COVID-19 Global Gender Response Tracker
<p>Most of the world’s nations are not doing enough to protect women and girls from the economic and social fallout being caused by the COVID-19 crisis, according to new data released today by UNDP
Economy
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Poor households across Ethiopia experience sharp declines in income amid COVID-19 control measures
<p>The COVID-19 pandemic, and measures implemented in Ethiopia to slow its spread, have significantly constrained many poor households’ access to cash income. Many poor households are gradually re-engaging
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More and Better Jobs through Socially Responsible Labour and Business Practices in the Electronics Sector of Viet Nam
<p>This report seeks to contribute to the question of how enterprises can generate more and better jobs through socially responsible labour and business practices in the Vietnamese electronics sector,
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Human Capital as an Asset: An Accounting Framework to Reset the Value of Talent in the New World of Work
<p>The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated a shift to new ways of working, prompting companies to reimagine how, where and by whom work gets done. This shift was already under way with the technological
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Socio-Economic Impact of COVID-19 in South Africa
<p>The study analyses the impact on the economy and examines how people with different demographics residing in different geographical areas are affected by COVID-19. Using a multivariate probit model,
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Democratic Republic of the Congo Food Security Alert- COVID-19 impacts amid prolonged conflict drive unprecedented assistance needs
<p>Overall, a significantly higher population in DRC is expected to need humanitarian food assistance in 2020 compared to recent years, with needs peaking during the 2020 lean season in northeast and east-central
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Africa trade and Covid‑19: The supply chain dimension
<p>Covid-19 has strengthened the case for developing intra-African regional value chains and unlocking the continent’s business potential through the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).
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Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises’ Access to Finance in Samoa
<p>The study finds that while micro enterprise financing in Samoa is accessible to much of the population, only 50 per cent of small and medium enterprise (SMEs) have obtained commercial finance. The studies
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Mobilizing finance across sectors and projects to achieve sustainable landscapes: Emerging models
<p>A central concept in the report is that of the integrated landscape investment portfolio.This is a set of investments across sectors that contribute to landscape-scale objectives as defined through
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Tackling the COVID-19 Youth Employment Crisis in Asia and the Pacific
<p>The report—a collaborative effort between the International Labour Organization and ADB—finds that the employment prospects of the region’s 660 million young people are severely challenged.
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COVID-19: Public employment services and labour market policy responses
<p>The global health crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has severely disrupted economies and labour markets in all world regions. Among the most vulnerable are the 1.6 billion informal economy workers,