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Grant 0497CAM Second Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Project Additional Financing

1 December 2020
This projects focuses on innovative and affordable sanitation solutions for water-based communities and sustainable approach for FSM in landbased communities.

World Health Organization Perspective and Lessons Learned from Countries

23 November 2020
Check out some lessons learned from WHO in implementing air quality management effforts in countries in Southeast Asia.

Accelerating Green Finance for Post COVID19 Recovery in Southeast Asia

19 November 2020
This presentation discusses innovative green finance mechanisms that leverage public funds to catalyze private capital in accelerating green recovery strategies. COVID-19 will have severe negative impact on most SDGs and in order not to reverse the gains made in past years, it is critical to…

Webinar on Improved DecisionMaking for Water Security Using Water Accounting

19 November 2020
Elga Salvadore gave an overview of Water Accounting Plus (WA+) methodology, and provided examples on how water accounting can be used in decision-making.

Municipal plastic waste and economic loss

18 November 2020
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VIDEO The Impact of COVID19 and Government Lockdown on Childrens Schooling Time Use and Marriage Timing in Rural Bangladesh

17 November 2020
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the poor in developing countries is increasingly becoming a matter of concern. The poor seem more vulnerable to the COVID-19 infection given a congested and unhygienic environment, and its insufficient treatment in a poor medical system. Not only these direct…

VIDEO Fighting Against Learning Crisis in Developing Countries A Randomized Experiment of Self Learning at the Right Level

17 November 2020
This paper investigates the effectiveness of a globally popular method of self-learning at the right level in improving learning outcome — the cognitive and non-cognitive abilities — of disadvantaged pupils in a developing country, Bangladesh. Using a randomized control trial design, we find…

VIDEO Conditional Cash Transfer Loss Framing and SMS Nudges Evidence from a Randomised Field Experiment in Bangladesh

17 November 2020
Cash transfers conditional on school attendance have gained increasing popularity over the past couple of decades. This study seeks to shed light on two issues that may complement such conditional cash transfers (CCTs): (i) loss framing of awards and (ii) SMS information nudges. SMS information…

VIDEO Does Commitment Savings Alter Seasonal Poverty Dynamics among the Ultrapoor Evidence from Highfrequency Data

17 November 2020
While the seasonal dimension of poverty is well discussed, little is known about its degree and countermeasure for the ultra-poor population. Using unique bi-weekly data for 10months over two years from rural Bangladesh, we first show that consumption of the year round ultra-poor is subject to…

VIDEO Impact of Floods on Education Outcomes Evidence from Bangladesh Using Satellite and Census Data

17 November 2020
We examine the impact of floods on education outcomes in Bangladesh. We combine the census data of all secondary schools with the flood measures constructed from satellite images at the union level (lowest administrative unit) for the years 2011-2018. We find that passing rates of school based…