During disasters, efficient and
effective risk identification is imperative to saving lives
and livelihoods. Access to preliminary data of hazard
impacts improves operational...
Globally, Africa has the second highest
number of disaster victims year over year. Whereas other
continents show a steady decline, disaster victims in Africa
are on...
Predicting the onset of drought in Small
Island States in the Pacific region – with an
adequateunderstanding of antecedent conditions, current
observations, and probabilities...
The Trung Son Hydropower Project (TSHP)
was designed with a strong gender action plan for the
implementation of its large livelihood, minority, and
resettlement program....
Type: BriefReport#: 115334Date: May 26, 2017Author:
Buchhave,Helle
The Trung Son Hydropower Project (TSHP)
was designed with a strong gender action plan for the
implementation of its large livelihood, minority and
resettlement program....
Block chain, or distributed ledger
technology, has the potential to address many problems in
emerging markets. In this note the authors consider whether
block chain...
Type: BriefReport#: 115707Date: May 24, 2017Author:
Ramachandran,Vijaya ;
Rehermann,Thomas
In 2015, countries in the Asia region
adopted the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), committing
to ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at
all ages....
This issue of Indonesia MTO Economic
Note contains economic highlights, including: The Indonesian
economy grew 5.0 percent yoy in Q1 2017, larger than the 4.9
percent...
The Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition
hosted its second High-Level Assembly in Washington last
week, where it launched its annual report detailing global
efforts to...
This story highlights representatives of
19 African nations, and other governments and organizations
gathered to discuss ways to support Sub-Saharan Africa as it
competes...
CELG-D is the 8th largest power
distribution company in Brazil and is jointly owned by
Eletrobrasand the State of Goias. CELG-D provides power to
2.7 million people...
Bhubaneswar is the capital city of
Odisha, a low-income state in India. While the government is
operating various health insurance schemes for low income
families, there...
This note discusses avenues for
multi-sectoral approaches and strategies to address
adolescent and youth health. Successful application of any
multi-sectoral approach...
Type: BriefReport#: 115689Date: May 1, 2017Author:
Saadat,Seemeen ;
Cortez,Rafael A.
The objective of the Oum er Rbia
Sanitation Project was to increase access to sanitation
services and reduce wastewater-related pollution in selected
small and medium...
This knowledge brief provides an
overview of equity and targeting and the value-add of using
an equity-based approach to adolescent and youth health
service delivery....
Type: BriefReport#: 115794Date: May 1, 2017Author:
Quinlan-Davidson,Meaghen Bridget Anne ;
Cortez,Rafael A.
In Uganda, one of the world’s poorest
countries and also one with very high population growth, the
grid electrification rate is only about 18 percent, and
power shortages...
This brief promotes a new approach to
integration in host societies, recommending policy
adaptation to the current realities of continuous mobility.
This approach can...
Type: BriefReport#: 193111Date: May 1, 2017Author:
Vieru,Mihaela Ecaterina
Food demand is projected to rise by at
least twenty percent globally over the next fifteen years,
with the largest increases anticipated in Sub-Saharan
Africa, South...
A gap between male and female farmers in
agricultural production, both in terms of output and
productivity, has been largely documented across Sub-Saharan
Africa. The...
The pros and cons of making data more
accessible to the public have been widely debated.
Proponents of open data argue that it is good practice for
governments because...
Type: BriefReport#: 114829Date: May 1, 2017Author:
Chuah,Lay Lian ;
Loayza,Norman V.
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