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This paper reviews the disaster risk management (DRM) financing framework inherited by India's 16th Finance Commission (FC), building on the significant reforms introduced by the 15th FC. While the 15th FC's recommendati...
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In the face of growing challenges caused by natural catastrophes, insurance should be a key element of comprehensive disaster risk financing strategies. Increasing damage and economic losses from natural catastrophes (Na...
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This report summarizes activities implemented in Costa Rica under the ProBlue-funded Phase 2 project, Blue Social Protection: Connecting Social Protection and the Blue Economy in a Changing Climate, which seeks to streng...
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The objectives of OP/BP 4.12 are the following: (i) Involuntary resettlement and land appropriation should be avoided where feasible, or minimized, and all viable alternatives explored. (ii) Where involuntary resettlemen...
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The World Bank’s GRIDMAP —the Global Regulations, Institutional Development, and Market Authorities Perspective Toolkit— provides a minimum package of policies —based on comparative empirical research—to help emerging ma...
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This Report presents the technical assistance activities performed under the project aiming to support the strengthening of the Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) Community of Practice (CoP). To this end, the World Bank ...
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The development objective of the Roads to Development Project for Philippines is to improve rural road access in selected Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) camp communities. The project will provide grant for the foll...
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The objective of this note is to summarize the role of behavioral science in tax compliance and tax administration, elaborating on a previous note outlining the World Bank’s past work in this area (Dalton et al., 2021). ...
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Urban India stands at crossroads. By 2030, over 40 percent of the country’s population will live in cities, contributing nearly 75 percent of gross domestic products (GDP). Yet, fragmented planning, underutilized land, a...
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Guidance Note on Integrating Gender into Land and Property Valuation and Taxation: While land and property taxation and valuation policies and methods are by default gender neutral, the world in which these systems opera...
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This annex provides an outline of the nine typologies developed for the creative redevelopment knowledge framework. The typologies are interconnected and can be combined strategically to achieve comprehensive and sustain...
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New diagnostics supported by SAPLING reveal that 32–43 percent of food produced in Bangladesh, Bhutan, and Nepal is lost before reaching consumers, costing up to 9 percent of GDP. The brief identifies country-specific dr...
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This brief presents findings on internet usage for government and banking services in Armenia, examining digital inclusion, household preferences for accessing services, use of online banking and government services, fre...
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The economy grew by an estimated 2.5 percent in FY2024, marking the second consecutive year of expansion. Despite this growth, overall living standards have seen little improvement. Poverty and unemployment remain widesp...
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Ratings for the Maritime Investment in Climate Resilient Operations (MICRO's) Project for Tuvalu were as follows: outcomes were moderately satisfactory, the Bank performance was moderately satisfactory, and the monitorin...