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Climate and Development Report (CCDR) provides options for the country to adapt to a fast-warming and decarbonizing world and …Climate change is already affecting people's lives and livelihoods in Angola, as well as the Angolan economy. The … country is experiencing increasingly severe and frequent climate hazards, including the South's worst prolonged droughts in …
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The Iraq Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) is a core WBG analytical product. The report focuses on specific … analytical components that are critical to addressing Iraq's most pressing development needs and climate challenges …
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This Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) explores the challenges and opportunities of improving the alignment … of Egypt's development goals with its climate ambition. The CCDR offers a set of policy options and investment … approaches to reduce the negative impacts of climate change; Policy interventions to improve efficiency in the use of natural …
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The April 2016 issue of the Brief provides an update of the detailed estimates of remittances for 2015 and new projections for 2016-18. A special topic for this brief is a discussion of how migration outflows, temporary return, and remittances help households and societies cope with natural...
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Migration shapes the lives of those who move and transforms the geographies and economies of their points of departure and destinations alike. The water sector, and the availability of water itself, implicitly and explicitly shape migration flows. Ebb and Flow, Volume 1. Water, Migration, and...
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This report aims to assess the spatial dimensions of settlement, internal migration, and welfare inequality in Zimbabwe, explore their relationship and implications, and identify policy options for addressing spatial disparities in social outcomes. It is exploratory in nature and identifies...
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This report, as part of the Groundswell Africa series, reaffirms the potency for climate change to drive internal … dialogue and action. The study finds that without concrete climate and development action, up to 32 million people in West … Africa could be compelled to move within their countries by 2050 as a consequence of slow onset climate impacts in response …
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This report, as part of the Groundswell Africa series, reaffirms the potency for climate change to drive internal … dialogue and action. Without concrete climate and development action, the five Lake Victoria Basin countries could see between … nonclimate factors. The countries will see an emergence of climate in- and climate out-migration hotspots, as early as 2030, but …
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This paper provides the first systematic analysis of migration to, within, and from Libya. The data used in the analysis are from the Displacement Tracking Matrix data set of the International Organization for Migration. The analysis uses this unique source of data, combining several techniques...
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Irregular migration from West Africa to Europe across the Sahara and Mediterranean is extremely risky for migrants and a key policy concern. A cluster-randomized experiment with 3,641 young men from 391 settlements in The Gambia is used to test three approaches to reducing risky migration:...
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