A participatory forest governance assessment was conducted in Mozambique in 2016, revealing a consensus among stakeholders that governance is weak, particularly around the implementation of laws and regulations....
Type: BriefReport#: 173802Date: July 7, 2022Author:
Aquino, Andrea Topacio ;
Kishor, Nalin M. ;
Lim, Jialing Celine ;
Taquidir, Muino Amarchande
In Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), the effects of the pandemic on labor market outcomes continue to be pronounced, especially for women. Continued pronounced impacts on women’s employment are partly...
Type: BriefReport#: 173790Date: July 7, 2022Author:
Camacho, Adriana ;
Cucagna, Maria Emilia ;
De Hoop, Jacobus Joost ;
Hernández, Pablo ;
Romero Haaker, Francisco Javier ;
Rubiano Matulevich, Eliana Carolina ;
Tenjo Galvis, Laura Daniela ;
United Nations Development Programme ;
World Bank
More than a year on from the start of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and with massive vaccination campaigns underway, over a quarter of the adult population in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)...
Type: BriefReport#: 173799Date: July 7, 2022Author:
Camacho, Adriana ;
Del Carpio, Ximena Vanessa ;
Hernández, Pablo ;
Meléndez, Marcela ;
Olivieri, Sergio Daniel ;
Rivadeneira Alava, Ana Mercedes ;
Tenjo Galvis, Laura Daniela ;
United Nations Development Programme ;
Winkler-Seales, Hernan Jorge ;
World Bank
This brief reports the findings from innovative high frequency phone surveys (HFPS) on the drivers of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine acceptance and uptake in the Caribbean among the adult...
Type: BriefReport#: 173794Date: July 7, 2022Author:
Anglade, Boaz ;
De Hoop, Jacobus Joost ;
Di Giorgio, Laura ;
Kim, Phillis ;
Margolies, Amy Elliott ;
Mussini, Micaela ;
Paffhausen, Anna Luisa
The worldwide Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis has heightened the importance of aligning childcare policies more closely with the needs of working parents and, in particular, working mothers....
Type: BriefReport#: 173797Date: July 7, 2022Author:
World Bank
The worldwide Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis has heightened the importance of aligning childcare policies more closely with the needs of working parents and, in particular, working mothers....
Type: BriefReport#: 173796Date: July 7, 2022Author:
World Bank
Major technological changes in the production and analysis of data have opened opportunities to transform the way we use integrated high-frequency data ecosystems and advanced analytical tools, notably...
Type: BriefReport#: 173775Date: July 6, 2022Author:
Bedoya Arguelles, Guadalupe ;
Chen, Daniel Li ;
De Gouvea Scot de Arruda, Thiago ;
Legovini, Arianna ;
Piza, Caio ;
Ramos Maqueda, Manuel ;
Sveta Milusheva ;
Trako, Iva
The Global Water Security & Sanitation Partnership (GWSP) is the largest global think tank working across the full spectrum of water-related challenges in developing and emerging markets. The GWSP, launched...
Type: BriefReport#: 173646Date: July 5, 2022Author:
World Bank
The Word Bank’s South Asia Region Gender Innovation Lab has conducted an evidence review of findings from women’s economic empowerment (WEE) interventions with direct measures of intimate partner violence...
Type: BriefReport#: 173433Date: July 1, 2022Author:
Heise, Lori ;
Tas, Emcet Oktay ;
Williams, Anaise Marie
The Republic of Congo (ROC) has enacted an organic law requiring the preparation and execution of the government budget following the programmatic approach rather than the traditional line-item budgeting....
Type: BriefReport#: 183640Date: July 1, 2022Author:
Kasonde, Lombe ;
Lepassa-Litedi, Aubain ;
Verhaahe, Johan ;
Wang Sonne, Soazic Elise
The analysis of Fiscal space in the health sector allows us to identify and document the different opportunities and limitations of creating additional financial resources in the health sector without...
Type: BriefReport#: 183637Date: July 1, 2022Author:
Kasonde, Lombe ;
Lepassa-Litedi, Aubain ;
Wang Sonne, Soazic Elise
There is still a lack of health workers in the Republic of Congo (RoC) to achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC) by 2030. There is a significant variation in the proportion of staff on Payroll versus...
Type: BriefReport#: 183638Date: July 1, 2022Author:
Kasonde, Lombe ;
Lepassa-Litedi, Aubain ;
Verhaahe, Johan ;
Wang Sonne, Soazic Elise
The Republic of Congo government is making continuous efforts to improve the share of government expenditures going to health. After a steady decline in 2013, the share of government health expenditures...
Type: BriefReport#: 183639Date: July 1, 2022Author:
Deme, Ousmane ;
Kasonde, Lombe ;
Lepassa-Litedi, Aubain ;
Verhaahe, Johan ;
Wang Sonne, Soazic Elise
Over the past decade, Zambia’s gross domestic product (GDP) has been decreasing as a result of a devastating combination of external and domestic shocks. The country’s macroeconomic environment was weakened...
Type: BriefReport#: 186595Date: July 1, 2022Author:
De Andrade Falcao, Natasha ;
Mupuwaliywa, Mupuwaliywa
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#: 176548Date: July 1, 2022Author:
Atamanov, Aziz ;
Cochinard, Frederic Pierre Francois Hugue ;
Ilukor, John ;
Kemigisha, Audrey ;
Kilic, Talip ;
Mupere, Andrew ;
Ponzini, Giulia
Childhood stunting, being too short for one’s age, is the result of chronic or recurrent undernutrition. Stunting poses a significant impediment to human development, with those affected facing long-term...
Type: BriefReport#: 173381Date: June 30, 2022Author:
Beteille, Tara ;
Brinkman, Sally Anne ;
Danchev, Plamen Nikolov ;
Sincovich, Alanna
This snapshot summarizes findings related to the impact of the Early Childhood Education (ECE) Project on children’s early learning environments in Northern Lao PDR. Results reported include children for...
Type: BriefReport#: 173384Date: June 30, 2022Author:
Beteille, Tara ;
Brinkman, Sally Anne ;
Danchev, Plamen Nikolov ;
Sincovich, Alanna
Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan, is vulnerable not only to earthquake and flood hazards, but also to the effects of climate change. In the absence of adaptive management, climate change will increasingly...
Twenty-two studies from lower- and middle-income countries rigorously tested if an increase in access to childcare improved mothers’ labor force participation or earnings. All but one study found at least...
Type: BriefReport#: 174175Date: June 30, 2022Author:
Halim, Daniel Zefanya ;
Perova, Elizaveta ;
Reynolds, Sarah
In March and December 2020, Croatia was hit by series of earthquakes that caused substantial damage and losses to people, infrastructure, and the economy. In the aftermath, the World Bank supported the...
Type: BriefReport#: 176381Date: June 30, 2022Author:
World Bank
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