The accelerating impacts of climate change, and the need to avoid much larger impacts in the future, bring urgency to scaling up action on adaptation and resilience. The World Bank Group (WBG) is making...
This report was prepared as part of the Partnership for Market Readiness (PMR) Policy Analysis Work Program which was launched to support countries’ efforts to determine post-2020 mitigation scenarios...
This study follows the same approach as the earlier (2009) one. Both studies treat the world’s marine fisheries as one large fishery, and they both model the economic performance of the sector in terms...
How can water resource agencies make smart investments to ensure long-term water reliability when the future is fraught with deep climate and economic uncertainty? This study helped SEDAPAL, the water...
While vehicular air pollution is common to growing metropolitan areas throughout the world, it is particularly severe in South Asia, where about half of all vehicles are two- and three-wheel vehicles with...
The fall issue of the annual review on the environment highlights the World Bank's work in FY98 in the promotion of sustainable use of resources. Each operational region and the International Finance Corporation...
This fall issue of the annual review on the environment looks back on the World Bank's environmental work in the fiscal year 1997, and highlights the upcoming challenges and opportunities. The lead article...
This booklet summarizes the findings and recommendations of a more detailed study that is being published by the World Bank as a separate Discussion Paper. The study was undertaken to address the need...