The report records the speech by the
World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim at the National
Press Club Headliners Luncheon. He discusses about the World
Bank Group...
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 129830Date: November 20, 2017Author:
Kim,Jim Yong
In a behavioral model of civil conflict,
foreign military intervention alters the resources available
to warring groups and their probability of winning. The
model highlights...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8248Date: November 20, 2017Author:
Abu Bader,Suleiman ;
Ianchovichina,Elena
The development objective of the Coastal
Areas Resilience Investment Project for West Africa is to
improve management of shared natural and man-made risks,
including...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 121484Date: November 15, 2017
This is a transcript of an interview
conducted for a special oral history project on the McNamara
years. The project, led by John Heath from 2016-2018, was a
partnership...
Type: TranscriptReport#: 153376Date: November 8, 2017
The overall investment lending of the
World Bank Group to South Sudan over the last 10 years
(during the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) period and
since independence)...
Type: Country Engagement NoteReport#: 120369Date: November 7, 2017
In 1918, Azerbaijan granted women equal
political rights with men. Almost a century later and with
legislation passed to prevent domestic violence and address
gender-based...
Type: BriefReport#: 121929Date: November 1, 2017Author:
Kaufman,Damir ;
Michel Casulleras,Christian Otto ;
Melis,Eva Maria ;
Mukherjee,Amit
Ready2respond improves national,
sub-national, and city resilience mechanisms and protects
development gains through investments in emergency
preparedness and response...
Type: ReportReport#: 153794Date: November 1, 2017Author:
Mcallister,Adam Edward
Robust weather services save lives,
reduce impacts from disasters, and promote sustainable
economic growth. Global facility for disaster reduction and
recovery (GFDRR)...
Type: BriefReport#: 121904Date: November 1, 2017Author:
Tsirkunov,Vladimir V.
GFDRR’s Resilient Recovery program is
involved in every major disaster, helping affected countries
assess damage as well as economic losses and needs, plan for
recovery,...
Type: BriefReport#: 121911Date: November 1, 2017Author:
Leitmann,Josef Lloyd
South Asia is highly vulnerable to
climate change. Average temperatures have been rising
throughout the region, and rainfall has become more erratic.
These changes are...
Type: PublicationReport#: 121030Date: November 1, 2017
A large number of studies in recent
years have attempted to analyze and quantify the myriad of
restrictions holding back economic development in the West
Bank and Gaza,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 121598Date: November 1, 2017Author:
Laursen,Thomas Blatt ;
Nasser Eddin,Nur
Each year, natural disasters and climate
change around the world have a devastating effect on
children’s education. They cause direct harm to children,
teachers, and...
Type: BriefReport#: 121980Date: November 1, 2017Author:
Ramirez Cortes,Fernando
Global facility for disaster reduction
and recovery (GFDRR's) work in resilient transport aims
to move away from reactive responses to crises. instead it
seeks to foster...
Global facility for disaster reduction
and recovery (GFDRR’s) innovation lab team harnesses
technology and science to quantify disaster and climate
risks. With diverse...
Type: BriefReport#: 121905Date: November 1, 2017Author:
Phillips,Emma Katrine Alexandra
Accurately measuring oil production in
low-governance contexts is an important task. Many terrorist
organizations and insurgencies -- including the Islamic
State group,...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8231Date: October 31, 2017Author:
Do,Quy-Toan ;
Shapiro,Jacob N. ;
Elvidge,Christopher D. ;
Abdel Jelil,Mohamed ;
Ahn,Daniel P. ;
Baugh,Kimberly ;
Hansen-Lewis,Jamie Nicole ;
Zhizhin,Mikhail
There is evidence from around the world
that periods of regional prosperity and well-being have
coincided with periods of close economic, political and
cultural relationships...
This report summarizes research
undertaken as part of the World Bank State- and
Peace-building Fund (SPF) financed grant, Strengthening
Capacity for Prevention and Response...
Type: Working PaperReport#: ACS23504Date: October 30, 2017Author:
Lacroix,Rebecca Emilie Anne ;
Benner,Holly Welborn
Achieving the right balance between
resilience and the cost of electricity poses a challenge.
Technical solutions are available to mitigate the risks
posed by most hazards,...
Through new technologies and business
models, off-grid power markets promise to bring electricity
access to more rural communities at a faster pace than is
possible...
This is a statement by Mr. H.E. Bruno Le
Maire, Minister for Economy and Finance, France at the 96th
meeting of the development committee held on October 14,
2017....
Type: Board ReportReport#: 120510Date: October 14, 2017
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