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Impacts of Covid-19 on the World Bank's Forest Investment Program Portfolio
World Bank - 2023
With the COVID-19 pandemic, the development context for the world is fundamentally challenged in many ways. The …
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The World Bank's Early Support to Addressing Coronavirus (COVID-19) Health and Social Response - An Early-Stage Evaluation
World Bank - 2022
This evaluation assesses the quality of the World Bank's early response to the COVID-19 crisis and the initial steps … Evaluation Group evaluation looks at the World Bank Group support to address the economic implications of the pandemic. To assess … recommendations for ensuring stronger future preparedness: (i) Use the World Bank's crisis recovery efforts to strengthen the …
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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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Influence of Covid-19 On China's Urban Planning and Design Regulations : A Systematic Review of Recent Policy and Regulatory Changes
World Bank - 2021
The purpose of this note is to explain how the pandemic is reshaping regulations in China and affecting urban planning … and city management. In preparing this note, a meta-analysis was conducted based on a review of China's urban planning … provides a systematic review of how China responses to COVID-19 and addresses gaps in urban planning and building design …
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Assessing the Impact of Higher Oil Prices in Latin America
World Bank - 2012
For some Latin American countries - especially, the oil importers in the Caribbean - rising energy prices could pose a significant threat to their current account sustainability, particularly if they are accompanied by other negative shocks. In some countries the fiscal costs associated with...
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Financial Sector Assessment Program : Brazil - IOSCO Objectives and Principles of Securities Regulation
World Bank - 2013
highlights significant improvements in the risk-based inspection program, adoption of an innovative issuer disclosure system, a …
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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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