Mobilising finance to address the
sustainable development goal (SDG) 6.1 and 6.2 financing gap
successfully and sustainably will require more than
innovative or sophisticated...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 135464Date: January 1, 2019Author:
Pories,Lesley Jeanne ;
Fonseca,Catarina ;
Delmon,Victoria Hilda Rigby
By decentralizing nine water and
sanitation utilities, Honduras significantly modernized its
water sector, improving water services for approximately
108,000 families...
This note describes the outcomes of a
June 2018 knowledge exchange visit to study urban water
management and urban renewal experiences in Brazil.
Participants included...
This policy brief is based on the Water
Security Diagnostic, "Pakistan: Getting More from
Water." The report explores water security in Pakistan
through a conceptual...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 141390Date: January 1, 2019
Internal audit activity has an important
role to play within public sector organizations and is a
core element of good governance. By providing risk-based and
objective...
Malawi currently faces an environmental
cycle of decline and degradation. The challenges it faces
are complex and interrelated, but there are two underlying
drivers...
Type: Working PaperReport#: AUS0000489Date: January 1, 2019Author:
Hughes,Nigel Ross ;
Croxton,Simon ;
Croneborg,Louise E. M.
Bihar has the highest rate of
undernutrition in India. Over the past decade, since 2007,
the government of Bihar (GoB) has made tremendous efforts in
addressing rural...
It was the summer of 1969 and the
Cuyahoga River was on fire. This wasn’t the first time the
river in northern Ohio had burned, it wasn’t even the tenth.
Every few years,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 140973Date: January 1, 2019
This background paper is part of the
supporting material for the report “From Waste to Resource:
Shifting Paradigms for Smarter Wastewater Interventions in
Latin America...
Cities along the Adriatic coastline of
Croatia boast a sizable and fast-growing tourism industry
that is one of the key pillars of the country’s economy.
However, the...
This report presents a detailed gender
analysis of the Life in Transition Survey Third (LITS
Third), conducted in 2015-2016 in thirty-four countries of
the Europe and...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 136037Date: January 1, 2019Author:
Aktakke,Nazli ;
Aran,Meltem ;
Munoz Boudet,Ana Maria
The purpose of this report is to help
Cambodia’s policy makers and stakeholders prepare for future
El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) events. It does this by
providing...
Type: ReportReport#: 135746Date: January 1, 2019Author:
Sutton,William R. ;
Srivastava,Jitendra P. ;
Koo,Jawoo ;
Vasileiou,Ioannis ;
Pradesha,Angga
The evolution of technical regulations
and standards in the area of food safety and quality are of
great concern to donors aiming to provide support for the
establishment...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 141977Date: January 1, 2019Author:
Henson,Spencer ;
Jensen,Michael Friis ;
Jaffee,Steven M. ;
Diaz Rios,Luz Berania
The Niger Basin in West Africa is a vast
region that connects the nine riparian countries. It is home
to more than 130 million people. The Niger River and its
tribu...
The emergency events database (EM-DAT)
records 251 major hydro-meteorological disasters in
Bangladesh in the 35-year period 1980-2015. These include
cold waves, heat...
The Water and Sanitation Millennium
Project (Programme d’Eau Potable et d’Assainissement du
Millénaire) in Senegal facilitated access to services by
improving and expanding...
This background paper is part of the
supporting material for the report “From Waste to Resource:
Shifting Paradigms for Smarter Wastewater Interventions in
Latin America...
For many low-income households in the
developing world, incomes are highly variable and uncertain.
High up-front costs combined with irregular incomes result
in unequal...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 135340Date: January 1, 2019Author:
Ikeda,Jonathan Kano ;
Liffiton,Kenneth
This document provides guidelines on how
to use the GPRBA logo, brand and visual identity which are
valuable corporate assets that must be used consistently in
the proper...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 139576Date: January 1, 2019Author:
GPRBA
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