The chapter wise synopsis of the report
is as follows: chapter one: (present chapter) provides the
reader with an overview of the project, its scope, and its
objectives....
As a country highly vulnerable to
disasters, Indonesia has made a remarkable achievement in
bringing disaster risk management to the forefront of its
development agenda....
Asia is at high risk of catastrophic
disaster and climate shocks that cause damage and erode
welfare and economic gains. Financial protection strategies
have been recognized...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 110702Date: May 1, 2016Author:
Mahul,Olivier
Fragile and conflict-affected states
(FCS) face specific socioeconomic and political challenges
that hinder their ability to improve infrastructure anddrive
economic...
The Country Opinion Survey in Uzbekistan
assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in gaining a better
understanding of how stakeholders in Uzbekistan perceive the
WBG. It...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 108642Date: May 1, 2016Author:
Felzer,Sharon ;
Markova,Svetlana ;
Cameron,Jessica A. ;
Guo,Jing ;
Woods,Calita ;
Mendoza,Dania ;
Lal,Sumir
Since 2013 The World Bank Group has
partnered with the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction
and Recovery and the U.K. Department for International
Development to address...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 105305Date: May 1, 2016Author:
Clarke,Daniel Jonathan ;
Gallucio,Darcy ;
Mahul,Olivier
The Europe and Central Asia' (ECA)
region is affected regularly by natural hazards, such as
floods, earth quakes, droughts, landslides, and wildfires.
Although catastrophic...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 114367Date: May 1, 2016
Financial losses from natural disasters
continue to rise with developing countries and their
low-income populations experiencing the greatest impacts.
Sixty-one percent...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 113164Date: May 1, 2016
From May 14, 2016 onwards a low-pressure
zone above Sri Lanka caused torrential rainfall all over the
country, and in some places it was the heaviest recorded
rainfall...
Tunisia had by 2010 been transitioning
gradually and successfully from a natural resourcedependent
economy to a more market-based, diversified and
internationally integrated...
Type: CPF Completion and Learning Review ReviewReport#: 105169Date: April 28, 2016
This story highlights an Extractive
Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) report provides
publicly available data on traditionally opaque sector in
Myanmar. EITI...
How high were import tariffs when GATT
participants began negotiations to reduce them in 1947?
Establishing this starting point is key to determining how
successful...
Report#: WPS7649Date: April 26, 2016Author:
Bown,Chad P. ;
Irwin,Douglas A.
In this paper the authors present a set
of stylized facts regarding the relation between information
and communication technologies (ICT) use, firm performance,
and...
This is a statement by Kanayo F. Nwanze,
President at the 93rd meeting of the Development Committee
held on April 16, 2016. It seems that barely a day goes by
without...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 104880Date: April 16, 2016
This is a statement by Mr. Luis de
Guindos, Minister of Economic Affairs and Competitiveness at
the ninety-third meeting of the Development Committee held
on April 16,...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 104892Date: April 16, 2016
This is a statement by H.E. Dato’ Seri
Ahmad Husni Mohamad Hanadzlah, Second Minister of Finance at
the ninety-third meeting of the Development Committee held
on April...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 104886Date: April 16, 2016
This is a statement by Lilianne Ploumen,
Minister of Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation at the
93rd Meeting of the Development Committee. She discusses how
in...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 104922Date: April 16, 2016
These remarks were delivered by the
World Bank President, Jim Yong Kim, at the Global Connect
Initiative. He says access to the internet has become a
vital development...
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 129853Date: April 14, 2016Author:
Kim,Jim Yong
The Syrian crisis has devastated the
country and set it back decades in terms of development. The
Syria Information and Research Initiative (SIRI) was
designed to respond...
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