Less-educated workers among the most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa

One year since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the level of education became the main predictor of joblessness in Ethiopia, Malawi, Nigeria, and Uganda. These four countries represent 34% of…

Ivette Maria Contreras-González, Gbemisola Oseni, Amparo Palacios-Lopez, Janneke Pieters, Michael Weber |
Competitiveness, Education, Financial Inclusion, Governance, Inequality and Shared Prosperity, Jobs & Development, Poverty, Social Protection

Price and weather shocks: results from the eighth round of the High-Frequency Phone Survey

The Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) continues data collection for the Uganda High-Frequency Phone Survey (UHFPS). The survey has been initially used to track the socioeconomic impacts of COVID-…

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

Policy Research Working Paper series publication roundup for August 2022

This blog is a biweekly feature highlighting recent working papers from around the World Bank Group. It introduces five papers published in August 2022 on various topics, including COVID-19…

Marcelo Buitron, Policy Research Working Paper team |
Climate Change, Financial Sector, Fragility Conflict and Violence, Gender, Governance, Health, Jobs & Development, Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management, Poverty

Learning from past research: Data-driven policy making during the pandemic

In this blog, we highlight two projects that leveraged data-driven policymaking processes and simulations.

Kerina Wang, KCP Program Management Unit (KCP PMU) |
Digital Development, Financial Sector, Health

Where are all the jobs? A machine learning approach for high resolution urban employment prediction

Detailed data on the spatial distribution of jobs is crucial, but such data are rarely available. This study develops a machine learning algorithm that relies on widely available public data to…

Paolo Avner, Jun Rentschler, Samira Barzin, Neave O'Clery |
Competitiveness, Financial Inclusion, Governance, Inequality and Shared Prosperity, Jobs & Development, Social Protection, Urban Development

Policy Research Working Paper series publication roundup for May 16- 31, 2022

This blog highlights recent working papers from around the World Bank Group published from May 16 to May 31 on various topics, including migration, public-private partnerships (PPPs), vaccine…

Marcelo Buitron, Policy Research Working Paper team |
Agriculture and Food, Climate Change, Competitiveness, Financial Inclusion, Fragility Conflict and Violence, Gender, Governance, Health, Infrastructure & Public-Private Partnerships, Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management, Poverty, Social Protection, Transport

Policy Research Working Paper series publication roundup for March 16-March 31, 2022

This blog is a biweekly feature highlighting recent working papers from around the World Bank Group. It introduces five papers published from March 16 to March 31 on various topics, including…

Marcelo Buitron, Policy Research Working Paper team |
Financial Inclusion, Financial Sector, Fragility Conflict and Violence, Health, Inequality and Shared Prosperity, Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management, Poverty, Social Protection, Trade

The social and economic benefits of refugee arrivals

Understanding and carefully studying the conditions under which host communities are successful at integrating people who have been forced to flee their home is critical for the international…

Louise Cord, Audrey Sacks, Stephen Winkler |
Fragility Conflict and Violence, Regional Integration

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 |

A year into the COVID-19 pandemic: what rounds 4 and 5 of Uganda High-Frequency Phone Survey tell

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

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