Mexico needs to broaden and deepen its
financial system without compromising the financial
stability gains of the last decade. Much more private
investment is needed to transform the economy to boost
productivity, and despite improvements in recent years, many
From February 19 to 28, 2009, a World
Bank team undertook a debt management performance assessment
(DeMPA) mission to Honiara, Solomon Islands. The objective
was to undertake a comprehensive assessment of debt
management functions applying the DeMPA tool. The assessment
Today, the world is at a conjuncture where issues of exclusion and inclusion are assuming new significance for both developed and developing countries. The imperative for social inclusion has blurred the distinction between these two stylized poles of development.
This Act defines functions of the Manx Utilities Authority ("Authority") and landowners in respect of prevention of flooding and flood risk management (FRM) and relevant waterworks. The Authority— (a) must administer this Act and monitor and enforce compliance with it; and (b) is responsible for, and must generally supervise, all matters relating to FRM.
El objetivo del presente trabajo es abonar a la reflexión de la articulación entre la gestión de riesgo dedesastres y la equidad de género. Se presenta un estudio de caso en cuatro localidades del estado de Yucatán,México, sobre percepciones respecto al cambio climático y capacidades institucionales sobre gestión deriesgos.
The focus of development actors working
in the area of disaster management has shifted substantially
from disaster recovery to disaster risk reduction over the
past decade, coinciding with the decade of the Hyogo
Framework for Action (HFA) 2005-2015. Amidst this strategic
Microcredit programs in Bangladesh have
experienced spectacular growth in recent years, with a
growing number of borrowers availing credit from multiple
microcredit agencies. There is a growing concern that if
there are not sufficient returns to borrowing from
This report provides estimates of social
and financial costs of environmental damage in India from
three pollution damage categories: (i) urban air pollution,
including particulate matter and lead; (ii) inadequate water
supply, poor sanitation, and hygiene; (iii) indoor air
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) is one of the
least-developed and crisis-prone provinces in Pakistan.
Located in far north of the country, the province covers 10
percent of the total land area and is a home to 13 percent
of the country's population spread over seven
This note presents an overview of
Mexico's forthcoming reform agenda-from the World
Bank's vantage point. It distills the main messages in
the policy notes that make up this compendium. The purpose
is not to provide definitive answers to the many policy
Every country should develop strategies
for managing low-probability, high-impact extreme
events-strategies that reflect their own as well as global
experiences with mega-disasters. These strategies should
integrate structural and nonstructural measures tailored to
The objective of this study is to help
the government to decide what role safety net and transfer
programs should play in the coming 5 to 10 years. It seeks
to answer following three questions: (i) can increased
spending on transfers accelerate poverty reduction in the