In efforts to help Fiji recover from the impacts of COVID-19 and cyclones Harold and Yasa, all of which hit the country in 2020, the World Bank Group has endorsed its first ever Country Partnership Framework...
Type: BriefReport#: 178730Date: January 29, 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...
The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and efforts to contain the virus have caused severe health and economic effects in the Philippines. This study is the second of its series investigating...
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...
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...
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...
This brief has been produced under the World Bank’s Indonesia Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) observatory, a partnership among multiple global practices at the Bank that aims to generate near-real-time...
Type: BriefReport#: 156298Date: January 25, 2021Author:
Purnamasari,Ririn Salwa ;
Ali,Rabia
This brief has been produced under the World Bank’s Indonesia Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) observatory, a partnership among multiple global practices at the Bank that aims to generate near-real-time...
Type: BriefReport#: 156299Date: January 25, 2021Author:
Purnamasari,Ririn Salwa ;
Ali,Rabia
The brief leverages COVID-19 high frequency phone survey (HFPS) data collected primarily by National Statistics Offices (NSO) 2 of five SSA countries (Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Malawi, Nigeria, and Uganda),...
Type: BriefReport#: 156042Date: January 22, 2021Author:
Amankwah,Akuffo ;
Gourlay,Sydney
The economic crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic sharply reduced mobility and economic activity, disrupting the lives of people around the globe. This brief presents estimates on the crisis’ impact...
Type: BriefReport#: 156044Date: January 22, 2021Author:
Khamis,Melanie ;
Prinz,Daniel ;
Newhouse,David Locke ;
Palacios-Lopez,Amparo ;
Pape,Utz Johann ;
Weber,Michael
Tertiary and vocational learning is widely recognized as critical for all countries’ economic success. While progress has been made toward achieving the fourth United Nations’ (UN) sustainable development...
Type: BriefReport#: 156039Date: January 22, 2021Author:
Makala,Baloko ;
Schmitt,Maud Louise Anne ;
Caballero,Alejandro
This study is the first of its series investigating the outcomes of low income households during the pandemic over time using multiple waves of the Low Income Household Panel Economic (HOPE) survey. The...
Innovations in mapping technologies are unlocking data on risk and exposure identification in Africa's fastest growing cities. Cities across Africa are experiencing rapid demographic expansion. By 2050,...
National disaster management agencies in the Caribbean are overcoming challenges to the implementation of effective emergency
preparedness and response systems. The Caribbean region is confronted with...
Since early 2020, the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic has spread to most countries and territories around the world. For many countries, the second wave of infections is turning out to be more serious...
Type: BriefReport#: 155577Date: January 6, 2021Author:
Islamaj,Ergys ;
Kim,Young Eun ;
Le,Duong Trung
Economic integration in South Asia has moved at a very slow pace. Compared to other global regions, South Asia lags with intraregional investments, connectivity infrastructure, and simpler digital procedures...
Type: BriefReport#: 158691Date: January 1, 2021Author:
Prasai,Sagar Raj
This brief focuses on the Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) designed to cover each complete contracting process from planning and budgeting, to tender (or negotiation), award, contract, implementation...
Temperature-Controlled Logistics (TCL) are a key tool for achieving public health goals, realizing economic growth and maintaining reliable nutrition around the world. Individual nations have different...
Type: BriefReport#: 156658Date: January 1, 2021Author:
Ksoll,Christian Daniel ;
Pulido,Daniel ;
Gupta,Harsh
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