Social protection cash transfer programs
are increasingly being used to respond to covariate shocks,
including most recently and prominently in response to the
COVID-19...
Flooding is among the most prevalent
natural hazards affecting people around the world. This
study provides a global estimate of the number of people who
face the risk...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9447Date: October 21, 2020Author:
Maruyama Rentschler,Jun Erik ;
Salhab,Melda
A Technical Knowledge Exchange (TKX)
integrates workshops, site visits, peer-to-peer knowledge
sharing, and action planning to support World Bank clients
to address...
Type: ReportReport#: 153798Date: October 20, 2020Author:
Siercke,Guillermo A.
Japan is one of the most geohazard-prone
countries in the world. Typhoons and heavy rainfall,
especially during the rainy season every year, often cause
geohazard events....
Type: ReportReport#: 153708Date: October 16, 2020Author:
Greenwood,Ian Douglas ;
Mori, Mikihiro ;
Inagaki, Yutaka ;
Tanaka, Kenichi ;
Hosoda, Toshiaki ;
Tauchi, Hiroaki ;
Castelar Contreras,Saul Antonio ;
Komata, Shinjuro
Japan’s cultural heritage (CH) is among
the richest in the world, but the country is faced with some
of the most difficult challenges in its exposure to hazards.
With...
Type: ReportReport#: 153639Date: October 13, 2020Author:
Newman,James P. ;
Minguez Garcia,Barbara ;
Kawakami,Kaori ;
Akieda,Yumi Isabelle Naito
In Uzbekistan, authorities instituted
strong health and social distancing measures in March to
contain local transmission of COVID-19, with national and
international...
Cultural heritage reflects the knowledge
and history passed down through a society from one
generation to another. In the region, where poverty and
inequality are the...
Type: ReportReport#: 153640Date: October 13, 2020Author:
Newman,James P.
This paper estimates the long-term
effects on human capital accumulation and subsequent labor
market outcomes of in utero and early childhood exposure to
the civil war...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9430Date: October 7, 2020Author:
Acosta,Pablo Ariel ;
Baez Ramirez,Javier Eduardo ;
Caruso,German Daniel ;
Carcach,Carlos
The Country Opinion Survey in Seychelles
assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in gaining a better
understanding of how stakeholders in Seychelles perceive the
WBG. It...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 168410Date: October 1, 2020Author:
Felzer,Sharon
The COVID-19 pandemic and its economic
and social effects on households have created an urgent need
for timely data to help monitor and mitigate the social and
economic...
Type: ReportReport#: 155205Date: October 1, 2020Author:
Siwatu,Gbemisola Oseni ;
Palacios-Lopez,Amparo ;
Mcgee,Kevin Robert ;
Amankwah,Akuffo ;
Vishwanath,Tara ;
Lain,Jonathan William ;
Azad,M Abul Kalam
Fires cause up to 180,000 deaths
globally per year. This is more than triple the annual
average number of fatalities due to all-natural hazards.
Urban fire risk can...
Type: ReportReport#: 153716Date: October 1, 2020Author:
Moullier,Thomas ;
Sakoda,Keiko ;
Meacham,Brian Jay ;
Abrassart,Theresa Maria Josette
On March 11, 2020, the World Health
Organization (WHO) declared the first pandemic caused by a
coronavirus (COVID). Countries around the world moved
swiftly to declare...
In a country that is among the most
exposed to natural hazards, Vietnam’s coastline often bears
the brunt. Typhoons, storm surges, riverine flooding,
coastal erosion,...
Type: ReportReport#: 153758Date: October 1, 2020Author:
Maruyama Rentschler,Jun Erik ;
De Vries Robbe,Sophie Anne ;
Braese,Johannes Michael ;
Nguyen,Dzung Huy ;
Van Ledden,Matheus ;
Pozueta Mayo,Beatriz
In a country that is among the most
exposed to natural hazards, Vietnam’s coastline often bears
the brunt. Typhoons, storm surges, riverine flooding,
coastal erosion,...
Type: ReportReport#: 153758Date: October 1, 2020Author:
Maruyama Rentschler,Jun Erik ;
De Vries Robbe,Sophie Anne ;
Braese,Johannes Michael ;
Nguyen,Dzung Huy ;
Van Ledden,Matheus ;
Pozueta Mayo,Beatriz
This note highlights the critical
contribution that social protection can make to a broader
disaster recovery effort by helping directly to
disaster-affected households....
Type: Working PaperReport#: 153460Date: September 29, 2020Author:
Bowen,Thomas Vaughan ;
Dreschler, Mareile
Japan has long suffered from
intermittent but devastating natural disasters. Over the
years, the country has developed a comprehensive disaster
risk management (DRM)...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 153461Date: September 29, 2020Author:
Kawasoe,Yasuhiro ;
Siercke,Guillermo A. ;
Kusakari,Yasuko ;
Bowen,Thomas Vaughan ;
Makino,Yuka ;
Mori,Hideki
The needs of societies for more accurate
and reliable weather, climate, and hydrological ‘hydromet’
information are at the highest levels today. Weather
events–including...
Type: ReportReport#: 153447Date: September 29, 2020Author:
Suwa,Makoto ;
Bogdanova,Anna-Maria ;
Siercke,Guillermo A. ;
Kull,Daniel Werner
This toolkit was conceived for the use
of two groups of World Bank Group (WBG) staff and
consultants. The primary target users consist of social
protection and labor...
Type: ReportReport#: 153452Date: September 29, 2020Author:
Mori,Hideki ;
Makino,Yuka ;
Nishikawa Chavez,Kenichi Victor ;
Shaw,Rajib ;
Kryeziu,Adea ;
Dillard,Raiden C. ;
Bowen,Thomas Vaughan ;
Maher,Barry Patrick ;
Hobson,Matthew Liam ;
Lopez,Ana Veronica ;
Vargas,Erika ;
Pereira Guimaraes Leite,Phillippe George ;
Abel,Simeon Joachim ;
Webster,Douglas Richard ;
Kalvatcheva,Galina Georgieva ;
Talamantes, Llanco
This Annual Report provides a review of
Tokyo Development Learning Center's (TDLC) work program
over the past fiscal year (FY20) and TDLC’s overall impact
during Phase...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 150769Date: September 24, 2020
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