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Economic inclusion programs: A springboard out of extreme poverty

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As the world grapples with the pandemic, the new State of Economic Inclusion peileaderreport points to paths out of poverty for the poorest and most vulnerable.

For the first time in two decades, extreme poverty is rising around the world, as COVID-19 threatens to erode years of hard-won progress.   The World Bank estimates that the economic fallout from the pandemic may add as many as 150 million extreme poor by 2021. Women, children, displaced populations, and people with disabilities have been particularly hard hit.

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Better Farming on Their Own Land: How Rural Communities in Cambodia Overcome COVID-19 Restrictions and Sustain Incomes

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Story highlights:Horn-Oeun

  • In Cambodia, the Land Allocation for Social and Economic Development (LASED) projects secured about 16,000 hectares of land for landless and small landholder families across five provinces.
  • Over 5,000 households have received direct benefits, including land titles.
  • The projects will phase out by ensuring the sustainability of achievements and improving family incomes.

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After the pandemic, put women first

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From education to entrepreneurship, global recovery efforts need to pay shutterstock_1835789131particular attention to the needs of women and girls. 

Policymakers haven’t always considered how economic shocks impact women and men differently — or how governments should respond.  When the 2008 recession hit, few asked how stimulus measures would affect women compared with men.

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How to use technology to help teachers be better and to make life better for teachers

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Teachers matter enormously to student learning. Teachers deliver academic knowledge. d_evans_blogTeachers impart model socioemotional skills. Good teachers boost students’ long-term life outcomes. Teachers can inspire (and in another demonstration of their importance, in some cases, sadly, teachers can disappoint or even abuse). 

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The COVID-19 pandemic has reinforced gender inequalities around the world

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COVID-19 has seriously impacted the global progress towards gender equality, with women around the world continuing to face laws and restrictions that hinder their economic opportunity, according to the latest Women, Business and the Law 2021. Reforming laws toward gender equality must be a priority as governments look to recover from COVID-19.
 
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eC2: Electric Vehicles demand mapping in Indonesia

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Deadline:  08-Mar-2021 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.) index

  • Preliminary Description of Tasks:
  • The Consultant is expected to carry out the following activities:
  • Module 1: Market assessment and demand mapping for various forms of electric vehicles
  • Module 2: Batteries Demand Mapping & Assessment
  • Module 3: Charging infrastructure assessment
  • Module 4: Regulatory and incentive mapping
  • Module 5: Financing and business models
  • Module 6: Roadmap / Action Plan including Legal, Regulatory, policy, Institutional, Procedural and Recommendations
  • Module 7: Identification of e-mobility Investment Opportunities for IFC in Indonesia

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India: Rural women go digital to manage the pandemic’s disruptions

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Muskanben Vohara and her group of women weavers in Gujarat’s Anand district were women-artisans-members-from-barara-village-of-patan-districts-doing-traditional-painting-on-cloth-to-prepare-for-embroidery-for-sewa-hansiba-product._overcome with worry when the lockdown was announced to contain the Covid-19 pandemic.

“I look after eight members of my family,” said the 20-year-old on a video call from her village home. “All our work had come to a grinding halt. How would we survive?”  

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eC2: PROBLUE Project Coordinator for Cabo Verde

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Deadline: 08-Mar-2021 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.) blue_recovery_world_bank_environment

Task 1: Support the WBG team on the development and coordination of the PROBLUE project. The consultant should provide on-the-ground support, project coordination, and logistics for the WB team. This should cover elements related but not limited to organization of meetings, outreach, communication with stakeholders, as well as providing with local knowledge. Specifically, the consultant will: Serve as the WBG main focal point vis-à-vis the Ministry the Tourism and Transport and the private sector.
Act as a liaison to help set up meetings and ensure smooth conduct of meetings (
Ensure flow of information and documents between counterparts.

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Tracking an Unprecedented Year for Businesses, Everywhere

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STORY HIGHLIGHTS

Woman worker in leather goods factory in Bogota, Colombia

Woman worker in leather goods factory in Bogota, Colombia

  • Nearly every business in the world has been affected by COVID-19—in different ways. While one-fourth of companies saw sales falling 50 percent in October-January from pre-pandemic levels, a third said their sales increased or stayed the same.
  • To capture the impact of the pandemic on firms’ performance, the World Bank launched ongoing surveys with more than 120,000 firms in over 60 countries. The assessment is expected to help inform recovery efforts.
  • Developing countries have introduced multiple support programs, but businesses most affected by the shock—small firms and those in poorer countries—were the least likely to receive government support.

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Prevent the next food crisis now

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Firms and workers continue to be deeply impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic as it enters its dominic_chavez_ifc_rwanda_2019 eleventh month. Building on insights from COVID-19 Business Pulse Surveys, the first blog post in this series described the implications of the crisis for firm sales, employment, and financial performance, while the second discussed record levels of uncertainty and firms’ coping strategies, including adoption of digital technology. This third and final part of the series focuses on public policy responses.

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