Located on the Alps-Himalaya seismic zone, Armenia has historically been prone to earthquakes. The last devastating earthquake in 1988 rocked Spitak, killing 25,000 people and injuring 19,000, severely...
Type: BriefReport#: 168916Date: February 22, 2022Author:
Takeuchi, Ko
Learning from years of experience confronting natural disasters, Japan has established itself as a global leader in mainstreaming disaster risk management (DRM) in development policies and practices. The...
A growing understanding of the importance of children’s earliest years has led to an increasing desire to measure early childhood development (ECD) outcomes. There are now nearly 150 tools for measuring...
Type: BriefReport#: 168832Date: February 18, 2022Author:
Luna Bazaldua, Diego Armando ;
Pushparatnam, Adelle ;
Seiden, Jonathan Michael
Tracking economic activity in real time is a difficult task for forecasters due to data publication lags, frequent and/or large revisions and lack of high-frequency indicators. For North Macedonia, first...
The first Sustainable Development Goal to end poverty in all its forms by 2030 pledges to leave no one behind. This commitment includes the over 80 million people—one percent of the globe’s population—who...
Type: BriefReport#: 168730Date: February 15, 2022Author:
Hanmer, Lucia C. ;
Klugman, Jeni ;
Ortiz, Elena Judith
The COVID-19 crisis requires policy reforms on many fronts, from debt sustainability to climate-smart recovery. This Research & Policy brief draws on theory and empirical evidence to explore the opportunities...
Type: BriefReport#: 168657Date: February 15, 2022Author:
Record, Richard James Lowden ;
Smets, Lodewijk
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#: 168991Date: February 15, 2022Author:
Wibisana, Putu Sanjiwacika ;
Wihardja, Maria Monica
Auxilio Emergencial (AE) was launched in April 2020 to protect both, the chronic and transient poor affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, limited to those not already covered by other social protection transfers....
Type: BriefReport#: 168687Date: February 13, 2022Author:
Falcao Silva, Tiago ;
Lara de Arruda, Pedro ;
Lazarotto de Andrade, Marina ;
Morgandi, Matteo ;
Teixeira Barbosa, Diana
Auxílio Emergencial (AE) was conceived to be a temporary program, with an expected duration of only three months. However, the benefit was reissued in 3 versions (each with its legal diploma) which share...
Type: BriefReport#: 168723Date: February 11, 2022Author:
Falcao Silva, Tiago ;
Lara de Arruda, Pedro ;
Lazarotto de Andrade, Marina ;
Morgandi, Matteo ;
Teixeira Barbosa, Diana
This short note summarizes key findings of the 2021 World Bank technical note financed by the Foreign Commonwealth Development Office: Enrollment and eligibility
process of Brazil's Auxilio Emergencial:...
Type: BriefReport#: 168729Date: February 11, 2022Author:
Falcao Silva, Tiago ;
Lara de Arruda, Pedro ;
Lazarotto de Andrade, Marina ;
Morgandi, Matteo ;
Teixeira Barbosa, Diana
New Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases rose, on average, to 10,533 per day during the first ten days of February, up from 7,000 cases per day in January, as the fast-spreading Omicron variant became dominant....
Type: BriefReport#: 168655Date: February 11, 2022Author:
Ariyapruchya, Kiatipong ;
Edwards, Kim Alan ;
Puthong, Warunthorn
This short note summarizes key findings of the 2021 World Bank study financed by the Foreign Commonwealth Development Office: Auxilio Emergencial: Lessons from the Brazilian Experience Responding to COVID-19.
Type: BriefReport#: 168776Date: February 11, 2022Author:
Falcao Silva, Tiago ;
Lara de Arruda, Pedro ;
Lazarotto de Andrade, Marina ;
Morgandi, Matteo ;
Teixeira Barbosa, Diana
While in many countries in Latin America and Caribbean (LAC), the share of firms with a woman among the principal owners has been increasing, female entrepreneurs are more likely to be necessity entrepreneurs...
Type: BriefReport#: 168057Date: February 10, 2022Author:
Maquera Sardon, Daniela Andrea
In Latin America and Caribbean (LAC), gender gaps persist across multiple dimensions of job quality and in earnings. Women tend to be concentrated in less productive jobs, run enterprises in less productive...
Type: BriefReport#: 168056Date: February 10, 2022Author:
Maquera Sardon, Daniela Andrea
Online job vacancy (OV) data provide granular information in real time, allowing to track labor market dynamics. In a fast-changing world where megatrends (digitization, 4IR, climate change, ageing) accelerated...
This brief focuses on indicators used by World Bank projects to measure progress in closing gender gaps in human endowments, economic opportunity, and voice and agency, in line with LCR Gender Action Plan...
The COVID-19 pandemic has not only damaged individuals’ personal health, but it has also disrupted the lives of the population bringing massive social and economic costs. To timely monitor and mitigate...
The health system in Serbia faces significant challenges arising from a long-term demographic trend and recent shock caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Serbia’s population is aging, with the share of population...
Type: BriefReport#: 180464Date: February 1, 2022Author:
Djukic, Predrag ;
Gajic-Stevanovic, Milena ;
Misic, Ivana ;
Nguyen, Ha Thi Hong ;
Sormaz, Nemanja ;
Zajeganovic-Jakovljevic, Jelena
As climate shocks increasingly impact the water dependent sectors, it is vital that countries embrace integrated, cross-sectoral policies and programs. Water projects improve chances to attain positive...
Climate-informed projects aimed at boosting water utilities’ performance are likely to succeed in achieving intended results by investing in energy efficiency, nonrevenue water (NRW) reduction, climate...
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