Documents & Reports
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The reallocation of district-level spending and natural disasters : evidence from Indonesia (English)
This paper combines district-level government spending data from Indonesia and natural disaster damage indices to analyze the extent to which districts are forced to reallocate their expenditures across...
Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS8359 Document Date: March 6, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Skoufias,Emmanuel,Strobl,Eric,Tveit,Thomas Breivik
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Turkey - Inclusive Access to Finance Project : environmental assessment : Çevresel ve sosyal yönetim çerçevesi (Turkish)
The development objective of the Inclusive Access to Finance Project for Turkey is to improve access to longer-term finance for: (i) women-inclusive enterprises, and (ii) enterprises in less developed...
Document Type: Environmental Assessment Report No.: SFG4108 Document Date: March 6, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Turkey
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Romania - Ploiesti-Brasov Motorway Preparation Project : Final Terms of Reference for Preparation of an Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (English)
The development objective of the Ploiesti-Brasov Motorway Preparation Project for Romania is to strengthen the capabilities of Romania’s national road sector to sustainably implement and finance major...
Report No.: 124028 Document Date: March 5, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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Romania - Ploiesti-Brasov Motorway Preparation Project : Final Terms of Reference for the Resettlement Policy Framework (English)
The development objective of the Ploiesti-Brasov Motorway Preparation Project for Romania is to strengthen the capabilities of Romania’s national road sector to sustainably implement and finance major...
Report No.: 124029 Document Date: March 5, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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Partnering with indigenous peoples to improve engagement in World Bank projects (English)
The World Bank is committed to ensuring the development process fully respects the dignity, economies, and cultures of indigenous peoples. The indigenous peoples’ policy is a key part of the World Bank’s...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 123963 Document Date: March 1, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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Risk and vulnerability in the Pacific (English)
Vulnerability significantly compounds hardship in the Pacific. More than twenty percent of people in most Pacific Island Countries (PIC) live in hardship, meaning they are unable to meet their basic food...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 123790 Document Date: March 1, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Sharma,Manohar
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The World Bank monthly operational summary (English)
The World Bank Monthly Operational Summary (MOS) reports on the status of projects in the World Bank’s pipeline from the time the operation is identified to the signing of the Loan, Credit, or Grant Agreement...
Document Type: Monthly Operational Summary Report No.: 124161 Document Date: February 28, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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Myanmar/EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC- P154389- Myanmar Financial Sector Development Project - Procurement Plan (English)
Document Type: Procurement Plan Report No.: STEP7330 Document Date: February 25, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Than Than Swe
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Panama - Support for the National Indigenous Peoples Development Plan Project (English)
The development objective of Support for the National Indigenous Peoples Development Plan Project for Panama is to strengthen: (a) the capacity of Indigenous Authorities and the Borrower to jointly plan...
Document Type: Project Appraisal Document Report No.: PAD2503 Document Date: February 15, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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Sierra Leone - Freetown Emergency Recovery Project (English)
The development objective of Freetown Emergency Recovery Project for Sierra Leone is to rehabilitate selected critical infrastructure and to strengthen government capacity for managing disaster risk. This...
Document Type: Project Appraisal Document Report No.: PAD2690 Document Date: February 8, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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Official Documents- Financing Agreement for Grant D255-TD (Closing Package) (English)
Document Type: Financing Agreement Document Date: February 5, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Pardinas Ocana,Claudia M.
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Sri Lanka - Local Government Support Project : resettlement plan : Resettlement policy framework (English)
The development objective of Local Government Support Project for Sri Lanka is to strengthen local government capabilities to deliver responsive services and enhance socioeconomic opportunities of communities...
Document Type: Resettlement Plan Report No.: SFG4109 Document Date: February 1, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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From needs to investments : a prioritization model for recovery and peace building interventions in North-East Nigeria (English)
In 2016, the Government of Nigeria—in collaboration with the World Bank (WB), the United Nations (UN), and the European Union (EU)—conducted a Recovery and Peace Building Assessment (RPBA) to gauge crisis...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 123893 Document Date: February 1, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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Global trade : slowdown, factors, and policies (English)
Growth in global trade has been slow since 2012. While global trade downturns are not unprecedented, the observed change in the relationship of trade to GDP poses the question whether the trade slowdown...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 123899 Document Date: February 1, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Georgieva,Dorina Peteva,Loayza,Norman V.,Mendez Ramos,Fabian
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Technical knowledge exchange on resilient transport : Summary report (English)
On May 8–12, 2017, the World Bank Disaster Risk Management (DRM) Hub in Tokyo and the Resilient Transport Community of Practice (CoP) hosted a week-long Technical Knowledge Exchange (TKX) in Tokyo that...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 123890 Document Date: January 1, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Forni,Marc S.,Newman,James P.,Toya,Akiko,Jain,Vibhu
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Poland - First and Second Development Policy Loan Projects (English)
Ratings for the First and Second Development Policy Loan Projects for Poland were as follows: outcomes were satisfactory, risk to development outcome was moderate, Bank performance was satisfactory, and...
Document Type: Implementation Completion and Results Report Report No.: ICR4253 Document Date: December 21, 2017 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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Strengthening Somalia’s systems smartly : a country systems risk benefit analysis (English)
Despite the high-level commitments made on using country systems, Somalia continues to trail other fragile states in critical dimensions, including the proportion of aid delivered “On Budget.” Given the...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 123945 Document Date: December 1, 2017 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Honig,Dan,Cramer Smith,Sarah Louise
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Ukraine - Conflict Response and Recovery Pilot and Capacity Building Project : procurement plan (English)
Document Type: Procurement Plan Report No.: 124018 Document Date: October 27, 2017 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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Fouta Djallon Highland Water Atlas : The Water Tower of West Africa (English)
The Fouta Djallon Highlands in West Africa are the source of many international rivers, which include the Senegal, Gambia, Niger, Rio Corubal, and the Great and Little Scarcies Rivers. Eight countries...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 123986 Document Date: June 1, 2017 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Wilson,Ibrahim Babatundé,Dédéou Touré,Mahamane,Bazoun,Janvier,Fraval,Pierrick,Bea,Sylvestre,Davy,Thierry,Moutouama,Fidele Tchossi
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Stuck in transition : reform experiences and challenges ahead in the Kazakhstan power sector (Russian)
The large-scale transformation of Kazakhstan’s power sector following independence in 1991 was reflected by the country’s move toward liberalizing the market and implementing sector regulation. As an early...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 113146 Document Date: February 27, 2017 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Aldayarov,Mirlan,Dobozi,Istvan,Nikolakakis,Thomas