Documents et rapports
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Climate Risks, Exposure, Vulnerability and Resilience in Nepal (anglais)
The authors investigate key climate change hazards affecting Nepali households and livelihoods: river flooding, heat exposure, drought, landslides, and air pollution. The authors analyze the distributional...
Type de document: Rapport Numéro du rapport: 185309 Date du document: 31 octobre 2023 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Raza,Wameq Azfar,Zafar,Anushka Mehreen,Ahmed,Sheikh Naveed Uddin
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Breathing Heavy : New Evidence on Air Pollution and Health in Bangladesh (anglais)
Air pollution was the fourth-leading risk factor for premature mortality globally in 2019, causing an estimated 6.67 million deaths (HEI 2020). A large majority of such deaths were caused by ambient, outdoor...
Type de document: Rapport Numéro du rapport: 177795 Date du document: 16 novembre 2022 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Raza,Wameq Azfar,Mahmud,Iffat,Rabie,Tamer Samah
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Impact of Health Sector Support Project on Essential Nutrition Services : Evidence from Bangladesh (anglais)
Despite progress over the past two decades, poor nutrition remains a significant public health challenge in Bangladesh. Stunting among children under five years declined from 43 to 31 percent between 2007...
Type de document: Rapport Numéro du rapport: 177794 Date du document: 1 septembre 2022 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Raza,Wameq Azfar,Chaudhery,Deepika Nayar
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Water and Health : Impact of Climate Change in Bangladesh (anglais)
The government of Bangladesh’s (GoB) Delta Plan 2100 (BDP 2100) disaggregates Bangladesh’s 64 districts into six ecological zones based on hydrological characteristics and climate risks and deems 58 districts...
Type de document: Rapport Numéro du rapport: 177167 Date du document: 31 août 2022 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Raza,Wameq Azfar,Khan,Aneire Ehmar
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Bangladesh - Finding It Difficult to Keep Cool : Synthesis Report (anglais)
Bangladesh is a low-lying river delta with a long coastline of 711 kilometers and floodplains that occupy 80 percent of the country (Hasib and Chathoth 2016). The country experiences a multitude of natural...
Type de document: Rapport Numéro du rapport: 165001 Date du document: 10 octobre 2021 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Mahmud,Iffat,Raza,Wameq Azfar,Hossain,Md. Rafi
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Infected and Stressed by Climate Variability : New Empirical Evidence from Bangladesh (anglais)
Bangladesh’s extreme vulnerability to the effects of climate change is well documented. Through a complex pathway, climatic conditions have already negatively impacted human health worldwide. This is likely...
Type de document: Rapport Numéro du rapport: 165002 Date du document: 10 octobre 2021 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Mahmud,Iffat,Raza,Wameq Azfar,Hossain,Md. Rafi
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Is Dhaka’s Weather More Conducive to Dengue Outbreaks? (anglais)
This report provides evidence from Dhaka to establish the linkage between climatic conditions and dengue outbreaks. In chapter two, the overall trend of dengue cases and associated deaths are presented;...
Type de document: Rapport Numéro du rapport: 165004 Date du document: 10 octobre 2021 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Mahmud,Iffat,Raza,Wameq Azfar,Hossain,Md. Rafi
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Climate Afflictions (anglais)
Bangladesh’s vulnerability to the effects of climate change is well documented; the evidence on the direct relationship between climate change and health focusing on Bangladesh is less so. Global evidence...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 164924 Date du document: 1 octobre 2021 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Mahmud,Iffat,Raza,Wameq Azfar,Hossain,Md. Rafi
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Improving Outcomes for Displaced Rohingya People and Hosts in Cox’s Bazar : Current Evidence and Knowledge Gaps (anglais)
Since August 2017, more than 725,000 Displaced Rohingya People (DRP) have crossed into Bangladesh from Rakhine State in Myanmar. The influx has resulted in a protracted humanitarian crisis, as hundreds...
Type de document: Rapport Numéro du rapport: 160422 Date du document: 8 juin 2021 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Raza,Wameq Azfar,Zafar,Anushka Mehreen,Ahmed,Sheikh Naveed Uddin
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Losing Livelihoods : The Labor Market Impacts of COVID-19 in Bangladesh (anglais)
This paper provides early insights into the labor market impacts of the ongoing Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) crisis in Bangladesh, with a special focus on three especially vulnerable areas: poor areas in...
Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 152986 Date du document: 15 septembre 2020 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Genoni,Maria Eugenia,Khan,Afsana Iffat,Krishnan,Nandini,Palaniswamy,Nethra,Raza,Wameq Azfar
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Impact Evaluation of the Central Highlands Poverty Reduction Project in Vietnam (anglais)
This paper evaluates the impact of the CHPov project on achieving its development objectives using a quasi-experimental approach. The CHPov project targeted 130 communes in six provinces using a criterion...
Type de document: Rapport Numéro du rapport: 149940 Date du document: 23 juin 2020 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Pimhidzai,Obert,Raza,Wameq Azfar,Beath,Andrew,Pham, Trang,Nguyen,Nghi Quy,VU, Ngoc,Shen,Susan S.
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What Works for Working Women? : Understanding Female Labor Force Participation in Urban Bangladesh (anglais)
This paper explores the factors that constrain women in slums and low-income neighborhoods in Dhaka from engaging in the labor market and supplying their labor to wage earning or self-employment. It uses...
Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 142320 Date du document: 1 janvier 2019 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Kotikula,Aphichoke,Hill,Ruth,Raza,Wameq Azfar