Liberia’s Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
(WASH) sector faces chronic structural problems, which have
become more challenging since it was not the primary focus
of the...
Type: ReportReport#: AUS0000991Date: June 22, 2019
The Joint Report on Multilateral
Development Banks’ Climate Finance is an annual
collaborative effort to make public MDB climate finance
figures for developing and emerging...
The Pro-Poor Agenda for Prosperity and
Development (PAPD) recognized the need for improving WASH
conditions in the country. The PAPD is a Government of
Liberia (GoL)’s...
The Interim Report is the second
deliverable under this engagement comprising three country
reports. This report has been prepared for Nepal and covers
the following:...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 138357Date: June 20, 2019
The Cyclone Ian Reconstruction and
Climate Resilience Project for Tonga aims to: (i) restore
housing, community facilities, and basic services to the
affected population...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 138467Date: June 19, 2019
Infrastructure—electricity,
telecommunications, roads, water, and sanitation—are central
to people’s lives. Without it, they cannot make a living,
stay healthy, and...
Type: PublicationReport#: 138046Date: June 19, 2019Author:
Hallegatte,Stephane ;
Maruyama Rentschler,Jun Erik ;
Rozenberg,Julie
For this policy, a subdivision is
defined as the division of an existing registered lease or
registration of a new lease into two (2) or more lots by way
of subleases,...
This paper describes the methodology and
findings for the extreme hazard exposure analysis of the
Chinese wastewater sector to flooding and earthquakes
hazards. This...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8903Date: June 18, 2019Author:
Hu,Xi ;
Pant,Raghav ;
Zorn,Conrad ;
Lim,Weeho ;
Koks,Elco Eduard ;
Mao,Zhimin
Much micro-econometric evidence suggests
that precipitation has wide ranging impacts on vital
economic indicators such as agricultural yields, human
capital, and even...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8888Date: June 17, 2019Author:
Damania,Richard ;
Desbureaux,Sebastien Gael ;
Zaveri,Esha Dilip
This paper explores the benefits and the
costs of strengthening infrastructure assets to make them
more resilient, reducing the repair costs and infrastructure
disruptions...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8896Date: June 17, 2019Author:
Hallegatte,Stephane ;
Rozenberg,Julie ;
Maruyama Rentschler,Jun Erik ;
Nicolas,Claire Marion ;
Fox,Charles James Edward
Is there a mindset gap holding women
back in business? Can entrepreneurship training instill a
set of attitudes, behaviors, and strategies that are thought
to underpin...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8892Date: June 17, 2019Author:
Alibhai,Salman ;
Buehren,Niklas ;
Frese,Michael Dr. ;
Goldstein,Markus P. ;
Papineni,Sreelakshmi ;
Wolf,Kathrin
The key objectives of the Flood Control
Program for 2016-2020 are: completely control the flooding
situation in City Centre and part of 5 peripheral areas
(North, West,...
While subsidies of water supply and
sanitation (WSS) services are generally implemented in
pursuit of worthwhile objectives, poor design often
undermines these objectives,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 137841Date: June 12, 2019Author:
Andres,Luis Alberto ;
Thibert,Michael David ;
Lombana Cordoba,Camilo ;
Danilenko,Alexander V. ;
Joseph,George ;
Borja-Vega,Christian
This report focuses on joint World
Bank-IMF Debt Sustainability Analysis (DSA) for Samoa as of
2018. Samoa remains at high-risk of external debt distress
under the revised...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 137858Date: June 11, 2019
Strong Self-help Groups have helped pave
the way for women’s entry into higher-level organizations
around agriculture production and marketing. For Jeevika,
this has...
This report draws observations and
guidance from World Bank advisory support on developing a
new functional system of bulk water supply management in
Kenya’s Coast region....
Type: ReportReport#: AUS0000896Date: June 10, 2019
This paper describes and benchmarks
innovation activities for a sample of countries in the South
Asia region, as well as the impact of these activities on
firm-level...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8876Date: June 10, 2019Author:
Cirera,Xavier ;
Cusolito,Ana Paula
This report provides an up-to-date
overview of existing and emerging carbon pricing instruments
around the world, including international, national and
subnational initiatives....
Type: PublicationReport#: 137513Date: June 6, 2019
This is the World Bank Group
Boards' calendar for the period of June to August 2019,
specifying the Boards' engagements, such as meetings
and briefings.
Type: Board ReportReport#: 137514Date: June 6, 2019
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