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Remote Learning, Distance Education and Online Learning During the COVID19 Pandemic : A Resource List by the World Bank's Edtech Team
World Bank Group - 2020
The selection of resources and platforms that you will find here has been elaborated in order to facilitate the rapid identification of helpful technological solutions that could be used to support remote learning. The resource list is regularly curated and organized by the World Bank's Edtech team
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Remote-learning, time-use, and mental health of ecuadorian high-school students during the COVID-19 quarantine
Asanov, Igor A.; Flores, Francisco; McKenzie, David J.; … - 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has closed schools around the world, forcing school systems and students to quickly attempt … remote learning. A rapid response phone survey of over 1,500 high school students aged 14 to 18 in Ecuador was conducted to … learn how students spend their time during the period of quarantine, examine their access to remote learning, and measure …
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Vietnam Corporate Accounting Education in Universities
Busuioc, Andrei - 2019
development and direct foreign investment and as a consequence an increasing demand for accounting and auditing professionals. To …. Country legal accounting framework moves toward international standards and pressures the universities to reform the curricula …. Available data on the size of the accounting profession in Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries clearly …
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Procurement Monitoring and Social Accountability : Curriculum Development Program
World Bank - 2009
The devolution of procurement responsibilities to local levels of government is increasingly occurring across South Asia. This trend is significant because increasingly localized decision-making better enables communities to hold government authorities accountable for the effectiveness of public...
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Covid-19 and food protectionism : the impact of the pandemic and export restrictions on world food markets
Espitia, Alvaro; Rocha, Nadia; Ruta, Michele - 2020
This paper analyzes the impact of Covid-19 and uncooperative trade policies on world food markets. It quantifies the initial shock due to the pandemic under the assumption that products that are more labor intensive in production are more affected through workers' morbidity and containment...
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Financing firms in hibernation during the COVID-19 pandemic
Didier, Tatiana; Huneeus, Federico; Larraín, Mauricio; … - 2020
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has halted economic activity worldwide, hurting firms and pushing them toward …
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Lives and livelihoods : estimates of the global mortality and poverty effects of the Covid-19 pandemic
Decerf, Benoit; Ferreira, Francisco H. G.; Mahler, … - 2020
This paper evaluates the global welfare consequences of increases in mortality and poverty generated by the Covid-19 pandemic. Increases in mortality are measured in terms of the number of years of life lost (LY) to the pandemic. Additional years spent in poverty (PY) are conservatively...
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Supporting Vulnerable Health Systems Improve Infection Prevention and Control to Fight the COVID-19 Pandemic
Bedoya, Guadalupe - 2020
Protecting healthcare workers and patients is critical to reduce the spread of the disease. In this brief we highlight three urgent actions : Distribution of infection prevention and control (IPC) policies and guidelines to all health facilities; Manufacturing and distribution of IPC supplies to...
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Managing Risk and Facilitating Trade in the COVID-19 Pandemic
World Bank Group - 2020
Maintaining trade flows as much as possible during the COVID-19 pandemic will be crucial in providing access to essential food and medical items and in limiting negative impacts on jobs and poverty. Some countries are closing border crossings and implementing protectionist measures such as...
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Do's and Don'ts of Trade Policy in the Response to COVID-19
World Bank Group - 2020
Experience from previous global and food crises provides some guidance for appropriate trade responses during the crisis and those that are likely to undermine effective national and global responses. However, the speed, scale and nature of this crisis are unprecedented which requires thinking...
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