This report contains the World Bank
Group Boards’ calendar for the period of December 2021 to
February 2022, specifying the Boards’ engagements, such as
meetings and...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 166540Date: December 1, 2021
In recent decades, hurricane frequency
and intensity have increased in the Caribbean Basin. From
2000 to 2012, more than 100 hurricanes impacted lives,
infrastructure,...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9863Date: November 29, 2021Author:
Miranda,Juan Jose ;
Butron,Luigi ;
Pantoja,Chrissie ;
Gunasekera,Rashmin
This paper examines living
conditions—mainly access to infrastructure and
basic services—in Kinshasa, by focusing on how
they vary within the city and...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9857Date: November 19, 2021Author:
Batana,Yele Maweki ;
Jarotschkin,Alexandra ;
Konou,Akakpo Domefa ;
Masaki,Takaaki ;
Nakamura,Shohei ;
Viboudoulou Vilpoux,Mervy Ever
The Amazon Sustainable Landscapes
Program (ASL) is an initiative funded by the Global
Environment Facility (GEF) that seeks to improve integrated
landscape management...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 168555Date: November 18, 2021
Wealth Accounting and the Valuation of
Ecosystem Services (WAVES) is a USD23 million World Bank–led
global partnership aimed at mainstreaming natural capital in
development...
Type: ReportReport#: 165964Date: November 10, 2021
There is a vast economic literature
studying the effects of climate change on long-run growth,
migration, urbanization, and human capital, among several
other outcomes....
Type: Country Economic MemorandumReport#: 165927Date: November 9, 2021Author:
Jedwab,Remi Camille ;
Haslop, Federico ;
Masaki,Takaaki ;
Rodriguez Castelan,Carlos
The Lake Chad region, which is an
economically-and socially integrated area spanning across
four countries of Chad, Cameroon, Niger, and Nigeria in
north-west Africa,...
Type: Country Economic MemorandumReport#: 165926Date: November 9, 2021Author:
Masaki,Takaaki ;
Rodriguez Castelan,Carlos
This report sheds light on the
interlocked long-term territorial development challenges and
the recently realized systemic risks affecting the Lake Chad
region. It summarizes...
Type: Country Economic MemorandumReport#: 165925Date: November 9, 2021Author:
Granguillhome Ochoa,Rogelio ;
Hernandez Ore,Marco Antonio ;
Lach,Samantha ;
Masaki,Takaaki ;
Rodriguez Castelan,Carlos
Cities worldwide are facing resilience
challenges as climate risks interact with urbanization, loss
of biodiversity and ecosystem services, poverty, and rising
socioeconomic...
Type: ReportReport#: 165898Date: November 8, 2021Author:
Jongman,Brenden ;
Osmanoglou,Defne ;
Van Zanten,Boris Ton ;
Gonzalez Reguero,Borja ;
Macfarlane,Douglas Malcolm ;
Duma,Larissa Jenelle ;
Carrion,Steven Alberto ;
Rubinyi,Steven Louis
Southern Africa is highly vulnerable to
extreme weather, climate, and water-related events. The
region is home to approximately 345 million people whose
lives and livelihoods...
Type: ReportReport#: 165901Date: November 8, 2021Author:
Driessen,Tjeerd ;
Groen,Marieke de ;
Singh,Prashant ;
Dingel,Carl Christian
This note looks at the World Bank’s
engagement in transboundary waters in West Africa over the
past twenty years to derive lessons that can inform and
influence any...
Type: ReportReport#: 165905Date: November 8, 2021Author:
Lajaunie,Marie-Laure ;
Bonzanigo,Laura ;
Fraval,Pierrick ;
Scheierling,Susanne M.
Pollution taxes burden emissions of
various harmful substances: solid waste, wastewater, air
pollution, hazardous chemicals, and noise. Pollution taxes
may be either...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 164949Date: November 5, 2021Author:
Matheson,Thornton
This Note discusses how natural resource
taxation can help reduce deforestation and provide
incentives for forest conservation and sustainable forest
management. The...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 164947Date: November 5, 2021Author:
Hayde,Erin Kate
Lack of access to water supply and
sanitation (WSS) constitutes a public health, economic, and
environmental emergency across the developing world. Urgent
action is...
The accelerated use of digital services
during the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance
of high-speed Internet access. Yet a large share of adults
in emerging...
Type: BriefReport#: 166254Date: November 1, 2021Author:
Houngbonon,Georges Vivien ;
Rossotto,Carlo Maria ;
Strusani,Davide
The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic and
its economic and social effects on households have created
an urgent need for timely data to help monitor and mitigate
the social...
Type: ReportReport#: 165917Date: November 1, 2021Author:
Lain,Jonathan William ;
Vishwanath,Tara ;
Alik Lagrange,Arthur ;
Amankwah,Akuffo ;
Contreras Gonzalez,Ivette Maria ;
Jenq,Christina ;
Mcgee,Kevin Robert ;
Siwatu,Gbemisola Oseni ;
Palacios-Lopez,Amparo ;
Sagesaka,Akiko
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