In 2020, Malaysia passes a crucial milestone in its demographic trajectory and becomes an aging society. Driven by a precipitous decline in fertility accompanied by a sustained rise in life expectancy...
This report is comparative case of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) photogrammetry and UAV LiDAR for generation of digital terrain models for flood modelling purposes addressing the Msimbazi river of Dar...
During survey data collection, respondents' answers may be influenced by the behavior and characteristics of the enumerator, the so-called enumerator effect. Using a large-scale experiment in Uganda randomly...
Through the Sint Maarten Irma Reconstruction, Recovery, and Resilience Trust Fund, the World Bank is supporting the Government of Sint Maarten in finding a solution to put out the fires at the Pond Island...
This report packages international know-how around major steps and key questions to be faced by South Asian utilities in the design and deployment of advanced metering infrastructure (AMI). The type of...
The main objective of the work is to study the experience of reforestation, the restoration ofwindblows of 2016 and the development of recommendations for improving the work and increasingthe resistance...
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After a growth recovery, with an expansion of 1.1 percent in 2017, the region has encountered some bumps in the road. The Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region is expected to grow at a modest rate...
In Tanzania and Indonesia, we promoted the expansion of mobile savings accounts among women micro-entrepreneurs and provided them with business related training. In doing so, we simultaneously relaxed...
The paper uses a detailed household survey to document precautionary wealth accumulation in Afghanistan, with wealth being significantly higher for households facing higher income uncertainty. Annual household...
This overview report contains the exchange of experts on Storm, Disturbance and Forest Resilience Management held on April 15 to 21, 2018.
The objective of this paper is to provide an estimate of the elasticity of elephant poaching with respect to prices. Ivory being a storable commodity subjects its price to Hotelling's no-arbitrage condition...