The second development partners
conference brought together representatives from the global
hydromet community in a context of exponentially growing
weather, climate,...
Every year, approximately 70,000 people
die worldwide from natural disasters. Most of these deaths
are caused by building collapse during earthquakes, and the
great...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 129573Date: March 16, 2018Author:
Newman,James P. ;
Barker,Louisa Helen
The main objective of the Reimbursable
Advisory Services (RAS) was to provide evidence-based advice
to the Chilean Government on theadvantages and disadvantages
of the...
This paper combines district-level
government spending data from Indonesia and natural disaster
damage indices to analyze the extent to which districts are
forced to...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8359Date: March 6, 2018Author:
Skoufias,Emmanuel ;
Strobl,Eric ;
Tveit,Thomas Breivik
This report discusses the speech by the
World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim at the Fagility
Forum 2018 Washington, D.C., United States in March 05,
2018. He discusses...
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 129829Date: March 5, 2018Author:
Kim,Jim Yong
The development objective of the
Ploiesti-Brasov Motorway Preparation Project for Romania is
to strengthen the capabilities of Romania’s national road
sector to sustainably...
Modern, high-quality off-grid lighting
and energy products can transform lives. Over the past
decade, a concerted global push has created thriving markets
for these...
Type: BriefReport#: 125039Date: March 1, 2018Author:
ESMAP
On January 7, 11 and 19, 1993, Pieter P.
Bottelier was interviewed on behalf of the World Bank Group
Archives oral history program by John P. Lewis, Richard Webb
and...
The World Bank is committed to ensuring
the development process fully respects the dignity,
economies, and cultures of indigenous peoples. The
indigenous peoples’ policy...
Since 2010 the Nordic Trust Fund (NTF)
has supported the World Bank’s work in Vietnam through three
grants focused on realizing citizens’ rights. This work
suggests...
The cities of Japan are an exceptional
source of learning on competitiveness of cities. They have
recovered from disaster, dealt with population influx,
industrialized...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 125928Date: March 1, 2018Author:
Levine,Daniel ;
Mukim,Megha ;
Jordan,Luke Simon ;
Imoto,Haruka ;
Zhu,Juni ;
Murakami,Nozomi
Many developing countries are highly
exposed to natural hazards. Without resilience measures,
natural hazards are a core challenge to sustainable economic
development...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 141004Date: March 1, 2018
Vulnerability significantly compounds
hardship in the Pacific. More than twenty percent of people
in most Pacific Island Countries (PIC) live in hardship,
meaning they...
Type: BriefReport#: 123790Date: March 1, 2018Author:
Sharma,Manohar
The Country Opinion Survey in Benin
assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in gaining a better
understanding of how stakeholders in Benin perceive the WBG.
It provides the...
Type: ReportReport#: 143123Date: March 1, 2018Author:
Felzer,Sharon
The period since the global financial
crisis of 2008 has been characterized by the emergence of a
broad set of tech-driven financial companies
("fintech" companies),...
Type: BriefReport#: 125038Date: March 1, 2018Author:
Cortina Lorente,Juan Jose ;
Schmukler,Sergio L.
The Ketsana Emergency Reconstruction and
Rehabilitation Project for Cambodia aims to restore the
service levels of transport and water and sanitation to the
affected...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 123709Date: February 23, 2018
The objective of this report is to make
recommendations for the Government of Jamaica (GoJ) for
theformulation of a country-specific comprehensive disaster
risk finance...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 125552Date: February 1, 2018
The Country Opinion Survey in Zambia
assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in gaining a better
understanding of how stakeholders in Zambia perceive the
WBG. It provides...
Type: ReportReport#: 143198Date: February 1, 2018Author:
Felzer,Sharon
Surface irrigation is a common pool
resource characterized by asymmetric appropriation
opportunities across upstream and downstream water users.
Large canal systems...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 125673Date: February 1, 2018Author:
Jacoby,Hanan G. ;
Mansuri,Ghazala
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