Although famine was averted in 2017,
thanks in part to a massive scale-up in humanitarian
assistance, famine remains a looming risk in the coming
months and years. Decades...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 122991Date: January 1, 2018
In Malawi, the impact of extreme weather
events has significantly contributed to the recurrent crises
of food insecurity. The extreme weather events have shifted
the...
Type: Working PaperReport#: ACS24548Date: January 1, 2018Author:
Botha,Blessings Nyanjagha ;
Nkoka,Francis Samson ;
Mwumvaneza,Valens
This paper explores the existing body of
research linking a higher proportion of women in business
leadership including on boards of directors and in senior
management...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 132899Date: January 1, 2018Author:
Di Miceli Da Silveira,Alexandre ;
Donaggio, Angela
Bhutan is Asia’s fastest-growing
economy, with GDP expected to increase by 8.2 percent in
2017. This growth is driven primarily by investments in
hydropower, which contributes...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 122323Date: January 1, 2018
This summary report presents the
findings of the Bangladesh WASH Poverty Diagnostic (BWPD)
study led by the World Bank's Water and Poverty Global
Practices. Though very...
Type: Other Poverty StudyReport#: 124159Date: January 1, 2018
Bringing essential services to the poor,
whether in remote rural areas, provincial towns, or in the
slums of megacities, is a great challenge for governments in
developing...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 124302Date: January 1, 2018Author:
Tinsley,Elaine A. ;
Agapitova,Natalia
Sri Lanka has come out of a 30-year
civil war with a strong policy focus on reconstruction
andgrowth and is transitioning towards an urban-based
manufacturing and services-driven...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 122325Date: January 1, 2018
The emerging markets around the world
produce strong companies, generate jobs, and lift people out
of poverty. Investors are eager to participate in the
tremendous growth...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 133091Date: January 1, 2018
Launched in October 2013, strengthening
auditing and reporting in the Eastern partnership (STAREP)
is a regional program of the World Bank’s center for
financial reporting...
With a population of 1.3 billion, the
world’s third-largest economy according to purchasing power
parity, and a young, large, and growing labor force, India
is a significant...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 122324Date: January 1, 2018
The best governance framework does not
guarantee acceptance and implementation if it is not applied
by companies, analysts and investors. But with the
appropriate tools,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 122615Date: January 1, 2018Author:
Estanislao,Jesus P.
This paper proposes a joint vision for
health systems strengthening (HSS) toachieve universal
health coverage (UHC). It is intended to be a key
referencedocument for...
Type: PublicationReport#: 122898Date: January 1, 2018
This case study presents an overview of
a partnership between the World Bank and the Plantar Group
in Brazil to deliver greenhouse gas (GHG) emission
reductions across...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 127655Date: January 1, 2018Author:
De Gouvello,Christophe ;
Diewald,Christoph ;
Avelar Marques,Fabio Nogueira de
West Africa’s coastal areas are home to
approximately one-third of the region’s people - and 6
percent is the expected rate of economic growth in West
Africa by 2023....
Type: Working PaperReport#: 126692Date: January 1, 2018
Worldwide, forests are under mounting
pressure largely due to changing land uses and variations in
weather patterns induced by global warming. Increasingly,
scientists...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 129674Date: January 1, 2018
The Maldives graduated from least
developed country status in 2011 and is now categorized as
an upper-middle income country. Its economy is expected to
grow by 4.9 percent...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 122326Date: January 1, 2018
We are amidst an unprecedented upheaval
in the functioning of our treasured capital market system.
The immediate bank lending crisis leaves little time for
reflection....
Type: Working PaperReport#: 122617Date: January 1, 2018Author:
Davis,Stephen ;
Pitt-Watson,David ;
Lukomnik,Jon
On May 2, 2008, Cyclone Nargis struck
Myanmar’s Ayeyarwady Delta and swept across the region
toward Yangon. By the time the storm had passed, it had
killed over 140,000...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 125702Date: January 1, 2018Author:
Kostner,Markus ;
Han,Min ;
Pursch,Samuel James
Water management is a key development
challenge in South Asia. The region - one of the most
densely-populated and climate-vulnerable parts of the world
- has the world’s...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 124894Date: January 1, 2018Author:
Hirji,Rafik Fatehali ;
Nicol,Alan ;
Davis,Richard Mark
Denmark consists of the Jutland
peninsula and more than 400 islands, which represents more
than 7300 km of coastline. The Western coast of Jutland
faces the North Sea...
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