The June research newsletter focuses on
data for better lives. In a Policy Research Talk the World
Development 2021: Data for Better Lives report team
discussed how...
This report provides a snapshot of the
gender gap in access and quality of basic education in DRC,
how it has evolved over time and how it varies within the
country....
Type: ReportReport#: 166053Date: June 1, 2021Author:
Adelman,Melissa Ann ;
Trako,Iva ;
Faron De Goer De Herve,Eliot Kevin ;
Sallami,Maroua
The world economy is experiencing a very
strong but uneven recovery, with many emerging market and
developing economies facing obstacles to vaccination. The
global outlook...
Type: PublicationReport#: 160157Date: June 1, 2021Author:
Baffes,John ;
Guenette,Justin Damien ;
Ha,Jongrim ;
Inami,Osamu ;
Kabundi,Alain Ntumba ;
Kasyanenko,Sergiy ;
Kilic Celik,Sinem ;
Kindberg-Hanlon,Gene ;
Kirby,Patrick Alexander ;
Nagle,Peter Stephen Oliver ;
Okou,Cedric Iltis Finafa ;
Quaglietti,Lucia ;
Ruch,Franz Ulrich ;
Sugawara,Naotaka ;
Vashakmadze,Ekaterine T. ;
Vorisek,Dana Lauren ;
Wheeler,Collette Mari ;
Yamazaki,Takefumi
Addis Ababa is the largest, fast
growing, demographic, economic and political center of
Ethiopia, leading the country’s socio economic development.
While leading Ethiopia’s...
The COVID-19 global crisis provides
further impetus for the World Bank Group (WBG) to ramp-up
its efforts to strengthen outcome orientation. The WBG has
responded rapidly...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 160250Date: June 1, 2021
This paper assesses the short-term job
generation potential of infrastructure investments in
Argentina. The analysis is based on a 2017 Input-Output
model with a breakdown...
Type: Working PaperReport#: AUS0002324Date: June 1, 2021Author:
Arakaki,Gervasio Agustin ;
Morales Sarriera,Javier ;
Rodriguez Chamussy,Lourdes
This Fiscal and Debt Sustainability
Note, the first module of a programmatic multisectoral
Public Expenditure Review (PER), reviews the recent
macro-fiscal challenges,...
Type: Public Expenditure ReviewReport#: 160596Date: June 1, 2021Author:
Kiendrebeogo,Youssouf ;
Mansaray,Kemoh
Bold policies needed to boost economic
recovery and improve social stability. Like Hydra, the
many-headed monster of Greek myth, COVID-19 (coronavirus) is
proving hard...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 160309Date: June 1, 2021Author:
Schmillen,Achim Daniel ;
Abdur Rahman,Amanina Binti ;
Subramaniam,Daniel Rajasingam ;
Le,Duong Trung ;
Islamaj,Ergys ;
Raad,Firas ;
D'Hulster,Katia ;
Simler,Kenneth ;
Reddy,Rekha ;
Bajpai,Rajni ;
Record,Richard James Lowden ;
Kuriakose,Smita ;
Johan Arief Jothi,Shahira Zaireen Binti ;
Coulibaly,Souleymane ;
Kwakwa,Victoria ;
Ali,Zainab
Peru has achieved near-universal access
to schooling, but learning outcomes are generally poor and
vary widely between rural and urban schools. Rural schools
tend to...
This note presents the result of the
tenth round of a nationally representative telephone survey.
Data collection took place between May 25 and June 17, 2021.
In addition...
Type: BriefReport#: 167952Date: June 1, 2021Author:
Tsimpo Nkengne,Clarence ;
Tiberti,Marco ;
Backiny-Yetna,Prospere R. ;
Costantini,Marco ;
Koncobo,Zakaria ;
Tiendrebeogo, et Adama
The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered an
unprecedented worldwide recession. Survey results show
deepening impact on business performance and pessimistic
investment outlooks,...
Domestic violence is common, socially
and economically very costly, yet widely accepted in many
countries. Can participatory theater—a novel cultural
intervention—reduce...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9680Date: June 1, 2021Author:
Hoff,Karla ;
Jalan,Jyotsna ;
Santra,Sattwik
Increasing temperatures and growing
rainfall variability will negatively affect crop yields. For
example, overall rice crop yields in 2040 are expected to be
4 percent...
To improve their education systems,
countries around the world have increasingly initiated
national largescale assessment programs or participated in
international or...
Type: PublicationReport#: 158570Date: June 1, 2021
To improve their education systems,
countries around the world have increasingly initiated
national largescale assessment programs or participated in
international or...
Type: PublicationReport#: 158570Date: June 1, 2021
As infections spiked across Southeast
Asia, the number of confirmed cases in Lao PDR surged from
fewer than 50 cases in early April to over 6,000 cases in
August 2021....
This brief summarizes findings from
rapid welfare tracking surveys in Cox’s Bazar. Two rounds of
tracking surveys were implemented via phone interviews in
2020 to monitor...
Pre- Coronavirus (COVID) social
assistance system was nascent in Cambodia but had some
strong features that facilitated quick expansion of
assistance during COVID-19....
Type: Working PaperReport#: 161037Date: June 1, 2021Author:
Shrestha,Maheshwor ;
Palacios,Robert J. ;
Nishikawa Chavez,Kenichi Victor
In May 2021, crude oil prices rose by 5
percent and continued to increase in June. The global
economy continues to recover, with global growth expected to
reach 5.6...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 161387Date: June 1, 2021Author:
Sanghi,Apurva ;
Nagle,Peter Stephen Oliver ;
Wheeler,Collette Mari ;
Emelyanova,Olga ;
Levitanskaya,Katerina ;
Rostovtseva,Irina
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