The Europe and Central Asia (ECA) Region
comprises 28 countries, with all but Turkey in various
stages of transition from centrally planned economies. Eight
countries...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 111563Date: January 1, 2017
Global Facility for Disaster Reduction
and Recovery (GFDRR) harnesses technology and science to
quantify disaster and climate risks. With diverse challenges
from country...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 114681Date: January 1, 2017
There is no unique definition of
governance used by all Post-Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA)
partners, yet each recognises that it is closely linked to
the exercise...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 114675Date: January 1, 2017
The hurricane risk in Saint Lucia is
more significant than the earthquake risk. Economic assets
such as residential and nonresidential buildings are at
risk. These assets...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 114626Date: January 1, 2017
Global facility for disaster reduction
and recovery (GFDRR) is working to improve the ability of
developing countries to understand, predict, and warn their
citizens...
Type: BriefReport#: 114487Date: January 1, 2017Author:
Tsirkunov,Vladimir V.
This report is a first step toward
performance benchmarking with a clear and accurate picture
of the status and trends in the Bangladesh water and
sanitation sector...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 121881Date: January 1, 2017
The health sector of Papua New Guinea
(PNG) has seen significant positive developments in recent
years. Key indicators of health access and quality have,
however, barely...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 122589Date: January 1, 2017Author:
Janes,Laurin ;
Hou,Xiaohui ;
Barker,Katie ;
Sharma,Pranita ;
Brown,Sophie Victoria Turner
EU-REPARIS Audit Training of Trainers
Program focused on enhancing lifelong learning and
supporting improvements in continuing education systems for
professional accountants,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 129522Date: January 1, 2017
Public-private Infrastructure Advisory
Facility (PPIAF) is the only global facility dedicated to
strengthening the policy, legal, and institutional
underpinnings of...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 129666Date: January 1, 2017
Sri Lanka has the 14th-largest gender
gap in labor force participation globally: 36 percent
forwomen versus 75 percent for men in 2016.Despite
significant progress in...
This report analyzes four water public
private partnerships (PPPs) undertaken in Armenia between
2000 and 2016 and the start of a national water lease
contract that...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 121424Date: January 1, 2017Author:
Marin,Philippe ;
Muzenda,Dambudzo Josephine ;
Andreasyan,Andranik
Following extremely heavy rainfall in
May 2014, Serbia experienced its most severe flooding in
more than a century. In the aftermath, the government
conducted a recovery...
Water has always been a source of risks
and opportunities in the Middle East and North Africa. Yet
rapidly changing socioeconomic, political, and environmental
conditions...
Type: PublicationReport#: 120105Date: January 1, 2017
This Climate Technology Program (CTP)
brief focuses on the growing opportunities of the clean
technology sector in Caribbean. The Caribbean Climate
Innovation Center...
Type: BriefReport#: 115295Date: January 1, 2017Author:
Zheng,Xue
This Climate Technology Program (CTP)
brief focuses on the growing opportunities of the clean
technology sector in Ghana. The World Bank Group is showing
that a business...
Type: BriefReport#: 115294Date: January 1, 2017Author:
Diamond,John Michael
In the late nineties, the Mexican
Government has implemented a fiscal risk management policy
for natural disasters through the creation of the Mexican
fund for natural...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 122189Date: January 1, 2017Author:
Miranda Montero,Juan Jose ;
Ishizawa Escudero,Oscar Anil ;
Pedrozo,Adrian ;
Paredes,Miguel ;
de Haro,Itzel
This report examines how Nepal could
move away from a remittance-driven growth model by reforming
its trade policies to increase competitiveness. It looks at
the extent...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 122063Date: January 1, 2017
The Ethical Dilemmas Board Game and
associated learning session approaches professional ethics
training and education in an engaging and practical way. It
reviews the...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 129527Date: January 1, 2017Author:
Shukarova Savovska,Kalina ;
Vatyan,Arman ;
Pyziak,Piotr ;
Garitte,Jean-Pierre
Globally, average temperatures have
risen almost one degree Celsius since the late 19th century
with massive loss of arctic sea ice, extreme heat waves,
rising sea levels,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 112827Date: January 1, 2017
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