The ARTF was established in 2002 to
provide a coordinated financing mechanism for the Government
of Afghanistan’s budget and national investment projects.
The ARTF is...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 119173Date: June 1, 2016Author:
Msisha,Wezi Marianne ;
Ahmadzai,Muhammad Wali ;
Nasiri,Parwana Wawreena
The overall purpose was to identify how
reconstruction of infrastructure and provision ofessential
services could be more effective,especially in countries,
such as...
Type: BriefReport#: 108683Date: June 1, 2016Author:
Tayler,Yolanda
The Understanding Risk & Finance
Conference (URf) will provide a unique and innovative forum
for African policy-makers to discuss effective strategies
and approaches...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 115111Date: June 1, 2016Author:
Quince,Gary ;
Peace,Tumussime Rhoda ;
Ijjasz-Vasquez,Ede Jorge
Over the past twenty years, natural
disasters have become more frequent, and the costs of
associated damages and losses are rising. In 2012 alone, the
357 natural disasters...
This activity report summarizes
activities of result area 5, also known as the Africa
disaster risk financing (ADRF) initiative or R5 - from its
commencement in August...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 114348Date: June 1, 2016
This Executive Directors' strategic
engagements work program covers FY17 Q1, FY17 Q2, and
updated reports and other documents to be circulated for information.
De-risking practices by global financial
institutions threaten to cut off access to the global
financial system for remittance companies and local banks in
certain regions,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 109337Date: June 1, 2016
The study tour, which is sponsored by
the World Bank’s Leadership, Learning and Innovation
Vice-presidency and the Social Protection Global Practice as
well as the Middle...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 126908Date: June 1, 2016
What are the common characteristics
among radicalized individuals, willing to justify attacks
targeting civilians? Drawing on information on attitudes
toward extreme...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS7691Date: June 1, 2016Author:
Kiendrebeogo,Youssouf ;
Ianchovichina,Elena
This note focuses on the way in which
the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps)
conditionalcash transfer (CCT) program and the national
household targeting system...
Type: BriefReport#: 119393Date: June 1, 2016Author:
Bowen,Thomas Vaughan
The relationship between violence and
chronic poverty has been studied mostly in the context of
war or long- term episodes of conflict. In contrast to
previous studies,...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 125662Date: June 1, 2016Author:
Martinez-Cruz,Adán L. ;
Rodriguez Castelan,Carlos
Iraq is facing daunting challenges of
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) insurgency, political
upheaval, and profound economic and humanitarian crises.
Compound...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 108102Date: June 1, 2016Author:
Nishiuchi,Toru ;
Le Borgne,Eric ;
Kouame,Auguste Tano
Fragility, conflict and violence (FCV)
constitute one of the most pressing challenges to the
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Globally, around 1
billion fewer people...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 106182Date: May 31, 2016
Around twenty-five percent of the sixty
million forcibly displaced people across the globe are in
Africa, where some countries have hosted large refugee
populations...
The development objective for the Sindh
Resilience Project for Pakistan is to mitigate flood and
drought risks in selected areas and to strengthen
Sindh's capacity to...
These remarks were delivered by Jim Yong
Kim, President of the World Bank Group, at the High-level
Roundtable on Humanitarian Financing at the World
Humanitarian Summit...
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 129877Date: May 23, 2016Author:
Kim,Jim Yong
Much of the power to reduce climate
emissions lies now with cities rather than national
governments. There is a window of opportunity to build
climate-smart cities in...
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