Will the revolution in digital and
information technologies make us obsolete? Will jobs be lost
and never replaced? Will wages drop to intolerable levels?
History and...
Type: BriefReport#: 129680Date: August 1, 2018Author:
Chuah,Lay Lian ;
Loayza,Norman V. ;
Schmillen,Achim Daniel
Sri Lanka has largely relied on
engineering solutions for managing the landslide risk in the
past and the application of nature-based and hybrid
solutions as an effective...
IBRD provides regular updates of the
lending rates and spreads applicable to its financing
products as set out in the terms of each product. This note
summarizes the...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 129026Date: July 24, 2018
Evening-hour luminosity observed using
satellites is a good proxy for economic activity. The
strengths of measuring economic activity using nightlight
measurements include...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8523Date: July 12, 2018Author:
Beyer,Robert Carl Michael ;
Chhabra,Esha ;
Galdo,Virgilio ;
Rama,Martin G.
Violent conflict and instability affect
men and women in heterogeneous ways, including
differentiated impacts on economic, social, physical, and
mental well-being. This...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8510Date: July 10, 2018Author:
Pape,Utz Johann ;
Phipps,Verena
A combination of poverty, water
scarcity, armed conflict, and warfare has produced serious
challenges for both water supply and sanitation in Yemen.
Although the tanker...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 128907Date: July 1, 2018Author:
Abu-Lohom,Naif Mohammed ;
Konishi,Yasuo ;
Mumssen,Yogita ;
Zabara,Bilkis ;
Moore,Scott Michael
Violent conflict and instability affect
men and women in heterogeneous ways, including
differentiated impacts on economic, social, physical, and
mental well-being. This...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 129599Date: July 1, 2018Author:
Pape,Utz Johann ;
Phipps,Verena
Real GDP is projected to further
contract by 3.5 percent in FY2018, following the contraction
of about 6.9 percent in FY 2017. Monetization of the fiscal
deficit led...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 129303Date: July 1, 2018
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,...
Sri Lanka has experienced a variety of
natural and human induced disasters that have had a
devastating impact on human well-being as well as economic
welfare of the...
The World Bank Group’s (WBG)
Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) for Seychelles coversthe
period, FY12-FY15. The CPS was extended by one year to FY16
at the Country...
Type: CPF Completion and Learning Review ReviewReport#: 128357Date: June 29, 2018
This study seeks to understand the
structure and workings of the labyrinth to propose a
concrete escape. It attempts to answer the following
questions. (1) Why is it...
Type: Working PaperReport#: AUS0000191Date: June 23, 2018Author:
Kitzmuller,Markus ;
Matta,Samer Naji ;
Kassim,Olanrewaju Malik ;
Nyman,Sara ;
Koschorke,Julian Alexander ;
Gebregziabher,Fiseha Haile
The Mayor of Nis, Darko Bulatovic, Urban
Partnership Program (UPP) Team Leader Tamara Nikolic (TN)
and workshop leader Roland Krebs (RK) welcomed around 40
participants...
Type: ReportReport#: 162178Date: June 22, 2018Author:
Krebs,Roland ;
Pluch,Kerstin
This social protection (SP) public
expenditure review (PER) focuses on the SP sector at the
request of the Government of Angola. Well-functioning SP
policies and programs...
Very few studies currently exist on the
long-term impacts of schooling policies in developing
countries. This paper examines the impacts -- half a century
later -- of...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8480Date: June 20, 2018Author:
Dang,Hai-Anh H. ;
Hoang,Trung Xuan ;
Nguyen,Ha Minh
Fire has been a part of India’s
landscape since time immemorial and can play a vital role in
healthy forests, recycling nutrients, helping tree species
regenerate, removing...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 127284Date: June 14, 2018Author:
Dogra,Pyush ;
Mitchell,Andrew Michael ;
Narain,Urvashi ;
Sall,Christopher ;
Smith,Ross William ;
Suresh,Shraddha
Forced displacement changes social
relations; the arrival of displaced persons is often
associated with social disruption, tension, grievance,
social fragmentation and...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 128640Date: June 1, 2018Author:
De Berry,Joanna Peace ;
Roberts,Andrew James
The Lao People’s Democratic Republic
(PDR) is exposed to significant climate and disaster risks.
The country’s rapid economic development can put more people
and assets...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 139165Date: June 1, 2018Author:
Quiroga,Sonia
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