Nearly 50,000 elephants were killed
across Africa in 2011 for illegal harvesting and trade of
ivory, according to the Center for Conservation Biology.
Annual elephant...
Nearly 50,000 elephants were killed
across Africa in 2011 for illegal harvesting and trade of
ivory, according to the Center for Conservation Biology.
Annual elephant...
This brief tells the story of a
stork’s nest built on an electrical pole the
village of Zlatokop in South Serbia that was in the way of a
road construction project...
Type: BriefReport#: 180576Date: June 4, 2015Author:
World Bank
Marine fisheries worldwide represent a
major economic activity and provide livelihoods to tens of
millions of people but are not yielding their full economic
potential....
This story highlights cities are home to
half of the world’s population and are responsible for more
than two-thirds of global energy use, as urban population
continues...
This story highlights the growing reach
and access to the Internet is creating new types of work,
offering new opportunities, and helping transform lives
around the...
While the Iraqi education system was
widely regarded as one of the best in the Middle East and
enjoyed near-universal primary enrollment until the 1980s,
the next decade...
The South Asian region has the highest
rates of hunger in the world. According to one estimate, 336
million people (nearly 23 percent of its population) are
routinely...
Mongolia’s economic growth in first
quarter (Q1) 2015, slowed to 4.4 percent (y/y), down from 8
percent in the previous quarter. Mineral gross domestic
product (GDP)...
Type: BriefReport#: 97605Date: June 1, 2015Author:
Lee,Taehyun ;
Shiilegmaa,Altantsetseg ;
Batsuuri,Davaadalai ;
Goh,Chorching ;
Verghis,Mathew A.
The US authorities announced in December
2014 an intention to normalize relations with Cuba,
including measures to ease economic sanctions and the ban on
US citizens’...
This Poverty in Iraq note briefly
presents some of the methodological challenges and solutions
implemented to estimate poverty trends between the first
half of 2012...
Launched in 2011, the Second Sustainable
and Participatory Energy Management Project (PROGEDE II) for
Senegal has been hailed for effectively mainstreaming a
gender...
Development policy operations (DPOs)
provide quick-disbursing general budget support against a
program of critical structural reforms in areas of sectoral
or overall...
Type: BriefReport#: 97686Date: June 1, 2015Author:
Haque,Tobias Akhtar ;
Knight,David Stephen
Access to infrastructure is a key driver
for reducing poverty and promoting shared prosperity. In
Bangladesh, where economic growth has accelerated steadily
over the...
Type: BriefReport#: 99732Date: June 1, 2015Author:
Khandker,Shahidur R. ;
Samad,Hussain A. ;
Sadeque,Zubair K.M. ;
Asaduzzaman,Mohammed ;
Yunus,Mohammad ;
Haque,Abul Kalam Enamul
In late 2006, Nepal was recovering from
a decade long conflict and was one of the poorest countries
in the world. The demand for firewood was identified as a
contributor...
Permitting, licensing, and other
authorization procedures are an integral part of investing
in renewable energy. For private companies, the quality of
these procedures...
Type: BriefReport#: 97845Date: June 1, 2015Author:
Merle-Beral,Elena ;
Gassner,Katharina B.
Throughout the world, poverty is
increasingly concentrated in countries and regions affected
by fragility and conflict, which intensify already acute
challenges to development....
Early childhood is a crucial window of
opportunity for improving lives. The challenge for
policymakers and development experts knows which programs
give children’s development...
Type: BriefReport#: 99207Date: June 1, 2015Author:
Marcus,Aliza
This report presents the World Bank
justice projects for Afghanistan; Azerbaijan; Croatia;
Kenya; Morocco; Papua New Guinea; Peru; Sierra Leone;
Solomon Islands; United...
Safe disposal of children’s feces is as
essential as that of adults’ feces. The Joint Monitoring
Program for Water Supply and Sanitation (JMP) tracks
progress toward...
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