The focus of the study is to make a
harmonious hydrometeorology system for Sundarban landscape
covering both the parts namely India and Bangladesh so that
continuous...
Type: ReportReport#: 138922Date: June 26, 2019Author:
Paul,Tapas
Poor people are dependent on natural
capital for income. Not enough is known about the state of
natural capital, how it is being used and its value. Natural
capital...
Type: ReportReport#: 141826Date: June 24, 2019Author:
Bass,Steve ;
Steele,Paul
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
aim to eradicate poverty and place all countries on a
sustainable development path by 2030. This requires better
and more integrated...
Type: ReportReport#: 141827Date: June 24, 2019Author:
Bann,Camille Anne
As Swedish policymakers put together a
climate bill, they relied on economic models to pinpoint
policies that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions while
minimizing costs...
Type: ReportReport#: 141828Date: June 24, 2019Author:
Samakovlis, Eva
For this policy, a subdivision is
defined as the division of an existing registered lease or
registration of a new lease into two (2) or more lots by way
of subleases,...
The World Bank has contracted with Gide
Loyrette Nouel (‘Gide’ or the ‘Consultant’) for the
provision of consultancy services with respect to the review
of the legal,...
Natural events are recurrent.
Geophysical hazards such as earthquakes or volcano eruptions
cannot be predicted, but it is known that where they have
happened in the...
Type: ReportReport#: AUS0000906Date: June 17, 2019Author:
Minguez Garcia,Barbara
Volcán de Fuego is considered to be one
of Central America's most active volcanoes. It is
situated eighteen kilometers south west from Central
America's former colonial...
Type: ReportReport#: AUS000903Date: June 17, 2019Author:
Gunasekera,Rashmin ;
Lu,Xijie ;
Daniell,James Edward ;
Toro,Joaquin ;
Pomonis,Antonios ;
Cox,Kerri Dionne
Gavin and Doherty Geosolutions Ltd.
(GDG) was requested by The World Bank (TWB) to carry out a
study about Volcan de Fuego (Guatemala) after the
extraordinary eruption...
Type: ReportReport#: AUS0000889Date: June 17, 2019
The eruption of the Fuego volcano on
June 3, 2018, caused substantial soul searching, both
nationally and internationally. The loss of human life and
the destruction...
Type: ReportReport#: AUS0000904Date: June 17, 2019
Achieving gender equality in Colombia is
critical to the country’s future economic development and
social cohesion; yet it remains an ongoing challenge. The
government...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 137862Date: June 14, 2019Author:
Olivieri,Sergio Daniel ;
Muller,Miriam
This story highlights an outcome of
infoDev, a multi-donor program administered by the World
Bank Group, with a focus on entrepreneurs in developing
economies. This...
This story highlights DAS biogas has
developed a waste-to-wealth solution for treating
biodegradable household waste and converting it into cooking gas.
Improving the livelihoods of poor
households and transitioning more women back to the labor
force is a major challenge in South Asia. Self-employment
promoted through...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8883Date: June 11, 2019Author:
Pandey,Vivek ;
Gupta,Abhishek ;
Gupta,Shivani
Indian agricultural communities are
facing a crisis driven by, among other things, skewed terms
of trade and farmers’ inability to deal with increasingly
adverse climatic...
Type: ReportReport#: 145448Date: June 10, 2019Author:
Verma,Shilp ;
Shah,Manisha
The ongoing refugee crisis in South
Sudan has led to the establishment of some of the
world's largest refugee settlements over the border in
northern Uganda. Uganda...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 134195Date: June 1, 2019Author:
World Bank ;
FAO
Approximately 1.2 billion people will
need to gain access to electricity to achieve universal
access by 2030. The only way to achieve this is through a
combination of...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 138093Date: June 1, 2019
This report represents a synthesis of
joint research conducted by the Development Research Center
of the State Council of the People's Republic of China
(DRC) and the...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 138084Date: June 1, 2019
Globally, 2.5 billion people lack access
to improved sanitation. Improving sanitation is a challenge
around the world; cold climates add to that challenge. The
objective...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 137802Date: June 1, 2019Author:
Leblanc,Maryanne ;
Reed,Robert A. ;
Kingdom,William D. ;
Gambrill,Martin P. ;
Rodriguez,Diego Juan
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