In Uganda, third northern Uganda social
action fund (NUSAF III) makes use of social safety nets to
invest in the livelihoods of poor households, and it
specifically...
Type: BriefReport#: 121776Date: January 1, 2017Author:
Poulter,Richard Andrew ;
Maher,Barry Patrick
In recent years, Serbia has been
severely affected by disasters and has suffered widespread
damage. The 2014 floods alone affected 1.6 million people
and resulted in...
Significant additional resources from
the private sector will be needed for infrastructure in
emerging market countries if the Sustainable Development
Goals are to be...
Type: BriefReport#: 112689Date: January 1, 2017Author:
Mapila,Kopo Gary ;
Mölders, Florian ;
Lauridsen,Morten Lykke
Flooding has become a major problem in
Senegal’s cities, a trend exacerbated by rural urban
migration and a lack of access to drainage and sewage
infrastructure. Recognizing...
Type: BriefReport#: 115241Date: January 1, 2017Author:
Kane,Isabelle Celine
Following extremely heavy rainfall in
May 2014, Serbia experienced its most severe flooding in
more than a century. In the aftermath, the government
conducted a recovery...
Dnet, a social enterprise based in
Bangladesh, launched Aponjon (meaning the close and dear one
in Bangla) in 2012. This service provides educational short
message service...
Type: BriefReport#: 117393Date: January 1, 2017Author:
Biallas,Margarete O.
In 2014, AMRET launched the first stage
of its mobile financial services (MFS) program in Cambodia,
called mobile tellers. The mobile teller provides
door-2-door account...
Type: BriefReport#: 117396Date: January 1, 2017Author:
Biallas,Margarete O.
This Climate Technology Program (CTP)
brief focuses on the growing opportunities of the clean
technology sector in Caribbean. The Caribbean Climate
Innovation Center...
Type: BriefReport#: 115295Date: January 1, 2017Author:
Zheng,Xue
This Climate Technology Program (CTP)
brief focuses on the growing opportunities of the clean
technology sector in Ghana. The World Bank Group is showing
that a business...
Type: BriefReport#: 115294Date: January 1, 2017Author:
Diamond,John Michael
In Kenya, where more than 96 percent of
agricultural land is rain-fed and vulnerable to drought and
erratic rain, mitigating weather-related risks for
smallholder farmers...
In Mozambique, agriculture accounts for
approximately 32 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) and
involves over 81 percent of the population. Yet, only a
fraction...
Mobile banking has revolutionized the
way people bank. By using cell phones, a range of financial
services, including person-to-person transfers, can be
easily and safely...
In 2008, Morocco’s National Ports Agency
launched a project to create a national single-window
platform for Morocco’s foreign tr ade. The process was long
and difficult,...
Type: BriefReport#: 113167Date: January 1, 2017Author:
Hafsi,Nadia
Accurate forecasts of electricity demand
inform investment decisions about power generation and
supporting network infrastructure. Of major interest to
energy policymakers,...
Type: BriefReport#: 113109Date: January 1, 2017Author:
Steinbuks,Jevgenijs ;
De Wit,Joerie Frederik ;
Kochnakyan,Artur ;
Foster,Vivien
This brief talks about Sanasa
agriculture insurance in Sri Lanka. Historically,
agriculture has always been a key economic activity in Sri
Lanka, employing over 30 percent...
PlaNet Guarantee (PG) activities started
in 2012 with index insurance for maize and groundnuts. The
first year the price of the product was very high and few
farmers...
As developing countries look for ways to
achieve sustainable energy services, which is essential to
lift people out of poverty, the big challenge centers around
providing...
Type: BriefReport#: 115065Date: January 1, 2017Author:
Howells,Mark Idwal ;
Rogner, Hans Holger ;
Mentis, Dimitris ;
Broad, Oliver
Access to finance is a challenge in
Bangladesh, where only 40 percent of the adult population
holds a bank account at a formal financial institution. This
is a major...
After catastrophic flooding in January
2005, the government of Guyana launched the Conservancy
Adaptation Project to address flood risks in the country’s
coastal areas,...
The tradeoffs between energy and water
have been gaining international attention in recent years as
resource demand grows, climate change impacts manifest, and
governments...
Type: BriefReport#: 115067Date: January 1, 2017Author:
Rodriguez,Diego Juan ;
Delgado,Anna ;
Sohns,Antonia Averill
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