As advances in machine learning,
computer vision, and robotics help manufacturers around the
world improve their processes and produce new and more
complex products,...
The Joint Data Center's first issue
of the Quarterly Digest on Forced Displacement examines the
long-term impact of historical episodes of large-scale
forced displacement....
Type: Working PaperReport#: 150765Date: July 1, 2020Author:
Becker,Sascha O. (ed.) ;
World Bank ;
UNHCR ;
JDC
Tragic levels of death, destruction,
displacement, and disorder from ongoing conflicts in Iraq,
Libya, Syria, and Yemen require a new approach focused on
building –...
Type: ReportReport#: 150418Date: July 1, 2020Author:
Recanatini,Francesca ;
Hamilton,Ellen ;
Elattar,Mahi Amr Abdelkhalek Tawfik ;
De Cosmo,Sergio ;
Saba,Joseph P. ;
Heger,Katrin Miriam Johanna
In IDA19, IDA Deputies and Borrower
Representatives agreed that the CRW will extend its mandate
to support early response to slow-onset crises, namely
disease outbreaks...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 151102Date: June 30, 2020
This report highlights the progress
global risk financing facility (GRiF) achieved in fiscal
year 2020 (FY20). It focuses on how GRiF works and what it
funds, drawing...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 157950Date: June 30, 2020
Kosovo’s pension system started from
scratch after its conflict with Serbia. It is based on a
fully funded Defined Contribution (DC) scheme and a
universal basic pension....
In Bangladesh, only 36 percent of women
have a formal bank account, compared with 65 percent of men.
Mobile financial services(MFS)show great promise in
addressing this...
At its most fundamental level, managing
risks is, at its core, about noticing and confronting the
gap between what is and what could be. Humor is also about
noticing,...
Type: ReportReport#: 150411Date: June 29, 2020Author:
Phillips,Emma Katrine Alexandra
At its most fundamental level, managing
risks is, at its core, about noticing and confronting the
gap between what is and what could be. Humor is also about
noticing,...
Scaling up resilient infrastructure
project for Serbia had the goal to support the improvement
of institutional capacities in disaster risk reduction, and
to develop...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 157109Date: June 26, 2020
The Government of Nepal has identified
four overarching goals for its disaster risk financing
strategy. These are aligned to the 15th Development Plan
which articulates...
Just like nearly every aspect of human
experience, crime, civil conflict, and violence have become
increasingly global. Around the world, civil wars, of which
there...
Type: PublicationReport#: 150066Date: June 25, 2020
China has long known more than its fair
share of disasters, including earthquakes, typhoons, floods,
and droughts. The good news is that in recent decades, the
country...
The objective of this report is to
provide a review of and recommendations for improving the
agriculture and food security risk financing framework in
the Southern Africa...
Type: ReportReport#: AUS0001493Date: June 23, 2020
Having a common framework for early
action to cope with complex disasters can make it easier for
authorities and other stakeholders, including populations at
risk, to...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 149839Date: June 19, 2020Author:
Rogers,David ;
Anderson Berry,Linda Jennette ;
Bogdanova,Anna-Maria ;
Fleming,Gerald J ;
Gitay,Habiba ;
Kahandawa,Suranga Sooriya Kumara ;
Md Kootval,Haleh Kootval ;
Staudinger,Michael ;
Suwa,Makoto ;
Tsirkunov,Vladimir V. ;
Wang,Weibing
This report aims to analyze the regional
consequences of the conflict at a critical juncture. With
persistent delays in the resolution of the conflict, and
absent a...
Type: PublicationReport#: 149780Date: June 18, 2020Author:
Onder,Harun ;
Sayed,Haneen Ismail ;
Le Borgne,Eric
In Brazil, most payroll taxes and wages
on labor earnings depend on the type of job. How do reforms
to the tax and social protection system affect equity,
efficiency,...
The Global Facility for Disaster
Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) supported: (i) mainstreaming
disaster risk management principles across sixteen
investment projects in...
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