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Assessing Country Readiness for COVID-19 Vaccines : First Insights from the Assessment Rollout
World Bank Group - 2021
The global COVID-19 vaccination campaign, the largest public health initiative ever undertaken, presents challenges … availability of safe and effective vaccines for COVID-19, the World Bank together with WHO, UNICEF, the Global Fund, and Gavi …
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Russia Economic Report, No. 44, December 2020 : Russia's Economy Loses Momentum Amidst COVID-19 Resurgence; Awaits Relief from Vaccine
World Bank Group - 2020
In Q2, Russia's GDP contracted sharply, faced with domestic supply and demand, and terms of trade shocks. Yet supported by exports, GDP growth performed slightly above expectations. In the third quarter, as COVID-19 cases declined, restrictions eased and on the back of fiscal, monetary, and...
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COVID-19 Vaccine Inequities and Hesitancy in Iraq : Results from June, July, and August 2021 Rounds of Iraq High Frequency Phone Survey (IHFPS)
World Bank Group - 2022
presents findings on Coronavirus (Covid-19) vaccination disparities and hesitancy from the last three rounds of the Iraq High …While Iraq continues to experience a surge in the number of coronavirus cases, the proportion of the country …'s population that is vaccinated remains very low. For a more in-depth understanding of the state of vaccination in Iraq, this note …
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Assessing HIV, TB, Malaria and Childhood Immunization Supply-Side Readiness in Indonesia
World Bank Group - 2018
The Indonesian health sector is currently experiencing a financing transition that will have a profound impact on the country's efforts to achieve universal health coverage (UHC) and national health goals. The transition is marked, on the one hand, by increasing per capita expenditure on health...
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South Asia Economic Focus : South Asia Vaccination
World Bank Group - 2021
South Asia region's economies are beginning to recover, though unevenly: economic activity in industry and export sectors have recovered to pre-COVID levels but some labor-intensive services sectors and tourism have not. Inequality has worsened on many dimensions. The process of vaccinating...
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The COVID-19 Pandemic : Shocks to Education and Policy Responses
World Bank Group - 2020
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, the world was living a learning crisis. Before the pandemic, 258 million children … learning deficits. All this means that the world was already far off track for meeting Sustainable Development Goal 4, which …
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Rebuilding Tourism Competitiveness : Tourism Response, Recovery and Resilience to the COVID-19 Crisis
World Bank Group - 2020
across the world, including many vulnerable communities, who depend on tourism for their livelihoods. According to the World …
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The Human Capital Index 2020 Update : Human Capital in the Time of COVID-19
World Bank Group - 2020
2018 as part of the Human Capital Project (HCP), a lobal effort to accelerate progress towards a world where all children …
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Rwanda Economic Update, January 2021 : Protect and Promote Human Capital in a Post-COVID-19 World
World Bank Group - 2021
The lockdown, social distancing, and increased costs associated with the COVID-19 pandemic have reduced output and employment, increased poverty, and depressed trade transactions; in the absence of a strong response by government, output will be lower over the next decade due to COVID-19. The...
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