The World Bank’s flagship report
Groundswell: Preparing for Internal Climate Migration finds
that Sub-Saharan Africa is likely to witness high levels of
climate-induced...
Type: ReportReport#: 165170Date: December 9, 2021Author:
Rigaud,Kanta K. ;
Sherbinin, Alex de ;
Jones,Bryan R ;
Abu-Ata,Nathalie E. ;
Adamo, Susana
Between its natural wealth with diverse
cultures, increasingly rapid urbanization, and some of the
world’s most impressive wildlife, Tanzania strikes visitors
as a country...
Type: ReportReport#: 165171Date: December 9, 2021Author:
Rigaud,Kanta K. ;
Sherbinin, Alex de ;
Jones,Bryan R ;
Arora,Anmol ;
Adamo, Susana
Uganda is a diverse and verdant country.
From the tall volcanic mountains along the eastern and
western borders to the densely forested wetlands of the
Albert Nile River...
Type: ReportReport#: 165172Date: December 9, 2021Author:
Rigaud,Kanta K. ;
Sherbinin, Alex de ;
Jones,Bryan R ;
Casals Fernandez,Anna Taeko ;
Adamo, Susana
The World Bank’s flagship report,
Groundswell: Preparing for Internal Climate Migration
(Rigaud et al. 2018), and the sequel (Clement et al. 2021),
finds that that Sub-Saharan...
Type: ReportReport#: 165169Date: December 9, 2021Author:
Rigaud,Kanta K. ;
Sherbinin, Alex de ;
Jones,Bryan R ;
Abu-Ata,Nathalie E. ;
Adamo, Susana
These remarks delivered by David
Malpass, President of the World Bank Group at Tokyo
Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Summit, on December 7, 2021. Food
and nutrition security...
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 166893Date: December 7, 2021Author:
Malpass,David
Greener economic development in Russia
will allow the country to overcome the limits of its current
fossil fuel-dependent growth model. It can deliver
prosperity to...
The MENA Crisis Tracker is a weekly
newsletter that provides information on public health
indicators, expected economy-wide losses, and social
consequences of the ongoing...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 148629Date: December 6, 2021
South Asia is one of the most vulnerable
regions to climate change. The people of South Asia are
living through a "new climate normal," where
intensifying heat waves,...
Type: Country Climate and Development ReportReport#: 164599Date: December 6, 2021Author:
World Bank Group
Tariffs are essential but not the only
pathway to cost recovery, addressing affordability, and
managing water conservation. To maximize their potential,
they must be...
Type: ReportReport#: 160666Date: December 2, 2021Author:
Andres,Luis Alberto ;
Saltiel,Gustavo ;
Misra,Smita ;
Joseph,George ;
Lombana Cordoba,Camilo ;
Thibert,Michael David ;
Fenwick,Crystal
This report describes the activities and
management of the Central Asia Water and Energy Program
(CAWEP) for the period January 1–December 31, 2020. It is
the third...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 166149Date: December 2, 2021
Ukraine has made impressive progress on
key reforms and restored macro-financial stability, but weak
growth and poverty remain a concern. Despite these economic
challenges,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 168200Date: December 1, 2021Author:
Pillai,Madhavi M. ;
Golub,Elena Strukova ;
Lokshin,Michael M. ;
Rakovych,Oksana ;
Ha,Thanh Phuong
Air pollution is one of the leading
causes of disease and death globally, as has been documented
in research studies conducted by organizations such as the
World Bank....
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 167363Date: December 1, 2021
The burden of unpaid care work,
including child and elder care, as well as care of family
members living with disabilities, disproportionately falls
on women and girls,...
Type: BriefReport#: 167275Date: December 1, 2021Author:
Mossman,Lindsay Suzanne
Malnutrition continues to be one of the
world's most critical health and human development
challenges, threatening countries' Universal Health
Coverage (UHC) goals and...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 167328Date: December 1, 2021Author:
Subandoro,Ali Winoto ;
Holschneider,Silvia ;
Ruel Bergeron,Julie
Countries are increasingly defining
health benefits packages (HBPs) as a way of progressing
towards Universal Health Coverage (UHC). Resources for
health are commonly...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 168222Date: November 29, 2021Author:
Fraser-Hurt,Nicole ;
Hou,Xiaohui ;
Wilkinson,Thomas David ;
Duran,Denizhan ;
Abou Jaoude, Gerard J. ;
Skordis, Jolene ;
Chukwuma,Adanna Deborah Ugochi ;
Pena,Christine Lao ;
Tshivuila Matala,Opope Oyaka ;
Prestidge,Marelize ;
Wilson, David P.
Of the countries that have been able to
achieve the outcomes of speed, inclusion, and impact of
their mass vaccination programs, two key success factors
have included:...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 166892Date: November 25, 2021Author:
Eichholtzer,Marie Jeannette Alice ;
Marskell,Jonathan Daniel
The International Energy Agency’s (IEA)
new analysis, The Oil and Gas Industry in Energy
Transitions, found that the commitments from the Bank’s Zero
Routine Flaring...
The final IDA19 Replenishment Meeting
was held at a time when the first signs of an impending
global pandemic with wide-ranging consequences were barely
discernable....
Type: Board ReportReport#: 166516Date: November 24, 2021
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