This brief focuses on the macro poverty outlook for Russia as of October 2020. A less than expected gross domestic product (GDP) contraction in the second quarter of 2020 and an upward revision of the...
This brief is part of the solutions for youth employment (S4YE) knowledge brief series focusing on the design and implementation of youth employment programs. In this knowledge brief, the authors highlight...
Type: BriefReport#: 153765Date: October 1, 2020Author:
Singh,Sunamika ;
Joseph,Kavell Gianina
Taxes on SSB are an increasingly popular fiscal policy for health. This brief summarizes the latest evidence on SSB tax implementation and effectiveness to support governments who are considering, or are...
Type: BriefReport#: 156893Date: October 1, 2020Author:
Hattersley,Libby ;
Thiebaud,Alessia ;
Fuchs Tarlovsky,Alan ;
Gonima,Alberto ;
Silver,Lynn D. ;
Mandeville,Kate
The national poverty rate in Russia has been slowly declining in recent years: from 12.9 percent in 2017, 12.6 percent in 2018 to 12.3 percent in 2019. In its May 2018 decree, Russia’s president set up...
This note presents the results of the second round of a nationally representative telephone survey (HFPS). Data collection took place between July 20 and August 14, 2020. The 1,968 households that were...
Type: BriefReport#: 156729Date: October 1, 2020Author:
Tsimpo Nkengne,Clarence ;
Tiberti,Marco ;
Backiny-Yetna,Prospere R. ;
Costantini,Marco ;
Koncobo,Zakaria ;
Tiendrebeogo,Adama
High Frequency Phone Surveys (HFS) reveal that Covid-19 awareness was widespread in South Sudan at the start of the pandemic. By October 2020, food insecurity levels were still very high and engagement...
In May 2020, the national statistical office (NSO), with support from the World Bank, has launched the high-frequency phone survey on Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19), which tracks the socio-economic impacts...
In this knowledge brief, the authors discuss the importance of incorporating youth voice in the design of youth employment programs and the factors organizations must consider when utilizing radio, short...
Type: BriefReport#: 180887Date: October 1, 2020Author:
Joseph,Kavell Gianina ;
Datta,Namita
Mongolia’s national poverty headcount rate decreased moderately from 29.6 percent in 2016 to 28.4 percent in 2018. Between 2016 and 2018, poverty reduction was uneven, declining in rural but not in urban...
Type: BriefReport#: 172697Date: September 30, 2020Author:
Uochi,Ikuko
To mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, countries worldwide are working to provide people, particularly low-income and vulnerable individuals, with financial aid. Financial aid delivery relies...
Type: BriefReport#: 183679Date: September 30, 2020Author:
World Bank
Digital banks have been on the rise as digital technologies transform financial services around the world. Under the Korean government’s new policy framework for digital banks, K Bank and Kakao Bank successfully...
Type: BriefReport#: 168412Date: September 30, 2020Author:
Choi,Youjin
The presentation pays tribute to the many associations and organizations in support of harnessing and working towards the cause of assessing variable renewable energy systems and its integration into grids...
Type: BriefReport#: 153445Date: September 30, 2020
As part of the efforts of the World Bank Group to understand the impact of Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) on the private sector the enterprise analysis unit is conducting follow-up surveys on recently completed...
Type: BriefReport#: 154992Date: September 29, 2020
As a result of the spread of Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19), a strict national lockdown was announced in India on 22 March 2020 in which movement was limited to only essential services. This led to all students...
Type: BriefReport#: 153614Date: September 29, 2020Author:
Zacharia,Sharon
This report focuses on four countries in the Sahel who successfully delivered productive inclusion measures through adaptive safety net systems as of 2020.
Type: BriefReport#: 153386Date: September 29, 2020
As part of the efforts of the World Bank Group to understand the impact of Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) on the private sector the enterprise analysis unit is conducting follow-up surveys on recently completed...
Type: BriefReport#: 154992Date: September 29, 2020
This note examines how sensitive the demand for business training is to price, and whether charging a higher price causes firm owners to exert more effort in training.
Type: BriefReport#: 153375Date: September 28, 2020Author:
Maffioli,Alessandro ;
Mckenzie,David J. ;
Ubfal,Diego Javier
In the Kyrgyz Republic, the Government is investing in its schools to improve their safety and functionality and ensure that they are more resilient to natural disasters.
Type: BriefReport#: 154507Date: September 28, 2020Author:
World Bank
This one-pager summarizes the results of the sixth round of the HFPS-F in Addis Ababa, implemented between August 17 and September 8, 2020. The information presented here is based on 331 firms that were...
The Ethiopian high-frequency phone survey of households (HFPS-HH) allows for a better understanding of the effects of COVID-19 on households and provides data in almost real time to support new responses...
Type: BriefReport#: 153442Date: September 25, 2020
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