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Highlights: Part 1.3 deals with adaptation and greater resilience to climate change. Chapter 1.3.1 deals specifically with the challenges linked to agriculture. It shows that Kenya’s...

This note summarizes lessons and practices deployed in embedding climate resilience into the design of projects that received catalytic funds from The Africa Climate Resilience Investment Facility (AFRI-RES). It...

In Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) the rapidly changing climate is increasing the frequency and intensity of extreme weather‑related events. The year 2020 saw the most catastrophic fire season...

Namibia can transform its economy, create jobs, reduce inequality, and recover faster from the impact of COVID-19 by deepening private sector reforms and increasing private sector...

This country economic memorandum aims to support Niger’s efforts to walk on a path conducive to a resilient and sustainable economic growth. It does so by attempting to answer the following...

This poverty assessment looks to microdata for a more detailed understanding of poverty reduction in Nigeria. While many macroeconomic data are released fairly regularly in Nigeria—with GDP...

The World Bank Group’s Roadmap for Climate Action in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), which runs from 2021-2025, aims to drive climate action and a green recovery...

The global recovery is set to decelerate markedly amid continued COVID-19 flare-ups, diminished policy support, and lingering supply bottlenecks. In contrast to that in advanced economies, output in emerging...

Caribbean countries, a set of mostly Small Island Developing States (SIDS) , are threatened by both economic and natural hazards. Nations have specialized in...

The Poverty and Shared Prosperity series provides a global audience with the latest and most accurate estimates on trends in global poverty and shared prosperity. For more than two decades, extreme...