Somalia Economic Update, June 2021 : Investing in Health to Anchor Growth

Somalia Economic Update, June 2021 : Investing in Health to Anchor Growth

Somalia Economic Update reports aim to contribute to policymaking and the national conversations on topic issues related to economic recovery and development. The report contains three main messages. The COVID-19 pandemic exposed the costs of not i...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: World Bank
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2021
Subjects:
CORONAVIRUS
COVID-19
PANDEMIC RESPONSE
FLOODS
LOCUST INFESTATION
ECONOMIC GROWTH
HEALTH SYSTEM
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/926051631552941734/Somalia-Economic-Update-Investing-in-Health-to-Anchor-Growth
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36312
id okr-10986-36312
recordtype oai_dc
spelling okr-10986-363122021-09-29T05:10:44Z Somalia Economic Update, June 2021 : Investing in Health to Anchor Growth World Bank CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 PANDEMIC RESPONSE FLOODS LOCUST INFESTATION ECONOMIC GROWTH HEALTH SYSTEM Somalia Economic Update reports aim to contribute to policymaking and the national conversations on topic issues related to economic recovery and development. The report contains three main messages. The COVID-19 pandemic exposed the costs of not investing in a public health system. The near-term economic prospects for Somalia depend on the pandemic’s path. Public spending on health is crucial to support testing and tracing and ensuring that the logistical, administrative, and financial requirements of mass vaccination are in place. The slower the pace of vaccination and the larger the unvaccinated population, the greater the possibility that new variants of the virus will develop, increasing the prospect of a more protracted pandemic. 2021-09-28T20:19:21Z 2021-09-28T20:19:21Z 2021-06 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/926051631552941734/Somalia-Economic-Update-Investing-in-Health-to-Anchor-Growth http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36312 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Economic Updates and Modeling Africa Africa Eastern and Southern (AFE) Somalia
repository_type Digital Repository
institution_category Foreign Institution
institution Digital Repositories
building World Bank Open Knowledge Repository
collection World Bank
language English
topic CORONAVIRUS
COVID-19
PANDEMIC RESPONSE
FLOODS
LOCUST INFESTATION
ECONOMIC GROWTH
HEALTH SYSTEM
spellingShingle CORONAVIRUS
COVID-19
PANDEMIC RESPONSE
FLOODS
LOCUST INFESTATION
ECONOMIC GROWTH
HEALTH SYSTEM
World Bank
Somalia Economic Update, June 2021 : Investing in Health to Anchor Growth
geographic_facet Africa
Africa Eastern and Southern (AFE)
Somalia
description Somalia Economic Update reports aim to contribute to policymaking and the national conversations on topic issues related to economic recovery and development. The report contains three main messages. The COVID-19 pandemic exposed the costs of not investing in a public health system. The near-term economic prospects for Somalia depend on the pandemic’s path. Public spending on health is crucial to support testing and tracing and ensuring that the logistical, administrative, and financial requirements of mass vaccination are in place. The slower the pace of vaccination and the larger the unvaccinated population, the greater the possibility that new variants of the virus will develop, increasing the prospect of a more protracted pandemic.
format Report
author World Bank
author_facet World Bank
author_sort World Bank
title Somalia Economic Update, June 2021 : Investing in Health to Anchor Growth
title_short Somalia Economic Update, June 2021 : Investing in Health to Anchor Growth
title_full Somalia Economic Update, June 2021 : Investing in Health to Anchor Growth
title_fullStr Somalia Economic Update, June 2021 : Investing in Health to Anchor Growth
title_full_unstemmed Somalia Economic Update, June 2021 : Investing in Health to Anchor Growth
title_sort somalia economic update, june 2021 : investing in health to anchor growth
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2021
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/926051631552941734/Somalia-Economic-Update-Investing-in-Health-to-Anchor-Growth
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36312
_version_ 1764484986692435968

Similar Items