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,...
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
High Frequency Phone Surveys (HFS) reveal that Covid-19 awareness was widespread in Uganda at the start of the pandemic, but safe practices declined over time. Yet, households experienced job losses and...
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.
This note presents the results of the sixth round of a nationally representative telephone survey (HFPS). The BFA Covid -19 HFPS - Round 6 was administered between January 15 and February 01, 2021. The...
Type: BriefReport#: 159006Date: February 1, 2021Author:
Tsimpo Nkengne,Clarence ;
Tiberti,Marco ;
Backiny-Yetna,Prospere R. ;
Costantini,Marco ;
Koncobo,Zakaria ;
Tiendrebeogo,Adama
This report summarizes the main findings from the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Armenia high frequency survey, wave 1, surveys I and II (COVID-19 AHFS-1 (I & II)) as of February 2021.
This note presents the results of the sixth round of a nationally representative telephone survey (HFPS). The BFA Covid -19 HFPS - Round 6 was administered between January 15 and February 01, 2021. The...
Type: BriefReport#: 159006Date: February 1, 2021Author:
Tsimpo Nkengne,Clarence ;
Tiberti,Marco ;
Backiny-Yetna,Prospere R. ;
Costantini,Marco ;
Koncobo,Zakaria ;
Tiendrebeogo,Adama
Blended concessional finance, the combination of commercial funds from development finance institutions (DFIs) and the private sector with concessional finance from public institutions, foundations, or...
Type: BriefReport#: 157648Date: February 1, 2021Author:
Sierra-Escalante,Kruskaia ;
Karlin,Arthur S.
The Code of Ethics for VET Teachers in Georgia has been developed within the framework of the Strengthening Teacher Quality in Vocational Education and Training (VET) project funded by a grant from the...
Nepal's transition to a federal system provides new optimism to achieve inclusive development and economic growth. However, the scarcity of locally disaggregated data and lack of capacity to use it stymie...
Type: BriefReport#: 157078Date: February 1, 2021Author:
Walcher,Alexandra ;
Adhikary,Phanindra ;
Tamang,Urmila ;
Uematsu,Hiroki ;
Banick,Robert Steven ;
Maharjan,Liza ;
Shrestha,Tanuja
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
In this knowledge brief, the authors highlight different ways in which private sector firms in Solutions for Youth Employment (S4YE’s) network are launching new initiatives or adapting their existing programs...
Type: BriefReport#: 180882Date: February 1, 2021Author:
Datta,Namita ;
Byun,Jung Ryun
Although Lao PDR has experienced notable improvements in the nutritional status of its infants and young children, the levels of childhood chronic undernutrition (stunting) remain amongst the highest in...
In Turkey, the years between 2012 and 2017 saw a steadily rising labor force participation rate but also unemployment. New workers, including women and youth, joined those already in the market increasing...
Parenting programs are early childhood interventions focused on engaging parents to provide in-home stimulation to infants and toddlers with the hope of improving young children’s cognitive and motor development,...
Type: BriefReport#: 160062Date: February 1, 2021Author:
Holla,Alaka ;
Breeding,Mary E.
This high-level review is a management report prepared for the management of the Ministry of Social Affairs (KEMENSOS) on the initiative to build an e-learning-based training system at the Pusdiklat Kesos-KEMENSOS....
Type: BriefReport#: 168202Date: January 31, 2021Author:
World Bank
Kudumbashree is a society designed and established in 1997 by the State Poverty Eradication Mission (SPEM) of the government of Kerala (GoK) with a broad objective to eradicate poverty and empower women...
This brief is part of a quarterly series of knowledge products that the World Bank and the European Union are producing in support of the economic convergence of the Turkish Cypriot community (TCC) and...
Type: BriefReport#: 173207Date: January 31, 2021Author:
World Bank
Effective institutions and systems of public financial management (PFM) play a critical role in the preparation and response to disasters. Strong PFM ties together often scarce available resources with...
Effective institutions and systems of public financial management (PFM) play a critical role in the preparation and response to disasters. Strong PFM ties together often scarce available resources with...
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