Uruguay is one of the richest countries
in Latin America, and the economic context for this CPS was
one of initially high growth, slowing down during the second
half...
Type: CPF Completion and Learning Review ReviewReport#: 103328Date: January 7, 2016
Natural disasters can cause unthinkable
tolls and continue to disproportionately affect the poorest
and most vulnerable. The number of climate related disasters
alone...
Public Private Infrastructure Advisory
Facility (PPIAF) breaks the 20 million dollars mark in
support of private participation in infrastructure. PPIAF
has an active...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 117963Date: January 1, 2016
Using survey data on informal firms in
Myanmar, a number of issues related to
firm-size,productivity, business environment, gender
disparity and registration costs and...
Type: BriefReport#: 119221Date: January 1, 2016Author:
Amin,Mohammad
This policy note focuses on potential
actions that can be taken in three sectors where
climate-related impacts on poverty are especially important,
agriculture and ecosystems,...
The purpose of this report is to present
the results of an assessment of national weather, climate,
and hydrological services in Central Asia and to present a
program...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 102640Date: January 1, 2016Author:
Rogers,David ;
Smetanina,Marina Igorevna ;
Tsirkunov,Vladimir V.
This brief explains about What is the
role that connections can play in helping green technology
entrepreneurs innovate and scale up in developing countries,
so as to...
Type: BriefReport#: 115290Date: January 1, 2016Author:
White,Justine
Bangladesh is one of the most vulnerable
countries in the world facing the potential impacts of
climate change. To address this challenge, Bangladesh
launched its first...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 116486Date: January 1, 2016
Southern Palawan is one of the two test
sites in the Philippines for the wealth accounting and the
valuation of ecosystem services (WAVES) project. Southern
Palawan...
Type: Working PaperReport#: AUS0000126Date: January 1, 2016Author:
Rawlins,Maurice Andres
The World Bank’s India Disaster Risk
Management Program is supporting three coastal resilience
projects. These projects are the National Cyclone Risk
Mitigation Project...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 102550Date: January 1, 2016
In December 2015, the World Bank Group
(WBG) launched a new Gender Strategy1 outlining the support
that the WBG would provide to clients during FY16-FY23 to
achieve...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 123024Date: January 1, 2016
The Japan Social Development Fund (JSDF)
Program is unlike other trust funds managed by the World
Bank Group (WBG). JSDF financed projects focus on addressing
the multi-dimensional...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 122958Date: January 1, 2016
The objective of the exercise is to
enable participants to engage in a role play activity and
practice enhancing their interview, communication and
interpersonal skills....
Type: Working PaperReport#: 129502Date: January 1, 2016Author:
Shukarova Savovska,Kalina ;
Pyziak,Piotr
This guidance note provides review and
recommendations for how the protective services of mangroves
and coral reefs can be measured and valued in a manner
consistent...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 103340Date: January 1, 2016Author:
Beck, M.W. and G-M Lange (Editors) ;
Wealth Accounting and the Valuation of
Ecosystem Services Partnership (WAVES)
The Palestinian Authority (PA) is in the
early phase of its e‐government journey and aims to utilize
ICT to deliver services to its citizens and businesses to
improve...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 106200Date: January 1, 2016
By European standards, Romania is a low
urbanized country. There exists a rising trend towards
suburbanization, however, that is not fully captured by
Romania’s urban...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 104217Date: January 1, 2016
The primary purpose of the Global
Environment Facility (GEF) is to generate global
environmental benefit. The essential path for achieving this
goal is the financial...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 105788Date: January 1, 2016
Japan has been repeatedly hitand
devastated by earthquakes. However, Japanhas revitalized
itself as a nation and a societyevery time, and its
accumulated knowledge hasserved...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 114386Date: January 1, 2016
Garanti Bankasi (Garanti) is a regional
pioneer in offering products and services specifically
targeted towards women entrepreneurs as a specific market
segment. In...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 151748Date: January 1, 2016Author:
Mccartney,Andrew Charles ;
Yamamoto,Chiaki ;
Korayem,Manar Ahmed Zaki Mahmoud Zaki ;
Ioffe Kasher,Olga Y. ;
Joseph,Roshin Mathai ;
Essmat,Sammar ;
Tilyayev,Ulugbek Yusufdjanovich
The Bank had a data processing section
with International Business Machines (IBM) equipment in
operation since last November 1960. As the activities of the
Bank and...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 104639Date: January 1, 2016
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