In 2012 Tropical Cyclone (TC) Evan
offered a distressing reminder of Samoas exposure to
natural hazards. TC Evan came only three years after the
earthquake and tsunami...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 94984Date: February 1, 2015
The Indian Sundarbans ecoregion,
designated as the Sundarban Biosphere Reserve is the low
lying tide dominated lower part of the Ganges Delta
bordering Bangladesh. It...
In 2010, prior to signing the Sundarbans
memorandum of understanding (MoU) between Bangladesh and
India, a Sundarbans platform was organized involving experts
from both...
Green bonds are mobilizing billions of
dollars a year for development projects that countries and
cities need, carried out in ways that are good for the
climate and...
In 2010, prior to signing the Sundarbans
memorandum of understanding (MoU) between Bangladesh and
India, a Sundarbans platform was organized involving experts
from both...
India's North East Region (NER)
stretches across the eastern foothills of the Himalayan
mountain range and is comprised of seven states including
Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya,...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 96796Date: January 1, 2015
Agriculture contributes 20 percent of
gross domestic product (GDP) and employs close to half of
the labor force in Bangladesh. However, the country is
vulnerable to...
It is widely recognized that broadband
is of fundamental importance to the social and economic
development of a nation. The focus of the paper is on
infrastructure-related...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 94941Date: January 1, 2015Author:
Gelvanovska-Garcia,Natalija ;
Hohlov,Yuri ;
Maciule,Vaiva ;
Rossotto,Carlo Maria ;
Shaposhnik, Sergei
Although the payment models offered by
off-grid energy companies are less flexible than those
implemented with great success by mobile telephone
companies, they may...
Type: BriefReport#: 93786Date: January 1, 2015Author:
Bareisaite,Asta ;
Moreno,Francisco Alejandro
Population growth and economic
development, aggravated by climate change, will increase
pressure on energy and water resources. Integrated planning
can make the most...
Type: BriefReport#: 94655Date: January 1, 2015Author:
Delgado Martin,Anna ;
Rodriguez,Diego Juan ;
Sohns,Antonia Averill
For more than a century, nations have
equipped themselves to provide weather, climate and
hydrological information, forecasts and, more recently,
remotely sensed data...
Type: PublicationReport#: 115204Date: January 1, 2015Author:
Anderson, Glen ;
Md Kootval,Haleh Kootval ;
Kull,Daniel Werner ;
Clements, Janet ;
Consulting, Stratus ;
Fleming, Gerald ;
Éireann, Met ;
Frei, Thomas ;
Switzerland, Zurich ;
Lazo,Jeffrey K. ;
Letson, David ;
Mills,Brian Kenneth ;
Perrels, Adriaan ;
Rogers,David ;
Vaughan,Catherine ;
Zillman, John ;
Olsson, Schuyler
This paper investigates the causal
consequences of Tropical Storm Agatha (2010) -- the
strongest tropical storm ever to strike Guatemala since
rainfall records have...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS7177Date: January 1, 2015Author:
Baez Ramirez,Javier Eduardo ;
Genoni,Maria Eugenia ;
Lucchetti,Leonardo Ramiro ;
Salazar Rodriguez,Mateo
Developing countries will be
increasingly important players in the quest to reduce
emissions of greenhouse gases. By 2035, non-OECD countries
will account for 66 percent...
Type: BriefReport#: 93208Date: January 1, 2015Author:
Kulichenko, Nataliya ;
Zechter, Richard H. ;
Ahmed, Asad Ali
This brief describes a small pilot
designed to leverage the women's self-help group
platform of a World Bank-supported livelihoods project (that
is, a non-health sector...
This is the January 2015 edition of The
World Bank in India newsletter. Topics included in this
edition include the following: jobs and migration key
drivers to reducing...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 95169Date: January 1, 2015
The World Bank Institute (WBI) is a
global connector of knowledge, learning, and innovation for
development and poverty reduction. WBI’s climate change
practice focuses...
Type: WBI Working PaperReport#: 80682Date: January 1, 2015
The year 2015 is pivotal in
international development. In the lead-up to 2000, the
global community came together at various conferences to
agree on, for the first time...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 99760Date: January 1, 2015
The Malaysian education system
encompasses education beginning from pre-school through
university.Pre-tertiary education (pre-school to secondary
education) is under...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 120590Date: January 1, 2015
This main report is about Africa that is
rapidly urbanizing and will lead the world’s urban growth in
the coming decades. Currently, Africa is the least‐urbanized
continent,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 101153Date: January 1, 2015Author:
Parby,Jonas Ingemann ;
Lozano Gracia,Nancy ;
Mason,David ;
Lall,Somik V. ;
Dasgupta,Basab ;
Young, Cheryl
As in many developing nations, mapping
information in Nepal has been often outdated, missing data,
and sometimes only accessible on a pay-per-view basis. This
creates...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 115251Date: January 1, 2015Author:
Akbar,Kamran
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