A rapid phone survey was implemented on a representative sample of recently displaced Rohingya households and their host communities in the Cox’s Bazar district of Bangladesh, to track the impacts of the...
Almost every education system on earth has been affected by the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis.As part of the joint initiative between the Harvard Global Education Innovation Initiative, HundrED, the OECD...
Type: BriefReport#: 150697Date: July 1, 2020Author:
Ripani, Maria Florencia
High Frequency Phone Surveys (HFS) reveal that Covid-19 awareness is not widespread in Sierra Leone. Households experienced reductions in income, food insecurity and low rates of government assistance.
First for women insurance was launched in 2004 to provide insurance solutions specifically designed for South African women - a first in the country. The company found that although South African women...
Type: BriefReport#: 157059Date: July 1, 2020Author:
Sherchan,Prapti ;
Ebrahimi,Sarah Anne ;
Diop,Fatim
This note focuses on the welfare and competition (WELCOM) microsimulation tool. WELCOM, an easy-to-use stata-based package with minimum data requirements, was conceived as part of larger World Bank efforts...
Type: BriefReport#: 151250Date: July 1, 2020Author:
Rodriguez Castelan,Carlos ;
Malasquez Carbonel,Eduardo Alonso ;
Granguillhome Ochoa,Rogelio
This note illustrates the multidimensional nature of poverty in Djibouti. The authors use the multidimensional poverty index (MPI), which captures several welfare dimensions - monetary poverty, education,...
Type: BriefReport#: 151255Date: July 1, 2020Author:
Mendiratta,Vibhuti ;
Duplantier,Anne Marie
This brief summarizes findings from a high-frequency survey of women-owned firms in Ethiopia which participate in the International Development Association (IDA) - financed Women Entrepreneurship Development...
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: BriefReport#: 151858Date: July 1, 2020Author:
Vundru,Wilbert Drazi ;
Moylan,Heather G.
The Nicaraguan Ministry of Health of through the Health Education Directorate implements the Guideline 8 of the National Health Policy, which states the development of Human Talent as an essential axis...
Type: BriefReport#: 156187Date: July 1, 2020Author:
Gordillo-Tobar,Amparo Elena ;
Herrera Gonzalez,Emilce Del Socorro ;
Rodriguez,Evelyn
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