Despite international efforts, poverty has become more widespread in many countries in the last decade, making poverty reduction the core challenge for development in the 21st century. In the millennium...
This paper is an update of previous World Bank reports, and the rationale and activities are consistent with the World Bank's "Environment Strategy: Making Sustainable Commitments" and the World Bank's...
The paper focus on the assessment of the additional risk that climate impacts place on development; emerging examples of how adaptation options to mitigate this risk can be integrated into the Bank's operations;...