This paper studies how air quality around combustion power plants changes in response to hydrological droughts that affect hydropower generation. Using fixed-effect and post-double selection methods, the...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10760Date: May 3, 2024Author:
Eriksson,Mathilda ;
del Valle,Alejandro ;
De La Fuente,Alejandro
Fueled by the rapid proliferation of connectivity, IoT devices, e-commerce, e-government tools, and low levels of cybersecurity commitments, LAC ranks as the world’s region with the highest growth rate...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 196580Date: May 2, 2024Author:
Hualong Diao ;
Estefania Belen Vergara Cobos ;
Luis Alberto Andres ;
Stephane Straub
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global health security and development challenge that poses a threat to public health and economic prosperity. It is a challenge that is often overlooked. As antimicrobials...
Type: ReportReport#: 189949Date: May 2, 2024Author:
World Bank
The Maldives experienced a slowdown in economic growth in 2023, despite an increase in tourist arrivals. The GDP growth rate was 4.0 percent, well below the pre-pandemic trend. The increase in tourist...
Type: ReportReport#: 190012Date: May 2, 2024Author:
Erdem Atas ;
Karishma Sheriff ;
Richard Walker ;
Gregory Smith
Persons with disabilities are particularly vulnerable, as they suffer disproportionately from social and economic stigmatization and various forms of exclusion. Intensifying inequalities affect persons...
Type: ReportReport#: 189798Date: May 2, 2024Author:
Sokhna BA ;
Mamani Massiri Coulibaly ;
Newman, Charles ;
Jonathan Todo Hasoloan ;
Semichon, Marine ;
Ayih-Akakpo, Ayih M. Arnold ;
Boltz, Caroline ;
Diagne, Mamadou ;
Seck, Mokhtar ;
Varnai, Bea ;
Narae Choi
Senegal has a population of approximately 18 million people, with almost half of its citizens living in urban areas, well ahead of the Sub-Saharan average. The vulnerability to disasters, as well as increased...
Type: BriefReport#: 189801Date: May 2, 2024Author:
World Bank
The ongoing conflict in Yemen is estimated to have led to the loss of around 377,000 lives by 2022, out of a total population of 33.7 million. 3.4 million people need some form of humanitarian assistance....
Type: BriefReport#: 189800Date: May 2, 2024Author:
World Bank
The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed in 2017 sets the vision and governance framework for establishing a Pan-Arab Electricity Market (PAEM). The signing of the MOU officially launched a five-stage...
Type: ReportReport#: 192646Date: May 2, 2024Author:
C. Douglas Bowman ;
Mohamed Zakaria Kamh ;
Waleed Tayseer A Alhaddad
Europe’s risk profile and projected climate change impacts, concentration of population, and aging infrastructure and assets call for urgent action to improve resilience. While European countries are taking...
Type: ReportReport#: 189809Date: May 2, 2024Author:
World Bank
People who experience some form of cognitive, intellectual, psychosocial, sensorial and or physical disabilities are particularly vulnerable to poverty and suffer disproportionately from social and economic...
Type: ReportReport#: 189797Date: May 2, 2024Author:
Narae Choi ;
Hogeun Park ;
Elie Mahfouz ;
Jonathan Todo Hasoloan ;
Al-Daily, Wafa ;
Al-Jolah, Abdulmalek ;
Semichon, Marine ;
Varnai, Bea
Procurement in investment project financing supports borrowers to achieve value for money with integrity in delivering sustainable development . This report focuses on new standard procurement documents...
Type: ReportReport#: 189811Date: May 2, 2024Author:
World Bank
This report is about diagnosis and best practices of inventory of laws for Iraq. It focuses on the following : reviewing the stock of legislation is an efficient tool to improve and strengthen the quality...
Type: ReportReport#: 189812Date: May 2, 2024Author:
World Bank
This report, which also includes detailed case studies, is the first comprehensive review of benefit sharing conducted within the Bank; previous studies have focused on specific sectors only. The goal...
Type: ReportReport#: 182076Date: May 1, 2024Author:
Johnson,Erik Caldwell ;
Cimato,Federica
The municipality of Heraklion is located seaside along the Aegean Sea, on the north coast of the island of Crete. Heraklion is the fourth largest city in Greece, and the administrative capital of Crete...
Type: ReportReport#: 194284Date: May 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
Pakistani children have faced nationwide and severe disruptions to their schooling over the past several years, first due to the COVID-19 pandemic and then the 2022 floods. Given the country’s vulnerability...
Type: BriefReport#: 190701Date: May 1, 2024Author:
Isa, Sana ;
D Angelo,Sophia Marie ;
Baron,Juan
Educating girls has a myriad of benefits ranging from greater empowerment and economic opportunities to improved health outcomes and reduced poverty. In Pakistan, school-age children, especially girls,...
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