Impact-based forecast and warning
services have been identified as a high priority by World
Meteorological Organization (WMO) members to increase the
relevance and utility...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 114351Date: December 15, 2016
In November 2016, two tropical trough
systems produced heavy rains in Saint Vincent and the
Grenadines, which resulted in intense flooding across the
island chain. The...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 119656Date: December 14, 2016Author:
Charles,Keren Carla ;
Meier,Gerald E.
The relationship between political
violence and greenfield foreign direct investment is
contingent on the type of violence, characteristics of the
investment-receiving...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS7914Date: December 13, 2016Author:
Witte,Caroline T. ;
Burger,Martijn J. ;
Ianchovichina,Elena ;
Pennings,Enrico
During this quarter the Transitional
demobilization and reintegration program (TDRP) made
significant strides in supporting planning for the next
phase of the African...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 113882Date: December 1, 2016
The Japan Policy and Human Resources
Development (PHRD) Fund has evolved since its establishment
nearly three decades ago. Over this period, it has
successfully responded...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 129196Date: December 1, 2016
The first edition of the Understanding
Risk Austria Conference (URAT) was an unquestionable
success, bringing together for the first time policy makers,
risk modelers,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 114370Date: December 1, 2016Author:
Staudinger,Michael ;
Toro,Joaquin
The Global Facility for Disaster
Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) devotes a significant
proportion of its resources – up to 24 percent – to
capacity-building efforts....
Economic losses from natural disasters
totaled 92 billion dollars in 2015. Such statements, all too
commonplace, assess the severity of disasters by no other
measure...
Thailand has made tremendous progress
toward the twin goals of eliminating extreme poverty and
boosting shared prosperity. Notably, Thailand has achieved
these gains...
Anti-money laundering and
combating-the-financing-of-terrorism laws are grounded in
reasonable national security concerns, preventing the
cross-border flow of funds...
Type: BriefReport#: 110883Date: November 1, 2016Author:
Ramachandran,Vijay
The overall objective of the current
technical advisory services is to assist and support the
Ministry of Economy Entrepreneurship and Crafts in its
efforts to strengthen...
Type: ReportReport#: 164353Date: November 1, 2016Author:
Yap,Justin ;
Mandic,Stjepan
This Executive Directors' strategic
engagements work program covers FY17 Q3, Q4, and papers to
be circulated absence-of-objection and updated reports and
other documents...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 109623Date: November 1, 2016
This systematic review is an effort to
fill the knowledge gap about the effectiveness of
PrivateSector Development (PSD) interventions in Fragile and
Conflict-Affected...
Report#: 120073Date: November 1, 2016Author:
Liu,Chaoying ;
Harwit,Emily
In this meeting Executive Directors
discussed the Country Partnership Framework (CPF) for
Afghanistan for FY17-FY20. Directors welcomed the progress
that has been achieved...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 109589Date: October 27, 2016
The Board from the Human Resources
Committee presented the People Strategy, noting the
extensive consultation with stakeholders to help inform the
work and support the...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 110551Date: October 26, 2016
Despite record economic growth for more
than a decade, poverty has remained stubbornly high in
Afghanistan, especially in the regions that suffered less
from conflict....
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS7864Date: October 17, 2016Author:
Floreani,Vincent Arthur ;
Lopez-Acevedo,Gladys C. ;
Rama,Martin G.
This is a statement by Mr. Luis de
Guindos, Minister of Economic Affairs and Competitiveness,
Spain at the ninety-fourth meeting of the Development
Committee held on...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 108981Date: October 8, 2016
This is a statement by Mrs. Rt. Hon.
Priti Patel, Secretary of State for International
Development and Mr. Rt. Hon. Philip Hammond, Chancellor of
the Exchequer at the...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 108973Date: October 8, 2016
You have clicked on a link to a page that is not part of the beta version of the new worldbank.org. Before you leave, we’d love to get your feedback on your experience while you were here. Will you take two minutes to complete a brief survey that will help us to improve our website?
Feedback Survey
Thank you for agreeing to provide feedback on the new version of worldbank.org; your response will help us to improve our website.
Thank you for participating in this survey! Your feedback is very helpful to us as we work to improve the site functionality on worldbank.org.