Water scarcity, greater water demand and
changes in water supply due to climate change are severely
affecting large parts of Southern Africa, including South
Africa,...
Potential failure modes analysis (PFMA)
is a process to systematically identify, describe, and
evaluate the ways in which a dam and its appurtenant
structures could...
The importance of ensuring that dam
structures can withstand earthquakes has been recognized and
practiced for many years. The technical capability of the
dam engineering...
Decarbonizing transport is critical to
achieving the worlds climate change goals, as well as being
a key component of a sustainable, livable, and
energy-efficient city....
This annual report for the World Bank
Group (WBG) Korea office covers the period July 2019 to June
2020, the World Bank’s 2020 fiscal year (FY20). In FY20, the
WBG Korea...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 156020Date: January 1, 2021
2020 has been a challenging year for
most industries and people around the globe. Global oil and
gas companies were hit especially hard, while the mini-Gas
to Liquid...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 159064Date: December 31, 2020
This El Salvador country forest note
(CFN) presents a forward-looking business case for the World
Bank to invest in forest management, conservation, and
restoration...
Type: ReportReport#: 155329Date: December 23, 2020Author:
Szott,Lawrence Thomas ;
Obando,German ;
Solano,Gustavo ;
Rivera,Rene
Real GDP growth exceeded 6 percent
during the two years before COVID-19 (coronavirus) struck,
supported by rebounding confidence, investment, low interest
rates, and...
Type: ReportReport#: AUS0001980Date: December 18, 2020Author:
Belete,Nathan M. ;
Thomas,Theo David ;
Boroffice,Feyifolu Adeyosola ;
Ashraf,Mehwish ;
Avdiu,Besart ;
Meyer,Moritz ;
Ndoye,Djibril ;
Sawadogo,Sidi Mohamed ;
Fonton,Kike Yra
This briefing note presents some recent
developments in satellite-based earth observation (EO) and
how new and disruptive technology can improve understanding
on tropical...
Type: ReportReport#: AUS0002003Date: December 18, 2020
This report describes, in general and
theoretical terms, calibration, and validation procedures
for the Earth Observation (EO) tools that were developed by
the Satellite...
Type: ReportReport#: AUS0002002Date: December 18, 2020
The High-Frequency Phone Survey of Firms
(HFPS-F) interviews a sample of firms in Addis Ababa every
three weeks for a total of eight survey rounds. This
high-frequency...
This report describes, in general and
theoretical terms, calibration, and validation procedures
for the Earth Observation (EO) tools that were developed by
the Satellite...
Type: ReportReport#: AUS0002002Date: December 18, 2020Author:
Castren,Tuukka
Dry forests cover 1.1 billion hectares,
slightly less than half of the world’s subtropical and
tropical forests. The structure of dry forest vegetation can
be especially...
Type: ReportReport#: AUS0002009Date: December 18, 2020
This report seeks to make a contribution
to scaling up energy efficiency through improved planning
and design of energy efficiency interventions in the
developing countries...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 155209Date: December 17, 2020
Limited share of oil and mining revenues
and benefit in regions with and without extractive
activities have been identified as key structural drivers of
fragility, conflict...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 155196Date: December 17, 2020Author:
Mizutani,Jade Mali ;
Bove,Abel Paul Basile ;
Lacroix,Rebecca Emilie Anne
In Q2, Russia~^!!^s GDP contracted
sharply, faced with domestic supply and demand, and terms of
trade shocks. Yet supported by exports, GDP growth performed
slightly...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 155137Date: December 16, 2020Author:
Sanghi,Apurva
Sub-Saharan Africa has vast non-fuel
mineral resources that in some countries constitute major
shares of their gross domestic product. The region also
contains large...
Type: BriefReport#: 155067Date: December 15, 2020Author:
Galeazzi,Clara ;
Steinbuks,Jevgenijs ;
Cust,James Frederick
This policy note reviews the challenges
and opportunities that are central to the transition of the
Republic of Bulgaria’s key marine-based economic sectors to
blue...
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