The aim of this paper is twofold.
Firstly, the authors analyze the geographical dimension of
refugee camps in Africa by shedding light on the
heterogeneous location...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9983Date: March 23, 2022Author:
Coniglio,Nicola Daniele ;
Peragine,Vitorocco ;
Vurchio,Davide
Persons with disabilities make up just
one of many groups in society that are systematically
marginalized and disadvantaged. Gender, ethnic and religious
diversity,...
Type: ReportReport#: 169603Date: March 23, 2022Author:
Anderson Berry,Linda Jennette
The Disaster Resilient and Responsive
Public Financial Management (DRR-PFM) Assessment is designed
to help countries strengthen the capability of their Public
Financial...
Type: ReportReport#: 168981Date: March 11, 2022Author:
April,Leah ;
Sutherland,Richard Anthony ;
Newman,James P. ;
Myers,C. Bernard ;
Zrinski,Urska ;
Fozzard,Adrian
These remarks were delivered by World
Bank Group President David Malpass at Fragility Forum 2022,
Development and Peace in Uncertain Times on March 7, 2022.
He said...
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 169208Date: March 7, 2022Author:
Malpass,David
The Caribbean is one of the world's
most vulnerable and disaster-prone regions. It is confronted
with an increasing number of devastating storms and extreme
weather...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 169083Date: March 3, 2022
How do refugee camps impact the natural
environment? This paper examines the case study of Cox’s
Bazar, Bangladesh, a district that hosts nearly 1 million
Rohingya refugees...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9948Date: February 28, 2022Author:
Dampha,Nfamara K ;
Salemi,Colette ;
Polasky,Stephen
Located on the Alps-Himalaya seismic
zone, Armenia has historically been prone to earthquakes.
The last devastating earthquake in 1988 rocked Spitak,
killing 25,000...
Type: BriefReport#: 168916Date: February 22, 2022Author:
Takeuchi,Ko
Learning from years of experience
confronting natural disasters, Japan has established itself
as a global leader in mainstreaming disaster risk management
(DRM) in development...
The international community is coming
together in solidarity with the poorest countries to help
them respond to the ongoing Coronavirus Disease 2019
(COVID-19) pandemic,...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 168910Date: February 17, 2022
Interest Bearing Notes is a product of
the Finance and Private Sector Research Team in the World
Bank's Development Research Group. It reports on
research by the team,...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 169034Date: February 1, 2022
Every year, shelter in the
Philippines is being lost to climate-related events
and other disasters. such as tropical storms, flooding,
earthquakes, and volcanic...
Between 2015 and 2020, communities
across Iraq signed local peace agreements (LPAs) aimed at
setting the foundations for peaceful relations between
internally displaced...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9916Date: January 27, 2022Author:
Parry,Jacqueline Margarethe ;
Aymerich,Olga
Building upon the literature on contact
theory, this paper explores the role of inter-group
interaction in shaping social cohesion between refugees and
host communities...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9917Date: January 27, 2022Author:
Betts,Alexander Milton Stedman ;
Stierna,Maria Flinder ;
Omata,Naohiko ;
Sterck,Olivier Christian Brigitte
After the 1919–1922 Greco-Turkish
conflict, 1.2 million Greek Orthodox were forcibly displaced
from Turkey to Greece, increasing the host population by 20
percent within...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9912Date: January 26, 2022Author:
Murard,Elie
The paper examines the patterns of
economic integration of refugees in Switzerland, a country
with a long tradition of hosting refugees, a top-receiving
host in Europe,...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9914Date: January 26, 2022Author:
Müller,Tobias ;
Pannatier,Pia ;
Viarengo,Martina Giorgia
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