The Bangladesh Solar Home Systems (SHS)
Program is the largest national program in the world for
off-grid electrification. Begun in 2003, SHS installations
under the...
Type: ReportReport#: 157689Date: March 24, 2021Author:
Cabraal,Ravindra Anil ;
Ward,William A. ;
Bogach,Susan V. ;
Jain,Amit
The present study follows a series of
three publications that ensued from a collaboration between
the Government of Chile and the World Bank to support the
development...
Type: ReportReport#: 156977Date: February 25, 2021Author:
Klerkx,Laurens ;
Janssen,Willem
For Indonesia's agricultural sector
to continue to make a significant sustainable social and
economic contribution, it will need to undergo a
transformation. While the...
The report aims to advance a policy
dialogue on how to address sustainability challenges from
lowland developments. The specific approach discussed in
this report is...
Type: ReportReport#: 150350Date: February 1, 2021Author:
Manuamorn,Ornsaran ;
Raina,Leela
The Mozambique Agricultural Aggregator
Pilot (MAAP) research program investigated how jobs and
earnings changed when seven different commercial aggregators
worked with...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 159919Date: December 24, 2020Author:
Baxter,Michael ;
Delgado,Christopher ;
Romero,Jose Manuel ;
Walker,Ian D.
Development Impact Evaluation (DIME)
worked with the World Bank financed PROIRRI Sustainable
Irrigation Development project team to tackle the water
scarcity challenges...
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#: 154543Date: November 1, 2020
The First Phase of the Inter-Zonal
Transmission Hub Project WAPP (APL3) Program aims to reduce
cost and improve security of the electricity supply to
Burkina Faso while...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 154536Date: November 1, 2020
The Transport and Urban Infrastructure
Development Project for Burkina Faso aims to improve
mobility and access to infrastructure in targeted urban and
rural areas...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 154541Date: November 1, 2020
This project, ‘Institutional Capacity
Review and Target Setting for road geohazards Management’
aims at assessing the current capability of various key
institutional...
Japan is one of the most geohazard-prone
countries in the world. Typhoons and heavy rainfall,
especially during the rainy season every year, often cause
geohazard events....
Type: ReportReport#: 153708Date: October 16, 2020Author:
Greenwood,Ian Douglas ;
Mori, Mikihiro ;
Inagaki, Yutaka ;
Tanaka, Kenichi ;
Hosoda, Toshiaki ;
Tauchi, Hiroaki ;
Castelar Contreras,Saul Antonio ;
Komata, Shinjuro
This handbook outlines an approach to
proactively manage the risks of geohazards on roads, road
users, and the people living near and affected by road. This
handbook...
Type: ReportReport#: 153691Date: October 16, 2020Author:
Greenwood,Ian Douglas ;
Mori,Mikihiro
Fires cause up to 180,000 deaths
globally per year. This is more than triple the annual
average number of fatalities due to all-natural hazards.
Urban fire risk can...
Type: ReportReport#: 153716Date: October 1, 2020Author:
Moullier,Thomas ;
Sakoda,Keiko ;
Meacham,Brian Jay ;
Abrassart,Theresa Maria Josette
This Annual Report provides a review of
Tokyo Development Learning Center's (TDLC) work program
over the past fiscal year (FY20) and TDLC’s overall impact
during Phase...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 150769Date: September 24, 2020
TDLC was launched in Tokyo in 2004 under
a partnership between the Government of Japan and the World
Bank. TDLC is a global one-stop knowledge hub for urban
development,...
Type: BriefReport#: 153273Date: September 24, 2020
One complete year of meteorological
measurement data was collected at the measurement site in
Dharan between July 2018 and June 2019. This report
summarizes the station...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 153155Date: September 20, 2020Author:
Kraas, Birk ;
Affolter, Roman
The Trung Son dam is a medium-sized
hydropower dam (260 megawatts) that was developed with the
aim of achieving social and environmental sustainability.
Experience gained...
Type: ReportReport#: 152332Date: September 1, 2020Author:
Nguyen,Nghi Quy ;
Lenihan,Martin Henry ;
Saint-Pierre,Claude ;
Phuong,Nguyen Thi Minh ;
Dan,Phan Huyen
This study on Securing Forest Tenure
Rights for Rural Development aims to contribute to efforts
worldwide to reduce poverty and strengthensustainable
management in forest...
Type: ReportReport#: 152337Date: August 31, 2020Author:
Segura Warnholtz,Gerardo ;
Fernandez,Mercedes ;
Smyle,James W. ;
Springer,Jenny
This report is a compendium of two
separate reports. Section I evaluates opportunities and
risks of forest tenure devolution enshrined in Zambia’s
legal framework to...
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