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Global Economic Prospects 2006 : Economic Implications of Remittances and Migration
2005
countries is the receipt of remittances or transfers from income earned by overseas emigrants. Official data show that …
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Global Economic Prospects 2006 : Economic Implications of Remittances and Migration
World Bank - 2012
The themes of the 2006 Global Economic Prospects (GEP) are international remittances and migration, their economic … attention to remittances. The first chapter reviews recent developments in and prospects for the global economy and their … policies in improving the development impact of remittances, and, their macroeconomic impact. Chapter 5 addresses the impact of …
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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
All countries across South Asia, faced with the rising risks of COVID-19 infection rates, implemented severe economic lockdowns in early 2020 with varying frequencies and time periods. While the exact nature and duration of these lockdowns varied across countries in the South Asia Region (SAR),...
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Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Municipal Finance
World Bank - 2021
City local governments have been facing multiple challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic to secure adequate financial resources for response and recovery. This report assesses the impact of the pandemic on local governments' financial situations through cross-country analysis and comparison....
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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
The COVID-19 pandemic is posing an existential threat to the air transport sector globally, including in Africa. Due to sustained and significant loss of revenue coupled with the presence of several fixed and quasi-fixed inputs in this sector, the survival of carriers is questionable in 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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