It is often assumed that all members of
a population experience the impact of disasters in the same
way. In the pre-disaster context, women’s and girls’ unequal
access...
Type: ReportReport#: 147804Date: January 1, 2020Author:
Robles,Cindy Patricia Quijada ;
Benavidez,Melody Joy
Disasters and emergencies often have
disproportionate impacts on a country’s health system and
the overall health of women, men, girls, and boys. The
interruptions of...
Type: ReportReport#: 147806Date: January 1, 2020Author:
Mortlock,Alice Mary
The costs of disasters continue to
increase as a result of the combined effects of increasing
populations, urbanization, industrialization, wealth, and
climate change....
Type: Working PaperReport#: 152901Date: January 1, 2020
In the Sahel subregion, which extends
over Central and Western Africa, low labor productivity
poses a challenge to poverty reduction, economic growth, and
social stability....
This handbook outlines an approach to
proactively manage the risks of geohazards on roads, road
users, and the people living near and affected by road. This
handbook...
Type: ReportReport#: 153691Date: January 1, 2020Author:
Greenwood,Ian Douglas ;
Mori,Mikihiro
The Barind region, a water-stressed area
in northwest Bangladesh, had an underdeveloped agricultural
economy and high levels of poverty until two projects
revitalized...
Type: ReportReport#: 145384Date: January 1, 2020Author:
Banerjee,Partha Sarathi ;
De Silva,Sanjiv
Balochistan is an arid region with
limited and seasonal surface water resources. It is also
home to the ancient Karez water supply system that has long
served as a buffer...
Type: ReportReport#: 145387Date: January 1, 2020Author:
Ashraf,Muhammad ;
ul Hasan,Faizan
The Art of Resilience brings together 15
international artists, technologists, and makers
representing Latin America, South and East Asia, the Middle
East, Africa, Europe,...
This report presents the findings of a
diagnostic study examining pathways and options for
strengthening the governance of South Asia’s groundwater
resources in the...
Type: ReportReport#: 145533Date: January 1, 2020Author:
Lytton,Lucy ;
Garthwaite,Bill
Governments and their multilateral
partners are increasingly recognizing the importance of
incorporating climate and disaster resilience considerations
into infrastructure...
Type: ReportReport#: 149551Date: January 1, 2020Author:
Marcelo Gordillo,Darwin ;
Raina,Aditi
Following an unprecedented exchange-rate
depreciation in 2018 that hammered both the Turkish and the
Turkish Cypriot (TC) economies, the previous economic
recovery in...
Type: ReportReport#: 153288Date: January 1, 2020Author:
Tsoungui Belinga,Vincent De Paul ;
Aldaz-Carroll,Enrique
Cities in Mozambique, particularly those
located on its coastline, are highly exposed to climate
risks and repeatedly suffer from severe floods. To support
Mozambique...
Type: ReportReport#: 147110Date: January 1, 2020Author:
CES Consulting Engineers Salzgitter GmbH ;
Inros Lackner SE ;
Zaengerling,Bontje Marie [editor] ;
Jongman,Brenden [editor] ;
Matera,Michel [editor] ;
Carrera,Lorenzo [editor] ;
Chavana,Xavier Agostinho [editor] ;
Carrion,Steven Alberto [editor] ;
Midgley,Amelia [editor] ;
Erman,Alvina Elisabeth [editor] ;
Van Zanten,Boris Ton [editor] ;
Van Ledden, Mathijs [editor]
The summaries presented in this report
represent state and distribution of evidence of a
relationship between productivity-related efforts and the
various outcomes,...
Across Indian society, the hierarchical
stratifications based on caste, class and gender determine
an individual’s status, opportunities and outcomes. However,
there...
Type: ReportReport#: 148844Date: January 1, 2020Author:
Kakkar,Deepti
This paper investigates whether the
proactive involvement of local communities in the management
of groundwater can help build drought resilience, using the
case of...
In recent years, there has been renewed
attention on policies to enhance the income generating
capacity and productivity of the poor (World Bank, 2012).
Since both skills...
The Paris Agreement seeks to strengthen
the global response to climate change. The Katowice climate
package, agreed by the conference of the parties (COP)
serving as...
The present document navigates the
different Click-On Kaduna components, from its design to the
results, including pilot specific results and post-event
monitoring and...
Cities in Mozambique, particularly those
located on its coastline, are highly exposed to climate
risks and repeatedly suffer from severe floods. To support
Mozambique...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 147192Date: January 1, 2020Author:
CES Consulting Engineers Salzgitter GmbH ;
Inros Lackner SE
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