West African coasts are rich in natural
resources therefore it is no surprise that coastal
communities have for generationslived off the land and the
sea taking advantage...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 126714Date: January 1, 2018
ESMAP (Energy Sector Management
Assistance Program) is a technical assistance program
managed by the World Bank and supported by eleven bilateral
donors. ESMAP launched...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 123348Date: January 1, 2018
The Tanzania Urban Resilience Program
(TURP) was established in 2016 as a partnership between the
Government of Tanzania (GoT), the World Bank Group, and the
UK Department...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 123064Date: January 1, 2018
The coastal zone of Ghana is home to
more than a quarter of the country’s population, and
contributes as much as 80 percent of the country’s annual
capture fish production....
Key elements for effective policy and
regulatory framework on land that should be developed
are:Ensuring proper human and financial resources are
dedicated to implementation...
The main objective of this study is to
propose recommendations for addressing flood risks in
Greater Dhaka. This is based on an analysis of flood risks
facing the city,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 123888Date: January 1, 2018Author:
Pillai,Poonam ;
Khan,Malik Fida Abdullah ;
Siercke,Guillermo A.
ESMAP (Energy Sector Management
Assistance Program) is a technical assistance program
managed by the World Bank and supported by 11 bilateral
donors. ESMAP launched...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 123349Date: January 1, 2018
The main sources of income in Demak,
Indonesia, were traditionally based on rice cultivation and
productive mangrove fisheries. In the 1960s, Demak’s economy
was based...
The World Bank, in collaboration with
Izmir Development Agency (IZKA), has initiated the ‘Key
Agricultural Product Risk Assessment (KAPRA)’ for the Kucuk
Menderes River...
Tanzania Urban Resilience Programme
(TURP) was established in 2016 from a partnership between
the United Kingdom’s Department for International
Development (DFID)...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 179707Date: January 1, 2018Author:
Coward,Darragh Amelia ;
Anderson,Edward Charles ;
Dickson,Eric
This bulletin represents a 2017 year-end
review of technology and commercial developments in the
emerging small-scale Gas to Liquids (GTL) industry. There
have been...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 123962Date: January 1, 2018Author:
Howells,Huw Martyn ;
Fleisch,Theo
Water, energy, and agriculture have been
conventionally dealt with separately in investment planning.
For each of these sectors, regulatory frameworks,
organizations,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 127749Date: January 1, 2018Author:
Borgomeo,Edoardo ;
Jagerskog,Lars Anders ;
Talbi,Amal ;
Wijnen,Marcus Marinus Petrus ;
Hejazi,Mohamad ;
Miralles-Wilhelm,Fernando
The timber harvesting in the Miombo
region involves selective harvesting of preferred timber
species (such as Pterocarpus angolensis, Afzelia angolensis,
Dalbergia melanoxylon)...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 130480Date: January 1, 2018
The present report summarizes the
evidence and findings from a series of studies and new data
collection around water supply, sanitation, and hygiene
(WASH) and poverty....
Type: Working PaperReport#: 119771Date: January 1, 2018Author:
Perochena,Gustavo ;
Scott,Kinnon
The Climate Investment Funds (CIF) have
a mandate to accelerate climate action. Not only does CIF
invest directly in projects, it seeks to measure, evaluate,
and refine...
The risk of the El Niño-induced food
insecurity in southern Africa in 2016; the recent risk of
famine in northern Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia, and South
Sudan; and the...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 122857Date: January 1, 2018Author:
Braimoh,Ademola ;
Manyena,Bernard ;
Obuya,Grace Anyango ;
Muraya,Francis M.
The development of Maturity Matrices for
Institutional Benchmarking of Dam Safety in Indonesia
provides a method for assessing the effectiveness of the
operation, maintenance,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 128499Date: January 1, 2018
This study, is part of a technical
assistance project, which aims at supporting resource
mapping and geospatial planning for small hydro. It is being
undertaken in close...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 123353Date: January 1, 2018
West Africa’s coastal areas are home to
approximately one-third of the region’s people - and 6
percent is the expected rate of economic growth in West
Africa by 2023....
Type: Working PaperReport#: 126692Date: January 1, 2018
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