Documentos e informes

La Richesse Cachée des Nations - L’Economie des Eaux Souterraines à l’heure du Changement Climatique (Francés)

Les aquifères permettent d’éviter un tiers des pertes de croissance économique au niveau mondial pendant les périodes de sécheresse et de protéger les villes contre les événements de type « jour zéro »...

The Hidden Wealth of Nations : The Economics of Groundwater in Times of Climate Change (Inglés)

At the global level, groundwater can buffer a third of the losses in economic growth caused by droughts and can protect cities against day-zero-type events. It is especially important for agriculture...

The Hidden Wealth of Nations : The Economics of Groundwater in Times of Climate Change - Executive Summary (Inglés)

At the global level, groundwater can buffer a third of the losses in economic growth caused by droughts and can protect cities against day-zero-type events. It is especially important for agriculture...

A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall? : New Insights on Water Security and Fragility in the Sahel (Inglés)

Do Sahelian countries face specific risks of water-related conflict? Sahelian countries face growing fragility and climate challenges—especially those belonging to the Group of Five Sahel States (known...

Salt of the Earth : Quantifying the Impact of Water Salinity on Global Agricultural Productivity (Inglés)

Salinity in surface waters is on the rise throughout much of the world. Many factors contribute to this change, including increased water extraction, poor irrigation management, and sea-level rise. To...

The Nitrogen Legacy : The Long-Term Effects of Water Pollution on Human Capital (Inglés)

The fallout of nitrogen pollution is considered one of the largest global externalities facing the world, impacting air, water, soil, and human health. This paper combines data from the Demographic and...

The Nitrogen Legacy : The Long-Term Effects of Water Pollution on Human Capital (Inglés)

The fallout of nitrogen pollution is considered one of the largest global externalities facing the world, impacting air, water soil and human health. This paper presents new evidence that nitrogen pollution...

The Impact of Water Quality on GDP Growth : Evidence from Around the World (Inglés)

Declining water quality can impact the economy in various ways. Impacts can be found in the health sector, where labor productivity can be affected, in agriculture, where the quality and quantity of food...

Quality Unknown : The Invisible Water Crisis (Vol. 1 of 2) (Inglés)

It was the summer of 1969 and the Cuyahoga River was on fire. This wasn’t the first time the river in northern Ohio had burned, it wasn’t even the tenth. Every few years, an errant spark would ignite the...

Uncharted Waters : The New Economics of Water Scarcity and Variability (Vol. 1 of 2) (Inglés)

The 21st century will witness the collision of two powerful forces, burgeoning population growth, together with a changing climate. With population growth, water scarcity will proliferate to new areas...

Uncharted Waters : The New Economics of Water Scarcity and Variability (Vol. 2 of 2) : Executive Summary (Portugués)

The 21st century will witness the collision of two powerful forces, burgeoning population growth, together with a changing climate. With population growth, water scarcity will proliferate to new areas...

Uncharted Waters : The New Economics of Water Scarcity and Variability (Vol. 2 of 2) : Executive Summary (Francés)

The 21st century will witness the collision of two powerful forces, burgeoning population growth, together with a changing climate. With population growth, water scarcity will proliferate to new areas...

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Uncharted Waters : The New Economics of Water Scarcity and Variability (Vol. 2 of 2) : Executive Summary (Árabe)

The 21st century will witness the collision of two powerful forces, burgeoning population growth, together with a changing climate. With population growth, water scarcity will proliferate to new areas...

WASH poor in a water-rich country – a diagnostic of water, sanitation, hygiene, and poverty in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Inglés)

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is among the five poorest countries in the world, whether measured by poverty rate or number of poor. Political instability and rapid demographic growth—the second...

Sifting through the Data : labor markets in Haiti through a turbulent decade (2001-2012) (Inglés)

In Latin America, labor markets have been the main channel through which growth has reduced poverty, with higher labor income accounting for 49 percent of the reduction in poverty in 2008–13. Understanding...

Sifting through the data : labor markets in Haiti through a turbulent decade (2001-2012) (Inglés)

In Latin America, labor markets have been the main channel through which growth has reduced poverty, with higher labor income accounting for 49 percent of the reduction in poverty in 2008-13. Understanding...

Brazil - Strengthening the Institutional Capacity of the Procuradoria Especial da Mulher : P129617 - Implementation Status Results Report : Sequence 03 (Inglés)

Poverty and shared prosperity in Brazil's metropolitan regions : Taking stock and identifying priorities (Inglés)

In the 20th Century, Brazil rapidly urbanized and is now not only an urban nation but a metropolitan one. Brazil's sprawling regioes metropolitanas (metropolitan regions, or RMs, which are municipal clusters)...

Haiti - Adolescent Girl Initiative (AGI) : project report poverty global practice (Inglés)

The Haiti adolescent girl initiative (AGI) is part of the worldwide AGI. Launched in 2011, the Haiti AGI worked with vulnerable Haitian young women (aged 17 to 21 years) in the Port-au-Prince area to increase...