These guidance notes prepare
universities, local researchers, and development and
humanitarian agencies to use and teach the approach of the
Resilience in Education...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 88847Date: June 1, 2014Author:
Kelcey,Jo Alix ;
Liebenberg,Linda ;
Reyes,Joel E.
Bangladesh Climate Change Resilience
Fund (BCCRF) is a multi-donor trust fund for climate change.
The featured article in this issue of the newsletter is
entitled Climate-smart...
This paper poses a question: do firms in
developing countries not innovate because they are unwilling
to? The question moves away from the conventional focus on
the...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS6918Date: June 1, 2014Author:
Jaramillo Gutierrez,Patricio Alejandro ;
Nguyen, Ha
Weak economic statistics in Lebanon
impede economic analysis and decision making. This paper
presents a new coincident indicator and a leading indicator
for the Lebanese...
Report#: WPS6950Date: June 1, 2014Author:
Matta,Samer Naji
Having in place flexible benefit
mechanisms which can provide timely and appropriate levels
and types of benefits following disasters and climate change
related events...
Type: BriefReport#: 91806Date: June 1, 2014Author:
Ovadiya, Mirey
Every year an estimated seventy percent
of Tajikistan's population suffers from severe
electricity shortages in winter. The energy sector was
affected by dramatic changes...
Type: Energy StudyReport#: 88837Date: June 1, 2014Author:
Swinkels, Rob
These guidance notes prepare
universities, local researchers, and development and
humanitarian agencies to use and teach the approach of the
Resilience in Education...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 88847Date: June 1, 2014Author:
Kelcey,Jo Alix ;
Liebenberg,Linda ;
Reyes,Joel E.
The current report is a milestone for
preparing the Romanian climate change (CC) action plan. A CC
action plan should be based on the consolidation and
coordination...
Type: Risk and Vulnerability AssessmentReport#: 95599Date: June 1, 2014
Capital markets have been a source of
funding for green investments for a number of years, but
until recently, financing was predominantly from equity.
Private equity,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 112018Date: June 1, 2014Author:
Coston, Elizabeth ;
Odaro,Esohe Denise ;
Hartwick,Evelyn P. ;
Jones, Jamie
The whitepaper is organized as follows:
section two provides an overview of the types of benefits
associated with hydromet investments, the process by which
the benefits...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 92958Date: June 1, 2014Author:
Amacher, Gregory S ;
Amacher, Gregory S. ;
Ashida Tao,Keiko ;
Damania,Richard ;
Esikuri,Enos E. ;
Malik,Arunpal Singh ;
Russ,Jason Daniel
For social protection spe¬cialists,
effective stake¬holder communication takes on a heightened
importance in the post disaster context. By definition, the
socially marginalized...
Report#: 91808Date: June 1, 2014Author:
Burton, Cynthia; Ovadiya, Mirey
This paper documents a significant
impact of climate variation on urbanization in Sub-Saharan
Africa, primarily in more arid countries. By lowering farm
incomes, reduced...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS6925Date: June 1, 2014Author:
Henderson, J. Vernon ;
Storeygard, Adam ;
Deichmann, Uwe
This review examines the implementation
of the FY10-FY13 Kenya Country Partnership Strategy (CPS)
and of the FY10-FY13 CPS Progress Report (CPSPR). The CPS
was jointly...
Type: CAS Completion Report ReviewReport#: 88384Date: May 28, 2014
The kinetic energy in wind is converted
into mechanical power in specialized propeller-driven
turbines mounted on towers. A generator inside the turbine
converts the...
Type: BriefReport#: 88184Date: May 21, 2014Author:
Azuela, Gabriela Elizondo ;
Ben, Rafael
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