Publication: Education Services During the COVID-19 Pandemic
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2021-02-09
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This brief has been produced under the World Bank’s Indonesia Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) observatory, a partnership among multiple global practices at the Bank that aims to generate near-real-time insights on the impact of the pandemic to inform the Government of Indonesia’s policy response to the COVID-19 crisis. This brief describes results from the fourth round of monitoring between November to December 2020.
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“World Bank. 2021. Education Services During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Indonesia COVID-19 Observatory Brief;No. 8. © World Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35125 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”
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