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Policy Research Working Paper Series publication roundup for the weeks of April 26 and May 3 Report paper. Graphic farm / Shutterstock.com This blog is a biweekly feature highlighting recent working papers from around the World Bank Group that were published in the World Bank’s Policy Research Working Paper Series. This entry introduces six papers published during the weeks of April 26 and May 3 on various topics, including papers related to the impact of COVID-19 on Sub-Saharan African firm...

Study Finds One-Third of Economic Activity Occurs Outside Governments’ Line of Sight WASHINGTON, May 11, 2021-A strikingly large percentage of workers and firms operate outside the line of sight of governments in emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs)-a challenge that is likely to hold back the recovery in these economies unless governments adopt a comprehensive set of policies to address the drawbacks of the informal sector, a new World Bank Group study has found. The study, The Lo...

Put on your walking shoes and join Architectural Heritage Center docents on thought-provoking tours of Portland’s history-rich neighborhoods.

Covid convention does not disappoint boasting powerhouse lineup displaying unfaltering and fervent loyalty in attendance -R-CALF USA DEADWOOD, S.D. — R-CALF USA hosted its 21st Annual Convention in Deadwood, S.D., on Aug. 19-21, 2020. The convention proclaims success boasting approximately 400 attendees from over 24 states and remaining powerfully steady in the light of the raging COVID-19 pandemic. Several hundred additional guests viewed the convention through online streaming, sending its ...

2International Livestock Research Institute, Dakar, Senegal The expected increase in livestock production to meet its increasing demand could lead to increased water depletion through feeds production. This study aimed at estimating the amount of water depletion through feeds and its corresponding productivity in livestock within the three dominant livestock management systems namely sedentary-intensive, sedentary-extensive, and transhumance in Yatenga and Seno provinces in the Sahelian zone of...

NACLA Report.  Subscribe in print today! Since the 19th century, the histories of Haiti and the United States have often been connected. Besides the fact that they were the first two countries in the region to constitute themselves as independent states—Haiti in 1804 and the United States in 1776—contingents of Haitian fighters went to Savannah, Georgia to fight alongside U.S.-Americans in the War of Independence. Despite this parallel, the United States boycotted Haiti’s independence an...

Budget 2021 will be delivered on Thursday 20 May, Finance Minister Grant Robertson announced today. “My focus continues to be on making sure spending is targeted at the areas and people that need it the most. “We will manage the books carefully including ensuring we are getting value for money ... 4 days ago Morena ki a tatau, Tena tatau i nga kaupapa hauora, E tuitui nei i a tatau i tēnei ata, Ka nui te mihi ki a koutou katoa. When we were re-elected with a clear mandate for change, our ...

Sabine 3.2 maybe it is the duty of the Government to look after people that cant work rather then the businesses? Maybe the Government a year into covid should have set up a webpage solely for wage -replacements and covid – isolation/quarantine payments that are so easy to use that even someone with lacking literacy skills, or less then best english skills can get onto it, fill out the forms and receive a payment if the criteria applies. In saying that, after April there...

The announcement comes with little fanfare, but marks another huge moment for people power, for iwi, hapū, environmental groups, and the hundreds of thousands of people who for the last decade have maintained one of the most relentless campaigns of the modern era to put an end to deep sea oil exploration in New Zealand.