Insights from enterprise surveys: Including the informal economy in policy responses to COVID-19 (coronavirus)

As the spread of COVID-19 expands in less developed countries, policymakers will face an additional challenge that was largely absent in more developed economies – the informal sector.

Gemechu Ayana Aga, Filip Jolevski, Silvia Muzi |
Digital Development, Financial Inclusion, Jobs & Development, Poverty, Social Protection

COVID-19 impact on Albania's private sector: taking stock, looking ahead

To explore the ramifications of the unprecedented shock of COVID-19 on Albanian firms, the World Bank’s Enterprise Analysis Unit and IFC undertook a survey in June 2020, re-contacting the same…

Fernando Blanco, Levent Karadayi, Nona Karalashvili, Laureta Qorlazja |
Jobs & Development

Coping with COVID-19: Does management make firms more resilient?

Using the World Bank Enterprise Survey (WBES) panel data on firms before and after the onset of COVID-19 in 16 countries, we present novel evidence on the role of management practices as a…

Arti Grover, Valerie Karplus |
Jobs & Development