After the breakup of the Soviet Union, the commonwealth of independent states (CIS-7) faced exceptional challenges in building new states, democratic institutions, and market economies. All of the CIS-7...
This report is the outcome of a Country Assistance Strategy (CAS) and Environment program that was started in the World Bank's Environment Department in 1998. The aim of the program was to identify practical...
Human welfare and development are heavily influenced by climatic factors. As many as 95 percent of all disaster-related casualties occur in developing countries, and after an event the recovery often takes...