As activity ramps up in climate
innovation for developing countries, organizations are
finding that attracting quality talent and companies to such
efforts is both a...
Type: BriefReport#: 115293Date: January 1, 2017Author:
Lin, Rosa ;
Coony,Jonathan D'Entremont ;
Doretti,Diletta ;
Ehst, Mike
The Government of Ethiopia (GoE) has
demonstrated commitment to expand higher education science
and technology (S and T) programs to spur and support its
growth and...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 119694Date: January 1, 2017Author:
000363824:Anna Olefir:aolefir@worldbank.org;
More than 1 billion people have lifted
themselves out of poverty in the past 15 years, but climate
and disaster risks threaten these achievements. Global asset
losses...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 118676Date: January 1, 2017
IFC Asset Management Company invests
alongside IFC in high-potential companies and infrastructure
projects across Latin America and the Caribbean, Africa, the
Middle...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 134301Date: December 31, 2016
The World Bank Group’s new country
engagement model consists of two separate but connected
instruments: the Systematic Country Diagnostic (SCD) and
the Country Partnership...
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 113869Date: December 20, 2016
This paper illustrates how the
capabilities of GIS and satellite imagery can be harnessed
to explore and better understand the urban form of several
large African cities...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS7911Date: December 9, 2016Author:
Antos,Sarah Elizabeth ;
Lall,Somik V. ;
Lozano Gracia,Nancy
The aim of this study is to derive a
large-scale sediment budget analysis for the
followingcountries: Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo and Benin. This
estimation is carried...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 122553Date: December 8, 2016Author:
Briere, Christophe ;
Giardino, Alessio ;
Nederhoff, Kees ;
Schrijvershof, Reinier ;
Tonnon, Pieter Koen ;
de Caires, Sofia Nunes
The West African coastal barrier is
maintained by a strong wave-driven longshore transport of
sand which can be compared to a sand river. This sand
originates from rivers...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 122559Date: December 8, 2016Author:
Briere,Christophe ;
Giardino,Alessio ;
Nederhoff,Kees ;
Schrijvershof,Reinier ;
Tonnon,Pieter Koen ;
de Caires,Sofia Nunes
Uganda's growth in gross domestic
product of the 2000s was accompanied by high growth rates of
labor productivity across industries producing tradable
goods and services....
Report#: WPS7909Date: December 7, 2016Author:
Dennis,Allen Curtis K. ;
Mengistae,Taye Alemu ;
Yoshino,Yutaka ;
Zeufack,Albert G.
South Africa's National Climate
Change Response Policy (NCCRP) sets out a number of key
goals. Reaching these goals will enable South Africa to meet
its commitments...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 122407Date: December 1, 2016
The international market for green bonds
and securities that raise capital for specific climate or
environmental sustainability purposes has experienced
tremendous growth...
Type: BriefReport#: 110881Date: December 1, 2016Author:
Rosembuj,Flavia ;
Bottio,Sebastiano
This Executive Directors' strategic
engagements work program covers FY17 Q3, Q4, and updated
reports and other documents to be circulated for information.
Type: Board ReportReport#: 111754Date: December 1, 2016
Infrastructure is the backbone of every
economy. It delivers basic services critical to sustainable
economic growth, improved living standards, and shared
prosperity....
Type: BriefReport#: 113497Date: December 1, 2016Author:
Grishin,Vadim Nikolaevich ;
Walton, Tom
Climate change presents risks and
opportunities for the financial sector in both emerging and
advanced economies. Financial institutions cannot afford to
be outside...
South Africa has a comprehensive climate
change response strategy to support the transition to a low
carbon economy and a climate-resilient society. Improving
the national...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 122408Date: December 1, 2016
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