This note is part of a technical
assistance provided to Cameroon in particular and other
countries of the CEMAC Region in general on leveraging urban
land for devel...
Type: ReportReport#: 154319Date: February 1, 2020Author:
Thinon,Pascal ;
Tchekote,Herve ;
Zaengerling,Bontje Marie ;
Galpin,Claire Jeanne Chantal ;
Kolowa,Tamilwai Johannes
This paper examines the state of reverse
mortgage markets in selected countries around the world and
considers the potential benefits and risks of these products
from...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9134Date: January 30, 2020Author:
Knaack,Peter ;
Miller,Margaret J. ;
Stewart,Fiona Elizabeth
Lack of appropriate financial means to
obtain adequate housing is a wide economic problem in the
developing world. In addition to supply and demand issues,
macroeconomic...
Type: ReportReport#: 147721Date: January 29, 2020Author:
Kolb,Henriette ;
Hoffmann,Nathalie Ilona ;
Gwinner,William Britt ;
Schnabel,Jessica A. ;
Ganuza,Montserrat ;
Roy,Friedemann ;
Etchegoyen,Jose Felix ;
Lolila,Zahia Msuya ;
Tejero, Carol ;
Joseph,Roshin Mathai ;
Romero,Joanna ;
Kipnis,Heather Mae ;
Kotikula,Aphichoke ;
Hardi,Sharmila ;
Pulizzi,Henry ;
Wright,Robert Palmer ;
Murti,Bhattiprolu Balachandra ;
Camara,Modibo Khane ;
Ivey, Kate ;
Mendali, Rebati ;
Proano, Alex
Intra-household inequalities have long
been a source of concern for policy design, but there is
very little evidence. The current practice of ignoring
inequality within...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9121Date: January 23, 2020Author:
De Vreyer,Philippe H. ;
Lambert,Sylvie
Operation and maintenance are critical
to ensuring the effectiveness of urban flood management
investments over time. In the context of human and financial
resource...
Careful planning and prioritization are
critical in the selection of an appropriate mix of
integrated urban flood risk management (IUFRM) solutions. An
integrated approach...
This report assesses the legal and
institutional frameworks surrounding land governance in
Egypt as they have evolved to the present day, with the goal
of identifying...
Type: ReportReport#: 158373Date: January 15, 2020Author:
Nada,Mohamed ;
Sims, David
This paper provides the first systematic
analysis of migration to, within, and from Libya. The data
used in the analysis are from the Displacement Tracking
Matrix data...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9110Date: January 14, 2020Author:
Di Maio,Michele ;
Leone Sciabolazza,Valerio ;
Molini,Vasco
Uzbekistan has one of the lowest rates
of internal migration in the world, leading to persistent
economic imbalances. Drawing from a unique monthly panel
survey called...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9107Date: January 8, 2020Author:
Seitz,William Hutchins
The growth and intensification of many
urban areas has meant city governments increasingly face
pressure to limit development to preserve iconic city views.
This is...
The National Community Driven
Development Project (NCDDP) is one of Myanmar’s largest
development programs. Since it started in 2013, NCDDP has
supported over 21,000...
Type: ReportReport#: 150071Date: January 1, 2020Author:
Zurstrassen,Matthew Pierre
Since the beginning of the twentieth
century, Chile embarked on a long journey to develop a
forestry model adapted to its national circumstances,
achieving considerable...
Type: ReportReport#: 149110Date: January 1, 2020Author:
Papageorgiou,Stavros ;
Massai,Carolina
The Mahendra Rajmarga (MRM) also known
as the East West Highway (EWH) is the main trade and
physical mobility corridor of Nepal, India, and Bangladesh.
The overall accessibility...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 146418Date: January 1, 2020
Municipal governments and staff are
seeking to implement public-private partnerships (PPPs) to
help meet their infrastructure development needs. This
framework is modular,...
The city of Tbilisi has more than five
hundred Khrushovkas, multi-family residential buildings
originally constructed in the late 1950s and early 1960s in
response to...
In every city, the urban spaces that
form the public realm, ranging from city streets,
neighborhood squares, and parks to public facilities such as
libraries and markets—account...
In large and dense cities, mass transit
options along key corridors, supplemented by an effective
bus system and good walkability to transit, are the best way
to efficiently...
Type: BriefReport#: 148840Date: January 1, 2020Author:
Ollivier,Gerald Paul ;
Basat Unal,Basak Gunes
The Central African Economic and
Monetary Community (CEMAC), which consists of Cameroon, the
Central African Republic, Chad, the Republic of Congo,
Equatorial Guinea,...
This annual progress report presents
progress, achievements, challenges of the multi-donor trust
fund (MDTF) for integrated landscape and management (ILM) in
Mozambique...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 147611Date: January 1, 2020
The living standards measurement
study-integrated surveys on agriculture (LSMS-ISA) project
is an innovative household survey program established with
funding from the...
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