Over the past two decades India has seen
significant improvements in household incomes, agricultural
productivity and child survival, although malnutrition among
children...
Type: ReportReport#: 148850Date: March 1, 2020Author:
Acharya,Gayatri
The main objective of this activity is
to shed light on the transformative potential of smallholder
irrigation in Mozambique. Irrigation is critical in ensuring
sustainable...
A preliminary flood risk assessment
(PFRA) of Serbia conducted in 2012 identified 99 areas of
potentially significant flood risk (APSFRs). Within the
study of flood...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 157229Date: March 1, 2020
This paper proposes a methodology for
identifying urban areas that combines subjective assessments
with machine learning, and applies it to India, a country
where several...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS0160Date: February 24, 2020Author:
Galdo,Virgilio ;
Li,Yue-000316086 ;
Rama,Martin G.
The productivity of the world's
natural resources is critically dependent on a variety of
highly uncertain factors, which obscure individual investors
and governments...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9159Date: February 20, 2020Author:
Cai,Yongyang ;
Steinbuks,Jevgenijs ;
Judd,Kenneth L. ;
Jaegermeyr,Jonas ;
Hertel,Thomas W.
In the past decade, entrepreneurship has
emerged as a powerful tool to address the formidable
challenges that limit emerging market economies’ ability to
grow in a sustainable...
Type: ReportReport#: 147683Date: February 16, 2020Author:
Sonneborn,William Charles ;
Burns, Allie ;
Chandrasekhar,Shruti ;
Matranga, Heather ;
Bamfo, Stephanie ;
Semanjaku,Erinda ;
Davicino, Alana ;
Karmakar, Apoorv ;
Wrobel, Ben ;
Liu, Peixian
The sustainable development of a
county’s territory is linked to performance requirements
thatmust combine the protection offered by the statutory
plans (County Spatial...
In the 1990s, Ghana’s education system
was in crisis; underfunded infrastructure was deteriorating,
and capacity could not meet rising demand. Of the
approximately 26,000...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 147685Date: February 1, 2020Author:
Bishop,Ann Josephine Louise ;
Mignano,Kathleen Gaertner ;
Caballero,Alejandro ;
Sterlin,Elena J. ;
Kandri Rodi,Salah-Eddine ;
Oluwasegun, Funto ;
Casanova,Ann Marie ;
Marcus,Aliza
Globally, floods are the most frequent
and damaging natural hazard. This poses a serious
development challenge to many countries and their efforts to
reduce poverty...
Improving energy efficiency in Turkey is
crucial for reducing expensive energy imports and meeting
climate change targets. Small and medium enterprises (SMEs)
play a...
Type: BriefReport#: 147007Date: February 1, 2020Author:
ESMAP
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#: 146592Date: February 1, 2020
What major insights have emerged from
development economics in the past decade, and how do they
matter for the World Bank? This challenging question was
recently posed...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9133Date: January 30, 2020Author:
Artuc,Erhan ;
Cull,Robert J. ;
Dasgupta,Susmita ;
Fattal Jaef,Roberto N. ;
Filmer,Deon P. ;
Gine,Xavier ;
Jacoby,Hanan G. ;
Jolliffe,Dean Mitchell ;
Kee,Hiau Looi ;
Klapper,Leora ;
Kraay,Aart C. ;
Loayza,Norman V. ;
Mckenzie,David J. ;
Ozler,Berk ;
Rao,Vijayendra ;
Rijkers,Bob ;
Schmukler,Sergio L. ;
Toman,Michael A. ;
Wagstaff, Adam ;
Woolcock,Michael
Improving the management and governance
of state-owned enterprises in the water supply and
sanitation sector in the Caribbean is critical. State-owned
enterprises play...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 145559Date: January 29, 2020Author:
Burdescu,Ruxandra ;
Van Den Berg,Caroline ;
Janson,Nils M. ;
Alvarado,Oscar A.
Infant mortality among Hindus is higher
than among Muslims in India, and religious differences in
sanitation practices have been cited as a contributing
factor. To explore...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9131Date: January 29, 2020Author:
Adukia,Anjali ;
Alsan,Marcella ;
Babiarz,Kim ;
Goldhaber-Fiebert,Jeremy D. ;
Prince,Lea
The challenges associated with poverty
measurement with a cardinal variable have received due
attention during the last four decades, but there is a
dearth of literature...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9120Date: January 23, 2020Author:
Seth,Suman ;
Yalonetzky,Gaston
Operation and maintenance are critical
to ensuring the effectiveness of urban flood management
investments over time. In the context of human and financial
resource...
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