The Art of Resilience brings together 15
international artists, technologists, and makers
representing Latin America, South and East Asia, the Middle
East, Africa, Europe,...
Systematic disaster data are critical to
effective disaster risk management. This was illustrated in
the aftermath of the magnitude 8.0 Wenchuan Earthquake,
which struck...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 150897Date: January 1, 2020Author:
Wu, Jidong
Social safety nets (SSNs) are
increasingly relevant to helping households prepare, cope,
and adapt to shocks in a climate of increased frequency and
severity of disasters....
Type: ReportReport#: 150388Date: January 1, 2020Author:
Williams,Asha M. ;
Martinez Angulo,Ursula Milagros
In 2018, the World Bank and the United
Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
(UNESCO) jointly issued a position paper on Culture in City
Reconstruction...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 146680Date: January 1, 2020Author:
Bailey,Laura E. ;
Wrobel,Robert
In the 12 years since the Wenchuan
Earthquake, China has quickly established a relatively
comprehensive space-based system of disaster and emergency
monitoring. The...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 150902Date: January 1, 2020Author:
Wu, Jidong
Given the high exposure in Haiti to
natural hazards, ensuring that proper disaster preparedness
and response mechanisms are well established and managed can
save lives....
Type: Working PaperReport#: 145070Date: January 1, 2020Author:
Llopis Abella,Jimena ;
Perge,Emilie Bernadette ;
Afif,Zeina ;
Soto Orozco,Claudia Ruth ;
Padilla,Lace M ;
Hsu,Jessica
Fragility and conflict pose a critical
threat to the global goal of ending extreme poverty. Between
1990 and 2015, successful development strategies reduced the
proportion...
Type: PublicationReport#: 146627Date: January 1, 2020Author:
Corral Rodas,Paul Andres ;
Irwin,Alexander ;
Krishnan,Nandini ;
Mahler,Daniel Gerszon ;
Vishwanath,Tara
This report was prepared at the request
of the ministry of finance (MoF) and ministry of emergency
situations of Uzbekistan as of February 2019. It aims to
provide a...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 149233Date: January 1, 2020Author:
Gurenko,Eugene N. ;
Skalon,Tatiana
Adaptive social protection (ASP) helps
to build the resilience of poor and vulnerable households to
the impacts of large, covariate shocks, such as natural
disasters,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 148677Date: January 1, 2020Author:
Bowen,Thomas Vaughan ;
Del Ninno,Carlo ;
Andrews,Colin ;
Coll-Black,Sarah ;
Gentilini,Ugo ;
Johnson, Kelly ;
Kawasoe,Yasuhiro ;
Kryeziu,Adea ;
Maher,Barry Patrick ;
Williams,Asha M.
Influenza pandemics are rare and
unpredictable, but recurring events, with the potential for
significant consequences on human health and social and
economic well-being....
The result of the joint efforts by the
government, communities, enterprises, and other key bodiesis
that China’s progress on the development of its DRR
demonstration...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 150896Date: January 1, 2020Author:
Yang,Saini ;
Wu, Jingyan
Rapid economic growth and urbanization
in China are increasing the severity of the country’s
disaster challenge, a situation increasingly exacerbated by
climate change....
Type: Working PaperReport#: 150898Date: January 1, 2020Author:
Xu, Wei ;
Qiao, Yu ;
Wu, Jidong
The Roadmap for Safer and Resilient
Schools (RSRS) is a step-by-step guide intended to provide
support to governments of developing countries that are
exposed to natural...
Type: ReportReport#: 149041Date: December 31, 2019
This Country Program Evaluation (CPE)
assesses the development effectiveness of the World Bank
Group program in the Philippines between 2009 and 2018. The
report provides...
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 143159Date: December 27, 2019
How to maintain communal spaces is an
important concern in many developing countries, particularly
in urban environments. But what strategies can communities
use to...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9087Date: December 17, 2019Author:
Newman,Carol Frances ;
Mitchell,Tara Lynn ;
Holmlund,Marcus Erik ;
Fernandez,Chloe Monica
Economic growth in Nepal remained
robust, reaching 7.1 percent in FY2019. This is in contrast
with past growth that averaged 4.1 percent a year between
FY2007 and FY2016....
Type: Working PaperReport#: 144294Date: December 12, 2019Author:
Ezemenari,Kenechukwu Maria ;
Joshi,Nayan Krishna
This Performance and Learning Review
(PLR) summarizes progress in the implementation of the World
Bank Group (WBG) Country Partnership Framework (CPF) of
Costa Rica...
Type: Country Partnership FrameworkReport#: 143466Date: December 6, 2019
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