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Monitoring Social and Economic Impacts of COVID-19 on Refugees in Uganda: Results from the High-Frequency Phone Survey First round (October/November 2020) Format ✓ The employment rate among refugees was low, reaching 43 percent in October/November 2020. This was significantly lower than the employment rate among Ugandans which reached 90 percent in September/October 2020. Refugees in Kampala had the lowest employment rate (27 percent). ✓ The sector and type of employment among refugees differed across regions. Refugees in Kampala were mostly engaged in services (81 percent) and more than ...

Data-driven tools can support decision-making and improve implementation – especially in crises like COVID-19 Following major shocks due to conflict, natural disasters, or even pandemics such as COVID-19, this kind of data collection can be impossible—or too slow to be useful. Governments and development organizations can sometimes find themselves in a catch-22, with well-designed interventions being most needed in the very places where timely data are impossible to collect. To improve our ability to respond to these challenges, the World Bank has developed an innovative toolbox for rapi...