If teachers were paid more based on their performance, will they be more effective? Will teachers teach better and will students learn more? Can teacher pay-for-performance (PFP) programs motivate better...
Type: BriefReport#: 158606Date: April 1, 2021Author:
Beteille, Tara ;
Breeding, Mary E. ;
Evans, David K.
Over the past two decades, Malawi has made remarkable progress in improving maternal and child health, as well as nutrition outcomes. The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic can reverse the gains...
Type: BriefReport#: 160907Date: April 1, 2021Author:
Borrazzo, John Edward ;
Chansa, Collins ;
Hettinger, Patrick Shawn ;
Juma, Mariam Ally ;
Kuguru, Toni Lee ;
PiattiFuenfkirchen, Moritz Otto Maria Alfons ;
Yoo, Katelyn Jison ;
Zamawe, Collins Owen Francisco
In May 2020, the National Statistical Office (NSO), with support from the World Bank, launched the High-Frequency Phone Survey on COVID-19 (coronavirus), which tracks the socio-economic impacts of the...
Type: BriefReport#: 158642Date: April 1, 2021Author:
Vundru, Wilbert Drazi
A lower-than-expected gross domestic product (GDP) contraction in 2020 and a rapid easing of Coronavirus (COVID-19) related restrictions have improved growth momentum, spurring an upgrade in the Russian...
Digital technologies, services, and tools can offer opportunities to young entrepreneurs in agriculture (agripreneurs) to make more informed decisions, increase productivity and incomes. COVID-19 pandemic...
Lottery, a simple random draw, has been used in selecting beneficiaries of public work programs in context as diverse as Argentina and the Central African Republic. However, despite a burgeoning literature...
Type: BriefReport#: 157912Date: April 1, 2021Author:
Bance, Paul G. A. ;
Schnitzer, Pascale
This brief focuses on the World Bank District heating and residential energy efficiency study with poverty and social impact analysis (PSIA) in Serbia as of April 2021.
Low and middle-income countries are bearing an increasing financial burden from the impacts of disasters as both the frequency and intensity of disaster events are rising. Despite the increasing availability...
Health outcomes in Malawi have improved significantly, largely due to improvements in access and quality. Despite adverse macro-fiscal conditions, fiduciary concerns, and donors shifting funding toward...
Type: BriefReport#: 160906Date: April 1, 2021Author:
Chansa, Collins ;
PiattiFuenfkirchen, Moritz Otto Maria Alfons
High Frequency Phone Surveys (HFS) reveal that Covid-19 awareness was widespread in Ethiopia at the start of the outbreak and prevention measures have been taken over time. People lost jobs at the onset...
This brief presents initial findings from an ongoing phone survey of families in Punjab, Pakistan designed to assess what is happening to girls’ elementary school education during COVID-19. The data used...
Croatia’s poverty rates have closely tracked overall economic growth over the past decade. Following weak economic growth in the after math of the global crisis in 2008, the share of the Croatian population...
The outbreak of Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) has accelerated efforts by practitioners to rapidly move learning, skills building, and mentoring online. Practitioners need to address how they will...
Type: BriefReport#: 158369Date: April 1, 2021Author:
Datta, Namita ;
Ritter, Frederic Leon ;
Singh, Sunamika
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