NephroPlus aims to reach over 40,000
patients and help create 10,000 skilled jobs,including
doctors, nurses, and dialysis technicians. Almosta third of
these jobs will...
In the Pacific Island nation of Samoa,
tropical storms often cause devastating damage to homes,
infrastructure, and communities. Following the powerful
Tropical Cyclone...
Type: BriefReport#: 103267Date: January 1, 2016Author:
Rahman,Shaela
Since 2000, flood and drought events
have cumulatively affected more than 13 million people
across Sri Lanka. Regular flooding, drought, and landslides
are natural hazards...
Type: BriefReport#: 103271Date: January 1, 2016Author:
Rahman,Shaela
Exports sharply declined in the final
three months of 2015, signaling further weakening of
external demand. Imports continued to drop but machinery
imports rebounded...
Type: BriefReport#: 103115Date: January 1, 2016Author:
Lee,Taehyun ;
Shiilegmaa,Altantsetseg ;
Batsuuri,Davaadalai ;
Verghis,Mathew A.
The World Bank’s Africa Region Gender
Innovation Lab (GIL) sits squarely at the intersection of
policy and operations. Our aim is to enable project teams
and policymakers...
Type: BriefReport#: 106572Date: January 1, 2016Author:
Goldstein,Markus P. ;
Coleman,Rachel Dawn
Mexico faces a major health and economic
burden due to the large and increasing number of adults and
children suffering from overweight and obesity. More than
two-thirds...
Type: BriefReport#: 106654Date: January 1, 2016Author:
Iglesias,Roberto Magno ;
Bonilla-Chacin,Maria Eugenia ;
Suaya,Agustina Sara ;
Trezza,Claudia ;
Macias,Claudia
The Francophone Africa education results
monitor was developed as an output of the regional technical
assistance (TA) for quality assessment in Francophone Africa
program...
Lesotho has experienced a significant
demographic transition over the last fifty years, with both
mortality and fertility decreasing sharply. Between 1950 and
the early-1990s,...
Metropolitan Lima is subject to frequent
seismic activity that can damage critical infrastructure
such as schools and threaten the lives of schoolchildren. In
Lima,...
Type: BriefReport#: 103265Date: January 1, 2016Author:
Rahman,Shaela
Moderna Alimentos S.A. (Moderna) is
Ecuador’s leading miller and marketer of wheat flour. The
company has been in operation since June 2009, when it was
formed by the...
Crowdfunding offers a new alternative to
address the financing needs of capital intensiveclean
technology businesses in developing countries. To better
understandcrowdfunding’s...
In 2012, five years after the start of
Indonesia’s campaign to convert millions of households to
liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), the Indonesia Clean Stove
Initiative...
Universal access to the Internet has
become a topdevelopment priority. Getting there requires
affordable,reliable access to fast, “always on”
broadbandnetworks, one...
Type: BriefReport#: 107734Date: January 1, 2016Author:
Melhem,Samia
The hurricane risk in Jamaica is more
significant than the earthquake risk. Annual average loss
(AAL) from hurricanes is United States (U.S.) 67.3 million
dollars (0.5...
Building effective cooperation on
transboundary waters is always a lengthy and complex
journey. Embracing cooperation is no simple task for a
nation state, not least...
Type: BriefReport#: 103882Date: January 1, 2016Author:
Grey,David R. C. ;
Sadoff,Claudia W. ;
Connors,Genevieve
This guidance note, about Industrial
energy efficiency is closely linked to the economic
competitiveness of countries with significant manufacturing
bases and to the...
Type: BriefReport#: 103933Date: January 1, 2016Author:
Liu,Feng ;
Tromop,Robert Wilfred
The Francophone Africa education results
monitor was developed as an output of the regional technical
assistance (TA) for quality assessment in Francophone Africa
program...
The Francophone Africa education results
monitor was developed as an output of the regional technical
assistance (TA) for quality assessment in Francophone Africa
program...
The cashew sector forms the core of
Guinea-Bissau’s economy. Data from 2010 household survey
show that cashew accounts for 26 percent of income (net of
remittances)...
Type: BriefReport#: 102933Date: January 1, 2016Author:
Hanusch,Marek
The decision tree offers a cost
effective, scientifically sound, replicable, and transparent
method for demonstrating the robustness of a development
project in the...
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