Faced with COVID-19 (Coronavirus), countries are taking drastic action based on little information. Two tests can help governments shorten and soften economically costly suppression measures while still...
Type: BriefReport#: 147504Date: April 8, 2020Author:
De Walque,Damien B. C. M. ;
Friedman,Jed ;
Gatti,Roberta V. ;
Mattoo,Aaditya
Youth unemployment rates are high in Argentina, where over 23 percent of women and 19 percent of men aged 14 to 29 are out of work. Tied to a mismatch between the experience and skills youth have and the...
Countries in Africa should strive to maintain trade flows during the crisis to secure access to medical goods and services, and food and other essential items such as farm inputs. This requires keeping...
Type: BriefReport#: 147452Date: April 6, 2020Author:
Brenton,Paul ;
Chemutai,Vicky
Some key finds from this "living paper" include : As of April 3, 2020, a total of 106 countries have introduced or adapted social protection and jobs programs in response to COVID-19 (Coronavirus). This...
The COVID-19 pandemic was first identified in December 2019 in Wuhan, China. The World Health Organization declared the outbreak a ‘public health emergency of international concern’ on January 30 2020...
This brief provides a description of the Cascade Analysis Tool (CAT) and a summary of an early application of the tool in Poltava Region, central Ukraine. The CAT is a mathematical model with a generic,...
Type: BriefReport#: 148391Date: April 1, 2020Author:
Fraser-Hurt,Nicole ;
Amoore,Zara
The strategic transformation in agriculture and rural space (STARS) pilots represent the last step in the four-step process that constitutes the STARS reimbursable advisory services (RAS). As such they...
The economic crisis induced by COVID - 19 (Coronavirus) could be long, deep, and pervasive when viewed through amigration lens. Lockdowns, travel bans, and social distancing have brought global economic...
The Global Road Safety Facility (GRSF) and the World Bank Transport team, in collaboration with Governments of Mozambique and Liberia, has been working on the development of an innovative roadsafety assessment...
Safe drinking water is essential for healthy human development and survival, but millions of poor people in low-income countries only have access to contaminated drinking water. For children, the problem...
Carbon market simulations are programs, models, virtual environments, and/or games that allow stakeholders to participate in a simulated process of designing or participating in an ETS. They are a low-cost...
The COVID-19 virus (Coronavirus) is creating a humanitarian and economic crisis without precedent in recent times. Safely managed water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services are an essential part of...
Vietnam reacted early to the spread of Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) by imposing social distancing measures and mobility restrictions, culminating in a national lockdown in April 2020. In order to understand...
Dutch Disease is a condition in which a sudden increase of resource wealth from an extractive sector (such as oil, gas, coal, or mining) undermines other areas of the economy (such as agriculture, manufacturing,...
Type: BriefReport#: 147609Date: April 1, 2020Author:
Mendez Ramos,Fabian
The Government of Jordan has strengthened its commitment in recent years to gender equality and women's social and economic empowerment through Jordan's Renaissance Plan 2019-2020 and more recently through...
Type: BriefReport#: 147456Date: April 1, 2020Author:
Ait Ali Slimane,Meriem ;
Lundvall,Jonna Maria ;
Mohindra,Komal ;
Al Abbadi,Shereen Fayez Hussein ;
Kurshitashvili,Nato ;
Hisou,Ola
Despite significant progress toward macroeconomic stability and adopting much needed structural reforms, estimates suggest that the Angola's economy remained in recession in 2019 for the fourth consecutive...
Type: BriefReport#: 190993Date: April 1, 2020Author:
World Bank
This brief highlight evidence from the Africa gender innovation lab and other promising research on mechanisms that can help protect the lives and livelihoods of women and girls - at the household level,...
With rising global health and economic concerns, Vietnam economy is expected to be significantly affected, even though the COVID 19 health crisis has been so far contained, with only 240 cases of infected...
Type: BriefReport#: 148595Date: April 1, 2020Author:
Morisset,Jacques
COVID-19 has caused an unprecedented shock to the global economy. While Vietnam has shown resilience, the pandemic has resulted in a supply shock as regular work and supply chains are disrupted. It has...
Type: BriefReport#: 148609Date: April 1, 2020Author:
Inoue,Keiko ;
Morisset,Jacques
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