The development objective of Emergency Power Restoration Project for Malawi is to rehabilitate and increase resilience of the Kapichira hydropower dam and spillways, and transmission and distribution infrastructure...
This paper provides a review and assessment of the current literature on the macroeconomic impact of natural disasters in the Caribbean, including other non-Caribbean studies that may have implications...
Catastrophe Deferred Drawdown Option Project of Costa Rica had a highly satisfactory overall outcome, a satisfactory performance by the Bank and the monitoring and evaluation quality was highly satisfactory...
This paper analyzes the impact of two hurricanes and a tropical storm that affected Belize in order to identify some key vulnerabilities in the power system to extreme weather, which is likely to be exacerbated...
Guatemala, one of the largest economies in Central America, made significant progress in achieving macroeconomic and democratic stability after a 36-year civil war. Prudent macroeconomic management enabled...
In the past decades, natural disasters have caused substantial human and economic losses in Central America, with strong adverse impacts on gross domestic product per capita, income, and poverty reduction...
On August 27, 2015 a tropical storm passed over Dominica producing extraordinary rainfall with high intensity. Owing the mountainous island topography and the saturated condition of the soil, the heavy...
The Disaster Risk Management Development Policy Loan for El Salvador received a satisfactory outcome rating with low or negligible risk to development outcome. The Bank received a moderately satisfactory...
This paper investigates the causal consequences of Tropical Storm Agatha (2010) the strongest tropical storm ever to strike Guatemala since rainfall records have been kept on household welfare. The analysis...
This paper investigates the causal consequences of Tropical Storm Agatha (2010) -- the strongest tropical storm ever to strike Guatemala since rainfall records have been kept -- on household welfare. The...
Ratings for the Emergency Recovery and Disaster Management Project for Haiti were as follows: outcomes were moderately satisfactory, the risk to development outcome was high, the Bank performance was moderately...