The South Asia energy unit of the World Bank is working with researchers from the Harvard Business School (HBS) on a series of South Asia gender and energy case studies. The case studies will look to employ...
Type: BriefReport#: 157718Date: March 25, 2021Author:
Xia,Fan ;
Vaidya,Pranav
The COVID-19 pandemic and its economic and social effects on Mozambican households have created an urgent need for timely data on which to base well informed interventions and policy responses. In order...
Type: BriefReport#: 157732Date: March 25, 2021Author:
Da Maia,Carlos Chadreque Penicela ;
Negre Rossignoli,Mario ;
Myers,Cara Ann ;
Tiroso Nacivila,Circe Da Gabriela Bernardo
This Jobs Watch brief provides an analysis of labor market and social protection responses to the COVID-19 crisis, with a focus on policies targeted to workers and firms. It includes a comprehensive set...
Type: BriefReport#: 157683Date: March 23, 2021Author:
De La Flor Giuffra,Luciana ;
Mujica Canas,Ingrid Veronica ;
Fontenez,Maria Belen ;
Newhouse,David Locke ;
Rodriguez Alas,Claudia P ;
Sabharwal,Gayatri ;
Weber,Michael
The importance of strengthening the resilience of cities is more critical than ever, as unprecedented urbanization is transforming the planet. The global facility for disaster reduction and recovery (GFDRR)...
The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has magnified household preferences for convenience and affordability, presenting challenges as well as opportunities for the transition to clean cooking...
Type: BriefReport#: 157291Date: March 10, 2021Author:
Zhang,Yabei ;
Li,Zijun
International trade increases efficiency but also redistributes income, thus creating winners and losers. To account for the total impact and calculate redistributive effects correctly and fully, the different...
Type: BriefReport#: 157245Date: March 5, 2021Author:
Artuc,Erhan
The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic and its negative economic effects create an urgent need for timely data and evidence to help monitor and mitigate the social and economic impacts of the crisis and protect...
The World Bank Group, the Ethiopia Agency for Refugee and Returnee Affairs (ARRA), the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and the World Bank-UNHCR Joint Data Center on Forced Displacement...
The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic and its economic and social effects on households have created an urgent need for timely data to help monitor and mitigate the social and economic impacts of the crisis...
The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and its economic and social effects on households have created an urgent need for timely data to help monitor and mitigate the social and economic impacts of the crisis...
Type: BriefReport#: 151756Date: March 4, 2021Author:
Wieser,Christina ;
Ambel,Alemayehu A. ;
Bundervoet,Tom ;
Tsegay,Asmelash Haile
The World Bank Group, the Ethiopia Agency for Refugee and Returnee Affairs (ARRA), the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and the World Bank-UNHCR Joint Data Center on Forced Displacement...
The World Bank Group, the Ethiopia Agency for Refugee and Returnee Affairs (ARRA), the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and the World Bank-UNHCR Joint Data Center on Forced Displacement...
Type: BriefReport#: 157224Date: March 3, 2021Author:
Wieser,Christina ;
Dampha,Nfamara K ;
Ambel,Alemayehu A. ;
Tsegay,Asmelash Haile ;
Mugera,Harriet Kasidi ;
Tanner,Jeffery
The COVID-19 pandemic and its economic and social effects on households have created an urgent need for timely data to help monitor and mitigate the social and economic impacts of the crisis and protect...
Type: BriefReport#: 157236Date: March 2, 2021Author:
Wieser,Christina ;
Cardona Sosa,Lina Marcela ;
Ambel,Alemayehu A. ;
Tsegay,Asmelash Haile ;
Pimhidzai,Obert
The COVID-19 pandemic and its economic and social effects on households have created an urgent need for timely data to help monitor and mitigate the social and economic impacts of the crisis and protect...
Type: BriefReport#: 157236Date: March 2, 2021Author:
Wieser,Christina ;
Cardona Sosa,Lina Marcela ;
Ambel,Alemayehu A. ;
Tsegay,Asmelash Haile ;
Pimhidzai,Obert
To monitor the social and economic effects on households during the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, the World Bank is conducting High-Frequency Phone Surveys of Households in Vietnam. These monitoring...
Type: BriefReport#: 157744Date: March 1, 2021Author:
Yang,Judy
An ESMAP-funded grant facility that began in 2017, implemented by the Private Sector Foundation Uganda (PSFU), put in place market incentives that established eight new manufacturer-distributor partnerships....
The March 2021 Vietnam Macro Monitoring discusses some of the following topics: the authorities acted swiftly to control a new COVID-19 outbreak, which started in late January 2021 in Hai Duong, a province...
Teach ECE is a free classroom observation tool that provides a window into one of the less explored and more important aspects of a child’s education: what goes on in the classroom. The tool is intended...
In Tunisia, while social protection and labor programs are in place, severe challenges including inefficiency, fragmentation, and inequity limit the country’s ability to respond to increasing social needs....
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