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...
Type: ReportReport#: 154408Date: November 13, 2020Author:
Ababsa,Myriam ;
Hussein,Ahmad Z. Abu ;
Mehrotra,Shagun ;
Lewis,Lincoln Landon ;
Orloff,Mariana ;
Olberding,Beth
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...
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
region is defined by its urbanizing, and highly concentrated
populations. Sixty-five percent of the region’sinhabitants
live...
This paper analyzes how local leaders
make targeting decisions in the context of a public workfare
program in the Lao People~^!!^s Democratic Republic. The
study finds...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9465Date: November 3, 2020Author:
Dervisevic,Ervin ;
Garz,Seth Aaron Levine ;
Mannava,Aneesh ;
Perova,Elizaveta
Since the launch of the Đổi Mới
(economic renovation) reforms in 1986, Vietnam has
successfully transformed its economy. Real GDP per capita
growth has averaged 5.5...
This paper examines how far
Afghanistan’s land acquisition law (LAL) complies with
standards required for World Bank financing of public
interest projects that unavoidably...
Type: ReportReport#: 154641Date: November 1, 2020Author:
Noori,Mohammad Yasin ;
Sultani,Zahra
The forest tenure assessment tool (FTAT)
and user guide consists of an integrated set of
methodologies and guidelines for assessing both why it is
important to secure...
Type: ReportReport#: 155642Date: November 1, 2020Author:
Segura Warnholtz,Gerardo ;
Childress,Malcolm D. ;
Springer,Jenny
The current Turkish Cypriot (TC)
agricultural support scheme is highly distortive, as it does
not incentivize farmers to increase productivity and results
in higher...
Type: BriefReport#: 153968Date: October 28, 2020Author:
Heinz,Marcus Bernhard
A review of Independent Evaluation Group
(IEG) evaluations identifies that the performance of World
Bank interventions operating in contexts of migration can be
enhanced...
Using a novel, nationally representative
data set on fraud victimization, this paper examines the
impact of credit constraints on fraud victimization and
potential underlying...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9460Date: October 27, 2020Author:
Gao,Nan ;
Ma,Yuanyuan ;
Xu,L. Colin
This study takes advantage of a publicly
salient policy sphere -- road quality -- in the Russian
Federation's capital city to explore the use of digital
technologies...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9445Date: October 20, 2020Author:
Gorgulu,Nisan ;
Sharafutdinova,Gulnaz ;
Steinbuks,Jevgenijs
Women's property ownership matters
for their well-being and agency; it can also advance
economic prosperity and promote the human development of
future generations....
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9444Date: October 20, 2020Author:
Gaddis,Isis ;
Lahoti,Rahul Suresh ;
Swaminathan,Hema
The advanced draft Benefit Sharing Plan
(BSP) for the Emission Reductions Program in Sangha-Likouala
(ERP-SL), Republic of Congo, has been developed in
anticipation...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 154828Date: October 1, 2020
Serbia faces the challenge of reducing
its high energy and carbon intensity levels to comply with
national reduction targets. The Government of Serbia (GoS)
has adopted...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 159357Date: October 1, 2020Author:
Sirvydis,Viktoras ;
Merle-Beral,Elena
Serbia faces the challenge of reducing
its high energy and carbon intensity levels to comply with
national reduction targets. The Government of Serbia (GoS)
has adopted...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 159357Date: October 1, 2020Author:
Sirvydis,Viktoras ;
Merle-Beral,Elena
This poverty assessment focuses on the
evolution of poverty and other social indicators in Ethiopia
between 2010-11 and 2015-2016 (henceforth referred to as
2011 and...
This report is structured as follows: an
in-depth explanation of the FHSAE method is presented in
section two. Section three reviews the sub-district level
data used...
Lebanon was rocked by an explosion at
the port of Beirut on August 4, 2020 causing hundreds of
deaths, wounding thousands, and leading to significant
destruction of...
This Annual Report provides a review of
Tokyo Development Learning Center's (TDLC) work program
over the past fiscal year (FY20) and TDLC’s overall impact
during Phase...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 150769Date: September 24, 2020
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