This report is comprised of two volumes. Global Development Finance 2005 I: Analysis and Statistical Appendix addresses two key challenges in development finance: first, how to raise resources flowing to low-income countries, which are heavily constrained in their access to market-based finance....

This brief describes the results of the labor market module, which tracks changes in employment status, job type, and labor earnings. Job- and earnings-related outcomes are tracked in three periods: (a) in January 2020; (b) at the time of the first lockdowns (March-April 2020), through a series of...

The data used in this brief come from the first round of the World Bank's South Asia COVID-19 Phone Monitoring Survey, which surveyed individuals in the eight South Asia Region (SAR) countries. The survey assessed the short-run impacts of COVID-19 on the labor market, the impacts of income...

Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) have faced extraordinary challenges over the last three years that reverted the social gains of the previous two decades. The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in severe health impacts and a reversal in many of its socioeconomic gains. The unprecedented disruption...

In 2020, the World Bank projected that the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic could push more than hundred million people into extreme poverty. The estimated forty-five million people around the world working in artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) were particularly vulnerable because of the...

The Pacific Observatory is a World Bank analytical program that aims to improve welfare for the poor and vulnerable in Vanuatu and the Pacific Island Countries through expanding socio-economic information for better data-driven policymaking. This presentation utilizes data from the Pacific...

The Pacific Observatory is a World Bank initiative to increase data availability and quality and to promote evidence-based policy decisions. This presentation utilizes data from the Pacific Observatory's high frequency phone surveys in Solomon Islands to detail socio-economic indicators related...

The economic impact of the second wave of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Myanmar has been significantly more severe on businesses than the first wave, according to the World Bank’s firm-level survey. The latest survey, the fourth in a series of eight surveys planned, was administered...

The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has adversely affected economies around the globe, bringing unprecedented challenges in health, economics and society. Lao PDR has a relatively low number of recorded Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases compared to other economies. To monitor the social and economic...

The World Bank commissioned a firm-level survey to provide quantitative evidence of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Myanmar. The nationally representative survey included firms spanning a wide range of industries and firm sizes, as well as the formal and informal sectors. The first round...