As climate shocks increasingly impact
the water dependent sectors, it is vital that countries
embrace integrated, cross-sectoral policies and programs.
Water projects...
Climate-informed projects aimed at
boosting water utilities’ performance are likely to succeed
in achieving intended results by investing in energy
efficiency, nonrevenue...
Climate change has become a main concern
of ministries of finance, central banks, and financial
regulators. In response, a suite of scenarios and tools have
been developed...
Type: ReportReport#: 168725Date: February 1, 2022Author:
Ranger,Nicola Ann ;
Mahul,Olivier ;
Monasterolo,Irene
The paper studies the relationship
between innovation efforts, innovation outputs, and
productivity, using firm-level data from six East Asian
countries. Firms are more...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9921Date: February 1, 2022Author:
De Nicola,Francesca ;
Chen,Pinyi
Policymakers in developing countries
face multiple challenges related to climate change. To
provide policymakers with reliable recommendations on a
variety of climate...
Using administrative criminal records
from Texas, this paper shows how heat affects criminal
defendants, police officers, prosecutors, and judges. It
finds that arrests...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9909Date: January 24, 2022Author:
Behrer,Arnold Patrick ;
Bolotnyy,Valentin
This training manual is developed as a
supporting document to the Disaster Rehabilitation and
Recovery Planning Guide developed by the National Economic
and Development...
The world has witnessed unparalleled
economic progress in the last three decades. But success is
not preordained, and several headwinds threaten this hard
fought progress....
Type: ReportReport#: 161412Date: January 17, 2022Author:
Balseca,Victor Esteban ;
Cuesta Leiva,Jose Antonio ;
Damania,Richard ;
Feng,Shenghui ;
Moon,Jisung ;
Maruyama Rentschler,Jun Erik ;
Russ,Jason Daniel ;
Triyana,Margaret Maggie
This paper uses Qualitative Comparative
Analysis (QCA) to validate the theory of change developed
for an evaluation of renewable energy strategies,
identifying pathways...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 167126Date: January 1, 2022Author:
Rubinson,Claude James ;
Jayawardena,Migara ;
Watkins,Ryan ;
Butscher,Joy Kaarina ;
Berrah,Noureddine
This paper describes how a panel of
global experts on renewable energy (RE) was convened to
anticipate the major opportunities and challenges facing the
scale-up of...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 167125Date: January 1, 2022Author:
Jayawardena,Migara ;
Heijndermans,Enno ;
West Meiers,Maurya ;
Watkins,Ryan ;
Butscher,Joy Kaarina ;
Feng,Shenghui ;
Berrah,Noureddine
IEG’s Results and Performance
of the World Bank Group 2021 report, also known as RAP 2021,
assesses the World Bank Group’s performance by
analyzing the...
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 166168Date: December 23, 2021
The Middle East and North Africa Region
encapsulates many of the issues surrounding water and human
mobility. It is the most water-scarce region in the world
and is...
Type: PublicationReport#: 164111Date: December 21, 2021Author:
Borgomeo,Edoardo ;
Jagerskog,Lars Anders ;
Zaveri,Esha Dilip ;
Russ,Jason Daniel ;
Khan,Amjad Muhammad ;
Damania,Richard
This section lays out priority themes
for the WBG South Asia Climate Roadmap to implement the
global Climate Change Action Plan. These themes include:
macro-fiscal resilience;...
Type: ReportReport#: 166960Date: December 15, 2021
These remarks were delivered by World
Bank Group President David Malpass at the IDA20
Replenishment Meeting on December 15, 2021. He said that
Japan has increasingly...
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 167062Date: December 15, 2021Author:
Malpass,David
The World Bank’s flagship report
Groundswell: Preparing for Internal Climate Migration finds
that Sub-Saharan Africa is likely to witness high levels of
climate-induced...
Type: ReportReport#: 165170Date: December 9, 2021Author:
Rigaud,Kanta K. ;
Sherbinin, Alex de ;
Jones,Bryan R ;
Abu-Ata,Nathalie E. ;
Adamo, Susana
Between its natural wealth with diverse
cultures, increasingly rapid urbanization, and some of the
world’s most impressive wildlife, Tanzania strikes visitors
as a country...
Type: ReportReport#: 165171Date: December 9, 2021Author:
Rigaud,Kanta K. ;
Sherbinin, Alex de ;
Jones,Bryan R ;
Arora,Anmol ;
Adamo, Susana
Uganda is a diverse and verdant country.
From the tall volcanic mountains along the eastern and
western borders to the densely forested wetlands of the
Albert Nile River...
Type: ReportReport#: 165172Date: December 9, 2021Author:
Rigaud,Kanta K. ;
Sherbinin, Alex de ;
Jones,Bryan R ;
Casals Fernandez,Anna Taeko ;
Adamo, Susana
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