This is the third edition of the Liberia Economic Update (LEU), a series of annual reports that assesses recent economic developments in Liberia and assists the government and its development partners in identifying emerging issues and addressing persistent challenges. It presents a broad...

Die Studie stellt verschiedene wissensrelevante Aspekte, wie Forschung und Entwicklung, Ausbildung und Arbeitsmarktchancen sowie regionale Unterschiede für Deutschland und im internationalen Kontext, dar. Dabei wird angesichts der sich weiter intensivierenden internationalen Arbeitsteilung...

Die Studie befasst sich mit den Ursachen des Klimawandels und gibt einen Überblick über mögliche Konsequenzen der sich ändernden klimatischen Bedingungen, ohne jedoch ein vollständiges Lösungsschema für den Umgang mit den Herausforderungen des vom Menschen verursachten Klimawandels...

The post disaster needs assessment (PDNA) assesses the impact of the April 25, 2015 earthquake in Nepal and defines a recovery strategy. In the analysis, damage is defined as the cost to replace durable physical assets (buildings, equipment, facilities, and machinery) that were damaged or...

This Report examines if and how expert witnesses impact the integrity, impartiality and efficiency of adjudication in four countries—Serbia, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). The report is part of a broader World Bank initiative to raise awareness of reform...

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is the largest country in sub-Saharan Africa, by area. The country has a long history of conflict, political upheaval, and instability and has a very high poverty rate despite its abundance of natural resources. Mortality and fertility rates in DRC are...