This report discusses the remarks
delivered by Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank. He
discusses on measured hope and optimism, to share a vision
for a path forward,...
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 101936Date: June 3, 2014Author:
Kim,Jim Yong
Early integration of disaster risk
management/climate change adaptation criteria into social
protection programs monitoring and evaluation plans,
systems, and budgets...
Report#: 91807Date: June 1, 2014Author:
Cipryk, Rachel; Ovadiya, Mirey
This paper presents a development case
study on alternative thinking in rural infrastructure
delivery. Delivery in this case is achieved in a manner that
advances the...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 88664Date: June 1, 2014
Rwanda's progress has been rapid in
recent years, building on a two-decade-long turnaround which
has been remarkable in both its pace and breadth. A highly
strategic...
Type: Country Assistance Strategy DocumentReport#: 88941Date: June 1, 2014
Having in place flexible benefit
mechanisms which can provide timely and appropriate levels
and types of benefits following disasters and climate change
related events...
Type: BriefReport#: 91806Date: June 1, 2014Author:
Ovadiya, Mirey
The adverse impacts of natural disasters
and climate change constitute a major risk to the poor and
near-poor. Poor men and women face disproportionately higher
risks...
Type: BriefReport#: 91778Date: June 1, 2014Author:
Ovadiya, Mirey
Disaster and climate related events
exacerbate chronic and transitory poverty because poor and
near-poor people have fewer coping and recovery mechanisms.
In vulnerable...
Type: BriefReport#: 91777Date: June 1, 2014Author:
Costella, Cecilia; Ovadiya, Mirey
Since the mid-1990s, Brazil has
struggled, with limited success, to reform its
intergovernmental financing arrangements. Every four years,
the electoral cycle brings...
Type: BriefReport#: 88640Date: June 1, 2014Author:
Araujo,Jorge A. De Thompson R. ;
Barroso,Rafael Chelles
The September 11, 2001, terrorist
attacks on the United States exposed the use of remittance
channels for financing terrorism. Acting on this, the
international community,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 88482Date: May 29, 2014Author:
Celik,Kuntay ;
Kulathunga,Anoma ;
Noor,Sheikh M. Wameek ;
Todoroki,Emiko
This note is a part of a series of
policy notes prepared by the World Bank in anticipation of a
post-conflict transition in Yemen. These notes aim to
identify immediate...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 120535Date: May 27, 2014Author:
Engelke,Wilfried
Some of the headings included in this
issue of the Development Economics Prospects Group (DECPG)
daily economics and financial market commentary newsletter
are as follows:...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 88311Date: May 15, 2014Author:
Chen,Derek Hung Chiat ;
Kambou,Gerard ;
Kim,Eung Ju
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