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The purpose of this report is to provide a conceptual and operational framework for Bank staff working in post-conflict situations, while encouraging the ingenuity, creativity, and initiative...
This documents describes all the financial movements and justifications The World Bank suggests to rebuild Port-au-Prince and other cities hit by the 2010 Haiti's earthquake. It is extremely...
This evaluation of the World Bank's experience with natural disasters was done by the Independent Evaluation Group“World Bank at the request of the Bank's Board of Executive Directors....
Dr Muhammed Yunus launched an action-research Program in 1976 to extend banking facilities to the poor and to eliminate exploitation by moneylenders. By creating opportunities for self-employment...
A Building Materials Services Bank provides the dual advantage of rapid response to reconstruction needs after a major disaster such as the Tsunami in Coastal South India and continuity in habitat...
Water is essential for human survival and progress. In the Pacific, countries face a range of unique challenges resulting from the islands' size, topography, geology, location, and climate....
In Sri Lanka, 300, 000 people were displaced in the final phase of fighting between the army and the LTTE, a 26-year conflict that came to a definitive end on 20 May 2009, with victory for the SLA...
This report has been prepared jointly by the Asian Development Bank and the World Bank with significant technical contribution from One UN and financial and technical support from the Global...
Promotion in this Guide refers to the processes by which demand for sanitation hardware and hygiene behavior change is generated.
The Bank's Disaster Management Facility (DMF) and the Urban Cluster of the Latin America and Caribbean department (LCSFU) jointly commissioned this study in response to growing borrower...