• Getting People in from the Shadow in Eastern Europe
    This brief focuses on the Bank report entitled “In From the Shadow – Integrating Europe’s Informal Labor”. With many Eastern European countries...
    Type: Brief Report#: 180305 Date: September 10, 2012 Author: World Bank
  • Sahel drought situation report (no.10)
    This report shows the latest drought situation of the Burkina Faso, Chad, Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, and World Bank response on it.
    Type: Brief Report#: 72520 Date: September 4, 2012
  • Meta-evaluation on job creation effects of private sector interventions : summary of preliminary findings
    Though there is strong consensus that creating jobs is one of the key contributions of the private sector to poverty reduction, there is limited knowledge about which...
    Type: Brief Report#: 82001 Date: September 4, 2012 Author: Paniagua, Gloria ; Denisova, Anastasiya
  • Community-based disaster risk management
    Local communities play a key role in preparing for disastrous events such as the Great East Japan Earthquake (GEJE), and are normally the first responders to take action....
    Type: Brief Report#: 79362 Date: September 1, 2012 Author: Shaw, Rajib ; Ishiwatari, Mikio
  • Transitional shelter
    Transitional shelter can play a crucial role in housing reconstruction following a mega-disaster. Reconstruction of permanent housing cannot move forward until a number...
    Type: Brief Report#: 79382 Date: September 1, 2012 Author: Shiozaki, Yoshimitsu ; Tanaka, Yasuo ; Hokugo, Akihiko ; University, Kobe ; Bettencourt, Sofia
  • Quality of government and living standards
    It is generally acknowledged that a government's output is difficult to define and its value is hard to measure. The practical solution adopted by national accounts...
    Type: Brief Report#: 72719 Date: September 1, 2012 Author: Grigoli, Francesco ; Ley, Eduardo
  • GEF country portfolio evaluation : Brazil (1991-2011)
    The independent evaluation office of the global environment facility (GEF) carried out a country portfolio evaluation of GEF support to Brazil for the period 1991 to...
    Type: Brief Report#: 106002 Date: September 1, 2012
  • Inclusion and resilience : the way forward for social safety nets in MENA
    The Arab Spring and subsequent transitions provide opportunities for better governance, economies free of cronyism and more inclusive models of growth. Social Safety...
    Type: Brief Report#: 73006 Date: September 1, 2012 Author: Silva, Joana ; Levin, Victoria ; Morgandi, Matteo
  • We want what the Ok Tedi women have! : Guidance from Papua New Guinea on women's engagement in mining deals
    Despite global gender equality gains in education, life expectancy, and labor force participation, two areas of persistent inequality remain: asset gaps and women's...
    Type: Brief Report#: 72441 Date: September 1, 2012 Author: Harley,Georgia ; Menzies,Nicholas
  • Strategies for managing low-probability, high-impact events
    Every country should develop strategies for managing low-probability, high-impact extreme events-strategies that reflect their own as well as global experiences with...
    Type: Brief Report#: 79398 Date: September 1, 2012 Author: Hiroki, Kenzo
  • Private activity in infrastructure in South Asia slides back to 2009 levels
    In 2011, 104 new infrastructure projects reached financial or contractual closure in four low and middle income countries in South Asia (SA) region: Bangladesh (6),...
    Type: Brief Report#: 84020 Date: September 1, 2012 Author: Militaru,Andreea Ramona
  • Private activity in telecommunications twenty percent down in 2011
    In 2011, ten new telecom projects with private participation reached financial or contractual closure. Five projects closed in South Sudan, the world's newest nation...
    Type: Brief Report#: 84023 Date: September 1, 2012 Author: Van Eerd,Robbert
  • Multifunctional structures
    Public facilities and infrastructure can be built in such a way as to reduce disaster risks and serve as disaster risk management facilities. Roads, expressways, and...
    Type: Brief Report#: 79360 Date: September 1, 2012 Author: Sagara, Junko
  • Risk assessment and hazard mapping
    Hazard and risk assessments are the crucial first step in disaster risk management (DRM) and the basis for formulating DRM policies. They must take into account worst-case...
    Type: Brief Report#: 79387 Date: September 1, 2012 Author: Sagara, Junko ; Saito, Keiko
  • Logistics chain management for emergency supplies
    In response to the Great East Japan Earthquake (GEJE) disaster, relief goods were distributed and delivered through prefectural- and municipal-level depots. This delivery...
    Type: Brief Report#: 79374 Date: September 1, 2012 Author: Okumura, Makoto
  • Supporting and empowering municipal functions and staff
    A mega disaster can destroy government offices and kill public officials. In the Great East Japan Earthquake (GEJE), many municipalities in Tohoku suffered serious damage...
    Type: Brief Report#: 79376 Date: September 1, 2012 Author: Keicho, Toshiaki
  • Private investment in water and sewerage recovers in 2011, mostly due to activity in China
    In 2011, 31 new water and sewerage projects reached financial or contractual closure in six lower-and upper-middle income countries: Algeria (1), Brazil (2), China (26),...
    Type: Brief Report#: 73210 Date: September 1, 2012 Author: Militaru, Andreea
  • Government support to public private partnerships : 2011 highlights
    In FY 12, the Public Private Partnership (PPI) database expanded its coverage to create a flag to identify PPP projects and to expand its coverage to include government...
    Type: Brief Report#: 73211 Date: September 1, 2012 Author: Militaru,Andreea Ramona ; Van Eerd,Robbert ; Jett,Alexander Nicholas
  • Before crisis hits : can public works programs increase food security
    Fighting famine is basic to ending poverty and saving lives. Emergency aid, which arrives after the food has run out, isn't enough. Households most in need of emergency...
    Type: Brief Report#: 72455 Date: September 1, 2012 Author: Berhane, Guush ; Hoddinott,John ; Mishra,Neha Pravash Kumar ; Marcus, Aliza [editor] ; Taffesse, Alemayahu Seyoum
  • Private activity in infrastructure in Sub-Saharan Africa falls to six-year low
    In 2011, there were 18 infrastructure projects that reached financial or contractual closure in 12 low and middle income countries in sub-Saharan Africa: Botswana (1),...
    Type: Brief Report#: 84019 Date: September 1, 2012 Author: Van Eerd,Robbert ; Militaru,Andreea Ramona
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