Documentos e informes

The Role of Intermediaries to Facilitate Water-Related Investment (Inglés)

A wide range of organizations operate at the interface between the demand for (e.g. water agencies or service providers) and the supply of finance (e.g. financing institutions and financiers at large)...

Status of Agricultural Reforms in Lithuania : 1995 to 1997 (Inglés)

Reforms in the Lithuanian food and agriculture sector started rather early, parallel with the struggle for independence. The country initiated a transition program in the food and agriculture sector to...

Environment and Social Framework (ESF) Good Practice Note on Third Party Monitoring - English (Inglés)

This good practice note offers a step-by-step approach for Bank staff to assist Borrowers inestablishing third-party monitoring (TPM) for project implementation. The information may also be useful for...

Environment and Social Framework (ESF) Good Practice Note on Security Personnel - English (Inglés)

Democratic Republic of Congo urbanization review : productive and inclusive cities for an emerging Congo (Francés)

The Democratic Republic of Congo has the third largest urban population in Sub-Saharan Africa (estimated at 43 percent in 2016) after South Africa and Nigeria. It is expected to grow at a rate of 4.1 percent...

Air Pollution in Tehran : Health Costs, Sources, and Policies Discussion Paper (Inglés)

Tehran, the capital of the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI), is located in the north of the country with a population of about 8.5 million. The population can reach over 12.5 million during the day, with...

The challenge of agricultural pollution : evidence from China, Vietnam, and the Philippines (Vol. 2 of 2) : Overview (Inglés)

This study, which focuses on three countries, China, Vietnam, and the Philippines, is intended to contribute to a more comprehensive and cross-cutting understanding of the nature and magnitude of the agricultural...

The challenge of agricultural pollution : evidence from China, Vietnam, and the Philippines (Vol. 1 of 2) : Main report (Inglés)

This study, which focuses on three countries, China, Vietnam, and the Philippines, is intended to contribute to a more comprehensive and cross-cutting understanding of the nature and magnitude of the agricultural...

The Cost of Environmental Degradation : Case Studies from the Middle East and North Africa (Farsi)

Environmental degradation is costly, to individuals, to societies, and to the environment. This book, edited by Lelia Croitoru and Maria Sarraf, makes these costs clear by examining a number of studies...

Democratic Republic of Congo urbanization review : productive and inclusive cities for an emerging Congo (Inglés)

The Democratic Republic of Congo has the third largest urban population in Sub-Saharan Africa (estimated at 43 percent in 2016) after South Africa and Nigeria. It is expected to grow at a rate of 4.1 percent...

Sri Lanka : Managing Coastal Natural Wealth (Inglés)

Coastal areas are essential to Sri Lanka’s economic development, accounting for the highest concentration of population and economic activity. Sandy beaches, dunes, lagoons, estuaries, fresh water marshes...

The sunken billions revisited : progress and challenges in global marine fisheries (Inglés)

This report updates previous studies that measured in economic terms the extent of biological losses attributable to overfishing globally. The new estimates assess these 'sunken billions' at 83 billion...

Urban land acquisition and involuntary resettlement : linking innovation and local benefits (Inglés)

With rapid urbanization and an increasing number of publicly funded urban projects, there is a growing demand to address complex land acquisition and involuntary resettlement issues in urban settings...

Introduction to green finance (Inglés)

This brochure aims to provide a short explanation of green finance to readers outside of the finance space. There is an abundance of literature on green finance, the role and importance of public and private...

Post-disaster needs assessment guidelines : environment (Inglés)

The main objective of Post-disaster needs assessment (PDNA) Environment is to prepare a recovery strategy that guides the restoration of environment and natural resources damaged due to a disaster. This...

The cost of degradation of the environment in Morocco : Le Coût de la Dégradation de l’Environnement au Maroc (Francés)

Deforestation trends in the Congo Basin : reconciling economic growth and forest protection (Vol. 2 of 2) (Inglés)

The Congo Basin represents 70 percent of the African continent's forest cover and constitutes a large portion of Africa's biodiversity. The objective of the two-year exercise was to analyze and get a better...

Exploring a low-carbon development path for Vietnam (Inglés)

Low-cost energy and other natural resources have played a key role in driving the Vietnamese economy over the past decades. Under the low-carbon development (LCD) scenario, Vietnam can achieve its Vietnam...

Urban flooding of Greater Dhaka in a changing climate : building local resilience to disaster risk (Inglés)

Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh and one of the world’s rapidly growing megacities, is an urban hotspot for climate risks. Preparing for the unfolding impacts of climate-related changes – socio demographic...

Tanzania’s tourism futures : harnessing natural assets (Inglés)

Tourism provides a robust stream of revenues for the country, with benefits that reverberate widely through the economy. The sector generates the bulk of exports for the country. As a relatively labor-intensive...