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at scale to provide online learning when all or many schools are closed. Related 'good practices' are considered rare …
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identification of helpful technological solutions that could be used to support remote learning. The resource list is regularly …
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Before the outbreak of the global novel coronavirus pandemic, the world was already dealing with a learning crisis, as … evidenced by high levels of Learning Poverty. With the spread of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), among many disruptions to …. Extended school closures may cause not only loss of learning in the short-term, but also further loss in human capital and …
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This brief summarizes the state of student learning outcomes in Myanmar before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, and … presents retrospective estimates of the losses in learning and future earnings of students resulting from the disruptions … caused by the pandemic and the military coup of February 1, 2021. It shows that Myanmar had been facing a learning crisis …
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Despite being an upper middle income country, South Africa's high inequality and the long-lasting legacies of apartheid mean that the country is faced with numerous development challenges, many of which are characteristic of countries with much lower incomes. This paper focuses on social...
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South Africa's social assistance system represents a major intervention by government in addressing the deprivation amongst the country's population. The system is extensive in terms of both the number of people it covers, directly and indirectly, as well as in terms of the amount of scarce...
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South Africa is set to emerge from the crisis weaker than it had been going into it. However, this Economic Update argues that the reasons for low growth and high unemployment do not lie in the government's crisis response, which has generally been sound. Growth is expected to reach 4 percent in...
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The South African financial system has weathered the shock of COVID-19 but faces growing risks emanating from a weak macroeconomic outlook. The pandemic crisis hit South Africa hard, with nonresident capital outflows accelerating and the domestic and global slowdown precipitating a6.4 percent...
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The Southern African Customs Union (SACU) is the most unequal region in the world. While there has been some progress in recent years, inequality has remained almost stagnant in the most unequal countries. Using an innovative framework, this report provides a systematic and comprehensive...
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