Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is
oriented towards integrating agricultural development with
climate change response. It aims to achieve food security
and support broader...
In 2005, the parties to the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
began to formally set up a framework for financially
incentivizing emissions...
Well-documented challenges face women
entrepreneurs leading to smaller, less profitable, and
slower growing firms than male-led firms (Bardasi, Sabarwal,
and Terrel...
This report discusses the remarks
delivered by David Malpass, President of the World Bank to
the Nordic and Baltic Ministers and Governors of the World
Bank Group. He...
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 160041Date: June 1, 2021Author:
Malpass,David
Prioritized CSA investments include; two
national activities designed to provide information,
capacity building, and key infrastructure and seven regional
investments...
Prioritized CSA investments include five
national activities and four regionally distributed
activities focused on specific commodity value chains.
Investments total...
To raise momentum in Brazil’s water
sector, and respond to demands from government, the World
Bank initiated two analytical studies. These were the Water
Supply and...
Type: ReportReport#: 161114Date: June 1, 2021Author:
Makino,Midori ;
Borja-Vega,Christian
The government of Serbia (GoS) aims to
increase the efficiency and effectiveness of Public
Investment. With these goals in mind the Ministry of Finance
(MoF) had previously...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 161342Date: June 1, 2021Author:
Fallov,Jonas Arp ;
Darcy,Martin ;
Drecun,Aleksandra ;
Markovic,Milos
The use of performance-based school
grants can incentivize teachers and administrators to
improve education quality. Mozambique has a direct school
grant program (ADE)...
This note provides practitioners and
World Bank project teams with an overview of a novel
approach to enhance climate resilience into project design
and monitoring and...
Type: ReportReport#: 161890Date: June 1, 2021Author:
Ospina Parada,Angelica Valeria ;
Rigaud,Kanta K.
Increasing temperatures and growing
rainfall variability will negatively affect crop yields. For
example, overall rice crop yields in 2040 are expected to be
4 percent...
The Enabling Conditions for Urban
Climate Finance Part 2 is a contribution of the World Bank
to the State of Cities Climate Finance Report 2021. Part 2
analyzes enabling...
To maximize development gains, World
Bank projects must consider climate change and disaster
risks in their design and appraisal. Buildings could be
exposed to heat...
As the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
enters its second year, foreign investors can see light at
the end of the tunnel as economic conditions improve.
Results from...
Type: ReportReport#: 160647Date: June 1, 2021Author:
Saurav,Abhishek ;
Kusek,Peter ;
Kuo,Ryan Chia ;
Viney,Brody B
For those who prefer to cook with gas
but are not connected to a natural gas pipeline—and nearly
all rural households fall under this category, liquefied
petroleum gas...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 161537Date: June 1, 2021Author:
Kojima,Masami
Since 2015 the Africa Climate Business
Plan (ACBP) has been a galvanizing platform for climate
action. Progress achieved to date includes resilience
capacity enhancement...
Type: Working PaperReport#: ACS29975Date: June 1, 2021Author:
Ospina Parada,Angelica Valeria ;
Rigaud,Kanta K.
This report forms part of the World
Bank’s technical assistance project undertaken with the
European Commission’s Directorate-General for European Civil
Protection and...
Type: ReportReport#: 159696Date: May 28, 2021Author:
Simpson,Alanna Leigh ;
Stanton-Geddes,Zuzana ;
Cook,Samantha Jane ;
Dengler,Solene ;
Eskander,Shaikh Muhammed Shahid Uddin ;
Fraser,Stuart Alexander ;
Saiyed,Zahraa Nazim ;
Markhvida,Maryia
The power sector remains especially
vulnerable to natural disasters and extreme weather events
exacerbated by climate change. Planning ahead and investing
in resilience...
Type: BriefReport#: 159355Date: May 25, 2021Author:
Gessesse,Eskedar Bahru
The West Africa Coastal Areas Management
(WACA) Program is a convening Platform that assists Western
African countries in sustainably managingtheir coastal areas
and...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 159356Date: May 25, 2021
The World Bank works with government
policy makers, regulators, central banks, and supervisors in
implementing reforms to build a sustainable financial
system. Such...
Type: ReportReport#: 159943Date: May 25, 2021Author:
Dalhuijsen,Emma Renu ;
Regelink,Martijn Gert Jan ;
Mok,Rachel Chi Kiu ;
Stewart,Fiona Elizabeth ;
Reinders,Henk Jan
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