Taking advantage of recent Enterprise
Surveys data, this note aims to provide a first set of
observations on the performance and regulatory constraints
of Malaysia’s...
Type: BriefReport#: 138327Date: January 1, 2017Author:
Amin,Mohammad ;
Arlet,Jean Nicolas ;
Ulku,Hulya
This pilot project tested an urban flood
protection system that is based on rain measurements from
cellular phone networks, which monitors rainfall via loss of
network...
This brief talks about weather index
insurance in Rwanda. Agriculture in Rwanda accounts for
one-third of Rwanda’s Gross domestic product (GDP) and
constitutes the main...
Small Island States include two-thirds
of the countries that face the highest relative losses due
to natural disasters, and these costs are growing. The Small
Island...
Type: BriefReport#: 120664Date: January 1, 2017Author:
Perry, Tom
In Turkey, only 16 percent of small and
medium enterprises are majority-owned by women.1 If women
participated fully in the labor force, the Turkish Gross
National Income...
The project in question is the Bihar
Rural Livelihoods Project, locally known as Jeevika,
translated variously as livelihoods or livelihoods
expansion. Jeevika is a...
Occupational gender segregation is a
worldwide phenomenon that is frequently cited as one of the
contributing factors to the gender gap in earnings. Research
by the...
Type: BriefReport#: 116980Date: January 1, 2017Author:
Buehren,Niklas ;
Salisbury,Taylor Van
Energy itself does not meet the needs of
energy-poor households, businesses, and communities. Rather,
it is the services that energy enables—such as
lighting,telecommunications,...
To reduce household air pollution,
improve health outcomes, save nonrenewable biomass, and
support local economic development, developing countries are
seeking to increase...
The earthquake risk in Guatemala is more
significant than the hurricane risk. Annual Average loss
(AAL) from earthquakes is Unite States (U.S.) 325.3 million
dollars...
Odisha, a low-income state in India,
with a population of over 43 million has witnessed an
annualurban growth of 27 percent per annum over the last
decade. This rapid...
After a decade of strong economic
progress, Georgia was heavily affected by the global
financial crisis in 2008-09. Between 2010 and 2014, the
economy rebounded rapidly....
The financing needs of emerging markets
are enormous. Sectors such as infrastructure, small
business, and housing are vital to a nation’s sustainable
development and...
Type: BriefReport#: 112690Date: January 1, 2017Author:
Shi, Lin
In the last 36 years, Malawi has
experienced eight major droughts, affecting over 24 million
people. Currently, the country is experiencing the after
effects of two...
The effects of climate change – from
changing precipitation patterns to rising seas – will
exacerbate the coastal erosion already affecting West
Africa, increasing the...
One-third of West Africa's
population lives in coastal zones where they are vulnerable
to the high risks of climate change impacts and natural
hazards. Unplanned settlement...
The West African coast consists of a
narrow low-lying coastal strip, maintained by sediments from
rivers and transported along the coast by waves and
currents, a process...
Type: BriefReport#: 113786Date: January 1, 2017Author:
Giardino,Alessio ;
Briere,Christophe ;
Schrijvershof, Reinier ;
Lotayef,Dhalia ;
Toquica Onzaga,Miguel Antonio
The aggregate price per kilowatthour
charged to commercial and industrial customers varies by a
factor of more than 20 across 38 Sub-Saharan African
countries studied....
Natural hazards often damage or destroy
school infrastructure, threatening educational opportunities
and risking the lives of schoolchildren. In collaboration
with the...
Over the past century countries have
been able tomeet ever-higher food demands thanks to the
availability of cheap fossil fuels in agriculture. But there
is reason to...
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