Bonds of culture, a shared history and a
common ecosystem, as well as neighborly proximity, and
social and economic ties between Bangladesh and India are
major building...
This report discusses the remarks
delivered by Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank. He
discusses on the following topics: the Bank is helping many
countries manage...
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 129896Date: December 9, 2015Author:
Kim,Jim Yong
Much of the power to reduce climate
emissions lies now with cities rather than national
governments. There is a window of opportunity to build
climate-smart cities in...
Located along the Pacific coast in
what’s known as the Central American Dry Corridor, Bajo
Lempa features everything from hillsides covered in coffee
plantations, to...
This Report provides the findings of an
administrative inquiry (the investigation) by the World Bank
Group’s (Bank’s) Integrity Vice Presidency (INT) into
allegations...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 154939Date: December 3, 2015
This story highlights the transport is a
significant piece of the climate solution. Transport
contributes 23 percent of energy related CO2 emissions and
demand for transport...
A range of reasons is cited to explain
gender differences in business performance in Africa. Within
those, the sector of operations is consistently identified
as a major...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS7503Date: December 2, 2015Author:
Campos,Francisco Moraes Leitao ;
Goldstein,Markus P. ;
Mcgorman,Laura ;
Munoz Boudet,Ana Maria ;
Pimhidzai,Obert
Poland is the European growth champion.
Since 1989, it has more than doubled its gross domestic
product (GDP) per capita, coming in ahead of all European
peers. It was...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 106148Date: December 1, 2015
Smart City Gran Concepción is a World
Bank Technical Assistance activity to support more efficient
municipal and local public services in Chile that leverage
technology...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 102761Date: December 1, 2015Author:
Mulas,Victor ;
Barroca,Jean Paulo Gil
Pacific island countries are
experiencing higher temperatures, rising sea levels, and
extreme weather that is increasingly frequent and intense.
The resulting damage...
Type: BriefReport#: 102711Date: December 1, 2015Author:
Michaels,Sean David
The Government of Romania (GoR), with
the financial support of the European Union (EU) and the
technical assistance of the World Bank, has implemented a
program on climate...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 103920Date: December 1, 2015
Over a century ago, Schumpeter (1911)
described the entrepreneur as a creative, driven individual
who finds new combinations of (factors) of production to
develop a...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 102013Date: December 1, 2015Author:
Okten Hasker,Cagla
Heads of state from France, Germany,
Mexico, Chile, Ethiopia and Canada joined World Bank
President Jim Yong Kim to urge other nations and companies
to put a price on...
The case for climate action has never
been stronger. Around the world, climate change is putting
at risk the lives of millions of people as well as
threatening many...
Type: BriefReport#: 102765Date: December 1, 2015Author:
Ebinger,Jane Olga ;
Peltier-Thiberge,Nicolas ;
Gitay,Habiba ;
Monsalve,Maria Carolina ;
Losos,Andrew Michael ;
Rogers,John Allen ;
Vandycke,Nancy L.
A decade of interventions, supported by
the TerrAfrica partnership, has shown that the fight against
land degradation is achievable and replicable at scale.
Created...
The Philippines has surpassed the
millennium development goal for safe water supply, with 92
percent of households having access to improved water
services. The water...
Type: Working PaperReport#: AUS3946Date: December 1, 2015Author:
Castro,Aileen Bolus
The transformational potential of new
information and communication technologies (ICTs) was on
display in Paris at the Twenty-First Conference of the
Parties (COP21)...
Type: BriefReport#: 102667Date: December 1, 2015Author:
Gallegos,Doyle ;
Narimatsu,Junko
Romania is on a growing trend to
increase people’s living standard. The government aims to
build the country as a climate-resilient, low-carbon economy
that has mainstreamed...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 103921Date: December 1, 2015
Pacific Island countries are
experiencing higher temperatures, rising sea levels, and
extreme weather that is increasingly frequent and intense.
The resulting damage...
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