To help monitor in real time the impact of Coronavirus (COVID 19) on the private sector in the Philippines and inform public policy responses, the World Bank, in collaboration with the Department of Finance...
The resurgence of COVID-19 cases and reimposition of more stringent quarantine measures held back the early signs of an economic rebound. The downside risk of a resurgence of infection, identified in the...
The Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Assessment aims to generate new metrics of entrepreneurship to guide policy action as well as monitoring the implementation of such policies. It does so by (a) providing...
The Philippine economy contracted by 10.0 percent, year-on-year, in the first three quarters of 2020, given the triple shock brought by the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. COVID-19 delivered a...
In light of growing concern related to climate change, local entrepreneurs are critically needed to develop businesses supporting climate mitigation and adaptation efforts in developing countries. In contrast...
Crowdfunding is a technology-enabled approach to raising funding online from multiple individuals to finance a projector business venture. An entrepreneur launches a campaignon a crowdfunding platform...
The Kenya Climate Innovation Center (KCIC), launched inNairobi in September 2012, was the first Climate InnovationCenter (CIC) to be established by the World Bank Group’s Climate Technology Program. CICs...
Climate change will have its largest impacts on developing countries, with poor populations particularly hard hit and unable to adequately adapt. There is an opportunity for developing countries to pursue...