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Strengthening Urban Resilience in Morocco : Building Capacity and Identifying Risk to Better Protect Cities and Manage Disasters

Building urban resilience in Morocco at both the local and national level has helped to increase the application of risk information in public policy and investment planning, informed government policy...
Type: Brief Report#: 154504 Date: November 1, 2020
Burkina Faso - Reallocating Energy Subsidies Toward Social Safety Net Programs

Over the past decade, Burkina Faso has experienced sustained economic growth driven by domestic factors such as consumption and investment on the demand side and services on the supply side, and export...
Type: Brief Report#: 156189 Date: November 1, 2020
Impacts of COVID-19 on Firms in the Philippines (Vol. 2 of 2) : Results from the Philippines COVID-19 Firm Survey Conducted in November 2020 - Round 2 : Presentation

The findings are based on the survey of 13,878 firms conducted from November 26 to December 10, 2020, to assess the impacts of COVID-19 on firms. This survey builds on a government survey in April 2020...
Type: Brief Report#: 158007 Date: November 1, 2020 Author: Piza,Sharon Faye Alariao ; Lee,Jinkook ; Frias,Jaime Andres Uribe ; Qian,Rong ; Cho,Yoonyoung
Impacts of COVID-19 on the Private Sector in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Situations

The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is having a significant negative impact on the private sector in developing economies, and businesses and individuals in fragile and conflict-affected situations are...
Type: Brief Report#: 154596 Date: November 1, 2020
Monitoring COVID-19 Impacts on Households in Malawi (Vol. 1 of 3) : Findings from the Fourth Round of the High-Frequency Phone Survey

In May 2020, the National Statistical Office (NSO), with support from the World Bank, has launched the High-Frequency Phone Survey on COVID-19, which tracks the socio-economic impacts of the pandemic on...
Type: Brief Report#: 154795 Date: November 1, 2020 Author: Chikoti, Lizzie ; Caruso,German Daniel ; Vundru,Wilbert Drazi ; Ilukor,John ; Kanyanda,Shelton Sofiel Elisa ; Kanyuka, Mercy ; Kilic,Talip ; Mleme, Tiope ; Moylan,Heather G. ; Mvula, Bright ; Mwale, Isaac ; Mwalwanda, Twika ; Yoshida,Nobuo
Philippines Digital Economy Report 2020 : A Better Normal Under COVID-19 - Digitalizing the Philippine Economy Now

The Philippine economy is largely cash-based, with digital payments growing, but still in their infancy. Low transaction account ownership, lack of a national ID, nascent payment infrastructure, and the...
Type: Brief Report#: 191744 Date: October 31, 2020 Author: Kevin C. Chua
COVID-19 Crisis Through a Migration Lens : Phase II

This migration and development brief provides updates on global trends in migration and remittances. It highlights developments related to migration-related Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) indicators...
Type: Brief Report#: 193020 Date: October 31, 2020 Author: Ratha, Dilip ; De, Supriyo ; Kim, Eung Ju ; Plaza, Sonia ; Seshan, Ganesh Kumar ; Yameogo, Nadege Desiree
Jobs Interventions for Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons

This Jobs Solutions Note is intended to identify practical solutions for development practitioners and policymakers to design and implement policies and programs for the labor market integration of refugees...
Type: Brief Report#: 154279 Date: October 31, 2020 Author: Schuettler,Kirsten
The Socioeconomic Impacts of COVID-19: Results from the Somali High-Frequency Phone Survey of Households Round 1

Type: Brief Report#: 183367 Date: October 30, 2020 Author: World Bank
Creating an Environment for Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation

The Turkish Cypriot community (TCc) has a unique opportunity to transform agriculture into a modern sector that drives economic growth, creates jobs and generates incomes in rural areas. To realize its...
Type: Brief Report#: 153982 Date: October 28, 2020
The Firm-Level Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic : Summary of Results from Fourth Round

The economic impact of the second wave of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Myanmar has been significantly more severe on businesses than the first wave, according to the World Bank’s firm-level survey....
Type: Brief Report#: 154151 Date: October 28, 2020
Rapid Information from Household High-Frequency Survey : Summary of Results from Third Round

This brief presents the main findings from the third of eight rounds of a nationally representative survey of fifteen hundred randomly selected households in all states/regions of Myanmar. The survey was...
Type: Brief Report#: 154150 Date: October 28, 2020
Agricultural Reform : Getting Value for Money

The current Turkish Cypriot (TC) agricultural support scheme is highly distortive, as it does not incentivize farmers to increase productivity and results in higher prices for consumers. It also imposes...
Type: Brief Report#: 153968 Date: October 28, 2020 Author: Heinz,Marcus Bernhard
In Brief : Lessons from IEG’s Evaluations - Improving Project Performance in Contexts of Migration

A review of Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) evaluations identifies that the performance of World Bank interventions operating in contexts of migration can be enhanced by paying attention to four interconnected...
Type: Brief Report#: 154513 Date: October 27, 2020
Exploring the Potential of Gender Parity to Promote Economic Growth

Narrowing the gender gap is critical to sustainable and inclusive growth. This brief discusses how moving toward gender equality can improve female labor force participation, human capital, and total factor...
Type: Brief Report#: 153893 Date: October 27, 2020 Author: Devadas,Sharmila ; Kim,Young Eun
Cambodia - Social Protection and Future Jobs Programmatic ASA : Summary Report on Virtual Workshop on NEA Facilitator’s Training

The social protection and jobs team organized a virtual training workshop for training facilitators from the national employment agency (NEA) from October 26 and 27, 2020. The main objective of the training...
Type: Brief Report#: 161010 Date: October 27, 2020
COVID-19 Geospatial Vulnerability Indices and the GeoLAC Repository for Geospatial Data

The GeoLAC repository contains three maps of the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region that aim to inform policy (governments and the World Bank) around the Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) crisis. These...
Type: Brief Report#: 153870 Date: October 26, 2020 Author: Gunio,Pamela Gaye C. ; Canavire Bacarreza,Gustavo Javier ; Romero Haaker,Francisco Javier ; Sanchez Castro,Diana Marcela ; Del Carmen Hasbun,Giselle Eugenia ; Garcia Pena Bersh,Natalia ; Barreto Herrera,Karen Yiseth ; Segovia Juarez,Sandra Carolina
Monitoring COVID-19 Impacts on Households in South Sudan : Results from a High-Frequency Phone Survey of Households : First Round

There is an urgent need for timely data to help monitor and mitigate the social and economic impacts of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and protect the welfare of the South Sudanese citizens. To respond...
Type: Brief Report#: 154336 Date: October 22, 2020 Author: Finn,Arden Jeremy ; Von Der Goltz,Jan ; Fatima,Freeha ; Nichanametla Ramasubbaiah,Rakesh Gupta
Current Situation and Implications for Household Welfare

While Myanmar responded early and decisively to the COVID-19 pandemic thereby limiting adverse health impacts, evidence from the Myanmar COVID-19 Monitoring Platform shows that impacts on households’ welfare...
Type: Brief Report#: 153953 Date: October 21, 2020
Resilient Shores : Vietnam’s Coastal Development Between Opportunity and Disaster Risk

The government of Vietnam has long recognized the importance of disaster risk management as an essential principle of sustainable socio-economic development. This brief provides background for Resilient...
Type: Brief Report#: 178716 Date: October 21, 2020 Author: World Bank