In May 2020, the National Statistical Office (NSO), with support from the World Bank, launched the High-Frequency Phone Survey on COVID-19 (coronavirus), which tracks the socio-economic impacts of the...
Accurately measuring and understanding agency, or one’s ability to make choices and achieve desired outcomes can support the design and targeting of effective development interventions, as well as tracking...
Type: BriefReport#: 158620Date: April 1, 2021Author:
Jarvis,Forest Brach ;
Johnson,Hillary C. ;
Perova,Elizaveta
Textbooks are one of the most important tools to foster learning. There is evidence from a wide range of countries that, in order to raise literacy rates and improve learning outcomes, students must have...
The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic hit the tourism industry particularly hard, affecting livelihoods and exacerbating some pressures on the natural capital resource base. Supporting the tourism sector...
Type: BriefReport#: 158327Date: April 1, 2021Author:
White,Elizabeth M. ;
Rahill,Bilal H.
Over the past two decades, Malawi has made remarkable progress in improving maternal and child health, as well as nutrition outcomes. The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic can reverse the gains...
Type: BriefReport#: 160907Date: April 1, 2021Author:
Chansa,Collins ;
Yoo,Katelyn Jison ;
Kuguru,Toni Lee ;
Juma,Mariam Ally ;
Piattifuenfkirchen,Moritz Otto Maria Alfons ;
Zamawe,Collins Owen Francisco ;
Hettinger,Patrick Shawn ;
Borrazzo,John Edward
If teachers were paid more based on their performance, will they be more effective? Will teachers teach better and will students learn more? Can teacher pay-for-performance (PFP) programs motivate better...
Type: BriefReport#: 158606Date: April 1, 2021Author:
Breeding,Mary E. ;
Beteille,Tara ;
Evans,David K.
In May 2020, the National Statistical Office (NSO), with support from the World Bank, launched the High-Frequency Phone Survey on COVID-19 (coronavirus), which tracks the socio-economic impacts of the...
Type: BriefReport#: 158642Date: April 1, 2021Author:
Vundru,Wilbert Drazi
A lower-than-expected gross domestic product (GDP) contraction in 2020 and a rapid easing of Coronavirus (COVID-19) related restrictions have improved growth momentum, spurring an upgrade in the Russian...
Digital technologies, services, and tools can offer opportunities to young entrepreneurs in agriculture (agripreneurs) to make more informed decisions, increase productivity and incomes. COVID-19 pandemic...
Type: BriefReport#: 180857Date: April 1, 2021Author:
Singh,Sunamika ;
Datta,Namita
This brief focuses on the World Bank District heating and residential energy efficiency study with poverty and social impact analysis (PSIA) in Serbia as of April 2021.
Lottery, a simple random draw, has been used in selecting beneficiaries of public work programs in context as diverse as Argentina and the Central African Republic. However, despite a burgeoning literature...
Type: BriefReport#: 157912Date: April 1, 2021Author:
Bance,Paul G. A. ;
Schnitzer,Pascale
Low and middle-income countries are bearing an increasing financial burden from the impacts of disasters as both the frequency and intensity of disaster events are rising. Despite the increasing availability...
Health outcomes in Malawi have improved significantly, largely due to improvements in access and quality. Despite adverse macro-fiscal conditions, fiduciary concerns, and donors shifting funding toward...
Type: BriefReport#: 160906Date: April 1, 2021Author:
Piattifuenfkirchen,Moritz Otto Maria Alfons ;
Chansa,Collins
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