This brief summarizes a survey of the social impacts of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic on the most vulnerable communities in the Philippines. It was initiated in August 2020. The first round of the...
Type: BriefReport#: 156446Date: February 5, 2021Author:
Fallesen,Ditte Marie Gammelgaard ;
Padua,Maria Loreto ;
Piza,Sharon Faye Alariao ;
Wilson,Juliette E. ;
Adolfo,Paul Tudtud ;
Canlas,Corinne A.
Digital solutions have been the signature of Southeast Asia’s response to COVID-19 (coronavirus). Technologies used during the crisis have helped address a wide spectrum of problems, supporting public...
Type: BriefReport#: 156328Date: February 3, 2021Author:
Clavier,Fabien Paul Maxime ;
Ghesquiere,Francis
If African nations want to see their economies transform, the issue of electricity must be tackled head-on. Expansion needs investment too, and for that, utilities must recover their costs. Yet all over...
Are you facing the challenge of installing solar at high altitudes with difficult terrain and climatic conditions? This Live Wire recommends practices for setting up solar installations in snowbound terrain,...
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and its effects on households create an urgent need for timely data and evidence to help monitor and mitigate the social and economic impacts of the crisis...
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and its effects on households create an urgent need for timely data and evidence to help monitor and mitigate the social and economic impacts of the crisis...
This brief summarizes the findings of the first round of a nationally representative high-frequency phone survey (HFPS) of households. The HFPS sample is drawn from the nationally representative living...
This brief summarizes the findings of round 2 (R2) of the high-frequency phone survey (HFPS) of households. The information presented is based on a sample of 1,667 households, of which 612 were drawn from...
This brief summarizes the findings of the first round of a nationally representative high-frequency phone survey (HFPS) of households. The HFPS sample is drawn from the nationally representative living...
This brief summarizes the findings of round 2 (R2) of the high-frequency phone survey (HFPS) of households. The information presented is based on a sample of 1,667 households, of which 612 were drawn from...
This report focuses on the findings from the Enterprise Survey follow-up on the impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis on firms in Georgia as of February 2020.
These updates offer in-depth data on performance and outcomes ratings for every Region and World Bank Practice Group. Each update includes trend analyses; a breakdown of ratings by instrument, lending...
Type: BriefReport#: 154618Date: February 1, 2021Author:
World Bank
This brief uses the administrative database of Pakistan’s largest online job platform and an online COVID-19 survey to examine the gender impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on labor markets and other well-being...
The first one thousand days of a child’s life, spanning the period in utero to the age of two is an important window of opportunity to start children on a path toward full physical and cognitive well-being....
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and its effects on households create an urgent need for timely data and evidence to help monitor and mitigate the social and economic impacts of the crisis...
These updates offer in-depth data on performance and outcomes ratings for every Region and World Bank Practice Group. Each update includes trend analyses; a breakdown of ratings by instrument, lending...
Type: BriefReport#: 154618Date: February 1, 2021Author:
World Bank
The IFC Disclosure and Transparency Program, aligned with IFC 3.0 plays a vital role in building investor confidence and unlocking private sector investments in emerging markets. Responding to the growing...
Type: BriefReport#: 177583Date: February 1, 2021Author:
World Bank
The COVID-19 pandemic has had massive ramifications for the digital economy. The digital transformation of work and education that was already underway before the crisis is accelerated as governments,...
This brief focuses on designing child-focused hygiene and nutrition interventions in Lao PDR through a Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) project with the support of the World Bank. It recommends providing...
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