The Costa Rican offsetting mechanism
(mecanismo de compensacion de Costa Rica, MCCR) is a
domestic greenhouse gas (GHG) crediting instrument to
address the structural...
Costa Rica’s national carbon neutrality
program (programa pais de carbono neutralidad, PPCN) is an
official mechanism for participants to join the country’s
long-term...
Climate change poses particularly
difficult challenges for public sector institutions. Climate
change impacts all sectors of the economy and society.
Action to address...
The Paris Agreement, with its universal
requirement on all countries to submit nationally determined
contributions (NDCs), marks a significant change for the
framework...
The Country Hydromet Diagnostics (CHD)
is a tool indicating where additional focus and support are
needed, based on defined maturity levels for each of the ten
critical...
Since 1988, Ghana has initiated a
decentralization program by implementing comprehensive local
governance and administrative reforms. These have led to the
creation...
Type: ReportReport#: 158571Date: April 1, 2021Author:
Gyasi, Kwadwo Antwi
The aim of the report is to analyze and
review the opportunities to implement integrated territorial
interventions in Bulgaria during the 2021 - 27 programming
period....
Type: ReportReport#: 157762Date: March 30, 2021Author:
Masic,Joanna Mclean ;
Wolszczak,Grzegorz Aleksander ;
Banaszczyk,Anna Marta ;
Kirchev,Atanas ;
Hinov,Aleksandar Georgiev ;
Petrov,Zdravko
These remarks were delivered by World
Bank Group President David Malpass on Building a Green,
Resilient, and Inclusive Recovery at London School of
Economics virtually...
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 157818Date: March 29, 2021Author:
Malpass,David
Enhancing Competitiveness in the Face of
Disasters presents the case to government decision-makers,
tourism private sector stakeholders, and development
partners that...
Type: ReportReport#: 154015Date: March 26, 2021Author:
Kechichian,Etienne Raffi ;
Takemoto,Shoko ;
Li,Wendy ;
Messerli,Hannah R.
The study assesses the state of timber
construction in the country, and the potential for
industrialized timber construction to help overcome the
social housing deficit...
Type: ReportReport#: 154785Date: March 25, 2021Author:
Terraza,Horacio Cristian ;
Donoso Arias,Rodrigo Andres ;
Victorero Castano,Felipe Andres ;
Ibanez Moreno,Daniel
Protected areas are key to any global
effort to conserve biodiversity. While governments see
protected areas as key to addressing biodiversity loss, they
are often overlooked...
Type: ReportReport#: 160260Date: March 24, 2021Author:
Narain,Urvashi ;
Bhammar,Hasita Mukeshkumar ;
Spencer,Phoebe Girouard ;
Taylor,Professor Edward ;
Zhu,Heng ;
Whitney,Edward Matthew ;
Gupta,Anubhab ;
Earley,Elisabeth Helene ;
Pendry,Jo Anne ;
Onofri,Laura
The sustainable development goal for
water and sanitation to ensure availability and sustainable
management of water and sanitation for all is a lofty goal.
Worldwide,...
Type: ReportReport#: 157661Date: March 23, 2021Author:
Lombana Cordoba,Camilo ;
Saltiel,Gustavo ;
Abd El Haleem,Nourhan Mohammad Sadik ;
Perez Penalosa,Federico
The Committee on Development
Effectiveness met to consider the report entitled The
Natural Resource Degradation and Vulnerability Nexus. An
Evaluation of the World Bank’s...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 158480Date: March 22, 2021
The proposed program for Inclusive,
Transparent and Climate Responsive Investments
Program-for-Results (PforR) aims to help Jordan improve
accountability to foster climate...
Type: Project Appraisal Document;AgreementReport#: PAD4384Date: March 18, 2021
The objectives of the report are: to
establish a general understanding of climate change, its
causes, and adverse impacts to development and transport;
give an overview...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 157541Date: March 18, 2021Author:
Darido,Georges Bianco
Many people in the global south access
housing through informal rental markets, but remarkably
little is known about how these markets work or the quality
of the accommodations...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9579Date: March 12, 2021Author:
Panman,Alexandra Patricia ;
Lozano Gracia,Nancy
This report discusses the remarks
delivered by World Bank Group President David Malpass
Interview with Brian Cheung, Yahoo, Finance on March 3,
2021. He spoke about...
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 157709Date: March 3, 2021Author:
Malpass,David
This report identifies ways to overcome
key barriers to private sector investment in adaptation and
resilience, laying out a coordinated and data-driven
Blueprint for...
Type: ReportReport#: 157131Date: March 2, 2021Author:
Tall,Arame ;
Lynagh,Sarah Bashford ;
Blanco Vecchi,Candela ;
Bardouille,Pepukaye ;
Montoya Pino,Felipe ;
Shabahat,Elham Shirin ;
Stenek,Vladimir ;
Stewart,Fiona Elizabeth ;
Power,Samantha Elizabeth ;
Paladines,Cindy Elizabeth ;
Neves,Philippe ;
Kerr,Lori Benita
Learning outcomes of students in remote
areas of Indonesia are behind their urban peers. To evaluate
KIAT Guru’s impact on learning outcomes the authors
developed a...
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