This is a statement by H.E. Zainab
Shamsuna Ahmed, Minister of Finance, Budget, and National
Planning Federal Ministry of Finance, at the 104th meeting
of the Development...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 165368Date: October 15, 2021
This report discusses the remarks
delivered in the World Bank Group Press Conference by
President David Malpass at the 2021 Annual Meetings on
October 13, 2021. He spoke...
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 165222Date: October 13, 2021Author:
Malpass,David
These remarks were delivered by World
Bank Group President David Malpass at the 2021 Annual
Meetings Opening Press Conference on October 13, 2021. He
spoke about the...
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 165220Date: October 13, 2021Author:
Malpass,David
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 13, 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 report, as part of the Groundswell
Africa series, reaffirms the potency for climate change to
drive internal migration in the Lake Victoria Basin. The
results described...
Type: ReportReport#: 165168Date: October 13, 2021Author:
Rigaud,Kanta K. ;
Sherbinin,Alex de ;
Jones,Bryan R ;
Adamo,Susana ;
Maleki,David ;
Arora,Anmol ;
Casals Fernandez,Anna Taeko ;
Chai-Onn,Tricia ;
Mills,Briar
Do Sahelian countries face specific
risks of water-related conflict? Sahelian countries face
growing fragility and climate
challenges—especially those belonging...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9805Date: October 12, 2021Author:
Khan,Amjad Muhammad ;
Rodella,Aude-Sophie
This report discusses the remarks
delivered by World Bank Group President David Malpass at the
United Nations COP-15 Part 1 Biodiversity Conference
High-Level Segment:...
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 165219Date: October 12, 2021Author:
Malpass,David
A variety of factors influence the
spread of infectious diseases. Climatic factors include
variations in temperature, rainfall, sea-level rise, wind,
and duration of...
Bangladesh is one of the country’s most
vulnerable to the effects of climate change. Through complex
pathway, climate change adversely affects human health.
Globally,...
This paper contributes to a
long-standing debate in development practice: Under what
conditions can externally established participatory groups
engage in the collective...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9798Date: October 7, 2021Author:
Thapa,Dikshya ;
Farid,Muhammad Noor ;
Prevost,Christophe
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
pandemic and its effects on households create an urgent need
for timely data and evidence to help monitor and mitigate
the social...
Type: BriefReport#: 165673Date: October 1, 2021Author:
Karamba,R. Wendy ;
Salcher,Isabelle
The Caribbean region suffers major
economic losses from natural hazards such as flooding due to
storms, cyclones, extreme waves, winds and precipitation,
coastal erosion,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 165605Date: October 1, 2021Author:
Giardino,Alessio ;
Leijnse,Tim ;
Duenas,Luisa Torres ;
Athanasiou,Panos ;
Haasnoot,Marjolijn
Caribbean small island developing states
(SIDS) depend heavily on their limited natural resources,
with the largest sectors generally being agriculture,
fisheries, and...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 165574Date: October 1, 2021Author:
Makara,Nadia Natali
Sri Lanka has made strong progress in
reducing poverty and sharing prosperity among the less
well-off in recent years. The poverty rate using the World
Bank's 3.20 Dollars...
Type: Poverty AssessmentReport#: 165145Date: October 1, 2021Author:
Kim,Yeon Soo ;
Paffhausen,Anna Luisa
As a direct consequence of the COVID-19
pandemic, 2021was a year of enormous challenges in Latin
America and the Caribbean (LAC). The region faced a daunting
health...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 168494Date: October 1, 2021Author:
Fien-Helfman,Samantha Abigail ;
Boulanger,Susan
Natural hazards, including hurricanes,
floods, and landslides, are a common phenomenon in the
Caribbean, affecting both residents and private companies.
The World Travel...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 165665Date: October 1, 2021Author:
Erman,Alvina Elisabeth ;
De Vries Robbe,Sophie Anne ;
Browne,Nyanya Eroca Elza ;
Solis Uehara,Carla Cristina
This book presents a heavily disruptive,
inclusive, and resilient solution to Africa’s wide-ranging
food security challenges. Specifically, it assesses the
benefits...
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