These remarks were delivered by the
World Bank Group President David Malpass and Sky News Ian
King Glasgow, United Kingdom on November 1, 2021. He spoke
about the valuable...
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 165805Date: November 1, 2021Author:
Malpass,David
The November 2021 Vietnam Macro
Monitoring discusses some of the following topics :
Industrial production and retail sales rebounded as economic
activities progressively...
In June 2020, the Uganda Bureau of
Statistics, with the support from the World Bank, has
launched the high-frequency phone survey on Coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19)...
Achieving the UN Sustainable Development
Goals is impossible without addressing fragility, conflict,
and violence (FCV), especially as two thirds of the extreme
poor...
Type: ReportReport#: 165881Date: November 1, 2021Author:
Townsend,Robert ;
Verner,Dorte ;
Adubi,Abimbola ;
Saint-Geours,Jean Edouard Albert ;
Leao,Izabela ;
Juergenliemk,Armine ;
Robertson,Timothy D ;
Williams,Melissa ;
Martinant De Preneuf,Flore ;
Jonasova,Marketa ;
Carmichael,Zacharey Austin
This report identifies and assesses
relevant physical and transition risks with focus on the
banking sector. Banks constitute the largest segment of the
Colombian financial...
Type: ReportReport#: 165843Date: November 1, 2021Author:
Reinders,Henk Jan ;
Regelink,Martijn Gert Jan ;
Calice,Pietro ;
Uribe,Mariana Escobar
Transport is a key component to climate
solution and therefore, pivotal to reach benchmarks
established by the ambitious Paris Agreement. We have the
technology, tools,...
Type: ReportReport#: 166182Date: November 1, 2021Author:
Benitez,Daniel Alberto ;
Bisbey,Jyoti ;
Reja,Binyam
The fall 2021 issue of the Iraq Economic
Monitor provides an in-depth review of the latest
macroeconomic and policy developments amidst a global
recovery in international...
Type: Economic Updates and ModelingReport#: 166246Date: November 1, 2021
Children need a safe, nurturing,
healthy, and stimulating environment to thrive and reach
their full potential. But millions of children living in
poverty don’t receive...
Climate change is the consequence of
market and governance failures. The World Bank Group’s
climate change strategy, laid out in its 2025 Climate
Targets and Actions,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 166147Date: November 1, 2021
The national economy of Vietnam was
affected by the April 2020 lockdown meant to contain the
domestic spread of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) virus and
subsequent outbreaks...
Type: ReportReport#: 166051Date: November 1, 2021Author:
Madani,Dorsati H. ;
Nguyen,Nguyen Hoang
The October research newsletter focuses
mostly on India and the role of networks, opportunities, and
outcomes for women. Research highlights include empowering
women...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 165773Date: November 1, 2021
This report discusses the remarks
delivered by World Bank Group President David Malpass to the
G20 Leaders’ Summit – Session two: Climate Change and
Environment on October...
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 165803Date: October 31, 2021Author:
Malpass,David
This report discusses the remarks
delivered by World Bank Group President David Malpass to the
G20 Leaders’ Summit – Session One: Global Economy and Health
on October...
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 165802Date: October 30, 2021Author:
Malpass,David
These remarks were delivered by World
Bank Group President David Malpass at the G20 Joint Finance
and Health Ministerial on October 29, 2021. He discusses: as
we enter...
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 165801Date: October 29, 2021Author:
Malpass,David
The global shock caused by the COVID-19
pandemic has only deepened the need to mobilize long term
private capital to meet multi trillion-dollar infrastructure
gaps,...
Type: ReportReport#: 165688Date: October 28, 2021Author:
Henderson,Jennifer Anne Erskine ;
Gratcheva,Ekaterina M. ;
Levine,Aaron Nathan ;
Mirrlees-Black, Jonathan ;
Osenius-Eite, Benjamin ;
Brennan,Mark Anthony
Conventional risk assessments
underestimate the human and macroeconomic costs of
disasters, leading to inefficient risk management
strategies. This happens because conventional...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 166657Date: October 28, 2021Author:
Hallegatte,Stephane ;
Walsh,Brian James
Proxy-Means Testing (PMT) and
Community-Based Targeting (CBT) are among the most widely
used methods for poverty targeting in low-income settings.
This paper analyzes...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9816Date: October 26, 2021Author:
Schnitzer,Pascale ;
Stoeffler,Quentin
West Africans have a long history of
coping with challenging climatic conditions. Mobility has
always been a key strategy for people in the region to
manage risks and...
Type: ReportReport#: 165167Date: October 26, 2021Author:
Rigaud,Kanta K. ;
Sherbinin,Alex de ;
Jones,Bryan R ;
Adamo,Susana ;
Maleki,David ;
Abu-Ata,Nathalie E. ;
Casals Fernandez,Anna Taeko ;
Arora,Anmol ;
Chai-Onn,Tricia ;
Mills,Briar
This paper aims to analyze health system
resilience (HSR) capacities in the Caribbean and suggests
priority actions for strengthening. As there has been
limited guidance...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 165590Date: October 26, 2021Author:
Khan,Alyssa Safiya ;
Harnam,Neesha
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