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This technical background paper delves into the role and importance of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) within Africa's digital economy, along with the potential risks they pose to competition and market dynamics. Drawing upon new data on selected SOEs, the analysis focuses on the presence of SOEs...
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The COVID-19 pandemic significantly disrupted daily life and exacerbated global inequalities, leading policymakers to … seek innovative, evidence-based solutions to mitigate its impacts. By March 2023, the pandemic had resulted in … vaccines changed the pandemic's trajectory, but disparities in vaccine supply and demand led to persistent global vaccine …
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In 2020, the World Bank projected that the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic could push more than hundred million people …
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The economic impact of the second wave of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Myanmar has been significantly more … Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases and re-introduction of stay-at-home orders that started initially in Rakhine in late August and then … in Yangon in early September. This note provides a snapshot of how the firms' outcomes and response to the pandemic have …
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The World Bank commissioned a firm-level survey to provide quantitative evidence of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic … between June and December 2020 will provide continuous information on the evolving impact of the Coronavirus (COVID-19 …) pandemic in the country. This brief focuses on the summary of results from first round …
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The World Bank commissioned a firm-level survey to provide quantitative evidence of the impact of the Coronavirus 2019 … (COVID-19) pandemic. Three rounds of data have been collected in May, July, and August, using a nationally representative … World Bank survey providing data on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The survey includes responses from 500 firms …
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representative World Bank survey providing information on the impact of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The survey includes five …The World Bank commissioned a firm-level survey to provide quantitative evidence of the impact of the Coronavirus … (COVID-19) pandemic. Two rounds of data have now been collected for the months of March and May using a nationally …
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The economic shock of the coronavirus outbreak has an unprecedented impact on public finances. Governments are … implementing massive fiscal packages including both budgetary and nonbudgetary measures to fight the pandemic while receipts are … sharply down. Communicating the financial consequences of Coronavirus (COVID-19) to all stakeholders in a timely manner is …
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impact of the pandemic to date than had been initially anticipated, including on the measured output of the education sector … following the closure of institutions in March. The special focus topic finds that the pandemic increased poverty by 4 …
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This report represents a comprehensive assessment of Guinea-Bissau's PPR capacity conducted by the World Bank. The report details key gaps and findings about Guinea-Bissau's health system and sets out priority recommendations to strengthen its PPR capacity and health system resilience. Key...
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