Five countries across the globe are
working to strengthen the transport sector to build
resilience against disaster and climate risks, enabling a
resilient global transport...
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
is home to some of the most fragile situations and
conflict-affected population in the world. With one in five
people in the...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 150321Date: June 1, 2020Author:
Maier,Elisabeth ;
Constant,Samantha M. ;
Ahmad,Ali
The United Nations and World Bank
jointly urge a shift away from managing crises toward
prevention through inclusive and collective interventions
(United Nations and...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 144561Date: June 1, 2020Author:
Poli,Maria ;
Filali Meknassi,Saad ;
Thindwa,Jeffrey M. ;
Kumagai,Saki ;
Cavatore,Maria Angeline ;
Jespersen,Ann-Sofie
Clearing antipersonnel landmines is a
EUR 267 million business globally. The industry requires
specialist machinery and equipment to detect and clear mines
and service...
Sarajevo is vulnerable to several
disasters including wildfires, flooding, severe pollution,
earthquakes and landslides. However, there appear to be
inadequate institutional...
Type: ReportReport#: 157251Date: June 1, 2020Author:
Sislen,David N. ;
Salinas Munoz,Emanuel ;
Goliath,Gary Claude ;
Kabalan,Leila
As disaster risk intensifies in Central
America due to the impact of weather events and climate
change, Honduras and Nicaragua are taking action to be
better prepared...
Moldova is exposed to an array of
natural hazards, and their impact disproportionately affects
the poor. The Government of Moldova has been strengthening
institutions...
Type: ReportReport#: 157503Date: June 1, 2020Author:
Baeumler,Axel E. N. ;
Kerblat,Yann ;
Ionascu,Alexei ;
Kull,Daniel Werner ;
Gobjila,Anatol ;
Kindap,Ahmet
Transport connectivity in Cambodia is
challenged by its geography and exposure to recurrent
flooding. Flood events create severe disruptions in segments
of the transport...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9262Date: May 28, 2020Author:
Espinet Alegre,Xavier ;
Stanton-Geddes,Zuzana ;
Aliyev,Sadig
The objective of this document is to
provide IFC clients with basic advice and a list of
resources for developing emergency preparedness and response
plans (EPRPs) for...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 151346Date: May 12, 2020
There is frequent public and media
concern over the cost of bloated cabinets in many
Sub-Saharan African countries. Scholarship on elite
clientelism links cabinet positions...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9232Date: May 6, 2020Author:
Wehner,Joachim Hans-Georg ;
Mills,Linnea Cecilia
Countries struck by equally powerful
disaster events are affected differently in terms of
thedevastation caused, the number of casualties, persons
displaced, impact...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 148272Date: May 1, 2020Author:
Barra,Alvaro Federico ;
Torhonen,Mika-Petteri ;
Rajabifard,Abbas ;
Potts,Katie ;
Grover,Richard John
Nepal is at high risk of natural and
non-natural disasters. It continues to face the brunt of
hazards resulting from rugged topographical conditions,
hydro-meteorological...
IBRD provides the Executive Directors
and Borrowers with regular updates of the lending rates and
spreads applicable to its loan products as set out in the
terms of...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 148176Date: April 28, 2020
Budgets affect all of us. Businesses
analyze budget policy in order to make investment decisions
that impact on growth and employment. As citizens, we depend
on the...
Type: ReportReport#: 147988Date: April 24, 2020Author:
Wehner,Joachim Hans-Georg
The World Bank Group has made a strong
commitment to addressing the development challenges
associated with fragility, conflict, and violence (FCV) as
part of its corporate...
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 148379Date: April 24, 2020
This Country Partnership Framework
(CPF), which covers FY20-FY23, seeks to accompany Myanmar
through a challenging and complex transition at a time when
the COVID-19...
Type: Country Partnership FrameworkReport#: 147607Date: April 20, 2020
This is a statement by H.E. Mohamed
Benchaaboun, Minister of Economy and Finance, at the 101st
meeting of the Development Committee held on April 17, 2020.
The COVID-19...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 147890Date: April 17, 2020
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