The report on the indexation of benefits within the adaptive social protection (ASP) framework underscores the importance of linking cash transfers to inflation to maintain their adequacy amidst changing...
In recent years, South Asia has been beset with an unprecedented combination of negative shocks. In Sri Lanka, an economic crisis on the heels of COVID-19 pushed approximately 3 million people into poverty...
This paper explores new firm-level data to examine the gender gap in technology adoption and the associated effect on firm performance. The data show a small difference in technology sophistication between...
Extreme weather events are increasingly disrupting schooling. Yet, these are underrepresented in the climate change literature. Of 15 review articles on the economic impacts of climate change published...
Using data on the paths of all hurricanes in the Atlantic Basin from 1992 to 2017, this paper studies whether migration has served as a form of adaptation to hurricane risk. The findings show that on average...
The World Bank Group’s Country Climate and Development Reports (CCDRs) are new core diagnostic reports that integrate climate change and development considerations. They will help countries prioritize...
This report provides an assessment of adaptation and resilience (A&R) preparedness in Türkiye and the enabling policy, institutional, and macrofiscal environment. It presents a review of Türkiye’s development, disaster...
As countries including Turkey embark on climate-oriented development, ensuring equality of opportunity for all will help stimulate a transition that is socially just. The aim of this note is to frame the...
Integrating climate and development is a pillar of the World Bank Group’s Climate Change Action Plan 2021-25. To advance its implementation, the Bank Group has launched a new, core diagnostic tool: the...
Integrating climate and development is a pillar of the World Bank Group’s Climate Change Action Plan 2021-25. To advance its implementation, the Bank Group has launched a new, core diagnostic tool: the...
The pan-European building exposure model developed by Crowley et al. (2020) as part of the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 SERA project (Seismology and Earthquake Engineering Research Infrastructure...
The Latin America and the Caribbean region is consolidating its recovery from the COVID-19 crisis, but the road ahead poses challenges: The damage inflicted by the pandemic on education and poverty require...
Average operating capacity was only at 57 percent. Disruption in the supply of inputs and raw materials remained as a major challenge. 64 percent of firms reported impacts of Myanmar Kyat description against...
Climate finance refers to local, national, or transnational financing, drawn from public, private and alternative sources of financing, that seeks to support mitigation and adaptation actions that will...