In conflict-prone situations, access to
markets is necessary to restore economic growth and generate
the preconditions for peace and reconstruction. Hence, the
rehabilitation...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS7273Date: May 18, 2015Author:
Ali,Rubaba ;
Barra,Alvaro Federico ;
Berg,Claudia N. ;
Damania,Richard ;
Nash,John D. ;
Russ,Jason Daniel
The development objective of the Andhra
Pradesh Disaster Recovery Project (APDRP) for India is to
restore, improve, and enhance resilience of public services,
environmental...
Ratings for the Third National Program
for Community Empowerment in Rural Areas : Disaster
Management Support Project for Indonesia were as follows:
outcomes were moderately...
This Macedonia monthly update newsletter
includes the following headlines: (i) recent political
developments; (ii) team visits and events; (iii) portfolio
at glance;...
Timor-Leste is vulnerable to natural
hazards including floods, strong winds, landslides,
earthquakes, and tsunamis. These hazards are common causing
significant damages...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 97119Date: May 1, 2015Author:
Ballal,Sonali
This newsletter includes the following
headings: a partnership to mitigate fallout of Syrian
crisis; building Beirut’s resistance to natural disasters;
reversing gender...
This report summarizes findings from the
inception phase of the research project The Impact of War on
Somali Men (IWM) undertaken by the Rift Valley Institute
(RVI)1...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 114315Date: May 1, 2015Author:
Gardner, Judith ;
El-Bushra, Judy
African governments and international
development groups see boosting productivity on smallholder
farms as key to reducing rural poverty and safeguarding the
food security...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS7241Date: April 20, 2015Author:
Larson,Donald F. ;
Savastano,Sara ;
Murray,Siobhan ;
Palacios-Lopez,Amparo
This is a statement by Rt. Hon. Justine
Greening, Secretary of State for International Development
and Rt. Hon. George Osborne, Chancellor of the Exchequer at
the ninety...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 95913Date: April 18, 2015
The Kurdistan Region of the Republic of
Iraq (KRI) is a constitutionally recognized semiautonomous
region in northern Iraq with a population of 5.1 million
(2012 estimate)....
This report discusses the remarks
delivered by Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank. He
discusses on the faith leaders who officially share a common
goal the World...
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 101975Date: April 9, 2015Author:
Kim,Jim Yong
This paper studies the sharp increase in
violence experienced in Mexico after 2006, known as
"The War on Drugs," and its effects on human
capital accumulation. The upsurge...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS7230Date: April 2, 2015Author:
Márquez-Padilla,Fernanda ;
Pérez-Arce,Francisco ;
Rodriguez Castelan,Carlos
This study examines the role of social
protection programming, and programming design and
implementation features, that are prominent in fragile and
conflict-affected...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 96378Date: April 1, 2015Author:
Ovadiya,Mirey ;
Kryeziu,Adea ;
Masood,Syeda ;
Zapatero Larrio,Eric
The Millennium Development Goal of
halving the incidence of extreme poverty from its 1990 level
will be achieved in 2015, and the international development
community...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 125597Date: April 1, 2015Author:
Serajuddin,Umar ;
Uematsu,Hiroki ;
Wieser,Christina ;
Yoshida,Nobuo ;
Dabalen,Andrew L.
Women, business and the law examines
where economies provide legal protection for women and girls
in areas such as child marriage, domestic violence, and
marital rape....
Type: Working PaperReport#: 117707Date: April 1, 2015Author:
Sakhonchik,Alena ;
Recavarren, Isabel Santagostino ;
Tavares,Paula Magarinos Torres
This paper studies the sharp increase in
violence experienced in Mexico after 2006, known as
"The War on Drugs," and its effects on human
capital accumulation. The upsurge...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 125540Date: April 1, 2015Author:
Márquez-Padilla,Fernanda ;
Pérez-Arce,Francisco ;
Rodríguez-Castelán,Carlos
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