This note is about identifying synergies
that can increase the pace of progress towards sustainable
agriculture growth in Croatia. The authors have examined the
requirements...
In April 2015, the Government of Ukraine
abruptly raised the tariffs of natural gas to residential
customers, which were previously well below the cost of
acquiring...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9669Date: May 21, 2021Author:
Alberini,Anna ;
Umapathi,Nithin
Inspections are one element used by the
government to implement regulation and can be a key source
of valuable evaluation and information to identify whether a
particular...
The presented common agriculture policy
(CAP) 2023-2027 will be implemented with a new delivery
model that allows for a more simplified, flexible, and
results-based...
On May 17, 2021, International Finance
Corporation (IFC) Board of Governors adopted resolution
number two hundred and seventy-five. It was resolved that
the By-Laws...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 159152Date: May 17, 2021
This report provides an overview of how
disability data is collected in South Africa, compares it to
international standards, and suggests a framework for
harmonizing...
Type: ReportReport#: 159044Date: May 15, 2021Author:
Khaltarkhuu,Buyant Erdene
The purpose of this report is to provide
an overview of activities and outputs on support provided to
the Presov Self-Governing Region (PSK) and six pilot
municipalities...
Estimating flood frequency, severity,
and distribution are key risk assessment tasks. Detailed
exceedance curves provide policymakers, insurers, and
communities with...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 158899Date: May 3, 2021Author:
Turner,Sara Diane ;
Walsh,Brian James ;
Tan,Eugene Perk Han
Culture and creativity have untapped
potential to deliver social, economic, and spatial benefits
for cities and communities. Cultural and creative industries
are key...
Type: ReportReport#: 159159Date: May 1, 2021Author:
World Bank ;
UNESCO
The inhabitants of Antananarivo, the
capital of Madagascar, are struggling with diverse
water-related issues, like pluvial floods and water
pollution, which are particularly...
This report reviews the evolution of
Quality Infrastructure Investments (QII) in the Japanese
urban sector. The report is structured around the six QII
principles (sustainable...
While city migrants see their welfare
increase much more than those moving to towns, many more
rural-urban migrants end up in towns. This phenomenon,
documented in detail...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9622Date: April 12, 2021Author:
De Weerdt,Joachim ;
Christiaensen,Luc ;
Kanbur,Ravi
This paper describes new global
evidence—derived from satellite data—for rates and patterns
of urban spatial development since 1990 along three margins:
horizontal spread...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9618Date: April 9, 2021Author:
Lall,Somik V. ;
Lebrand,Mathilde Sylvie Maria ;
Soppelsa,Maria Edisa
Access to affordable, quality student
accommodation is an important part of tertiary education
systems. In South Africa, demand for adequate student
accommodation currently...
Type: ReportReport#: 162198Date: April 1, 2021Author:
El Zayat,Amina Khaled ;
Agbeyi,Ejiro Odibo ;
Osei,Kenneth Ahenkora ;
Daniel,Kobina Egyir ;
Cairncross,Lenore Rosa Celia
While Bulgaria’s housing sector faces
numerous challenges that affect large parts of the
populations, marginalized communities find themselves in
particularly precarious...
One of the big development challenges of
the twentieth century has been defining the role that poor
people, the subjects of development, could and should be
playing...
Type: ReportReport#: 162745Date: April 1, 2021Author:
Guggenheim,Scott E.
The World Bank initiated the poverty and
social impact assessment (PSIA) as part of the broader
technical and financial assessment of the Serbian district
heating (DH)...
This study explores the far-reaching
economic consequences of the archipelagic geography of most
Pacific Island countries (PICs). The dispersion of
populations across...
Type: ReportReport#: 157855Date: April 1, 2021Author:
Utz,Robert Johann ;
Butcher-Gollach,Colleen ;
Craig,David ;
Dornan,Matthew Selwyn ;
Edwards,Kim Alan ;
Halstead,Imogen Cara ;
Hasanov,Rashad ;
Horscroft,Virginia Ann ;
Naidoo,Darian ;
Piatkov,Veronica ;
Saldivar-Sali,Artessa ;
Shi,Stone ;
Xia,Boer
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