The World Bank has been assisting the
government of Colombia (GoC) since 2012 in the preparation
and implementation of an integrated Disaster Risk Financing
and Insurance...
Type: BriefReport#: 178060Date: October 1, 2013Author:
World Bank
The four billion global consumers at the
base of the pyramid (BOP) - those earning less than two
dollars a day - are increasingly recognized by the private
sector as...
Type: BriefReport#: 84348Date: October 1, 2013Author:
Pedi, Danielle ;
Davies, Will
Founded in 1990, ENDA Inter-Arabe (ENDA)
has risen to become the largest microfinance institution
(MFI) in Tunisia, and one of the most successful MFIs in the
Middle...
Type: BriefReport#: 94898Date: October 1, 2013Author:
Leonard,Matthew Scott
The work of developing financial
services for the poor has evolved considerably over the past
30 years. Over the past decade or so, largely in response to
a growing...
Type: BriefReport#: 83056Date: October 1, 2013Author:
El-Zoghbi, Mayada ;
Lauer, Kate
Although the world witnessed an
unprecedented pace of poverty reduction over the last
decades, reducing the number of people living in extreme
poverty by more than 700...
Type: BriefReport#: 81801Date: October 1, 2013Author:
Beegle,Kathleen G. ;
Olinto,Pedro ;
Sobrado,Carlos E. ;
Uematsu,Hiroki
The State of Sinaloa faced particularly
dramatic damage, emerging from the growing season. In the
face of challenges, the Government sought a more robust
system that...
This brief includes the following
headings: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA):
extreme flexibility in action; flexibility in the history of
industrial...
Type: BriefReport#: 82661Date: October 1, 2013Author:
Jordan,Luke Simon ;
Koini,Aikaterini
The political situation remains fluid in
the Maldives. Real gross domestic product (GDP) growth
moderated and will likely close 2013 at over 4.3 percent.
Tourism demand...
This Mozambique economic update
highlights the following issues: Mozambique's economy
grew by 8.7 percent p.a. in the second quarter of 2013,
after a weak first quarter;...
This brief summarizes the highlights of
the report "Russian economic report –
Recovery and beyond” in the areas of growth,
trade and capital flows, jobs,...
Type: BriefReport#: 180562Date: October 1, 2013Author:
World Bank
The first agricultural insurance program
in Mexico began in 1942 and was based on arrangements
between mutual unions and private insurance companies.
Fondos, or farmer...
Younger adults make up a
disproportionately large share of unbanked adults worldwide.
Data from the Global Financial Inclusion (Global Findex)
database show that 44...
Type: BriefReport#: 82398Date: October 1, 2013Author:
Demirguc-Kunt, Asli ;
Klapper, Leora ;
Kumar, Atisha ;
Randall, Douglas
Tourism is one of the key industries
driving the current economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa
(SSA). From a small base of just 6.7 million visitors in
1990, SSA attracted...
Type: BriefReport#: 81835Date: October 1, 2013Author:
Christie, Iain ;
Fernandes, Eneida ;
Messerli, Hannah ;
Twining-Ward, Louise
Natural disasters in Mexico have been
increasing in frequency and severity in recent years, and
the events recorded have had drastic impacts on agriculture.
Component...
Microfinance has been a lifeline for
many in Bosnia and Herzegovina, playing a critical role in
helping people; particularly women, recover from the
conflict. Yet the...
The Republic of Kiribati, an island
nation located between Hawaii and Fiji in the Pacific Ocean,
has long depended on the public sector and foreign aid. Its
government...
The Zimbabwe Water Forum provides a
platform for Government and Development Partners to share
international best practices in the water sector between
Zimbabwe and other...
Type: BriefReport#: 103624Date: September 30, 2013Author:
Webster,Michael
The World Bank will make a decision
whether to support the new Kosovo Power Project only when
all relevant environmental, social, and technical analyses
have been conducted,...
Type: BriefReport#: 180759Date: September 26, 2013Author:
World Bank
After about 50 years of coal-fired power
generation, vast layers of ash have been emitted in areas
surrounding Kosovo’s power plants, polluting the
country’s...
Type: BriefReport#: 180758Date: September 26, 2013Author:
World Bank
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