Photo: Stephan Bachenheimer / World Bank Story Highlights The Agricultural Growth Project is promoting and expanding alternative source of water as part of solving the problems of farmers in areas with low rains and affected by recurrent droughts as result of climate change. The project promotes different improved of seeds, providing technical trainings and…
Photo credit: Rob Beechey / World Bank Authors: Xinshen Diaoa, Mia Ellisb, Margaret McMillanc, and Dani Rodrikd Some economists have called into question the primacy of manufacturing. For example, Gollin (2018) questions whether there is anything special about manufacturing and asks whether economists’ emphasis on manufacturing as a path to development reflects our lack…
Photo credit: World Bank / Ousmane Traore Authors: Girum Abebe and Christina Wieser To understand how the COVID-19 pandemic affects businesses in Ethiopia, the World Bank, in collaboration with the Job Creation Commission (JCC), has implemented a high-frequency phone survey of firms in the capital city of Addis Ababa. Using results from the phone…
Authors: Girum Abebe and Christina Wieser Beyond public health concerns and chilling epidemiological outcomes, the economic and social impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic have been unprecedented. According to the World Bank, for example, Africa will likely face recession for the first time in 25 years and the ILO estimates that . A sharp drop in…