State-owned enterprises (SOEs) present a
powerful and important policy lever for many governments to
implement reforms to achieve their ambitious climate
mitigation...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 164952Date: November 5, 2021Author:
De Kleine Feige,Annette I.
Lack of access to water supply and
sanitation (WSS) constitutes a public health, economic, and
environmental emergency across the developing world. Urgent
action is...
These remarks were delivered by the
World Bank Group President David Malpass~^!!^s in an
interview with Aaron Heslehurst on BBC World on November 1,
2021. He spoke about...
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 165806Date: November 1, 2021Author:
Malpass,David
The framework presented in the report is
intended to bridge the gap between what sovereign investors
will view as appropriately ambitious actions and what
issuing countries...
Type: ReportReport#: 167699Date: November 1, 2021Author:
Flugge,Mark Lester ;
Mok,Rachel Chi Kiu ;
Stewart,Fiona Elizabeth
This paper introduces a micro-founded
methodological framework to estimate the housing deficit
across and within emerging economies. It introduces the
Adequate Housing...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9830Date: November 1, 2021Author:
Behr,Daniela Monika ;
Chen,Lixue ;
Goel,Ankita ;
Haider,Khondoker Tanveer ;
Singh,Sandeep - CSEFI ;
Zaman,Asad
These remarks were delivered by the
World Bank Group President David Malpass and Sky News Ian
King Glasgow, United Kingdom on November 1, 2021. He spoke
about the valuable...
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 165805Date: November 1, 2021Author:
Malpass,David
Transport is a key component to climate
solution and therefore, pivotal to reach benchmarks
established by the ambitious Paris Agreement. We have the
technology, tools,...
Type: ReportReport#: 166182Date: November 1, 2021Author:
Benitez,Daniel Alberto ;
Bisbey,Jyoti ;
Reja,Binyam
The fall 2021 issue of the Iraq Economic
Monitor provides an in-depth review of the latest
macroeconomic and policy developments amidst a global
recovery in international...
Type: Economic Updates and ModelingReport#: 166246Date: November 1, 2021
This report identifies and assesses
relevant physical and transition risks with focus on the
banking sector. Banks constitute the largest segment of the
Colombian financial...
Type: ReportReport#: 165843Date: November 1, 2021Author:
Reinders,Henk Jan ;
Regelink,Martijn Gert Jan ;
Calice,Pietro ;
Uribe,Mariana Escobar
Climate change is the consequence of
market and governance failures. The World Bank Group’s
climate change strategy, laid out in its 2025 Climate
Targets and Actions,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 166147Date: November 1, 2021
This report discusses the remarks
delivered by World Bank Group President David Malpass to the
G20 Leaders’ Summit – Session two: Climate Change and
Environment on October...
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 165803Date: October 31, 2021Author:
Malpass,David
The global shock caused by the COVID-19
pandemic has only deepened the need to mobilize long term
private capital to meet multi trillion-dollar infrastructure
gaps,...
Type: ReportReport#: 165688Date: October 28, 2021Author:
Henderson,Jennifer Anne Erskine ;
Gratcheva,Ekaterina M. ;
Levine,Aaron Nathan ;
Mirrlees-Black, Jonathan ;
Osenius-Eite, Benjamin ;
Brennan,Mark Anthony
Conventional risk assessments
underestimate the human and macroeconomic costs of
disasters, leading to inefficient risk management
strategies. This happens because conventional...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 166657Date: October 28, 2021Author:
Hallegatte,Stephane ;
Walsh,Brian James
West Africans have a long history of
coping with challenging climatic conditions. Mobility has
always been a key strategy for people in the region to
manage risks and...
Type: ReportReport#: 165167Date: October 26, 2021Author:
Rigaud,Kanta K. ;
Sherbinin,Alex de ;
Jones,Bryan R ;
Adamo,Susana ;
Maleki,David ;
Abu-Ata,Nathalie E. ;
Casals Fernandez,Anna Taeko ;
Arora,Anmol ;
Chai-Onn,Tricia ;
Mills,Briar
The COVID-19 pandemic has struck
businesses across the globe with unprecedented impacts. The
world economy has been hit hard and firms have experienced a
myriad of challenges,...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9817Date: October 26, 2021Author:
Torres,Jesica ;
Maduko,Franklin Okechukwu ;
Gaddis,Isis ;
Iacovone,Leonardo ;
Beegle,Kathleen G.
The emergence of the Coronavirus disease
2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has brought with it a sharp focus
on public health services and health systems as well as shed
light...
Type: ReportReport#: 165533Date: October 26, 2021Author:
Dorey,Stephen Geoffrey ;
Rabie,Tamer Samah ;
Gracheva,Maria E.
The report provides insights into the
relationship between cooling and already-agreed-upon climate
and development goals; presents the barriers, critical
step-changes,...
This report, as part of the Groundswell
Africa series, reaffirms the potency for climate change to
drive internal migration in the Lake Victoria Basin. The
results described...
Type: ReportReport#: 165168Date: October 26, 2021Author:
Rigaud,Kanta K. ;
Sherbinin,Alex de ;
Jones,Bryan R ;
Adamo,Susana ;
Maleki,David ;
Arora,Anmol ;
Casals Fernandez,Anna Taeko ;
Chai-Onn,Tricia ;
Mills,Briar
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