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#: 147147Date: December 31, 2019
Historically the environmental focus of
the refrigeration and air-conditioning sector has been on
ozone-science associated with the need to reduce the impact
of refrigerants...
Type: ReportReport#: 166124Date: December 31, 2019Author:
Peters,Toby
With climate change accelerating and
increasingly impacting global development, the World Bank
Group has identified ‘sustainable cooling’ as a new
frontier, where several...
Type: ReportReport#: 166122Date: December 31, 2019Author:
Peters,Toby
Approximately 4.1 million people live in
the three states of the Yucatán Peninsula: Quintana Roo,
Yucatán, and Campeche. Some 30 municipalities are in a
coastal territory...
Type: PublicationReport#: 144653Date: December 27, 2019Author:
Sanchez-Triana,Ernesto ;
Ruitenbeek,Herman Jack ;
Enriquez,Santiago ;
Siegmann,Katharina
Corruption continues to have a
disproportionate impact on the poor and most vulnerable,
increasing the cost of, and reducing access to, health,
education, justice, electricity...
Type: ReportReport#: 149539Date: December 20, 2019Author:
Anderson,James ;
Bernstein,David S. ;
Brun,Jean Pierre ;
Habershon,Alexandra M. ;
Recanatini,Francesca ;
Van Der Does De Willebois,Emile J. M. ;
Zimmermann,Stephen S.
Sustainable mobility for all (SuM4All)
is the premier advocacy platform for international
cooperation on transport and mobility issues. Established in
2017, and hosted...
Using World Bank Enterprise Survey data
around the world, this paper examines how foreign direct
investment is associated with female entrepreneurship (that
is, a firm...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9083Date: December 16, 2019Author:
Fang,Sheng ;
Shamseldin,Heba M.M. ;
Xu,L. Colin
Climate change poses direct risks to
power sector investments, as the components of this sector
are highly sensitive to environmental variables such water
availability,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 168047Date: December 15, 2019
Water stress has become a problem in
most Indian cities, as rapid population growth increases
simultaneously water demand by households, industries, and
power plants....
Type: ReportReport#: 144450Date: December 10, 2019
The objective of the Kandy Multimodal
Transport Terminal (KMTT) Project is to enhance
accessibility, efficiency, and safety for public transport
users of the KMTT. The...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 147974Date: December 2, 2019
As 2019 drew to a close, a year when
Mozambique faced devastation caused by two severe cyclones,
the country looks ahead having made significant progress in
terms of...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 145481Date: December 1, 2019Author:
Mahdi,Shireen ;
Massingue,Anna Carlotta Allen ;
Massarongo Chivulele,Fernanda Ailina Pedro ;
Tchamo,Brigida Alcidia Salvador ;
Casal,Julian ;
Baez Ramirez,Javier Eduardo
The Paris Agreement introduced a
bottom-up approach for addressing climate change by enabling
countries to pledge individual commitments through
nationally determined...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 144022Date: December 1, 2019
Climate change and food security are two
of the most pressing challenges facing the global community
today. Improving smallholder agricultural systems is a key
response...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 147701Date: December 1, 2019Author:
Mccarthy,Nancy
Lesotho's agricultural system faces
a growing number of climate-related vulnerabilities with
droughts, floods, pests, and extreme temperatures occurring
more frequently....
The project ‘devolution and locally-led
climate and disaster risk management’ is part of the
WorldBank’s Kenya Accountable Devolution Program (KADP),
which aims to strengthen...
Type: ReportReport#: AUS0001289Date: December 1, 2019
This Brief is part of the Solutions for
Youth Employment (S4YE) Knowledge Brief series focusing on
the design and implementation of youth employment programs.
This Brief...
Type: BriefReport#: 146614Date: December 1, 2019Author:
Robinson,Danielle Simone ;
Ait Ali Slimane,Meriem ;
Mohindra,Komal ;
Datta,Namita
The understanding of the impacts of
climate change on fisheries is constantly increasing and can
be organized around several main factors - ocean
acidification, sea-level...
Type: ReportReport#: 145609Date: December 1, 2019Author:
Lam,Vicky ;
De Fontaubert,Charlotte
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