Careful planning and prioritization are
critical in the selection of an appropriate mix of
integrated urban flood risk management (IUFRM) solutions. An
integrated approach...
Understanding the causes of flood
disasters, and ways to mitigate them, is an essential first
step toward the integrated management of flood risk in
cities. This can...
The ‘Devolution and Locally-Led Climate
and disaster Risk Management’ project focuses on
strengthening capacity of counties to address climate
related vulnerability,...
Type: ReportReport#: 145233Date: January 16, 2020Author:
Wendo, Hausner
This paper examines the interaction
between macro-financial and climate-related risks. It brings
together different strands of the literature on
climate-related risks...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9109Date: January 14, 2020Author:
Feyen,Erik H.B. ;
Utz,Robert Johann ;
Zuccardi Huertas,Igor Esteban ;
Bogdan,Olena ;
Moon,Jisung
With the Results and Performance of the
World Bank Group 2020 (RAP 2020), the Independent Evaluation
Group (IEG) is rethinking its approach to the annual review
of World...
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 145482Date: January 8, 2020
In recent decades, the growth of
information and communications technologies (ICT) and the
move toward the digitalization of trade and global value
chains has been radically...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 144837Date: January 4, 2020
The world is not on track to address
climate change. As countries move toward developing stimulus
packages to stem the economic impact of Coronavirus
(COVID-19), it...
Type: ReportReport#: 151412Date: January 1, 2020Author:
Grimm,Michael ;
Boukerche,Sandrine
The World Bank Group prepared this
report, Climate Change in APEC: Assessing Risks, Preparing
Financial Markets, and Mobilizing Institutional Investors to
inform policymakers,...
Type: ReportReport#: 146655Date: January 1, 2020Author:
Pigato,Miria A. ;
Stewart,Fiona Elizabeth
Rural drinking water quality is an
emergent issue in the State of Punjab. In response to health
concerns related to children being exposed to metals in some
regions,...
The Sundarban region lies at the delta
of three mighty rivers of Ganga, Brahmaputra and Meghna. It
is one of the most, if not the most, vulnerable region
globally, to...
Emerging markets are not only the most
exposed economies to climate change risks, but also face an
unprecedented challenge to decarbonize their economies,
while maintaining...
Growing awareness of the potential of
the fixed income market to finance the commitments made
under the Paris Agreement on climate change and the 2030
Agenda for Sustainable...
Type: ReportReport#: 159077Date: January 1, 2020Author:
Ben Smith,Anne ;
Cooper, Graham
In the last few years, IFC has
prioritized an approach to creating bankable private sector
infrastructure opportunities that is called Scaling focusing
not on single...
Governments, donors, and the private
sector are taking a renewed interest, and investing billions
of dollars in Africa’s agriculture. The agriculture in
Africa at the...
Type: BriefReport#: 147795Date: January 1, 2020Author:
Christiaensen,Luc ;
Palacios-Lopez,Amparo
Cities in Mozambique, particularly those
located on its coastline, are highly exposed to climate
risks and repeatedly suffer from severe floods. To support
Mozambique...
Type: ReportReport#: 147108Date: January 1, 2020Author:
CES Consulting Engineers Salzgitter GmbH ;
Inros Lackner SE ;
Zaengerling, Bontje Marie [editor] ;
Jongman, Brenden [editor] ;
Matera, Michel [editor] ;
Carrera, Lorenzo [editor] ;
Chavana, Xavier Agostinho [editor] ;
Carrion, Steven Alberto [editor] ;
Midgley, Amelia [editor] ;
Erman, Alvina Elisabeth [editor] ;
Van Zanten, Boris Ton [editor] ;
Van Ledden, Matheus [editor]
A ‘Smarter Europe’ is a top priority of
the European Union (EU), the core of which is innovation,
economic transformation, and more competitive small and
medium enterprises...
Type: ReportReport#: 147164Date: January 1, 2020Author:
Haven,Thomas Edward ;
Grover,Arti Goswami ;
Marc,Lukasz Marek ;
Rogers,Juan Douglas ;
Iwanowski,Damian ;
Toborowicz,Jerzy Jakub ;
Tan,Shawn Weiming ;
Tran, Trang ;
Koniewski,Maciej Tomasz
Doing Business was the first global
indicator created to measure aspects of regulation that
enable or hinder the owners of small and medium-size
businesses in starting,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 149353Date: January 1, 2020
Morocco is expected to be faced with a
major water shortfall prompted by either expansion in demand
for water or reduction in precipitation induced by climate
change....
Type: ReportReport#: 145584Date: January 1, 2020Author:
Taheripour,Farzad ;
Tyner,Wallace E. ;
Haqiqi,Iman ;
Sajedinia,Ehsanreza
With one of the youngest populations
globally, a growing middle class, and increasing
urbanization, Nigeria is the largest consumer market in
Africa. The fast-moving...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 146323Date: January 1, 2020
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