Most disaster risk assessment today is
static, focusing only on understanding current risks. A
paradigm shift is needed toward dynamic risk assessments,
which reveal...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 115138Date: January 1, 2016Author:
Fraser,Stuart Alexander ;
Jongman,Brenden ;
Balog-Way,Simone Andrea Breunig ;
Simpson,Alanna Leigh ;
Saito,Keiko ;
Himmelfarb,Anne
Since 2009, insecurity in the North-East
of Nigeria has led to the loss of over 20,000 lives and the
displacement of over two million people. Throughout the
region livelihoods...
Report#: 110424Date: January 1, 2016Author:
Mariam, Masha ;
Vunobolki, Maurice ;
Ibrahim, Mohammed Aminu ;
Umara, Baba Gana ;
Kamara, Aliyu M. ;
Williams, Jeji ;
Yusufari,Muhammad A. S.
Global Partnership on Output-Based
Aid's (GPOBA) achievements this year demonstrate the
strong ongoing coordination between the operations and
knowledge aspects of its...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 109453Date: January 1, 2016
The purpose of this report is to
facilitate cross-learning among World Bank Group programs in
small states. It selectively discusses the World Bank
Group’s strategic...
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 108540Date: January 1, 2016Author:
Charlier,Florence M. ;
Khadr,Ali Mahmoud ;
Rubbani,Swizen ;
Kavalsky,Basil G. ;
Leroy-Themeze,Claude M.L. ;
Pant,Chandrashekar ;
Sun,Xiaolun ;
Hutton,Stephen
The six independent members of the
Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS)—
Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis,
St. Lucia, and...
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 108538Date: January 1, 2016Author:
Charlier,Florence M.
The earthquake risk in Nicaragua is more
significant than the hurricane risk. Annual average loss
(AAL) from earthquakes is United States (U.S.) 89 million
dollars (0.75...
Japan has been repeatedly hitand
devastated by earthquakes. However, Japanhas revitalized
itself as a nation and a societyevery time, and its
accumulated knowledge hasserved...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 114386Date: January 1, 2016
This Southwest Indian Ocean Risk
Assessment and Financing Initiative (SWIO RAFI) seeks to
provide a solid basis for the future implementation of
disaster risk financing...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 114364Date: January 1, 2016Author:
Simpson,Alanna Leigh ;
Philips, Emma ;
Balog,Simone Andrea Breunig ;
Murnane, Richard ;
Deparday,Vivien ;
Fraser,Stuart Alexander ;
Jongman,Brenden ;
Parmelee,Lisa Ferraro
This report outlines the findings and
recommendations of the first phase of the review. Following
this introduction, the section ‘PCNAs and the evolving
environment’...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 104776Date: January 1, 2016Author:
Garrasi,Donata ;
Allen,Ross Alexander
The Philippines is one of the most
vulnerable nations in the world to natural hazards. Based on
the government-led Post-Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA)
following the...
Type: BriefReport#: 103266Date: January 1, 2016Author:
Rahman,Shaela
This Southwest Indian Ocean Risk
Assessment and Financing Initiative (SWIO RAFI) seeks to
provide a solid basis for the future implementation of
disaster risk financing...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 114354Date: January 1, 2016Author:
Simpson,Alanna Leigh ;
Philips, Emma ;
Balog,Simone Andrea Breunig ;
Murnane, Richard ;
Deparday,Vivien ;
Fraser,Stuart Alexander ;
Jongman,Brenden ;
Parmelee,Lisa Ferraro
Natural disasters and climate change
severely affect thegrowth trajectory of SIDS and their
ability to achievesustainable development. SIDS are located
in some of the...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 114389Date: January 1, 2016Author:
Tortora,Piera ;
Soares,Rebecca Ann
Most disaster risk assessment today is
static, focusing only on understanding current risks. A
paradigm shift is needed toward dynamic risk assessments,
which reveal...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 115138Date: January 1, 2016Author:
Fraser,Stuart Alexander ;
Jongman,Brenden ;
Balog-Way,Simone Andrea Breunig ;
Simpson,Alanna Leigh ;
Saito,Keiko ;
Himmelfarb,Anne
Indonesia is among the top thirty five
countries with high mortality risks due to several natural
hazards. Forty percent of the population is at risk,
representing more...
Type: BriefReport#: 103263Date: January 1, 2016Author:
Rahman,Shaela
Reconstruction was the World
Bank’s main mission until 1948. On May 9, 1947,
an agreement was signed granting a reconstruction loan to
France in the amount of...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 104690Date: January 1, 2016
Step by Step offers a series of
practical lessons and support materials designed to be
implemented in the classroom by the teacher. These lessons
are based on a carefully...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 126576Date: January 1, 2016Author:
Mejía,José Fernando ;
Rodríguez,Gloria Inés ;
Guerra,Nancy G. ;
Bustamante,Alejandra ;
Chaparro,María Paula ;
Castellanos,Melisa
Islands in the Eastern Caribbean are
highly vulnerable to natural disasters and climate related
hazards and play a significant role in stunting the economic
growth and...
Type: BriefReport#: 103260Date: January 1, 2016Author:
Rahman,Shaela
The World Bank revised its estimate of
economic growth in 2015 in the MENA region to 2.6 percent,
marginally lower than 2014 growth, and 0.2 percentage points
below...
Type: BriefReport#: 103013Date: January 1, 2016Author:
Mottaghi,Lili
Between mid-October and the end of
December 2016, a combination of tropical depressions and the
North-Eastern Monsoon produced very heavy rainfall and five
consecutive...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 119060Date: January 1, 2016
This Southwest Indian Ocean Risk
Assessment and Financing Initiative (SWIO RAFI) seeks to
provide a solid basis for the future implementation of
disaster risk financing...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 114353Date: January 1, 2016Author:
Simpson,Alanna Leigh ;
Philips, Emma ;
Balog,Simone Andrea Breunig ;
Murnane, Richard ;
Deparday,Vivien ;
Fraser,Stuart Alexander ;
Jongman,Brenden ;
Parmelee,Lisa Ferraro
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