This book highlights the role played by
public finance in the delivery of security and criminal
justice services. It seeks to strengthen policy and
operational dialogue...
Type: PublicationReport#: 115405Date: May 11, 2017Author:
Harborne,Bernard ;
Dorotinsky,William Leslie ;
Bisca,Paul Maximilian
The Palestinian people face an
increasingly uncertain political environment, and an economy
that is failing to generate the jobs and incomes that are
needed to improve...
Type: Working PaperReport#: ACS22126Date: May 4, 2017Author:
Ahern,Mark Eugene
We construct a dataset of violent
conflict "remission" episodes (i.e. countries that
were once in violent conflict and have a prolonged
non-violent period) and examine...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 120957Date: May 1, 2017Author:
Carey,Kevin ;
Harake,Wissam
This Disaster Risk Financing Country
Note is the first activity of the World Bank's support
to the Government of Georgia on financial protection against
natural disasters....
Type: Working PaperReport#: 121242Date: May 1, 2017Author:
Signer,Benedikt Lukas ;
Bijelic,Marija ;
Bogaerts,Vica Rosario ;
Kakabadze,Natalia ;
Dube,Tafadzwa Irvine
This Executive Directors' strategic
engagements work program covers FY18 Q1, FY17 Q4, and
updated reports and other documents to be circulated for information.
Type: Board ReportReport#: 114693Date: May 1, 2017
The southwest monsoon brought heavy
rains and strong winds to Sri Lanka. The May 2017 floods
affected towns, villages, and agricultural areas located in
the borders...
In May 2017, Sri Lanka was once again
affected by severe floods and landslides. The disaster was
triggered by heavy rain and high winds brought about by the
southwest...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 126857Date: May 1, 2017
Metro Manila, the center of economy and
trade in the Philippines and home to about 15 million
people, has suffered recurrent flooding resulting in adverse
consequences...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 116059Date: May 1, 2017
The World Bank and Asian Development
Bank have worked in more than 50 countries to (i) quantify
the economic and fiscal impact of disasters; (ii) take stock
of existing...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 117370Date: May 1, 2017Author:
Benson,Charlotte ;
Mahul,Olivier ;
Alton,Martin Luis
Forced displacement -- defined as the
displacement of refugees and internally displaced persons
due to violence -- has reached an unprecedented scale and
global attention...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8038Date: April 25, 2017Author:
Verme,Paolo
This paper discusses a randomized
control trial to measure the short-term impacts of a skills
intervention among urban youth in Sierra Leone at the onset
of the Ebola...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8036Date: April 25, 2017Author:
Rosas Raffo,Nina ;
Acevedo,Maria Cecilia ;
Zaldivar Chimal,Samantha
This is a statement by Mr. H. E.
Henrique Meirelles, Minister of Finance, at the ninety-fifth
meeting of the Development Committee held on April 22, 2017.
He spoke about...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 114560Date: April 22, 2017
This is a statement by Mohammed
Boussaid, Minister of Economy and Finance of the Kingdom of
Morocco, at the ninety-fifth meeting of the Development
Committee held on...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 114558Date: April 22, 2017
In 2007 Jordan lacked the financial
resources and experience to embark on a renovation and
expansion of its international airport, a colossal
public-private undertaking....
Type: BriefReport#: 115708Date: April 20, 2017Author:
Shi,Lin ;
Rehermann,Thomas
This report discusses the opening
remarks by the World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim at
WBG-IMF 2017 spring meetings opening press conference. He
was encouraged...
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 129826Date: April 20, 2017Author:
Kim,Jim Yong
Crime rates in Papua New Guinea's
capital city of Port Moresby are among the highest in the
world. Few youth work, and good jobs are scarce. In 2013,
the National Capital...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8032Date: April 18, 2017Author:
Ivaschenko,Oleksiy ;
Naidoo,Darian ;
Newhouse,David Locke ;
Sultan,Sonya M.
The technical deep dive (TDD) on
resilient cultural heritage and tourism (CHT) was held in
April 2017 in Tokyo and Kyoto, and brought together
officials from nine developing...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 127173Date: April 14, 2017Author:
Newman,James P. ;
Minguez Garcia,Barbara ;
Jain,Vibhu
This note is a part of a series of
policy notes prepared by the World Bank in anticipation of a
post-conflict transition in Yemen. These notes aimed to
identify immediate...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 120528Date: April 12, 2017Author:
Miyajima,Tomomi ;
Kazem,Amira Mohamed Ibrahim
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