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Improving transport and connectivity in Africa: Can drones be part of the solution?
Transport and logistics links in Africa remain costly and unreliable, especially for reaching 
remote communities. In rural areas, only about a third of Africans live within 2 kilometers of an all-weather road, and the current infrastructure investment gaps in road transport infrastructure in the region amount to billions of dollars annually. The national road density in the region remains less than a quarter of the global average. The intensifying effects of climate change and, in parts of the region, conflict and violence, further hinder the ability of governments and businesses to efficiently and reliably ensure the delivery of goods and services. These gaps also present enormous challenges to meeting the Sustainable Development Goals, from health to agricultural productivity to food security.
A new commitment for vaccine equity and defeating the pandemic
As preparations are made for the G7 Summit in the UK next week, top of the agenda is how to 
end the COVID-19 pandemic and secure the global recovery. Urgent challenges face us.
By now it has become abundantly clear there will be no broad-based recovery without an end to the health crisis. Access to vaccination is key to both.
Taking on Transport Emissions: Motorization Management and the Trade of Used Vehicles
Thinking Inside the ‘Box’: Pakistan Turns to Education TV During COVID-19
Story Highlights
- In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Pakistan quickly deployed the federal program TeleSchool for Pakistani students, and the provincial program Taleem Ghar for students in Punjab.
- Viewership of these two initiatives was high during the first six months due to leveraged resources and stakeholders and a phased roll out approach, although awareness and use decreased right after.
- Key challenges include improving student engagement, enhancing lesson content, increasing viewership, and leveraging TV lessons beyond the pandemic as part of blended learning.
The Distributional Impacts of Trade: Empirical Innovations, Analytical Tools, and Policy Responses
Global trade will play a critical role in driving economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic,
ensuring the flow of food, medical supplies, and vaccines, and contributing to poverty reduction. But policies must be in place to ensure that gains from trade are spread across regions, industries, and workers in developing countries.
World Bank Support for Country Access to COVID-19 Vaccines
As of May 13, 2021, the World Bank Board approved operations to support vaccine
rollout in 22 countries amounting to $2.4 billion. See the latest project financing, project documents and procurement information in the list below. More information will be shared here as it becomes available. We expect to reach 50 countries amounting to $4 billion by mid-year.
A green reboot for cities: Strategies for post-COVID growth
In the case of pandemics, billions of dollars in prevention are worth trillions of dollars for the 
cure. But how do we translate that simple insight into effective action that saves lives?
Countries, influential stakeholders and institutions have largely failed to take preventative action, despite clear evidence of need following the SARS and avian influenza outbreaks. The consequences are clear, and the world is now paying the price for failing to take advantage of past opportunities to make prevention a priority.
The Long Shadow of Informality: Challenges and Policies
A large percentage of workers and firms operate in the informal economy, outside the line of 
sight of governments in emerging markets and developing economies. This may hold back the recovery in these economies from the deep recessions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic—unless governments adopt a broad set of policies to address the challenges of widespread informality. This study is the first comprehensive analysis of the extent of informality and its implications for a durable economic recovery and for long-term development. It finds that pervasive informality is associated with significantly weaker economic outcomes—including lower government resources to combat recessions, lower per capita incomes, greater poverty, less financial development, and weaker investment and productivity. Continue reading
Netherlands for the World Bank 
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