resources for response and recovery. This report assesses the impact of the pandemic on local governments' financial situations … scenario analysis is used to highlight the risks and uncertainties associated with the pandemic's impact and subsequent …City local governments have been facing multiple challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic to secure adequate financial …

short status update on the impact of the pandemic; reviews pre-COVID-19 sector challenges from the supply, demand, and …The COVID-19 pandemic is posing an existential threat to the air transport sector globally, including in Africa. Due to … globally; and identifies and recommends operational and policy responses to mitigate the impact of the crisis and put the …

To monitor the social and economic effects on households during the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Bank is conducting … High-Frequency Phone Surveys of Households in Vietnam. These monitoring data help generate insights on household well … from July 27 to August 12, 2020. During the first half of 2020, COVID-19 cases in Vietnam were well contained and appeared …

and private sector principals frequently and intensively use this institutional channel to lobby on trade and tourism … of Caribbean tourism, and suggests the potential for using foreign lobbying as a vehicle for development. Panel data are …

Malawi sits amid a vibrant Travel and Tourism (T&T) region that is growing rapidly and increasing its world market … important to view tourism as a national priority across sectors and ministries in Malawi. Thus, there is the need to better …

The Government of Ethiopia (GOE) has set in train an initiative to develop the tourism sector in Ethiopia. This study … identified that tourism generated approximately US$ 132 million in in country expenditure revenue from a base of about 150 … characteristics and based on this suggests a strategy of focusing on the development of leisure tourism, identifying this as the …

tourism development policy in an effort to make the sector globally competitive. It also outlines the analytical foundations … for technical assistance that will be provided to Ministry of Culture and Tourism (MoCT) by the World Bank …-funded Ethiopian Sustainable Tourism Development Program (ESTDP). This study uses the world economic forum tourism and travel …

The Union of Comoros has struggled through political unrest for over thirty years. As a result, its tourism sector is … tourism industry, but to date, a lack of commitment from both sectors and external circumstances have prevented further growth …. Comoros needs a tourism development plan that will provide a framework for all tourism stakeholders to the next phase of …

The Seychelles tourism sector today is a success story. No doubt, the Seychelles has been endowed with wonderful … natural tourism assets in its beautiful beaches and mountain backdrops, but its success has also been due to good governance … and strategic policy choices. With 24.8 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) directly attributable to tourism, the …