This is a statement by H.E. Petteri
Orpo, Minister for Development Cooperation, Finland at the
ninety seventh meeting of the Development Committee held on
April 21,...
Stunting is a condition of failure to
grow in children under five years old due to chronic
malnutrition, especially in the first thousand days of their
life, which is...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 125590Date: April 20, 2018
Mitigation of greenhouse gases in the
land sector is complex and has a unique set of challenges.
The most significant challenges arise from the
geographically diffuse...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 125270Date: April 13, 2018Author:
Lee,Donna Lynette ;
Llopis, Pablo ;
Waterworth,Robert Michael ;
Roberts, Geoff ;
Pearson,Timothy R.H.
Mitigation of greenhouse gases in the
land sector is complex and has a unique set of challenges.
The most significant challenges arise from the
geographically diffuse...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 125270Date: April 13, 2018Author:
Goehler,Daniela ;
Lee,Donna Lynette ;
Roberts, Geoff ;
Llopis, Pablo ;
Waterworth,Robert Michael
Pathways for Peace: Inclusive Approaches
to Preventing Violent Conflict is a joint study of the
United Nations and the World Bank. The study originates from
the conviction...
Type: PublicationReport#: 125869Date: April 13, 2018Author:
United Nations ;
World Bank
The 2015 Paris Climate Agreement was the
first instance of countries adhering to take a collective
action against global warming. More than 190 countries came
forward...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8392Date: April 2, 2018Author:
Mani,Muthukumara S. ;
Hussein,Zekarias ;
Gopalakrishnan,Badri Narayanan ;
Wadhwa,Deepika
Citizen engagement is not a new concept
in the world of development. Notions of social
accountability, citizen participation, voice, have been
around development programs...
Type: BriefReport#: 124860Date: April 1, 2018Author:
Galeza,Kamila Anna ;
Faltas Bastorous,Amal Nabil ;
Abdelghaffar,Lina Abdallah Ismail Adel
Turkey is the fourth-largest producer of
cement in the world and the largest one in Europe. Cement
manufacturing is an extremely energy-intensive process, with
clinker...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 125924Date: April 1, 2018Author:
Doğan,Alişan ;
Bodnarova,Barbora ;
Hedman,Bruce Allen ;
Avci,Fatih ;
Feckova,Viera ;
Menkova,Viktoryia ;
Gorbatenko,Yana
This IFC Perspectives newsletter
includes the following headlines: Capital Markets, Climate
Finance; Africa's Tech Talent Finds its Place in the
Global Economy; Tech...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 125554Date: April 1, 2018
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
is among the world’s most vulnerable regions to climate
change. The region is projected to experience increasing
temperatures,...
Type: BriefReport#: 125368Date: April 1, 2018Author:
Sieghart,Lia Carol ;
Betre,Mahlette Mussie ;
Mizener,Joseph Allen
This research report is the result of a
partnership between the World Bank Group (WBG) and
Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) of Japan,
initiated by the World...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 125442Date: April 1, 2018Author:
Inderst,Georg ;
Stewart,Fiona Elizabeth
The gender-specific assessments in
Azerbaijan comprised two stages. The initial stage involved
a Value Chain (VC) Selection assessment, which compared
three priority...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 129219Date: April 1, 2018
This report examines what the
International Development Association (IDA) achieved during
the IDA17 period (July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2017), and takes
a close look at...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 125314Date: April 1, 2018
In Pacific Island Countries, high
vulnerability to the impacts of climate change and natural
disasters means that such events can have devastating social
and economic...
The objective of this note is to
facilitate a consistent and comprehensive approach in the
analysis of intellectual property rights (IPRs) and
normative regulations...
Type: ReportReport#: 128656Date: April 1, 2018Author:
Aridi,Anwar ;
Cowey,Lisa
Poverty rates in Guatemala are among the
highest in Latin America and the Caribbean, and Guatemala is
now the second poorest country in the region with only
post-earthquake...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 124240Date: April 1, 2018
Niger is a landlocked and sparsely
populated country in the Sahel region of Sub-Saharan Africa
(SSA), with significant deposits of uranium, gold, coal, and
petroleum....
Type: CPF Completion and Learning Review ReviewReport#: 124867Date: March 30, 2018
This study aims to increase the
understanding of the economic effects of climate change in
Zimbabwe with specific attention to climate variability and
shocks in the...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 125979Date: March 29, 2018Author:
Benitez,Pablo ;
Brown,Melissa ;
Boehlert,Brent ;
Davies,Rob ;
Van Seventer,Dirk Ernst Nicolaas
The activities will constitute and
additional financing (AF) for the Guayaquil Wastewater
Management Project. The AF seeks to scale-up the Parent
Project’s investments,...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 124863Date: March 28, 2018
This paper utilizes information from the
2015 Nigeria National Water and Sanitation Survey to
identify the extent, timing, as well as reasons for the
failure of water...
Report#: WPS8388Date: March 28, 2018Author:
Andres,Luis Alberto ;
Chellaraj,Gnanaraj ;
Das Gupta,Basab ;
Grabinsky,Jonathan ;
Joseph,George
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