This report supports a joint World
Bank-IFC initiative to review and evaluate economic growth
prospects for Khatlon oblast in order to develop a private
sector-driven strategy for accelerating the region's
growth over the medium term.

Global trajectories for reducing carbon
emissions depend on the local adoption of alternatives to
conventional energy sources, technologies, and urban
development. Yet, decisions on which type of capital
investments to make, made by local governments as part of
the normal budget cycle, typically do not incorporate
climate considerations. Furthermore, current academic and
professional literature specific to climate change draws

This discussion paper summarizes
observed and projected trends in extreme weather events,
present-day climate variability, and future climate change
and their impacts on China's different regions.
Findings are presented from China's national assessment
report on climate change (2007) and second national
assessment report on climate change (2011) as well as other
studies by Chinese and international experts. In addition to

Ukraine is renowned as the breadbasket
of Europe thanks to its black soils ( Chernozem black
because of the high organic matter content) which offer
exceptional agronomic conditions. One-third of the worldwide
stock of the fertile black soils, which cover more than half
of Ukraine s arable land, a large variety of climatic zones,
and favourable temperature and moisture regimes, offers
attractive conditions for the production of a large range of

This report presents the World Bank
Group's experience in climate and disaster resilient
development and contends that it is essential to eliminate
extreme poverty and achieve shared prosperity by 2030. The
report argues for closer collaboration between the climate
resilience and disaster risk management communities through
the incorporation of climate and disaster resilience into
broader development processes. Selected case studies are

This green growth country assessment for
Former Yugoslav Republic (FYR) Macedonia aims to define the
outlines of a green growth path and the initial steps along
that path. According to the World Bank's recent
flagship report, green growth is 'growth that is
efficient in its use of natural resources, clean in that it
minimizes pollution and environmental impacts, and resilient
in that it accounts for natural hazards and the role of

The Greenprint 2030 is a resolute
attempt on the part of MMDA to engage all stakeholders in a
process to create a common vision for the region’s future.
For the first time, all 16 cities and one municipality
comprising Metro Manila are linked under one vision that
sets developmental priorities for the region and provides
direction to achieve those priorities. The vision is
formulated within the wider Mega Manila context, considering

This document summarizes the approach
that the global partnership for oceans (GPO) will take in
its work with countries to help improve the health of the
oceans and reduce coastal poverty. Restoring the health of
the world's ocean is a global challenge that can and
must be solved if one has to alleviate poverty, build
resilient communities, and foster strong coastal economies.
The natural systems underpinning the health of the ocean and

This report was produced for the Global
Program on Forced Displacement and describes why and how to
conduct political economy analysis (PEA) of forced
displacement. It also illustrates how PEA may contribute to
understanding forced displacement crises with nine case
studies: Casamance (Senegal), Colombia, Cote dapos;Ivoire,
Democratic Republic of Congo, Liberia, the Philippines,
Somalia, South Sudan, and Zimbabwe. Forced displacement is

The tradeoffs between energy and water
have been gaining international attention in recent years as
demand for both resources mount and governments continue to
struggle to ensure reliable supply to meet sectoral needs.
As almost all energy generation processes require
significant amounts of water, and water requires energy for
treatment and transport, these two resources are
inextricably linked. This relationship is the energy-water

Mexico has started a number of
efforts to develop adequate policy frameworks in several
areas including the energy sector, transportation and
industrial policies, and forestry and natural resources
management. Its Climate Change Law and the National
Strategy on Climate Change envision is changing the upward
trend of its carbon dioxide emissions towards a total
decline of emission of thirty percent by 2020, and fifty

In past four years, the World Bank, in
close cooperation with the Government of Zimbabwe, and the
support of international partners - has carried out a number
of studies and technical assistance activities in key areas
of the socio-economic recovery. In line with Bank’s Africa
strategy of fostering Africa’s economic transformation and
poverty reduction, the overall goal of these studies has
been to support broad-based development of Zimbabwe by