This is a statement by H.E. Alfonso
Prat-Gay, Minister of Finance at the ninety-fourth meeting
of the Development Committee held on October 8, 2016. He
states that today’s...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 108975Date: October 8, 2016
This Country Partnership Framework (CPF)
covers the four-year period, from FY2017 through FY 2020.
The World Bank Group (WBG) has relied up to now on a series
of short...
Type: Country Assistance Strategy DocumentReport#: 108727Date: October 2, 2016
Building resilience to climate and
geophysical hazards is a vital step in the fight against
poverty and for sustainable development. Screening for risks
from these hazards...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 138185Date: September 12, 2016
Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) varieties
have important nutritional differences and there is strong
interest to identify nutritionally superior varieties for
dissemination....
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS7812Date: September 6, 2016Author:
Kosmowski,Frederic ;
Aragaw,Abiyot ;
Kilian,Andrzej ;
Ambel,Alemayehu A. ;
Ilukor,John ;
Yigezu,Biratu ;
Stevenson,James
The CAT‐DDO is designed to provide
timely liquidity to a country facing a natural catastrophe
and has been successfully deployed for seismic and
hydro‐meteorological...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 108297Date: September 6, 2016
Understanding Risk (UR) Boulder was a 2
day event in October 2015 that convened over 120 experts,
practitioners, and community members to discuss challenges
we face...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 110305Date: September 1, 2016Author:
Ghesquiere, Francis Dr ;
Simpson,Alanna Leigh ;
Phillips,Emma Katrine ;
Toro,Joaquin ;
Balog,Simone Andrea Breunig ;
Aaserud,Julie Louise
September 19, 2016 marked the 56th
anniversary of the signing of the Indus Basin treaty by
India and Pakistan. The agreement signified the end of a
long dispute between...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 121396Date: September 1, 2016
The human and economic cost of the
ethnic conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BH) between 1992
and 1995 was enormous. Conflict in BH emerged soon after the
republic...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 108374Date: September 1, 2016
The Transitional demobilization and
reintegration program (TDRP) task team provided technical
assistance in the coordination and development of documents
for the African...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 113881Date: September 1, 2016
This technical note (TN) sets out the
findings and recommendations made in the Financial Sector
Assessment Program (FSAP) for the Russian Federation (RF) in
the areas...
Type: Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP)Report#: 121448Date: September 1, 2016
In 2014 and 2015, global facility for
disaster reduction and recovery (GFDRR) underwent two
retrospectives, independent, country evaluations. Both
evaluations evaluated...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 114352Date: September 1, 2016
The estimated duration of forced
displacement situations is a key parameter in defining an
adequate response to the crisis. Where the crisis is short,
humanitarian aid...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS7810Date: September 1, 2016Author:
Devictor,Xavier ;
Do,Quy-Toan
Costa Rica is a small, middle-income
country with substantial exposure to natural disasters,
including earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, landslides, and
volcanic eruptions....
Type: BriefReport#: 81173Date: August 25, 2016Author:
Navarro-Martin,Miguel
Despite remarkable improvements in the
last few decades, many rural communities in China still lack
access to satisfactory basic healthcare, including the
diagnosis...
Guatemala, one of the largest economies
in Central America, made significant progress in achieving
macroeconomic and democratic stability after a 36-year civil
war....
Type: BriefReport#: 81168Date: August 25, 2016Author:
Navarro-Martin,Miguel
Mexico is vulnerable to a number of
natural hazards, including hurricanes, large earthquakes,
floods, and volcanic eruptions. In 1985, two earthquakes of
magnitudes...
The Huai River Basin is the third
largest river basin in China with a population of 165
million people in its watershed. Severe flooding and
associated disasters occur...
Belize is a small country (pop. 330,000)
bordering Mexico and Guatemala. In recent years, poverty has
increased due to a stagnating economy and the impact of
frequent...
This declaration explains about the
meeting which held on August 04 to 05, 2016 associate with
the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank met
at Palais...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 107676Date: August 5, 2016
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