A landlocked West African country with
most of its land in the desert, Mali is sparsely populated,
and has a highly undiversified economy. As such, it is
vulnerable...
The salinity of river water and soil in
Bangladesh’s low-lying southwest coastal region is
increasing over time, and will aggravate further with
sea-level rise in a...
This brief focuses on a World Bank study
that examines a range of factors affecting South
Asia’s competitiveness in the automotive sector.
The study appears in...
Type: BriefReport#: 178818Date: January 4, 2017Author:
World Bank
The case study is based on the results
provided by a manufacturer of upholstery leathers for the
automotive industry, operating in the Balkans. International
Finance...
The World Bank Group (WBG), in
collaboration with the Government of Bihar, is implementing
a government-to-person (G2P) health payments project with
co-funding from...
This brief talks about agricultural
insurance program in Kenya and Africa. Agriculture and
Climate Risk Enterprise (ACRE) is the largest agricultural
insurance program...
This brief talks about the development
and deployment of insurance products to address
typhoon-related risks faced by both lenders and farmers in
Philippines.The Philippines...
This brief talks about drought index
project in Benin. This project started in Benin in 2012.
Awareness-raising sessions were held by the GEA for clients
of FECECAM....
Rudimentary markets for capital - for
raising money and investing - exist in even the remotest
places around the world. However, prudent macroeconomic
management, regulation,...
Type: BriefReport#: 112692Date: January 1, 2017Author:
Narayanaswamy,Meera ;
Blitzer,Charles R. ;
Carvajal,Ana Fiorella
After heavy flooding in May 2014, which
affected more than 25 percent of the nation’s population,
the Governments of Bosnia and Herzegovina launched a
Recovery Needs...
Through the Inclusive Community
Resilience (ICR) initiative, Global Facility for Disaster
Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) taps into grassroots
expertise in disaster risk...
Type: BriefReport#: 114489Date: January 1, 2017Author:
Arnold,Margaret
The secessionist movement in Thailand’s
southernmost provinces is one of the oldest and deadliest
sub-national conflicts in Southeast Asia. After more than a
decade...
Type: BriefReport#: 117807Date: January 1, 2017Author:
Adam,Sarah
Zoona Zambia has created a specialized
program to train more young women to become Zoona tellers,
Zoona Kiosk owners, and community leaders. In 2014, Zoona
was selected...
Type: BriefReport#: 117399Date: January 1, 2017Author:
Biallas,Margarete O.
This brief talks about earth quake index
in Indonesia. More than twelve million Indonesians live and
work in earthquake-prone zones, with economic exposure
reaching...
This brief talks about the
weather-related index insurance market in Sri Lanka.
Thirty-two percent of Sri Lanka’s labor force is in the
agricultural sector, and it accounts...
Developing accurate impact scenarios is
essential for disaster preparedness, mitigation, and
well-planneddisaster response. Running a successful impact
scenario, however,...
The Global Facility for Disaster
Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) is working with the
Government of Belize to boost the climate resilience of
Belize’s road network and...
Between 2013 and 2015, India experienced
more than six major natural disasters across six states,
including floods, landslides, drought, and cyclones. With
millions...
The Targeted Rural Initiatives for
Poverty Termination and Infrastructure (TRIPTI) project
began in Orissa in 2009.It is a participatory livelihoods
project based on...
A growing number of low- and
middle-income countries are investing in social safety nets
to improve the lives and livelihoods of their poor and
vulnerable residents....
Type: BriefReport#: 119821Date: January 1, 2017Author:
Maher,Barry Patrick ;
Poulter,Richard Andrew
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