Landslide risk represents one of the
most severe problems related to natural hazards on a global
scale, particularly in areas with high relief.
Transportation corridors...
Type: ReportReport#: 181765Date: April 26, 2023Author:
Takamatsu,Masatsugu ;
Oommen,Thomas
This paper investigates the interplay
between structural and behavioral barriers that discourage
pregnant women from accessing institutional care in Haiti,
where despite...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10421Date: April 24, 2023Author:
Perge,Emilie Bernadette ;
Llopis Abella,Jimena ;
Fruttero,Anna
Mitigating the impacts of landslides
requires quantifying the susceptibility of different
infrastructures to this hazard through landslide
susceptibility mapping. The...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10264Date: December 14, 2022Author:
Basheer,Mohammed Adam Abbaker ;
Oommen,Thomas ;
Takamatsu,Masatsugu ;
Suzuki,Sachi
The Pacific Island Countries (PICs)
projects examined in this study began in the early 2010s,
and were facilitated by a convergence of favorable
operational, policy,...
Type: ReportReport#: 182492Date: December 1, 2022Author:
Urbano M De Bettencourt,Teresa Sofia ;
Gitay,Habiba ;
Obed,Tevi Maltali
This paper investigates how mangrove
foreshores can be integrated into embankment designs in
Bangladesh. The effect of mangroves on surges has already
been studied for...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10240Date: November 29, 2022Author:
Gijón Mancheño, Alejandra ;
Vuik,Vincent ;
Wesenbeeck,Bregje K. van ;
Jonkman,S.N. (Bas) ;
Moll,Roelof ;
Kazi,Swarna ;
Urrutia Duarte,Ignacio M. ;
Mathijs Van Ledden
An established literature finds that
those exposed to conflict are more pro-social later in life.
This paper builds on this work in two directions using a
sample of...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10238Date: November 28, 2022Author:
Buehren,Niklas ;
Goldstein,Markus P. ;
Rasul,Imran ;
Smurra,Andrea
This paper studies whether providing
affordable childcare improves women’s economic
empowerment and child development, using data from a sample
of 1,990 women...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10239Date: November 28, 2022Author:
Ajayi, Kehinde F. ;
Dao,Aziz ;
Koussoube,Mousson Estelle Jamel
India’s cooling strategy can
simultaneously mitigate the heat related risks on lives and
livelihoods, lower carbon emissions, and position India as a
global hub...
Type: ReportReport#: 177959Date: November 23, 2022Author:
World Bank
Women’s lower rates of
ownership of collateralizable assets are a constraint to
accessing larger business loans. This paper tests the impact
of using psychometric...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10230Date: November 14, 2022Author:
Alibhai,Aly Salman ;
Cassidy,Rachel Margaret ;
Goldstein,Markus P. ;
Papineni,Sreelakshmi
This paper revisits the historical roots
of Latin America’s disappointing growth using a
novel macro and trade-based growth decomposition and a
simple model of...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10227Date: November 8, 2022Author:
De La Torre,Augusto ;
Ize,Alain
The Jigisemejiri program, a national
social safety net program in Mali, provides cash transfers
to the poorest households. In 2021: mostly cash payments,
but pilot of...
Type: ReportReport#: 177359Date: October 11, 2022Author:
World Bank
The innovations in big data analytics
for development program was launched in 2014. The program
worked toward two primary objectives: accelerate
organizational capabilities...
Type: ReportReport#: AUS0002713Date: September 6, 2022Author:
World Bank
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