Emerging markets are especially
vulnerable to threats from climate change. Storms, droughts,
and floods jeopardize the livelihoods of farmers, while
extreme temperatures...
Type: BriefReport#: 109462Date: September 1, 2016Author:
Miller,Alan ;
Swann,Stacy A.
Well-managed urbanization can accelerate
Côte d’Ivoire’s ascent to middle-income status. Urbanization
is not just about development of a single city within a
country....
China is experiencing rapid
urbanization, with projected 300 million people migrating to
urban areas over the next 20 years. As a result, energy use
in buildings is...
Over half of Jamaica’s population of 2.7
million resides in urban areas. Seventeen percent lives
below poverty. Inadequate land use and urban planning has
resulted in...
Fondo de Estabilización Energética (FEE)
is a mechanism established by the Government of Uruguay to
reduce the impact of drought on Government and electricity
utility...
Manufacturing has long been recognized
as an essential driver of economic development for most
countries, as it has an important economic and employment
multiplier effect....
Belize is a small country (pop. 330,000)
bordering Mexico and Guatemala. In recent years, poverty has
increased due to a stagnating economy and the impact of
frequent...
This book, one of several prepared as
background pieces to the larger Africa Drylands Study,
explores the role of social protection in promoting the
wellbeing and prosperity...
Type: PublicationReport#: 107854Date: August 9, 2016Author:
Del Ninno,Carlo ;
Coll-Black,Sarah ;
Fallavier,Pierre Yves
The Internet has transformed the way
countries trade by reducing the costs of exporting. This
paper quantifies the impact of Internet adoption on
international trade....
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS7785Date: August 8, 2016Author:
Osnago,Alberto ;
Tan,Shawn Weiming
This declaration explains about the
meeting which held on August 04 to 05, 2016 associate with
the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank met
at Palais...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 107676Date: August 5, 2016
A substantial increase in sector
financing will be necessary to achieve Sustainable
Development Goal 6 calling for universal access to safe
water and sanitation while...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 107971Date: August 1, 2016
This report presents employment in
Nigeria from a worker perspective as well as from a firm
perspective. Using recent household data, the report
complements the report...
Type: Working PaperReport#: ACS15736Date: August 1, 2016Author:
Buba,Johanne ;
Speakman,John F. ;
Marie-Nelly,Marie Francoise ;
Konjhodvic, Indira
Since 2007, the World Bank Group’s Water
and Sanitation Program (WSP) has provided technical
assistance to the Government of Indonesia to help develop
and shape the...
This paper examines the extent to which
the three key underlying determinants of nutrition - food
security; adequate caregiving resources at the maternal,
household,...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 125524Date: August 1, 2016Author:
Skoufias,Emmanuel
To estimate the impact of weather on
rural income changes over time, this study combines data
from the panel subsample of the latest Vietnam Household
Living Standard...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS7764Date: July 25, 2016Author:
Narloch,Ulf Gerrit
This study combines high-resolution,
geo-spatial data and household data from the Vietnam Living
Standard Measurement Surveys in 2010, 2012, and 2014 to
investigate...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS7763Date: July 25, 2016Author:
Narloch,Ulf Gerrit ;
Bangalore,Mook
With 70 percent of its population living
in coastal areas and low-lying deltas, Vietnam is exposed to
many natural hazards, including river and coastal flooding.
These...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS7765Date: July 25, 2016Author:
Bangalore,Mook ;
Smith,Andrew I ;
Veldkamp,Ted
These remarks were delivered by Jim Yong
Kim, President of the World Bank Group, at the Press
Conference on Launch of the China Health Study in Beijing,
China, on July...
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 129872Date: July 23, 2016Author:
Kim,Jim Yong
You have clicked on a link to a page that is not part of the beta version of the new worldbank.org. Before you leave, we’d love to get your feedback on your experience while you were here. Will you take two minutes to complete a brief survey that will help us to improve our website?
Feedback Survey
Thank you for agreeing to provide feedback on the new version of worldbank.org; your response will help us to improve our website.
Thank you for participating in this survey! Your feedback is very helpful to us as we work to improve the site functionality on worldbank.org.