The African Growth Opportunity Act
(AGOA) and Everything But Arms (EBA), two preferential
agreements extended by the United States (AGOA) and the
European Union (EU)...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 160071Date: June 14, 2017Author:
Coulibaly,Souleymane
This analysis explores the causes of
state fragility in The Gambia and identifies priority policy
actions to bolster macroeconomic stability and reinforce the
resilience...
Type: ReportReport#: 117432Date: June 9, 2017Author:
Kemayou, Emile ;
Tall,Hadja ;
Geli,Patricia ;
De Tommaso,Giulio ;
Lothrop,Sean Craig
Belarus’s population was declining for
the past decade but recently stabilized. The national
demographic context has had consequences at the city level.
Between 2001...
This paper examines the exposure,
vulnerability, and ability of households in Colombo, Sri
Lanka, to respond to floods, and brings out significant
policy implications....
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8084Date: June 5, 2017Author:
Patankar,Archana Mahesh
Turkmenistan’s population and economy
are exposed to earthquakes and floods, withearthquakes
posing the greater risk of a high impact, lower probability
event. The model...
Interest Bearing Notes is a product of
the Finance and Private Sector Research Team in the World
Bank's Development Research Group. It reports on
research by the team,...
The Fouta Djallon Highlands in West
Africa are the source of many international rivers, which
include the Senegal, Gambia, Niger, Rio Corubal, and the
Great and Little...
The Syrian refugee crisis has galvanized
attention to one of the world’s foremost challenges: forced
displacement. The total number of refugees and internally
displaced...
Type: PublicationReport#: 117479Date: June 1, 2017
The 26th Report of the Panel of Experts
(POE) summarises evidence of progress on the Listof Actions
(LoA) in the Comprehensive Action Plan (CAP) towards closure
of theResettlement...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 118758Date: June 1, 2017Author:
Mcdowell,David K. ;
Talbot,Lee M. ;
Mann,Elizabeth
This Technical Note (TN) examines the
current state of NPLs in Bulgaria and makes recommendations
for a strategy to substantially reduce NPLs. These strategy
recommendations...
Type: Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP)Report#: 116496Date: June 1, 2017
Building regulation has a crucial role
to play in reducing disaster risk. Building codes can lessen
vulnerability by specifying adequate standards for
construction or...
Defense dual-use (DDU) items are defined
simply as those goods that can be used for both civilian and
military purposes. The focus of this note will be on the
spin-off...
Type: ReportReport#: 164341Date: May 31, 2017Author:
Mandic,Stjepan ;
Punda,Petar
On January 6, 2017, the Panel received a
Request for Inspection of the Floods Emergency Recovery
Project for Serbia, financed by an International Bank for
Reconstruction...
During disasters, efficient and
effective risk identification is imperative to saving lives
and livelihoods. Access to preliminary data of hazard
impacts improves operational...
Globally, Africa has the second highest
number of disaster victims year over year. Whereas other
continents show a steady decline, disaster victims in Africa
are on...
Predicting the onset of drought in Small
Island States in the Pacific region – with an
adequateunderstanding of antecedent conditions, current
observations, and probabilities...
This paper studies the performance of
alternative prediction models for conflict. The analysis
contrasts the performance of conventional approaches based
on predicted...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8075Date: May 26, 2017Author:
Celiku,Bledi ;
Kraay,Aart C.
The Trung Son Hydropower Project (TSHP)
was designed with a strong gender action plan for the
implementation of its large livelihood, minority and
resettlement program....
This policy note outlines options for
aid coordination and delivery in Yemen. It draws on a vast
amount of experiences and lessons learned from post-conflict
recovery...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 120536Date: May 25, 2017
The development objective of the
Emergency Flood Disaster Reconstruction Project for Vietnam
is to reconstruct and rehabilitate infrastructure assets in
disaster affected...
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