Southern Africa is highly vulnerable to
extreme weather, climate, and water-related events. The
region is home to approximately 345 million people whose
lives and livelihoods...
Type: ReportReport#: 165901Date: November 8, 2021Author:
Driessen,Tjeerd ;
Groen,Marieke de ;
Singh,Prashant ;
Dingel,Carl Christian
More secure rights can increase a
farmer’s incentive to invest in their land,
boosting productivity, and thus reducing the need to clear
more land. Land tenure...
Type: ReportReport#: 175849Date: November 8, 2021Author:
Montalvao Machado,Joao H. C.
As urban populations continue to grow,
managing growth in a way that fosters cities’
resilience to natural hazards and climate change requires
detailed, up-to-date...
Type: ReportReport#: 167075Date: November 2, 2021Author:
World Bank
In the face of the twin crises of
biodiversity loss and climate change, governments and their
partners in communities and civil society have increased
their efforts...
Type: ReportReport#: 166633Date: November 1, 2021Author:
Cabrera, Humberto N. ;
Planitzer,Carolin ;
Yudelman,Tanya Lisa ;
Tua,Jon
Rising sea levels in the atoll nation of
Marshall Islands are projected to endanger 40 percent of
existing buildings in the capital, Majuro, with 96 percent
of the city...
Type: BriefReport#: 171867Date: October 28, 2021Author:
Wyatt,Hamish ;
Smithies,Kym Louise
Protected areas conserve nature and
support livelihoods and economies, yet they are undervalued
and underfunded. In Africa, 40 co-management and delegated
collaborative...
Type: ReportReport#: 164547Date: September 27, 2021Author:
World Bank
This resource guide provides a sample of
some of the references used during the development of the
CMP Toolkit. The authors drew from Africa casestudies, and
global...
Type: ReportReport#: 164546Date: September 27, 2021Author:
World Bank
Nature-based tourism (NBT) plays an
important role in sustainable development. It can support
poverty alleviation, economic growth, and biodiversity
conservation and...
Type: ReportReport#: 162597Date: August 9, 2021Author:
Spenceley,Anna ;
Narain,Urvashi
The diversity of life that keeps this
planet in balance is ever-changing but over the past few
decades, it has become increasingly threatened. Poaching,
trafficking,...
December 2019 is again quite dry across
Zimbabwe. This will result in poor crop establishment.
December is a key month for crop establishment in Zimbabwe
and in 2020...
Protected areas (PAs) receive little
treasury finance and this has led to the commercialization
of PA through actions such as hunting, game product sales,
commercial...
Type: ReportReport#: 161407Date: July 8, 2021Author:
Benitez Ponce,Pablo Cesar ;
Mutasa,Tsitsi ;
Guvheya,Gibson ;
Muyengwa,Shylock ;
Du Toit,Justin Philip ;
Mander,Myles
This legal study has been developed as a
part of the World Bank’s work on ‘Building Resilience in
Pacific Atoll Island Countries’ which aims to strengthen the
capacity...
Type: ReportReport#: AUS0002370Date: June 29, 2021Author:
Freestone,David ;
Cicek,Duygu
The Clean Cooking Alliance (CCA) has
been active in Bangladesh since 2012. In 2013, they convened
stakeholder consultations to develop and launch the
Bangladesh Country...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 161092Date: June 28, 2021Author:
Bhattacharjee,Tanuja ;
Bairiganjan,Sreyamsa
A series of discussions began in 2005
within the UNFCCC framework with the idea of moving forward
in Climate Change mitigation along with fostering the
adoption by developing...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 161031Date: June 25, 2021Author:
Briceño,Nuvia ;
Carvajal,Manuel ;
Contreras,Daniel ;
Gianelli,Luis ;
López,Milza ;
Mattar,César ;
Montaner,Daniel ;
Correa Paris,Ana Maria ;
Soto,Gabriela ;
Troppa,Constanza ;
Trujillo,Georgina
The global weather enterprise creates
high value weather and climate information that produce a
wide range of social and economic benefits, including the
protection...
Type: BriefReport#: 160253Date: June 10, 2021Author:
Thorpe,Alan John ;
Rogers, David P.
Cattle ranching, one of the most
important sectors of Colombia’s rural economy, generates
income for more than half a million rural families and
guarantees a significant...
Strong demand for animal products offers
significant opportunities for the sector to contribute to
economic growth and poverty reduction. Colombian cattle
ranching still...
Type: BriefReport#: 160055Date: June 7, 2021Author:
Becking,Jorrit Bob Tonko ;
Ramirez Diaz,Mariangela ;
Diaz Rios,Luz Berania
The Sustainable Land and Water
Management Project (SLWMP) in Northern Ghana provides an
opportunity to estimate the effect of soil and water
conserving technology and...
This report provides the findings of an
administrative inquiry by the World Bank Group Integrity
Vice Presidency (INT) into allegations of misconduct in
connection with...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 161122Date: June 1, 2021
Development in Indonesia has resulted in
reduced poverty but has also been accompanied by significant
pressure on natural capital, particularly its mangrove
ecosystems,...
Type: ReportReport#: 172992Date: May 31, 2021Author:
Van Zanten,Boris Ton ;
Brander,Luke Mckinnon ;
Gutierrez Torres,Daniela ;
Uyttendaele,Geertrui Yolanda Paula ;
Herrera Garcia,Luis Diego ;
Patrama, Desta ;
Kaczan,David James
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