This study explores how businesses in
Tanzania are impacted by floods, and which strategies they
use to cope and adapt. These insights are based on firm
survey data...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9774Date: September 13, 2021Author:
Maruyama Rentschler,Jun Erik ;
Kim,Ella Jisun ;
Thies,Stephan Fabian ;
De Vries Robbe,Sophie Anne ;
Erman,Alvina Elisabeth ;
Hallegatte,Stephane
Debt in emerging market and developing
economies (EMDEs) is at its highest level in half a century.
In about nine out of 10 EMDEs, debt is higher now than it
was in...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9771Date: September 10, 2021Author:
Kose,Ayhan ;
Ohnsorge,Franziska Lieselotte ;
Reinhart,Carmen M. ;
Rogoff,Kenneth S.
South Asia is heavily impacted by the
devastating loss of lives and human capital from the
Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and the converging
technology revolution sweeping...
Type: PublicationReport#: 163876Date: September 8, 2021Author:
Bashir,Sajitha ;
Dahlman,Carl J. ;
Kanehira,Naoto ;
Tilmes,Klaus
The Africa, Caribbean, Pacific-European
Union Natural Disaster Risk Reduction (ACP-EU NDRR) Program,
which was launched in October 2011, is an initiative of the
Organization...
Implicit contingent liabilities, such as
those generated by natural disasters, are often not
quantified in the government balance sheet. However, when
they materialize,...
Type: ReportReport#: 163586Date: August 31, 2021Author:
Cook,Samantha Jane ;
Aslan,Cigdem ;
Anderson,Phillip Reece Durrant ;
Bevan,David L. ;
Pintado Vasquez,Mellany Geraldine ;
Kostic,Jelena
Disasters caused by natural hazards are
a threat to development, and their costs are rising. Climate
change is exacerbating the costs of disasters and putting
more people...
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 164299Date: August 30, 2021
This paper examines the impact of the
legal status of overseas migrants on their wages upon return
to the home country. Using unique data from the Arab
Republic of Egypt,...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9753Date: August 23, 2021Author:
Elmallakh,Nelly Youssef Louis William ;
Wahba,Jackline
This paper documents that the spread of
communism in China was partly caused by state failures in
the early 20th century. It finds that famines became more
frequent...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9754Date: August 23, 2021Author:
Huang,Zhangkai ;
Miao,Meng ;
Shao,Yi ;
Xu,L. Colin
In February 2020, Executive Directors
discussed the World Bank Group Strategy for Fragility,
Conflict, and Violence (FCV Strategy). The FCV Strategy
provides an operational...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 162886Date: August 12, 2021
Under the CRF, in 2020-2021, a desk
study was undertaken to better understand disability
inclusion gaps in disaster risk management (DRM) in nine
Caribbean countries....
Type: BriefReport#: 162223Date: July 28, 2021Author:
The World Bank ;
GFDRR
The annual report presents the first
quantitative analysis of the Canada Caribbean Resilience
Facility (CRF) targeted strategic outcomes in its updated
results framework....
Type: ReportReport#: 162220Date: July 28, 2021Author:
World Bank ;
GFDRR
Under the CRF, a desk study in 2020
assessed the status of gender responsive disaster
preparedness and recovery in in nine Caribbean countries.
The study found that...
Type: BriefReport#: 162222Date: July 28, 2021Author:
The World Bank ;
GFDRR
As part of the Original Climate
Resilience (CRes) Multi-Phase Programmatic Approach (MPA),
the Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) has prepared a Strategic
Environmental...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 162361Date: July 20, 2021
This memorandum provides the quarterly
update of IBRD’s lending rates and spreads
pursuant to the standard loan pricing as defined in the Bank
Policy and Directive...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 162106Date: July 16, 2021
More growth, less garbage presents an
updated picture of how waste generation can grow if the
world continues along the current trajectory and how to
consider changing...
The Africa, Caribbean, Pacific-European
Union Natural Disaster Risk Reduction (ACP-EU NDRR) Program,
which was launched in October 2011, is an EU funded
initiative of...
Since the collapse of the Soviet Union,
the total population of Georgia and Armenia has declined
continuously. Net migration from Armenia and Georgia has
declined in...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 161389Date: July 2, 2021Author:
Honorati,Maddalena ;
Bartl,Esther Maria
This document presents the findings of a
behavioral diagnostic on enablers and barriers to
preparedness and response decisions and actions among Sri
Lankans following...
Type: ReportReport#: 164076Date: July 1, 2021Author:
Munoz Boudet,Ana Maria ;
Llopis Abella,Jimena ;
Munoz Flandez,Cristian Alexis ;
Ramli,Ukasha Bin ;
Balog-Way,Simone Andrea Breunig
This retrospective on the terms of World
Bank President Robert S. McNamara (1968–81) examines his
words, actions, and results through the lens of the authors,
his six...
Type: ReportReport#: 161351Date: July 1, 2021Author:
Lafourcade,Olivier ;
Christoffersen,Leif E. ;
Ljungh,Anders E. E. ;
Burmester,Sven ;
Koch-Weser,Caio K. ;
Steckhan,Rainer B.
This paper investigates the land value
creation potential from flood mitigation investments in a
theoretical and applied setting, using the urban area of
Buenos Aires...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9744Date: July 1, 2021Author:
Avner,Paolo ;
Viguié,Vincent ;
Jafino,Bramka Arga ;
Hallegatte,Stephane
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