In October 2016, World Bank President
Jim Yong Kim established an independent Task Force of
external experts to provide guidance on how to strengthen
Bank systems, tools...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 117972Date: July 31, 2017Author:
Sierra,Katherine ;
Gupta,Geeta Rao
South Asia is highly prone to weather
and water related disasters such as flooding, drought,
thunderstorms and cyclones. The main objective of this
Regional program...
This report contains the World Bank
Group Boards' calendar for the period of July to
September 2017, specifying the Boards' engagements,
such as meetings and briefings.
Type: Board ReportReport#: 117723Date: July 21, 2017
This report contains the World Bank
Group Boards' calendar for the period of July to
September 2017, specifying the Boards' engagements,
such as meetings and briefings.
Type: Board ReportReport#: 117339Date: July 7, 2017
Climate and natural hazards can
potentially have catastrophic impacts on the energy system
of Afghanistan. The energy production in Afghanistan is
dominated by hydro...
When crowdfunding emerged in the United
Kingdom around 2007, few can imagine that 10 years later
China will be the largest crowdfunding market in the world.
Peer-to-peer...
Type: BriefReport#: 119207Date: July 1, 2017Author:
Aveni,Tyler Jackson ;
Jenik,Ivo
Latin America can dramatically narrow
itsinfrastructure service gap by spending efficiently on the
right things. It remains to be seen whether spending better
will be...
Type: PublicationReport#: 117647Date: July 1, 2017Author:
Fay,Marianne ;
Andres,Luis Alberto ;
Fox,Charles James Edward ;
Narloch,Ulf Gerrit ;
Straub,Stephane ;
Slawson,Michael Alan
This note describes briefly how the
Piloting Community Approaches in Conflict Situation (CACS)
Project currently operates. As a learning activity, the
project was designed...
Type: BriefReport#: 117181Date: July 1, 2017Author:
Tansanguanwong,Pamornrat ;
Chockanapitaksa,Poonyanuch
Blockchain is an innovative new
technology with the power to disrupt existing economic and
business models, as discussed in EMCompass note 40.
Blockchain also has enormous...
Type: BriefReport#: 118735Date: July 1, 2017Author:
Niforos, Marina
In this quarter, the Transitional
Demobilization and Reintegration Program (TDRP) made
progress in supporting the plan and implementation for the
African Union DDR Program...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 123107Date: July 1, 2017
The paper delves into the implications
of a failure to account for rental regulation in the
measurement of households’ welfare, poverty, and inequality
when using household...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 125563Date: July 1, 2017Author:
Lara Ibarra,Gabriel ;
Mendiratta,Vibhuti ;
Vishwanath,Tara
Given the devastating history of
flooding and landslides, most notably in 2013, this report
aimed to assess the current potential threat that
biophysical hazards poses...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 123647Date: June 30, 2017Author:
Doyle,Colin Stephen ;
Sullivan,Jonathan Arthur ;
Mahtta, Richa ;
Pandey, Bhartendu
This report evaluates the use of rural
electrification concessions in Africa. It provides a
comprehensive overview of successful and failed cases and
identifies the...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 119820Date: June 30, 2017Author:
lar de Ferrenback ;
Richard H. Hosier, Morgan Bazilian, Tatia Lemond ;
zhava, Kabir Malik, Mitsunori Motohashi
David Vi
Is your organization missing important
lessons from its operational experiences? This step-by-step
guide shows you how to systematically capture such knowledge
and use...
Type: PublicationReport#: 117648Date: June 28, 2017Author:
Janus,Steffen Soulejman
This report presents preparatory work
for data collection and profiling of internally displaced
persons (IDPs) in Abu Shouk inDarfur, one of Sudan’s largest
IDP camps....
Type: Working PaperReport#: 116837Date: June 21, 2017Author:
000390290:Utz Johann Pape:upape@worldbank.org;
This report presents tabular data on:
population; poverty and inequality; income and growth; jobs;
health; education; infrastructure and amenities; and recent
growth...
Ratings for the Enhancing Spatial Data
for Flood Risk Management Project for Mozambique were as
follows: outcomes were moderately unsatisfactory, the risk
to development...
The government response to the crisis
has primarily been a nationally based security and
humanitarian response, with limited and unsuccessful
attempts at negotiation,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 116791Date: June 15, 2017Author:
Rossiasco Uscategui,Paula Andrea
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