Vietnam is rapidly developing and
pursuing economic reforms and increasing integration with
the world economy. Comprehensive reforms are required in
economic governance...
Type: ReportReport#: 155812Date: December 23, 2020
In September 2017, Hurricane Irma
devastated housing on the island of Sint Maarten. Between
January and March of 2019, a World Bank team carried out
this Rapid Housing...
Type: ReportReport#: 155328Date: December 22, 2020Author:
Lynch,Catherine ;
Mathema,Ashna S. ;
De Mendiola Ramirez,Giuliana
Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)
accounts for over a quarter of the world’s total cases, and
a third of the total deaths, from the COVID-19 pandemic
(1-3) (4)....
Type: ReportReport#: AUS0001968Date: December 16, 2020Author:
S, Allin ;
V, Haldane ;
M, Jamieson ;
G, Marchildon ;
Vazquez M, Morales ;
M, Roerig
The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic and
its economic and social effects on households have created
an urgent need for timely data to help monitor and mitigate
the social...
Type: ReportReport#: 149517Date: December 16, 2020Author:
Mcgee,Kevin Robert ;
Amankwah,Akuffo ;
Sagesaka,Akiko
This paper investigates the relationship
between immigration and the exposure of native workers to
the health and labor-market risks arising from the COVID-19
pandemic....
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9500Date: December 16, 2020Author:
Bossavie,Laurent Loic Yves ;
Garrote Sanchez,Daniel ;
Makovec,Mattia ;
Ozden,Caglar
The development objective of Integrated
Slum Upgrading Project for Djibouti is to: (i) improve the
living conditions of host communities and refugees in
selected areas;...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 154890Date: December 8, 2020
The development objective of Integrated
Slum Upgrading Project for Djibouti is to: (i) improve the
living conditions of host communities and refugees in
selected areas;...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 154887Date: December 8, 2020
Toyama City, one of the World Bank TDLC
City Partnership Program cities, has become synonymous with
the idea of a compact and livable city in Japan. It is a
pleasant...
In June 2014, armed conflict between the
government and armed groups began to spread across much of
the Republic of Yemen. The conflict, which escalated in
March 2015,...
Prešov region (PSK) hosts Roma
inhabitants living in the municipalities, according to the
Atlas of Roma Communities of the Slovak Republic 2019. PSK
hosts the second...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 155210Date: December 1, 2020Author:
Silimela,Yondela Tembakazi ;
Arbe,Samuel ;
Hochmuth,Václav
This report presents the results of the
third round of a global survey on the impacts of the
Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on the operations of
national statistical...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 155068Date: December 1, 2020
Projects requiring land and involving
resettlement are complex, posing high risk from a social
management and safeguard perspectives. The complexities are
compounded...
Projects requiring land and involving
resettlement are complex, posing high risk from a social
management and safeguard perspectives. The complexities are
compounded...
For effective management of land
acquisition, resettlement, rehabilitation and other social
issues in Afghanistan, capacities of institutions, staff and
front-line workers...
Type: ReportReport#: 154647Date: November 30, 2020Author:
Noori,Mohammad Yasin ;
Sultani,Zahra
The Palestinian economy has been in a
very difficult situation in 2020 facing triple crises
reinforcing each other: i) a resurgent COVID-19 outbreak,
ii) a severe economic...
Type: ReportReport#: 154561Date: November 24, 2020
The role of the public sector in housing
delivery in many developed economies evolved from government
as builder in the post-War era in the 1950s when the
government...
Type: ReportReport#: 154539Date: November 23, 2020Author:
Zhang,Yan F. ;
Nunez,Angelica ;
English,Larry ;
Dehaene-Gold,Simon Rupert Cazel ;
Garcia Lozano,Marisa
Globally, cities are the source of over
70 percent of the world's greenhouse gas emissions.
Cities are also the engines of the global economy,
concentrating more than...
Globally, cities are the source of over
70 percent of the world's greenhouse gas emissions.
Cities are also the engines of the global economy,
concentrating more than...
Globally, cities are the source of over
70 percent of the world's greenhouse gas emissions.
Cities are also the engines of the global economy,
concentrating more than...
Globally, cities are the source of over
70 percent of the world's greenhouse gas emissions.
Cities are also the engines of the global economy,
concentrating more than...
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