The March 2021 update to the
Multidimensional Poverty Measure (MPM) involves changes to
the data underlying the multidimensional poverty estimates
based on the Global...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 157750Date: March 1, 2021Author:
Nguyen,Minh Cong ;
Wu,Haoyu ;
Lakner,Christoph ;
Schoch,Marta
Women constitute half of India’s
population, but have not benefitted proportionately from the
country's economic prosperity. The pandemic has seen
more women affected...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 158890Date: March 1, 2021
This report provides guidance to policy
and decision makers on holistic approaches to resilient
services for water supply and sanitation (WSS) in the
Caribbean, a high-risk...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 165669Date: February 28, 2021Author:
Medina,Daniel Ernesto ;
Kullmann,Craig Phillip ;
Felter,Gregory Calner
The global crisis of water access,
quality, and sustainability imperils lives and livelihoods.
The global water security and sanitation partnership (GWSP)
- a multi-donor...
Sharps are items that can cause cuts or
puncture wounds, including needles, hypodermic needles,
scalpels and other blades, knives, infusion sets, saws,
broken glass,...
Type: ReportReport#: 156777Date: February 18, 2021
Protracted crises in urban contexts of
the Middle East and North Africa region present a growing
challenge for water supply and sanitation (WSS) service
providers and,...
Type: ReportReport#: 156394Date: February 5, 2021Author:
De Waal,Dominick Revell ;
Rammal,Iyad ;
Talhami,Michael ;
Hattab,Omar El ;
Abu-Lohom,Naif Mohammed ;
Mofid,Nafie Mohammed ;
Zgheib,Sally ;
Jain,Nitin ;
Skilling,Heather
Indonesia’s location in a very active
seismic zone naturally exposes it to significant geophysical
hazards (earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis). In
addition to...
Type: ReportReport#: 156913Date: February 1, 2021Author:
Setiono,Irma Magdalena ;
Vun,Yong Jian ;
Rizki,Muhammad Halik ;
Keinanen ;
Auli ;
Abracosa ;
Ramon ;
Alexander Sopakuwa ;
Armein ;
Lnu,Evilia ;
Yuniarti,Nia ;
Kreisberg,Devan Julia ;
Saputra,Denes Pawan ;
Saputro,Nuriza Ratno
The first one thousand days of a child’s
life, spanning the period in utero to the age of two is an
important window of opportunity to start children on a path
toward...
This study defines the current
state-of-play for the local plastic recycling industry -
including demand and supply volumes, market opportunity, and
growth drivers and...
Type: ReportReport#: 157674Date: February 1, 2021Author:
World Bank Group
This brief focuses on designing
child-focused hygiene and nutrition interventions in Lao PDR
through a Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) project with
the support...
This study defines the current
state-of-play for the local plastic recycling industry -
including demand and supply volumes, market opportunity, and
growth drivers and...
Type: ReportReport#: 157674Date: February 1, 2021Author:
World Bank Group
Plastics are an integral and important
part of the global and Thai economies. Since the 1950s the
use of plastic products has expanded twenty-fold owing to
their low...
Type: ReportReport#: 156416Date: February 1, 2021Author:
World Bank Group
This note presents the results of the
sixth round of a nationally representative telephone survey
(HFPS). The BFA Covid -19 HFPS - Round 6 was administered
between January...
Type: BriefReport#: 159006Date: February 1, 2021Author:
Tsimpo Nkengne,Clarence ;
Tiberti,Marco ;
Backiny-Yetna,Prospere R. ;
Costantini,Marco ;
Koncobo,Zakaria ;
Tiendrebeogo,Adama
Plastics are an integral and important
part of the global and Thai economies. Since the 1950s the
use of plastic products has expanded twenty-fold owing to
their low...
Type: ReportReport#: 156416Date: February 1, 2021Author:
World Bank Group
Malawi has a large infrastructure gap,
which is beyond what the government can afford. Over the
period of two decades (1998-2017), the total public
investment in Malawi...
Citywide Inclusive Sanitation (CWIS)
aims to shift the urban sanitation paradigm to focus on the
whole sanitation service chain and access for all,
especially the poor,...
Type: ReportReport#: 154444Date: January 25, 2021Author:
Kennedy-Walker,Ruth Jane ;
Mehta,Nishtha ;
Thomas,Seema M. ;
Gambrill,Martin P.
In 2011, the city of Buenos Aires in its
sustainable mobility plan prioritized public transport,
healthy mobility, traffic order, and road safety to ensure
improved...
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