A01=Alaka Holla
A01=Andres Yi Chang
A01=Joana Silva
A01=Norbert Schady
A01=Shwetlena Sabarwal
Author_Alaka Holla
Author_Andres Yi Chang
Author_Joana Silva
Author_Norbert Schady
Author_Shwetlena Sabarwal
Category=KCA
Category=KCF
Category=KCG
Category=KJMV2
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Product details
- ISBN 9781464819018
- Weight: 363g
- Dimensions: 203 x 266mm
- Publication Date: 10 Mar 2023
- Publisher: World Bank Publications
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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The COVID-19 pandemic has dealt a severe blow to human capital. This report presents new evidence and analysis to provide a comprehensive diagnostic of the effects of the pandemic on human capital outcomes and identify promising policy responses for governments faced with the task of rebuilding human capital in the wake of the pandemic. The report identifies the mechanisms through which COVID-19 affected the human capital of people at different points in the life cycle and provides estimates of the magnitude of these losses. This analysis underlines differences in impact across countries and groups within countries to understand how the reported blow on human capital has been unequal, exacerbating existing gaps and creating new ones. Grounded in the diagnostic, the report discusses policy responses that attend to afflicted groups in the short-term as well as the medium- to long-term agenda to build back better human capital and make systems more resilient. The long-term policy discussion recognizes COVID-19 as an inflection point, using the opportunity to reimagine systems and institutions, thinking in a completely different way about some key issues. In conclusion, the report reflects on what we have learned from failed policy responses as well as the innovations that proved successful across sectors in preventing or mitigating human capital losses associated with the COVID-19 crisis, and how these lessons can be incorporated across sectors going forward.
