Documents & Reports
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The Role of Intermediaries to Facilitate Water-Related Investment (English)
A wide range of organizations operate at the interface between the demand for (e.g. water agencies or service providers) and the supply of finance (e.g. financing institutions and financiers at large)...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 190522 Document Date: May 21, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Anne Lardoux de Pazzis,Amandine Muret
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Status of Agricultural Reforms in Lithuania : 1995 to 1997 (English)
Reforms in the Lithuanian food and agriculture sector started rather early, parallel with the struggle for independence. The country initiated a transition program in the food and agriculture sector to...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 189035 Document Date: April 8, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Csaki,Csaba,Meyers,William H.,Natalija Kazlauskiene
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Environment and Social Framework (ESF) Good Practice Note on Third Party Monitoring - English (English)
This good practice note offers a step-by-step approach for Bank staff to assist Borrowers inestablishing third-party monitoring (TPM) for project implementation. The information may also be useful for...
Document Type: Correspondence Report No.: 136589 Document Date: December 18, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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Environment and Social Framework (ESF) Good Practice Note on Security Personnel - English (English)
Document Type: Correspondence Report No.: 136590 Document Date: October 23, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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Democratic Republic of Congo urbanization review : productive and inclusive cities for an emerging Congo (French)
The Democratic Republic of Congo has the third largest urban population in Sub-Saharan Africa (estimated at 43 percent in 2016) after South Africa and Nigeria. It is expected to grow at a rate of 4.1 percent...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 121954 Document Date: August 13, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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Air Pollution in Tehran : Health Costs, Sources, and Policies Discussion Paper (English)
Tehran, the capital of the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI), is located in the north of the country with a population of about 8.5 million. The population can reach over 12.5 million during the day, with...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 126402 Document Date: April 1, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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The challenge of agricultural pollution : evidence from China, Vietnam, and the Philippines (Vol. 2 of 2) : Overview (English)
This study, which focuses on three countries, China, Vietnam, and the Philippines, is intended to contribute to a more comprehensive and cross-cutting understanding of the nature and magnitude of the agricultural...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 122875 Document Date: January 1, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Cassou,Emilie,Jaffee,Steven M.,Ru,Jiang
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The challenge of agricultural pollution : evidence from China, Vietnam, and the Philippines (Vol. 1 of 2) : Main report (English)
This study, which focuses on three countries, China, Vietnam, and the Philippines, is intended to contribute to a more comprehensive and cross-cutting understanding of the nature and magnitude of the agricultural...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 122875 Document Date: January 1, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Cassou,Emilie,Jaffee,Steven M.,Ru,Jiang
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The Cost of Environmental Degradation : Case Studies from the Middle East and North Africa (Farsi)
Environmental degradation is costly, to individuals, to societies, and to the environment. This book, edited by Lelia Croitoru and Maria Sarraf, makes these costs clear by examining a number of studies...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 56295 Document Date: December 31, 2017 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Croitoru,Lelia,Sarraf,Maria
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Democratic Republic of Congo urbanization review : productive and inclusive cities for an emerging Congo (English)
The Democratic Republic of Congo has the third largest urban population in Sub-Saharan Africa (estimated at 43 percent in 2016) after South Africa and Nigeria. It is expected to grow at a rate of 4.1 percent...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 121954 Document Date: December 7, 2017 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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Sri Lanka : Managing Coastal Natural Wealth (English)
Coastal areas are essential to Sri Lanka’s economic development, accounting for the highest concentration of population and economic activity. Sandy beaches, dunes, lagoons, estuaries, fresh water marshes...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 131555 Document Date: May 1, 2017 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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The sunken billions revisited : progress and challenges in global marine fisheries (English)
This report updates previous studies that measured in economic terms the extent of biological losses attributable to overfishing globally. The new estimates assess these 'sunken billions' at 83 billion...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 112848 Document Date: February 10, 2017 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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Urban land acquisition and involuntary resettlement : linking innovation and local benefits (English)
With rapid urbanization and an increasing number of publicly funded urban projects, there is a growing demand to address complex land acquisition and involuntary resettlement issues in urban settings...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 112854 Document Date: February 1, 2017 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Roquet,Vincent,Campelo Bornholdt,Luciano,Sirker,Karen,Lukic,Jelena
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Introduction to green finance (English)
This brochure aims to provide a short explanation of green finance to readers outside of the finance space. There is an abundance of literature on green finance, the role and importance of public and private...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 112831 Document Date: January 1, 2017 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Krushelnytska,Olha
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Post-disaster needs assessment guidelines : environment (English)
The main objective of Post-disaster needs assessment (PDNA) Environment is to prepare a recovery strategy that guides the restoration of environment and natural resources damaged due to a disaster. This...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 114670 Document Date: January 1, 2017 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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The cost of degradation of the environment in Morocco : Le Coût de la Dégradation de l’Environnement au Maroc (French)
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 105633 Document Date: January 1, 2017 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Croitoru,Lelia (eds.),Sarraf,Maria (eds.)
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Deforestation trends in the Congo Basin : reconciling economic growth and forest protection (Vol. 2 of 2) (English)
The Congo Basin represents 70 percent of the African continent's forest cover and constitutes a large portion of Africa's biodiversity. The objective of the two-year exercise was to analyze and get a better...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 75727 Document Date: February 24, 2016 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Doetinchem,Nina,Hourticq,Joel,Megevand,Carole,Mosnier, Aline,Sanders, Klas,Streck,Charlotte
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Exploring a low-carbon development path for Vietnam (English)
Low-cost energy and other natural resources have played a key role in driving the Vietnamese economy over the past decades. Under the low-carbon development (LCD) scenario, Vietnam can achieve its Vietnam...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 102363 Document Date: January 1, 2016 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Audinet,Pierre,Singh,Bipulendu Narayan,Kexel,Duane T.,Suphachalasai,Suphachol,Makumbe,Pedzisayi,Mayer,Kristin
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Urban flooding of Greater Dhaka in a changing climate : building local resilience to disaster risk (English)
Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh and one of the world’s rapidly growing megacities, is an urban hotspot for climate risks. Preparing for the unfolding impacts of climate-related changes – socio demographic...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 100228 Document Date: October 26, 2015 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Dasgupta,Susmita,Zaman,Asif Mohammed,Roy,Subhendu,Huq,Mainul,Jahan,Sarwar,Nishat,Ainun
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Tanzania’s tourism futures : harnessing natural assets (English)
Tourism provides a robust stream of revenues for the country, with benefits that reverberate widely through the economy. The sector generates the bulk of exports for the country. As a relatively labor-intensive...
Document Type: Policy Note Report No.: 96150 Document Date: September 8, 2015 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Damania,Richard,Glauber,Ann Jeannette,Scandizzo,Pasquale L.,Von Platen-Hallermund,Tobias,Barra,Alvaro Federico,Aryal,Dinesh,Haji Kanz,Mahjabeen