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WBG COVID-19 Crisis Response Operational Update : Delivering on the WBG Twin Goals in an Era of Compounding Crises
World Bank - 2022
This note provides an update on the WBG's COVID-19 Crisis Response, outlined in June 2020 to help developing countries address the impacts of the pandemic while maintaining a line of sight to long-term development goals. It comprises five short sections: (I) the impacts of COVID-19 and...
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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
lockdowns in early 2020 with varying frequencies and time periods. While the exact nature and duration of these lockdowns varied …
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Crises, capital controls, and financial integration
Levy Yeyati, Eduardo - 2008
"This paper analyzes the effects of capital controls and crises on international financial integration, using data on stocks from emerging economies that trade in domestic and international markets. The cross-market premium (the ratio between the domestic and international market price of...
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Earnings Growth and Employment Creation : An Assessment of World Bank Support in Three Middle-Income Countries
World Bank - 2012
This assessment reviews earnings and employment outcomes in Colombia, Tunisia, and Turkey during 1998-2007, as well as …, labor regulations, education, and social protection. Employment-related outcomes in the three countries were mixed, with … notable progress in economic growth, earnings and poverty reduction, but not in the employment to- population ratio or …
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Building SOE Crisis Management and Resilience : Emerging Practices and Lessons Learned During the COVID-19 Crisis
World Bank - 2021
the impact of the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on their economies and governance structures. Addressed to …
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World Development Report 1983 : World Economic Recession and Prospects for Recovery; Management in Development; World Development Indicators
1983
This report is the sixth in an annual series assessing development issues. It reviews recent trends in the international economy and their implications for the developing countries with a special focus on the management and institutional aspects of development. The early recovery in the world...
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Iraq Economic Monitor, Spring 2016 : Laboring through the Crisis
World Bank - 2016
Iraq is facing daunting challenges of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) insurgency, political upheaval, and profound economic and humanitarian crises. Compounding the ISIS-related crisis, the sharp decline in global oil prices has resulted in significant decline in oil export revenues....
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Lebanon Economic Monitor, Fall 2020 : The Deliberate Depression
World Bank - 2020
The Lebanon Economic Monitor provides an update on key economic developments and policies over the past six months. It also presents findings from recent World Bank work on Lebanon. It places them in a longer-term and global context and assesses the implications of these developments and other...
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Recession, Recovery and Poverty in Moldova
World Bank - 2013
Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, Moldova faced the deepest and most prolonged recession among transition countries, and the resulting increase in poverty has made it the poorest country in Europe today. The main objective of this report is to update and assess poverty in Moldova in...
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