South Africa's economic growth and development agenda and to present a harmonized approach for investing in priority areas for human capital formation. The policy note first presents an in-depth diagnostic...
Type: ReportReport#: 185876Date: January 11, 2024Author:
Cunningham, Wendy ;
Dulvy, Elizabeth Ninan ;
Franz, Jutta ;
Gebre, Tihtina Zenebe ;
Kabubei, Kenneth Munge ;
Kika-Mistry, Jesal ;
Lee, Yi-Kyoung ;
Matsebula, Thulani Clement ;
Monchuk, Louise Victoria
In June 2020, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics, with the support from the World Bank, has launched the High-Frequency Phone Survey on COVID-19 to track the impacts of the pandemic on a monthly basis for...
Type: BriefReport#: 186934Date: January 11, 2024Author:
Atamanov, Aziz ;
Cochinard, Frederic Pierre Francois Hugue ;
Ilukor, John ;
Kemigisha, Audrey ;
Machingauta, Cathrine ;
Mupere, Andrew ;
Ponzini, Giulia
In June 2020, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics, with the support from the World Bank, has launched the High-Frequency Phone Survey on COVID-19 to track the impacts of the pandemic on a monthly basis for...
Type: BriefReport#: 186934Date: January 11, 2024Author:
World Bank
Based on the findings of a KNOMAD survey and quantitative report, this policy brief focuses on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on South Africa’s internal migrants who have migrated to two big cities...
Type: BriefReport#: 193093Date: January 11, 2024Author:
Crush, Jonathan ;
Tawodzera, Godfrey
This paper analyzes the effects of carbon taxation and border carbon adjustments in a setting where firms can choose to respond to taxation by abating or by outsourcing part of their production. For this,...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10665Date: January 11, 2024Author:
Artuc, Erhan ;
Sommer, Konstantin Heinrich Ludwig
The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in significant disruption in schooling worldwide. This paper uses global test score data to estimate learning losses. It models the effect of school closures on achievement...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10666Date: January 11, 2024Author:
Gajderowicz, Tomasz Janusz ;
Jakubowski, Maciej Jan ;
Patrinos, Harry Anthony
South Africa's economic growth and development agenda and to present a harmonized approach for investing in priority areas for human capital formation. The policy note first presents an in-depth diagnostic...
Type: ReportReport#: 185876Date: January 11, 2024Author:
Cunningham, Wendy ;
Dulvy, Elizabeth Ninan ;
Franz, Jutta ;
Gebre, Tihtina Zenebe ;
Kabubei, Kenneth Munge ;
Kika-Mistry, Jesal ;
Lee, Yi-Kyoung ;
Matsebula, Thulani Clement ;
Monchuk, Louise Victoria
Closing the gender digital divide by ensuring equal access to and benefit of the internet may reduce economic inequalities and close the gender gap in employment by providing new economic opportunities...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10663Date: January 10, 2024Author:
Mohieldin, Mahmoud ;
Ramadan, Racha
Forced displacement is a global development issue. It is estimated that by early 2021, there were more than 110 million displaced people, of whom 41% are children under the age of 18. One of the main obstacles...
Type: BriefReport#: 186916Date: January 10, 2024Author:
Hiller, Tatiana ;
Moya, Andres ;
Rozo Villarraga, Sandra Viviana
The full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation in Ukraine has immense local impact and global consequences. Ukraine is experiencing huge human and economic suffering, which will have long-lasting effects....
Type: ReportReport#: 186919Date: January 10, 2024Author:
World Bank
In addition to the conventional determinants of labor market participation and the choice between wage employment and self-employment, there is a growing interest of the significance of gender role attitudes...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10664Date: January 10, 2024Author:
Amankwah, Akuffo ;
Castaing, Pauline ;
Owoo, Nkechi Srodah ;
Palacios-Lopez, Amparo
Global growth is expected to slow further this year, reflecting the lagged and ongoing effects of tight monetary policy to rein in inflation, restrictive credit conditions, and anemic global trade and...
Type: PublicationReport#: 186862Date: January 9, 2024Author:
World Bank
Innovations to date in detecting women’s employment have focused primarily on improving individual-level questions. This paper explores an alternative approach, using data on household enterprises and...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10659Date: January 9, 2024Author:
Assaad, Ragui ;
Krafft, Caroline
Global growth is expected to slow further this year, reflecting the lagged and ongoing effects of tight monetary policy to rein in inflation, restrictive credit conditions, and anemic global trade and...
Type: PublicationReport#: 186862Date: January 9, 2024Author:
World Bank
Global growth is expected to slow further this year, reflecting the lagged and ongoing effects of tight monetary policy to rein in inflation, restrictive credit conditions, and anemic global trade and...
Type: PublicationReport#: 186862Date: January 9, 2024Author:
World Bank
The July 2021 release of learning poverty estimates involves several changes to the data underlying the country-level learning poverty figures. This document provides details of the key changes made. Some...
Type: ReportReport#: 161348Date: January 9, 2024Author:
World Bank
This paper delves into Bulgaria's persistent issue of child poverty, even amidst policy efforts at the European Union (EU) and national levels. The study updates a comprehensive fiscal incidence analysis...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10657Date: January 9, 2024Author:
Cabrera, Maynor Vinicio ;
Robayo, Monica
The private sector is essential for creating jobs and prosperity in poor countries, but developing it is challenging, especially in fragile and conflict-affected situations (FCS). The IDA Private Sector...
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 186062Date: January 9, 2024Author:
World Bank
Global growth is expected to slow further this year, reflecting the lagged and ongoing effects of tight monetary policy to rein in inflation, restrictive credit conditions, and anemic global trade and...
Type: PublicationReport#: 186862Date: January 9, 2024Author:
World Bank
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