In 2012, Switzerland’s State Secretariat
for Economic Affairs (SECO) and the World Bank’s Disaster
Risk Financing and Insurance Program (DRFIP) joined efforts
to support...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 129369Date: January 1, 2018
The Country Opinion Survey in Georgia
assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in gaining a better
understanding of how stakeholders in Georgia perceive the
WBG. It provides...
Type: ReportReport#: 143186Date: January 1, 2018Author:
Felzer,Sharon
The Country Opinion Survey in Bahrain
assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in gaining a better
understanding of how stakeholders in Bahrain perceive the
WBG. It provides...
Type: ReportReport#: 143125Date: January 1, 2018Author:
Felzer,Sharon
Aftershocks: Remodeling the Past for a
Resilient Future aims to provide readers with an accessible
look at what would happen today if we were to experience
some of the...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 126048Date: January 1, 2018Author:
Phillips, Emma ;
Fraser,Stuart Alexander ;
Murnane,Richard James ;
Paul,Nick
The reduction and management of impacts
from natural disasters has traditionally been dominated by
grey or hard infrastructural solutions. The World Bank and
Global...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 153212Date: January 1, 2018
The government of the Philippines has
identified three overarching goals in managing the financial
effects of natural disasters: To maintain sound fiscal
health at the...
The Mine Action Program includes all
activities aimed at alleviating the consequences and
problems caused by the mine-affected areas . By adopting the
Law on Demining...
Type: ReportReport#: 164355Date: December 31, 2017Author:
Bacic,Kazimir Luka ;
Kilroy,Austin ;
Udovicic,Nikolina ;
Dzapo,Stipe ;
Ostojic,Petra
The Dominican Republic is highly exposed
to adverse natural events putting the country at risk of
losing hard-won economic, social, and environmental gains
due to the...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8275Date: December 14, 2017Author:
Miranda Montero,Juan Jose ;
Ishizawa Escudero,Oscar Anil ;
Strobl,Eric
Bolivia’s primary natural hazards - such
as droughts, frost, severe rains, and hailstorms - are
largely hydrometeorological in nature, and include phenomena
derived...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 122043Date: December 1, 2017
Despite the high-level commitments made
on using country systems, Somalia continues to trail other
fragile states in critical dimensions, including the
proportion of...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 123945Date: December 1, 2017Author:
Honig,Dan ;
Cramer,Sarah Louise
This report What Works? Examples of
Empirically Proven Justice Reforms examines theimpact of
select judicial reforms on efficiency of justice, quality of
justice, and...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 122188Date: December 1, 2017Author:
Chemin,Matthieu ;
Harley,Georgia ;
Panter,Elaine Rene Elizabeth
Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR)
is regularly impacted by flooding which causes widespread
damage to infrastructure and impacts livelihoods. Muang Xay,
the capital...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 139166Date: December 1, 2017
The technical assistance (TA) project
measuring seismic risks in the Kyrgyz Republic was
implemented by the World Bank disaster risk management (DRM)
team in the Europe...
Type: Working PaperReport#: AUS0000061Date: December 1, 2017
Dam failure is one of the new emerging
hazards in Indonesia. The importance of contingency planning
for dam safety is highlighted by contrasting two experiences
in Indonesia,...
This study assesses the role of the
investments made in disaster risk reduction (DRR) and
prevention in the actual reduction of the impact of floods
in the state of...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 122191Date: December 1, 2017Author:
Miranda e Itzel de Haro,Juan José ;
Ishizawa,Oscar A.
The World Bank expects the Armenian
economy to grow about 4 percent in 2017 with a modest but
sustained recovery envisaged over the medium term. After
stagnating in...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 122979Date: December 1, 2017Author:
Chelsky,Jeffrey Allen ;
Manookian Salmasi,Armineh
Resilient economic infrastructure plays
an increasingly significant role in mitigating natural
disaster risks, including hydrometeorological and
geophysical hazards,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 122703Date: December 1, 2017Author:
Shibuya,Naho ;
Sasamori,Sanae
Bolivia is a country with a vast
geographical diversity, from a high plateau (altiplano) that
reaches 3,000 meters above sea level to valleys at
mid-altitude and tropical...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 122085Date: December 1, 2017Author:
Genoni,Maria Eugenia ;
Ishizawa Escudero,Oscar Anil ;
Muller,Miriam ;
Casabonne,Ursula
Mangrove forests can reduce the
vulnerability of adjacent coastal lands from storm surges by
slowing the flow of water. Although the potential utility of
mangroves in...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8251Date: November 21, 2017Author:
Islam,Md. Saiful ;
Huq,Mainul ;
Khan,Zahirul Huque ;
Hasib,Md. Raqubul ;
Dasgupta,Susmita
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