Teacher accountability is a key challenge to improving public education quality, particularly in more remote parts of Indonesia. The rate of teacher absenteeism in Indonesia has declined over the past...
The COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic and its negative economic effects create a need for timely data and evidence to help monitor and mitigate the social and economic impacts of the crisis. To monitor the...
High Frequency Phone Surveys (HFS) reveal that some Coronavirus (COVID-19) prevention is being practiced in Ghana. People have stopped working and households have experienced reductions in income and lack...
High Frequency Phone Surveys (HFS) reveal that Coronavirus (COVID-19) prevention practices have been implemented in Madagascar. People stopped working and households experienced reductions in income and...
Public works programs in Burkina Faso provide an important safety net for vulnerable householdsthrough temporary jobs. Yet, they may present a difficult choice for mothers: pass up theopportunity to work...
In Bangladesh, only 36 percent of women have a formal bank account, compared with 65 percent of men. Mobile financial services(MFS)show great promise in addressing this gap, particularly because they can...
Almost one-in-three married women in Nepal have experienced physical, sexual, or emotionalviolence by a spouse. The absence of a well-integrated response system can exacerbate under-reporting and survivors...
Governments are spending more than ever before on youth employment programs but rarely do they explicitly target young women. For girls, developing strong life skills is key to building theircapacity to...
Prince of Peace Orphans and Widows (POPOW) is a community-based non-profit organization founded in 2009. Based in Kaberamaido, Uganda, their mission is to empower community youth, orphans, and vulnerable...
Type: BriefReport#: 152565Date: June 26, 2020Author:
Kaiser Schuster, Paulette ;
Ringe, Florence ;
Reimers,Fernando M.
Since 2008, the World Bank’s Land Allocation for Social and Economic Development (LASED) projects have supported the government’s Social Land Concessions (SLC) program to successfully pilot a more sustainable...
This brief has been produced under the World Bank’s Indonesia Covid-19 Observatory, a partnership among multiple Global Practices at the Bank that aims to generate near-real-time insights on the impact...
Type: BriefReport#: 154131Date: June 26, 2020Author:
Ali,Rabia ;
Tiwari,Sailesh
This brief has been produced under the World Bank’s Indonesia Covid-19 Observatory, a partnership among multiple Global Practices at the Bank that aims to generate near-real-time insights on the impact...
Type: BriefReport#: 154132Date: June 26, 2020Author:
Ali,Rabia ;
Ralston,Laura R.
This brief has been produced under the World Bank’s Indonesia Covid-19 Observatory, a partnership among multiple Global Practices at the Bank that aims to generate near-real-time insights on the impact...
Type: BriefReport#: 154139Date: June 26, 2020Author:
Purnamasari,Ririn Salwa ;
Ali,Rabia
The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic and its economic and social effects on households have created an urgent need for timely data to help monitor and mitigate the social and economic impacts of the crisis...
As part of the efforts of the World Bank to understand the impact of Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) on the private sector, the enterprise analysis unit is conducting a series of follow-up surveys in several...
Many countries in sub-Saharan Africa identify technology as a viable complementary tool to improve learning outcomes in primary and secondary education. New research evidence from The Gambia suggests that...
Type: BriefReport#: 150016Date: June 24, 2020Author:
Soumahoro,Souleymane ;
Berman,Beatrice A. ;
Sharma,Rajesh
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...
As part of the efforts of the World Bank to understand the impact of Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) on the private sector, the enterprise analysis unit is conducting a series of follow-up surveys in several...
ESMAP’s grants of more than 3 million dollars have been instrumental in supporting electrification efforts in Myanmar as part of the World Bank-funded National Electrification Project since 2014. The project...
Type: BriefReport#: 149828Date: June 18, 2020Author:
ESMAP
Whether it’s hand hygiene, physical distancing, disinfecting surfaces, wearing masks, or reaching out to protect the most vulnerable, behavior change has a key role to play in tackling the COVID-19 (coronavirus)...
Type: BriefReport#: 149774Date: June 18, 2020Author:
Curtis,Val ;
Dreibelbis,Robert ;
Sidibe,Myriam ;
Cardosi,Jason R. ;
Sara,Jennifer J. ;
Bonell,Chris ;
Mwambuli,Kaposo Boniface ;
Ghosh Moulik,Soma ;
White,Sian ;
Aunger,Robert
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