This brief talks about drought index project in Benin. This project started in Benin in 2012. Awareness-raising sessions were held by the GEA for clients of FECECAM. Despite huge interest for the product...
After heavy flooding in May 2014, which affected more than 25 percent of the nation’s population, the Governments of Bosnia and Herzegovina launched a Recovery Needs Assessment (RNA), with support from...
Rudimentary markets for capital - for raising money and investing - exist in even the remotest places around the world. However, prudent macroeconomic management, regulation, investor protection, and innovation...
Type: BriefReport#: 112692Date: January 1, 2017Author:
Narayanaswamy,Meera ;
Blitzer,Charles R. ;
Carvajal,Ana Fiorella
Through the Inclusive Community Resilience (ICR) initiative, Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) taps into grassroots expertise in disaster risk management and promotes scalable...
Type: BriefReport#: 114489Date: January 1, 2017Author:
Arnold,Margaret
Zoona Zambia has created a specialized program to train more young women to become Zoona tellers, Zoona Kiosk owners, and community leaders. In 2014, Zoona was selected by the girl effect accelerator as...
Type: BriefReport#: 117399Date: January 1, 2017Author:
Biallas,Margarete O.
The World Bank Group (WBG), in collaboration with the Government of Bihar, is implementing a government-to-person (G2P) health payments project with co-funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation...
The secessionist movement in Thailand’s southernmost provinces is one of the oldest and deadliest sub-national conflicts in Southeast Asia. After more than a decade of dormancy, violence escalated in the...
Type: BriefReport#: 117807Date: January 1, 2017Author:
Adam,Sarah
The case study is based on the results provided by a manufacturer of upholstery leathers for the automotive industry, operating in the Balkans. International Finance Corporation (IFC) introduces the case...
This note analyzes various issues related to women workers in Malaysia’s formal private sector. Using the World Bank’s Enterprise Surveys data, the proportion of women among all workers in Malaysia is...
Type: BriefReport#: 138330Date: January 1, 2017Author:
Amin,Mohammad ;
Mayoral,Amanda
Between 2013 and 2015, India experienced more than six major natural disasters across six states, including floods, landslides, drought, and cyclones. With millions of people – both women and men – affected,...
The Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) is working with the Government of Belize to boost the climate resilience of Belize’s road network and transport sector. Engaging 35 agencies...
The Targeted Rural Initiatives for Poverty Termination and Infrastructure (TRIPTI) project began in Orissa in 2009.It is a participatory livelihoods project based on community mobilization and institution...
Global facility for disaster reduction and recovery (GFDRR) supports governments in designing financial protection strategies and instruments to respond to natural disasters. The disaster risk financing...
Type: BriefReport#: 114486Date: January 1, 2017Author:
Mahul,Olivier
This brief talks about the weather-related index insurance market in Sri Lanka. Thirty-two percent of Sri Lanka’s labor force is in the agricultural sector, and it accounts for 10 percent of Gross domestic...
This datasets, and the accompanying technical documentation and reports, are availableon World Bank’s micro-data catalogue. This brochure showcases these micro-datasets so that governments, researchers...
A growing number of low- and middle-income countries are investing in social safety nets to improve the lives and livelihoods of their poor and vulnerable residents. According to the World Bank (2015)...
Type: BriefReport#: 119821Date: January 1, 2017Author:
Maher,Barry Patrick ;
Poulter,Richard Andrew
Small island states face some of the greatest vulnerabilities of any nations due to climate change and natural disasters but the threats can be reduced through adequate investment, technical expertise...
Type: BriefReport#: 114488Date: January 1, 2017Author:
Gitay,Habiba ;
Jones,Nicholas K.W.
This brief talks about earth quake index in Indonesia. More than twelve million Indonesians live and work in earthquake-prone zones, with economic exposure reaching an estimated 79 billion US dollars....
Developing accurate impact scenarios is essential for disaster preparedness, mitigation, and well-planneddisaster response. Running a successful impact scenario, however, requires hazard data, like water...
Low-income women in the bustling city of Lagos, Nigeria are both time and resource poor. However, they seek services to park their money for larger spending purposes, such as business capital and school...
Type: BriefReport#: 117394Date: January 1, 2017Author:
Biallas,Margarete O.
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