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Assessing the Damage : Early Evidence on Impacts of the COVID-19 Crisis on Girls and Women in Africa
World Bank - 2022
At the onset of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, there was global concern about the negative indirect impacts the …
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COVID-19 in South Asia : An Unequal Shock, An Uncertain Recovery - Findings on Labor Market Impacts from Round 1 of the SAR COVID Phone Monitoring Surveys
World Bank - 2022
across countries in the South Asia Region (SAR), almost all SAR countries imposed their first economic lockdown in late March … 2020 in response to the growing health threat of COVID-19 infections. In India, for instance, the national lockdown was … Lanka, followed by a national lockdown in Pakistan on April 1, 2020. By April 17, 2020, the population of all SAR countries …
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Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Municipal Finance
World Bank - 2021
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 …
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The Labor Market Implications of Restricted Mobility during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Kenya : Evidence from Nationally Representative Phone Surveys
World Bank - 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic affected people's livelihoods in many ways, particularly in developing countries. This paper examines the degree to which recovering mobility levels impacted labor market outcomes in Kenya over the course of the pandemic, starting from May 2020 until June 2021. It uses an...
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The COVID-19 Pandemic and African Aviation : Policy Note
World Bank - 2022
short status update on the impact of the pandemic; reviews pre-COVID-19 sector challenges from the supply, demand, and … globally; and identifies and recommends operational and policy responses to mitigate the impact of the crisis and put the …
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Russia Economic Report, No. 46, December 2021 : Amidst Strong Economic Recovery, Risks Stemming from COVID-19 and Inflation Build
World Bank - 2021
Russia saw strong growth in 2021, with momentum weakening late in the year. Growth will slow as Russia battles COVID-19 and elevated inflation. Globally, environmental sustainability is becoming central to the economic agenda. The challenge for Russia is to fundamentally transform its economic...
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The Impact of COVID-19 on Plastic Waste Management in South Asia : Challenges and Policy Recommendations
World Bank - 2021
This report is part of a larger series of stocktaking and analytical products on plastic pollution in South Asia. It supports the Bank's commitment to work with countries of South Asia to pursue and scale-up policies and programs that help them move toward a circular plastic economy and, in...
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COVID-19 Impact Monitoring : Uganda, Round 6
World Bank - 2021
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 a period of 12 months. The survey aimed to recontact the entire sample of households that had...
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Monitoring COVID-19 Impacts on Households in Vietnam, Report No. 2 : Round 2 Results Snapshot
World Bank - 2020
almost eradicated. However, after 99 days without any new COVID-19 cases, the Da Nang region re-entered lockdown after the … the first lockdown, round two was collected right at the beginning of this second outbreak. The timing of fieldwork should …
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Socio-economic impacts of COVID-19 in Solomon Islands
World Bank - 2022
The Pacific Observatory is a World Bank initiative to increase data availability and quality and to promote evidence-based policy decisions. This presentation utilizes data from the Pacific Observatory's high frequency phone surveys in Solomon Islands to detail socio-economic indicators related...
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