As of the end of 2017, there were 25.4
million refugees around the world.1 Developing countries
host 84 percent of this population, and they are striving to
adapt their...
Type: CorrespondenceReport#: 136350Date: January 7, 2019
Interest Bearing Notes is a product of
the Finance and Private Sector Research Team in the World
Bank's Development Research Group. It reports on
research by the team,...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 140638Date: January 1, 2019
The societal need for more accurate and
reliable weather, climate, and hydrological information is
growing fast as population density and migration increases
and climate...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 135840Date: January 1, 2019Author:
Rogers,David P. ;
Tsirkunov,Vladimir V. ;
Md Kootval,Haleh Kootval ;
Soares,Alice ;
Kull,Daniel Werner ;
Bogdanova,Anna-Maria ;
Suwa,Makoto
Jamaica, like other Caribbean and island
nations is at high risk from coastal flooding and related
hazards. Vulnerable coastal communities in Jamaica receive
significant...
Type: ReportReport#: 156612Date: January 1, 2019Author:
Ortega, Saul Torres ;
Losada, Inigo J. ;
Espejo, Antonio ;
Abad, Sheila ;
Narayan, Siddharth ;
Beck,Michael William
This paper examines Liberia's
financial management (FM) capacity building initiatives from
the immediate aftermath of the 14-year civil war to date,
and the lessons...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 136165Date: January 1, 2019
The number of people affected by
disasters around the world continues to rise, and countries
face recurrent disasters in contexts of conflict and
fragility. In 2016...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 142274Date: January 1, 2019Author:
Wrobel,Robert
The International Finance Corporation
(IFC) is the private sector arm of the World Bank Group
(WBG) and one of the leading investors and lenders in
emerging markets....
Type: Working PaperReport#: 141437Date: January 1, 2019Author:
Farouk,Ebrahim ;
Cortez,Annetta ;
Stephant,Yannick ;
Starnes,Susan K. ;
Heffernan,Robert Paul ;
Sokoliuk,Brian Robert ;
Biallas,Margarete O. ;
Zhumadil,Mariyam ;
Hayworth,William C. ;
Huggins,Matthew ;
Kim,Sokhareth ;
Pennington Gibbens,Elizabeth ;
Berghauser,Andrew Charles ;
Johnson,Lauren Kaley ;
Wright,Robert Palmer
The emergency events database (EM-DAT)
records 251 major hydro-meteorological disasters in
Bangladesh in the 35-year period 1980-2015. These include
cold waves, heat...
Disasters associated with seismic events
represent a significant development challenge in achieving
the dual goals of ending extreme poverty and promoting
shared prosperity...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 136041Date: January 1, 2019
Large-scale catastrophic and smaller
recurrent disasters generate considerable economic losses.
Over the past thirty years, damages from major disasters
have increased...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 141358Date: January 1, 2019
In the lean periods ahead of harvest,
twice a year, when food shortages are most significant, the
rural labor force has fewer employment and income generating
opportunities....
Governments face growing contingent
liabilities from disasters as they tend to shoulder a
significant share of disaster response and recovery costs.
Disaster shocks...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 137550Date: January 1, 2019Author:
Mahul,Olivier ;
Signer,Benedikt Lukas ;
Hamada,Hideaki ;
Gamper,Catherine Desiree ;
Xu,Rui ;
Himmelfarb, Anne [Editor]
The natural environment in Poloniny
National Park (NP) in northeastern Slovakia at the Polish
and Ukrainian borders is spectacular and central to the
Park’s offers,...
Jamaica, like many Small Island
Developing States (SIDS) is at high risk from coastal
hazards due to its exposure to tropical storms, high levels
of coastal development,...
Type: ReportReport#: 156607Date: January 1, 2019Author:
Castano Isaza,Juliana ;
Lee,Simone Michelle ;
Dani,Saurabh Suresh ;
Beck,Michael William ;
Narayan, Siddharth ;
Losada, Inigo J. ;
Hermosa, Antonio Espejo ;
Ortega, Saul Torres ;
Herrero, Sheila Abad ;
Mandal, Arpita ;
Smith, Rose-Ann ;
Edwards, Taneisha ;
Kinlocke, Robert ;
Mitchell, Simon ;
Webber, Mona ;
Trench, Camilo ;
Francis, Patrice ;
Spence, Adrian ;
Edwards,Peter Eric Thor
Globally, 60 percent of all trade
finance requests by small and medium-sized enterprises
(SMEs) are rejected, against only 7 percent for
multinational companies. According...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 141471Date: January 1, 2019
Beginning in 2003, diverse and
significant actors, both domestic and international, engaged
in reconstruction activities in Iraq. The total budget
committed to Iraq’s...
Type: PublicationReport#: 136976Date: January 1, 2019Author:
Matsunaga,Hideki
Developing countries are often the
hardest hit by floods, cyclones, droughts, and earthquakes,
yet are also the least equipped to understand or address
these risks....
This publication "Financial
Intelligence Units Working With Law Enforcement"
supports the implementation of the international anti-money
laundering/countering financing...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 133871Date: January 1, 2019Author:
Stroligo,Klaudijo ;
Hsu, Chin-Lung ;
Kouts,Theodore Christopher
Word War second left Japan crippled,
affecting its economy, governance, demography, settlements,
social well-being, and others. However, Japan used this as
an opportunity...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 137934Date: January 1, 2019Author:
Jain,Vibhu ;
Arai,Yuko
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