Interventions that are robust, cost effective, and scalable are in critical demand throughout South Asia to offset growing water scarcity and avert increasingly frequent water-related disasters. This case...
As with many countries, droughts are often managed as a crisis in Brazil, rather than events for which officials and communities proactively prepare. Although droughts are not new to Brazil, the recent...
This policy note is part of the World Bank's Programmatic Public Expenditure Review (PER) work program for FY2012-2014. The PER consists of a series of fiscal policy notes, which aim at providing the Government...
In October 1992, E. Peter Wright was interviewed on behalf of the World Bank Group Archives oral history program by Devesh Kapur. During his tenure at the Bank from 1956-1983, Mr. Wright worked in the...