Men and women access, use and manage
forests differently, with distinct male and female knowledge
and roles in relation to management of forests and use of
forest resources....
If the world is to have a reasonable
chance of preventing global temperatures from increasing
beyond 2 degree celcius above pre-industrial levels, net
emissions of carbon...
Type: BriefReport#: 115064Date: January 1, 2017Author:
Akbar,Sameer ;
Kleinman, Gary
Effective disaster risk management (DRM)
requires robust data to inform decisions about investments
in preparedness, mitigation and response. However, at the
local level,...
Type: BriefReport#: 114496Date: January 1, 2017Author:
Gunawan,Iwan
This guide is intended to support and
facilitate post disaster recovery of community
infrastructure with particular emphasis on: systematic
assessment of the nature,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 114639Date: January 1, 2017
To support the growth of sustainable
capital flows, IFC seeks to influence, support, and enable
capital market stakeholders to better integrate
environmental, social,...
The purpose of this guideline is to
compare a range of food safety indicators and
hygienecriteria for food production in the European Union
(the EU) and the People’s...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 122056Date: January 1, 2017
Doing Business in Colombia 2017 presents
for the first time a comparative analysis of the regulatory
environment for doing business across the country in four
areas...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 122084Date: January 1, 2017
The purpose of this study was to assess
the role of the glaciers in the Pamir, Hindu Kush,
Karakoram, Alai, and Tien Shan mountains in the volume and
timing of stream...
Type: BriefReport#: 123057Date: January 1, 2017Author:
Leb,Christina ;
Akuffo-Akoto,Abena
Rapid urbanization in emerging markets
has created new challenges for economic development and
poverty reduction. The need for more buildings, transport
and other infrastructure...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 123074Date: January 1, 2017Author:
Larionov,Alexander ;
Demir,Sinem
Only 20 percent of firms in Eastern
Europe and Central Asia (ECA) have female top managers.
International Finance Corporation’s (IFC’s) corporate
governance program...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 113245Date: January 1, 2017
As cities across the globe become more
vulnerable to devastating floods due to climate change,sea
level rise, soil subsidence, and increased development in
flood-prone...
This report highlights the results
achieved by the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and
Recovery (GFDRR) during fiscal year 2016 (FY16). It provides
an overview...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 114383Date: January 1, 2017
The financial sector is currently
undergoing a major transformation, brought about by the
rapid development and spread of new technologies. The
confluence of ‘finance’...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 122075Date: January 1, 2017Author:
Krause,Solvej Karla ;
Natarajan,Harish ;
Gradstein,Helen Luskin
This factsheet summarizes details from
the Climate Investment Opportunities in South Asia report,
which covers Bangladesh. Bangladesh is a fast-growing
economy, driven...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 122322Date: January 1, 2017
Throughout our history, IFC has adapted
to meet the needs of developing countries. Initially, IFC
joined leading multinational companies to promote private
investment...
Type: World Bank Annual ReportReport#: 126705Date: January 1, 2017
The East Asia and Pacific (EAP) region
is very diverse and there is a wide range in the extent to
which firms across these countries identify the education
level of...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 120597Date: January 1, 2017Author:
Wright,Robert Palmer
Today, more than half of Haiti’s
population calls cities and towns their home, in a major
shift from the 1950s when around 90 percent of Haitians
lived in the countryside....
Type: Working PaperReport#: 122880Date: January 1, 2017Author:
Lozano Gracia,Nancy ;
Garcia Lozano,Marisa
Poland's population and economy are
exposed to earthquakes and floods, with flood posing the
greater risk. Just over 60 percent of Poland's
population lives in urban...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 114731Date: January 1, 2017
The Technical Deep Dive (TDD) on
Hydromet Services for Early Warning was held on September
12–15, 2016, in Tokyo. The TDD allowed developing country
clients to learn...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 123889Date: January 1, 2017Author:
Siercke,Guillermo A. ;
Newman,James P. ;
Jain,Vibhu
This introductory paper presents the
results of an international multi-disciplinary research
project on the measurement of food consumption in national
household surveys....
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 123225Date: January 1, 2017Author:
Zezza,Alberto ;
Carletto,Calogero ;
Fiedler,John L. ;
Gennari,Pietro ;
Jolliffe,Dean Mitchell
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