The World Bank has two main goals. The
first is to end poverty by 2030 and the second is to boost
shared prosperity, meaning making sure that everyone can
reap the benefits...
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 101878Date: June 2, 2013Author:
Kim,Jim Yong
This report focuses on the risks of
climate change to development in Sub-Saharan Africa, South
East Asia and South Asia. Building on the 2012 report, Turn
Down the Heat:...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 78424Date: June 1, 2013Author:
Adams, Sophie ;
Baarsch, Florent ;
Bondeau, Alberte ;
Coumou, Dim ;
Donner, Reik ;
Frieler, Katja ;
Hare, Bill ;
Menon, Arathy ;
Perette, Mahe ;
Piontek, Franziska ;
Rehfeld, Kira ;
Robinson, Alexander ;
Rocha, Marcia ;
Rogelj, Joeri ;
Runge, Jakob ;
Schaeffer, Michiel ;
Schewe, Jacob ;
Schleussner, Carl-Friedrich ;
Schwan, Susanne ;
Serdeczny, Olivia ;
Svirejeva-Hopkins, Anastasia ;
Vieweg, Marion ;
Warszawski, Lila ;
World Bank
This brief explains about the inclusive
business company profile Alquería S.A. Alquería S.A. is
Colombia’s third-largest dairy company engaged in the
production and...
This paper introduces a computationally
efficient method for estimating structural parameters of
dynamic discrete choice models with large choice sets. The
method is...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS6480Date: June 1, 2013Author:
Artuc, Erhan
This paper reviews the literature on the
potential biophysical and economic impacts of climate change
in the Himalayas. Existing observations indicate that the
temperature...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS6516Date: June 1, 2013Author:
Acharya, Kumud ;
Gautam, Mahesh R. ;
Timilsina,Govinda R.
The vulnerability of the agricultural
sector to both climate change and variability is well
established in the literature. The general consensus is that
changes in temperature...
Type: Environment Working PaperReport#: 78739Date: June 1, 2013Author:
Kurukulasuriya,Pradeep H. ;
Rosenthal,Shane J.
Panel data conventionally underpin the
analysis of poverty mobility over time. However, such data
are not readily available for most developing countries. Far
more common...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS6504Date: June 1, 2013Author:
Dang,Hai-Anh H. ;
Lanjouw,Peter F.
IFC is working with BLC Bank to improve
access to finance and support the growth of women-owned
businesses in Lebanon. With IFC support, BLC Bank launched
the women’s...
As a result of climate change, the
spatial distribution of natural ecosystems such as deserts,
rainforest and tundra may no longer have the same spatial
distribution...
IFC is working with local and
international Small Hydro Power Plant (SHPP) developers, and
local government and finance institutions to develop
Albania’s renewable energy...
Poland is a signatory to the United
Nation declaration on road safety and as a member of the
European Union (EU) Poland is obliged to follow EU specific
policies and...
Type: Other Infrastructure StudyReport#: 78319Date: June 1, 2013
India's huge expansion in rural
electrification in the 1980s and 1990s offers lessons for
other countries today. The paper examines the long-term
effects of household...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS6527Date: June 1, 2013Author:
van de Walle, Dominique ;
Ravallion, Martin ;
Mendiratta, Vibhuti ;
Koolwal, Gayatri
This report focuses on the risks of
climate change to development in Sub-Saharan Africa, South
East Asia and South Asia. Building on the 2012 report, turn
down the heat:...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 78422Date: June 1, 2013Author:
Adams, Sophie ;
Baarsch, Florent ;
Bondeau, Alberte ;
Coumou, Dim ;
Donner, Reik ;
Frieler, Katja ;
Hare, Bill ;
Menon, Arathy ;
Perette, Mahe ;
Piontek, Franziska ;
Rehfeld, Kira ;
Robinson, Alexander ;
Rocha, Marcia ;
Rogelj, Joeri ;
Runge, Jakob ;
Schaeffer, Michiel ;
Schellnhuber,Hans Joachim ;
Schewe, Jacob ;
Schleussner, Carl-Friedrich ;
Schwan, Susanne ;
Serdeczny, Olivia ;
Svirejeva-Hopkins, Anastasia ;
Vieweg, Marion ;
Warszawski, Lila
This report presents analysis of a
database of global geothermal drilling success. The
database, compiled by IFC, covers geothermal fields that
together supply power...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 78230Date: June 1, 2013Author:
Allen, Mike ;
Avato,Patrick Alexander ;
Gehringer,Magnus ;
GeothermEx ;
Harding-Newman,Tom ;
Levin,Jeremy ;
Loksha,Victor B. ;
Meng,Zhengjia ;
Moin,Sonia ;
Morrow, James ;
Oduolowu,Akin O. ;
Pantelias,Alexios ;
Sanyal,Subir Kumar
The international community is paying
increased attention to the 25 percent of the world's
population that lives in fragile and conflict affected
settings, acknowledging...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS6496Date: June 1, 2013Author:
Annan,Jeannie Ruth ;
Gaarder,Marie
This discussion paper provides the
analytical backdrop for a series of papers on managing
climate- and weather-related risks in China. It reviews and
synthesizes the...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 85056Date: June 1, 2013Author:
Sall,Christopher
The Philippines already experiences and
will continue to face impacts from climate change. In the
decades ahead, the most serious consequences will be felt in
coastal...
Type: Public Expenditure ReviewReport#: 78809Date: June 1, 2013Author:
Crepin, Christophe
Sub-Saharan Africa trails other regions
in providing access to electricity for poor urban and rural
residents. This poor performance can be linked to various
factors,...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS6511Date: June 1, 2013Author:
Barnes,Douglas French ;
Golumbeanu,Raluca Georgiana
Estimates of the extent of corruption
rely largely on self-reports of individuals, business
managers, and government officials. Yet it is well known
that survey respondents...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS6488Date: June 1, 2013Author:
Kraay, Aart ;
Murrell, Peter
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