Afghanistan is highly prone to intense and recurring natural hazards such as flooding, earthquakes, avalanches, landslides, and droughts due to its geographical location and years of environmental degradation,...
Date: July 6, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
In drought-prone regions like the Sahel, a dry, sun-drenched part of Northern Africa that runs from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea, the lack of water is a harsh and inescapable reality for millions....
Date: May 30, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
LILONGWE, May 30, 2017 - Some solutions to community problems are simple but effective. One such solution was the Public Works Programme (PWP) for road rehabilitation. This has left visible positive change...
Date: May 30, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
BRAZZAVILLE, May 17, 2017 - There was a time when fear was the most common feeling among the residents of Ngaliema, when a rumbling sky would portend torrential rain. These downpours would erode the land...
Date: May 17, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
NEW DELHI, April 17, 2017 – The Government of India and the World Bank today signed the US$ 175 million loan agreement for the National Hydrology Project. The project will strengthen the...
Date: April 18, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Washington April 7th, 2017 – More than 1.4 million people will benefit from a new loan approved yesterday by the World Bank Board of Directors for US$ 300million to strengthen flood protection in the Salado...
Date: April 7, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Down the ages, droughts and floods have stalked the vast Indian landmass. Often, these specters go hand in hand, playing out their macabre spectacle in rapid succession. For, many a time, after a long...
Date: March 22, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
YAOUNDÉ, March 6, 2017− The heavy rains are drawing near. For the residents of Pouss, a small village located along the embankment separating the village from the Logone River, rain is synonymous with...
Date: March 6, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Regional Context The Europe and Central Asia region experiences a variety of natural hazards, including floods, earthquakes, droughts, landslides and wildfires. Such shocks not only trap communities...
Date: January 23, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Soaring global temperatures and runaway urbanization are among the key factors making natural disasters more intense, more frequent, and more devastating by the day. The costs are enormous. Every year,...
Date: January 17, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Anemic Poverty Reduction Reveals Lack of Social and Economic Inclusion MAPUTO, December 21, 2016 - Between 1997 and 2009 for every percentage point of economic growth in Mozambique, poverty fell by...
Date: December 21, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Mozambique has made great strides in reducing poverty. But with nearly 50 percent of the population still living in poverty, progress has not been fast enough. What’s more, poverty is concentrated in rural...
Date: December 21, 2016
Type: Opinion
Language: English
EDOH-WOWUIKOKPE, December 20, 2016 – In the heart of the Afagnan district, in southern Togo, is the village of Edoh-Wowuikopé, whose population is estimated at 450 inhabitants, almost all of which...
Date: December 20, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
NAKURU, November 30, 2016 – Twice a year, rains used to cause flooding through the informal settlements of Kaptembwa, Gilani and Kwa Rhonda. Situated in the low-lying landscape between the Rift Valley...
Date: November 30, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
LILONGWE, November 29, 2016 - The January 2015 seasonal rainfall, which was the highest on record for Malawi, caused floods that left just over a million Malawians in the southern part of the country...
Date: November 29, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Water security is vital for poverty reduction and economic growth MASERU, Lesotho, 14 September, 2016— Improving Lesotho’s national water resources infrastructure and increasing water security in an environment...
Date: September 14, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
After many years as a migrant worker in various cities, Chen Yin returned to Tuoxi village recently to pick up farm work again. A key reason for her return is that floods that inundated her farmland almost...
Date: August 24, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
It is harvesting time in the fertile Ayeyarwady river basin, which means that the majority of able-bodied men and women in this village are busy in the paddy fields. They have to act fast to harvest the...
Date: August 11, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
People in Ghana are exposed to extreme natural hazards and frequently hit by floods and droughts across the country. The devastating floods in northern Ghana in 2010 affected nearly 100,000 people, substantially...
Date: August 8, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
WASHINGTON, July 14, 2016 — Communities hit hard by the floods and landslides that devastated areas of Myanmar in 2015 will receive assistance for resilient road reconstruction, livelihoods support, and...
Date: July 14, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
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