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Vaccines and the Road to Economic
Recovery: Lessons from Cabo Verde
When the COVID-19 pandemic threatened the lives and livelihoods of people in Cabo Verde, the country responded by
working with the World Bank Group to implement an ambitious program of purchasing and delivering vaccines to
everyone across the 10-island archipelago.
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WORLD BANK SUPPORT To VACCINE ACCESS
WORLD WATER FORUM
COVID-19
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A Bold Response is Needed to
Tracking the Pandemic's Impact
The World Bank and Ukraine
Achieve a Water-Secure World
How much money have you spent In the past
The Invasion In Ukraine will have
far-reaching
As the World Water Forum kicks off thls week in
seven days? Have you skipped any meals in the
economic and social Impacts
well beyond the
Dakar; Senegal from March 21-26, World Bank
past   week?   Getting   objective
answers
and
Immedlate Impact It Is already having on the
Group President David Malpass and the
checking to make sure they reflect the reallty
lives and Ilvelihoods of those In the country:
Republic of Senegal President Macky Sall share
one
the
biggest   challenges   faced   by
The World Bank Group continues to coordinate
thelr thoughts on what Is needed to achleve a
surveyors who gather the data that the World
with Ukralne and other development partners
water-secure world. They focus on three areas
Bank uses to
assess;
for example, changes in
to assess these costs and develop a robust
particular: enhanced policy and institutional
poverty levels. The challenge got harder in early
response to help the Ukrainlan people during
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