Summary of Note 95, how the Tourism Sector in Emerging Markets is Recovering from COVID-19 Tourism is an important sector that accounts for 10 percent of global gross domestic product and one in every...
Type: BriefReport#: 154752Date: December 1, 2020Author:
Mekharat,Nisachol ;
Traore,Nouhoum-000531164
This note uses administrative tax data for formal firms to measure the direct impact of lockdown restrictions on firms’ profitability, employment, and exit rates. The authors separate the economy into...
Type: BriefReport#: 155887Date: December 1, 2020Author:
Lees, Adrienne ;
Mascagni,Giulia ;
Kilumelume, Michael
This note presents the results of the fourth round of a nationally representative telephone survey (HFPS). Data collection took place between November 06 and December 02, 2020. In addition to the 2,013...
Type: BriefReport#: 159004Date: December 1, 2020Author:
Tsimpo Nkengne,Clarence ;
Tiberti,Marco ;
Backiny-Yetna,Prospere R. ;
Costantini,Marco ;
Koncobo,Zakaria ;
Tiendrebeogo,Adama
The COVID-19 Business Pulse Survey (BPS) is a rapid survey designed to measure the various channels of impact of COVID-19 on firms, firm adjustment strategies, and public policy responses. The World Bank,...
Type: BriefReport#: 155333Date: December 1, 2020Author:
Kuriakose,Smita ;
Tran,Trang Thu
Over a third of women in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have experienced physical or sexual intimate-partner violence (IPV) in the past year (2013-2014 DHS). In this context, the Africa Gender...
This note focuses on how micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) are affected by the pandemic and are dealing with its impact in Cote d'Ivoire. This note is part of a series that will provide...
Type: BriefReport#: 156651Date: December 1, 2020Author:
Ferber,Tim ;
Buri,Sinja
This brief summarizes the results of simulations estimating the potential impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in learning poverty. Of 720 million primary school age children, 382 million are learning poor,...
Type: BriefReport#: 154660Date: December 1, 2020Author:
Azevedo,Joao Pedro Wagner De
A prender la Onda (ALO) is an initiative led by a group of Enseña por Colombia’s (Teach for Colombia) fellows, alumni and other teachers with the aim of continuing to support students’ learning during...
Type: BriefReport#: 155306Date: November 27, 2020Author:
Saenz, Margarita ;
Medina,Ana Maria ;
Holguin, Barbara Uribe
To contribute to mitigate the consequences of the closure of schools across the world triggered by the COVID-19 crisis, the digital education program ProFuturo put in place a contingency plan ensuring...
Over much of the past decade, Bangladesh's development prospects have been buoyed by a record of strong and sustained economic growth. Yet even as the country's bustling urban areas, including the capital...
The economic impact of the second wave of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic remains significantly more severe on businesses than the first, according to the World Bank’s firm-level survey. As government...
Slam Out Loud is an Indian non-profit that uses the arts along with multiple low tech platforms to deliver support for arts-based socio-emotional learning and mental well-being to the most vulnerable children...
The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic created an urgent need for timely information to help monitor and mitigate the social and economic impacts of the crisis. This information is essential to inform policy...
The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic created an urgent need for timely information to help monitor and mitigate the social and economic impacts of the crisis. This information is essential to inform policy...
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...
Type: BriefReport#: 155786Date: November 17, 2020Author:
Karamba,R. Wendy ;
Tong,Kimsun
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...
Type: BriefReport#: 155786Date: November 17, 2020Author:
Karamba,R. Wendy ;
Tong,Kimsun
Objectives of the two projects are to improve the quality and responsiveness of selected public services through more informed and engaged citizens, as well as to improve to improve the performance of...
The objectives of the two projects are to improve the quality and responsiveness of selected public services through more informed and en-gaged citizens, as well as to improve to improve the performance...
Socio-emotional skills (SES) have recently attracted attention from policymakers for their potential to yield high economic returns, especially in developing countries. The World Bank’s Africa Region Gender...
Type: BriefReport#: 154431Date: November 16, 2020Author:
Delavallade,Clara Anne ;
Rouanet,Lea Marie
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...
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