International Finance Corporation (IFC)
launched the Conflict Affected States in Africa (CASA)
Initiative in 2008 to support private sector growth, job
creation, and...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 112814Date: January 1, 2014Author:
Hopps,Jason ;
Pfeifer,Gregor
The Improving Infrastructure Regulation
for Low-Income, Fragile, andLow-Capacity Countries Program
aims to support the development of sustainable regulatory
systems...
Since January 2014, the WorldBank
Group’s Finance and Markets Global Practice has provided
technical assistance to establisha crop and livestock
insurance program in...
Type: BriefReport#: 121804Date: January 1, 2014Author:
Maher,Barry Patrick ;
Mahul,Olivier
Pakistan experienced severe flooding
after torrential monsoon rains hit southern Sindh and the
adjoining areas of Punjab and north-eastern Balochistan in
August 2011....
Type: Working PaperReport#: 84606Date: January 1, 2014
According to the 2015 Global Climate
Risk Index, the Philippines leads the list of countries most
affected by extreme weather events, followed by Cambodia and
India.The...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 118820Date: January 1, 2014
In this paper, the conditions under
which the spending patterns of oil resources may mitigate
the risk of violent domestic conflict are studied. Some
recent research...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 90253Date: January 1, 2014Author:
Singh, Raju Jan ; Bodea, Cristina ;
Higashijima, Masaaki
Road traffic crashes kill over 1.2
million people a year, a death toll that exceeds fatalities
due to malaria and approaches deaths attributable to
tuberculosis (TB)....
Type: Working PaperReport#: 87931Date: January 1, 2014Author:
Negrete, Urzua
Disarmament, demobilization, and
reintegration (DDR) has been highlighted as a Government of
South Sudan’s (GoSS) priority as an integral component of
the country’s...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 102562Date: January 1, 2014
This report summarizes operational
policy waivers for projects under implementation and for
trust-funded and other operations not approved by the Board.
It also contains...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 84403Date: December 31, 2013
It is critically important that our work
will support the social and economic empowerment of women.
We need to harness the energies of all citizens, especially
women,...
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 101915Date: December 12, 2013Author:
Kim,Jim Yong
Recent data shows that total worldwide
reported losses from disasters are estimated at $3.8
trillion in the period from 1980 to 2012, with 74 percent
due to extreme-weather....
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 101912Date: December 6, 2013Author:
Kim,Jim Yong
Recent data shows the total worldwide
reported losses from disasters are estimated at $3.8
trillion in the period 1980 to 2012, with 74 percent due to
extreme weather....
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 101911Date: December 6, 2013Author:
Kim,Jim Yong
This report discusses the remarks
delivered by Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank.
Speaking at the launch of the Green Climate Fund Secretariat
in Songdo, Korea,...
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 101909Date: December 4, 2013Author:
Kim,Jim Yong
Evidence-gap maps present a new addition
to the tools available to support evidence-informed policy
making. Evidence-gap maps are thematic evidence collections
covering...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS6725Date: December 1, 2013Author:
Bhavsar, Ami ;
Gaarder,Marie ;
Snilstveit, Birte ;
Vojtkova, Martina
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