This note examines the effects of COVID-19 and subsequent economic and educational disruptions on adolescent well-being in Bangladesh. The analysis is based on data from 2,095 in-school adolescents aged...
Type: BriefReport#: 154398Date: November 1, 2020Author:
Baird, Sarah Jane ;
Guglielmi, Silvia ;
Sabarwal, Shwetlena ;
Seager, Jennifer ;
Sultan, Maheen
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#: 154795Date: November 1, 2020Author:
Caruso, German Daniel ;
Chikoti, Lizzie ;
Ilukor, John ;
Kanyanda, Shelton Sofiel Elisa ;
Kanyuka, Mercy ;
Kilic, Talip ;
Mleme, Tiope ;
Moylan, Heather G. ;
Mvula, Bright ;
Mwale, Isaac ;
Mwalwanda, Twika ;
Vundru, Wilbert Drazi ;
Yoshida, Nobuo
The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is having a significant negative impact on the private sector in developing economies, and businesses and individuals in fragile and conflict-affected situations are...
The findings are based on the survey of 13,878 firms conducted from November 26 to December 10, 2020, to assess the impacts of COVID-19 on firms. This survey builds on a government survey in April 2020...
Type: BriefReport#: 158007Date: November 1, 2020Author:
Cho, Yoonyoung ;
Frias, Jaime Andres Uribe ;
Lee, Jinkook ;
Piza, Sharon Faye Alariao ;
Qian, Rong
The Philippine economy is largely cash-based, with digital payments growing, but still in their infancy. Low transaction account ownership, lack of a national ID, nascent payment infrastructure, and the...
Type: BriefReport#: 191744Date: October 31, 2020Author:
Chua, Kevin C.
This migration and development brief provides updates on global trends in migration and remittances. It highlights developments related to migration-related Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) indicators...
Type: BriefReport#: 193020Date: October 31, 2020Author:
De, Supriyo ;
Kim, Eung Ju ;
Plaza, Sonia ;
Ratha, Dilip ;
Seshan, Ganesh Kumar ;
Yameogo, Nadege Desiree
This Jobs Solutions Note is intended to identify practical solutions for development practitioners and policymakers to design and implement policies and programs for the labor market integration of refugees...
Type: BriefReport#: 154279Date: October 31, 2020Author:
Schuettler, Kirsten
The Turkish Cypriot community (TCc) has a unique opportunity to transform agriculture into a modern sector that drives economic growth, creates jobs and generates incomes in rural areas. To realize its...
The economic impact of the second wave of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Myanmar has been significantly more severe on businesses than the first wave, according to the World Bank’s firm-level survey....
This brief presents the main findings from the third of eight rounds of a nationally representative survey of fifteen hundred randomly selected households in all states/regions of Myanmar. The survey was...
The current Turkish Cypriot (TC) agricultural support scheme is highly distortive, as it does not incentivize farmers to increase productivity and results in higher prices for consumers. It also imposes...
Type: BriefReport#: 153968Date: October 28, 2020Author:
Heinz, Marcus Bernhard
A review of Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) evaluations identifies that the performance of World Bank interventions operating in contexts of migration can be enhanced by paying attention to four interconnected...
Narrowing the gender gap is critical to sustainable and inclusive growth. This brief discusses how moving toward gender equality can improve female labor force participation, human capital, and total factor...
Type: BriefReport#: 153893Date: October 27, 2020Author:
Devadas, Sharmila ;
Kim, Young Eun
The social protection and jobs team organized a virtual training workshop for training facilitators from the national employment agency (NEA) from October 26 and 27, 2020. The main objective of the training...
The GeoLAC repository contains three maps of the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region that aim to inform policy (governments and the World Bank) around the Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) crisis. These...
Type: BriefReport#: 153870Date: October 26, 2020Author:
Barreto Herrera, Karen Yiseth ;
Canavire Bacarreza, Gustavo Javier ;
Del Carmen Hasbun, Giselle Eugenia ;
Garcia Pena Bersh, Natalia ;
Gunio, Pamela Gaye C. ;
Romero Haaker, Francisco Javier ;
Sanchez Castro, Diana Marcela ;
Segovia Juarez, Sandra Carolina
There is an urgent need for timely data to help monitor and mitigate the social and economic impacts of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and protect the welfare of the South Sudanese citizens. To respond...
Type: BriefReport#: 154336Date: October 22, 2020Author:
Fatima, Freeha ;
Finn, Arden Jeremy ;
Nichanametla Ramasubbaiah, Rakesh Gupta ;
von der Goltz, Jan
While Myanmar responded early and decisively to the COVID-19 pandemic thereby limiting adverse health impacts, evidence from the Myanmar COVID-19 Monitoring Platform shows that impacts on households’ welfare...
The government of Vietnam has long recognized the importance of disaster risk management as an essential principle of sustainable socio-economic development. This brief provides background for Resilient...
Type: BriefReport#: 178716Date: October 21, 2020Author:
World Bank
Digital skills are becoming increasingly important due to availability of cheaper internet access, better connectivity, and increasing automation at workplace across the world. Recognizing this, through...
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