief identifies and quantifies the impact of six policy and regulatory actions that...
Type: BriefReport#: 162900Date: August 16, 2021Author:
Murthi,Mamta ;
Reed,Tristan
By September 2020, Dhaka and Chittagong labor markets in Bangladesh showed signs of recovery in employment. Employment recovered faster in Chittagong, reaching pre-COVID-19 levels, while Dhaka remained...
By September 2020, Dhaka and Chittagong labor markets in Bangladesh showed signs of recovery in employment. Employment recovered faster in Chittagong, reaching pre-COVID-19 levels, while Dhaka remained...
The aging of populations around the world and the associated fall in the working age population are expected to adversely affect countries’ GDP growth in coming decades. These demographic shifts will also...
To support socioeconomic development objectives and improve service delivery, the former government of Myanmar issued a public financial management (PFM) reform strategy (2019-2022). Plans were underway...
In 2017, an estimated 1.2 million people in sub-Saharan Africa became infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). More than one-third of these infections occurred in youth between the ages of 15...
The World Bank, with support from Imaginable Futures and as part of the broader Global Education Policy Dashboard, has created the EdTech Readiness Index (ETRI). This tool will enable countries to (a)...
Over one-third of women around the world are victims of physical or sexual violence. Many of them live-in low-income countries where individuals are often socialized to accept and tolerate gender-based...
In June 2020, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics, with the support from the World Bank, has launched the High-Frequency Phone Survey on COVID-19 to track the impacts of the pandemic on a monthly basis for...
Type: BriefReport#: 162071Date: August 3, 2021Author:
Atamanov,Aziz ;
Cochinard,Frederic Pierre Francois Hugue ;
Ilukor,John ;
Kilic,Talip ;
Mupere, Andrew ;
Ponzini,Giulia ;
Ssennono, Vincent
The COVID-19 pandemic is the worst global macroeconomic shock since the Great Depression. This brief reports which groups of workers have been hit hardest by the economic fallout of COVID-19 in developing...
The study gathered information from three categories of respondents: 300 primary child caregivers (parents, grandparents, guardians), 100 ECD teachers and 10 ECD officers distributed across 15 districts...
Increasing women’s sense of control over their lives is key to reducing gender inequalities and improving development outcomes. Research suggests women tend to believe less in their abilities to act effectively...
Type: BriefReport#: 163803Date: August 1, 2021Author:
International Food Policy Research Institute ;
International Rescue Committee (IRC) ;
Oxford University ;
World Bank
Oil prices have been volatile in recent weeks, with Brent prices trading between 65 US Dollars/bbl and 76US Dollars/bbl, as demand-positive news in the U.S. and Europe has been offset by concerns over...
Type: BriefReport#: 163867Date: August 1, 2021Author:
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