COVID-19 (coronavirus)

Social protection and COVID-19 in Latin America: Building on achievements

During the crisis unleashed by the COVID-19 pandemic governments were able to respond to hardships like never before. They used social protection tools like cash transfers, unemployment benefits,…

Carlos Felipe Jaramillo|
Social Protection

Economic impact of a second lockdown in Uganda: results from the seventh round of the High-Frequency Phone Survey

The Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) continues to monitor the impact of COVID-19 on the socio-economic wellbeing of the national population through the Uganda High-Frequency Phone Survey (UHFPS…

Aziz Atamanov, Frédéric Cochinard, John Ilukor, Talip Kilic, Giulia Ponzini|

How action can help millions of children orphaned by COVID-19

How action can help millions of children orphaned by COVID-19

Laura Rawlings, Philip Goldman|
Health

Skilling Up Lebanon: An opportunity to lower unemployment rates in Lebanon amid a major financial crisis?

In November 2021, the Beirut Digital District Talent Development Hub (BDD-TDU) partnered with the World Bank Group to launch ‘Skilling Up Lebanon’, which aims to develop a self-financed, private…

Mariam Daher, Angela Elzir, Ahmad Jaber|
Competitiveness, Digital Development, Education, Jobs & Development

Do childcare subsidies and employment services increase women’s employment in Egypt?

With the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab and World Bank, an impact evaluation using randomized control trial was launched to test the impact of two potential interventions to address…

Nahla Zeitoun|
Gender, Governance, Jobs & Development, Social Sustainability and Inclusion