The Philippines is one of the most natural hazard-prone countries in the world. Disasters in the country can quickly … critical to ramp up the institutional capacity and policies for a comprehensive disaster risk management program and to improve … coordination between oversight and implementing agencies through upgraded legislation with disaster risk reduction measures while …

-based growth and most importantly, poverty reduction. It does this by combining an assessment of the investment climate faced by …

The World Bank Group estimates that, by 2030, up to two-thirds of the world's extreme poor will live in countries …'s International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) for over a decade. In fact, IFC and MIGA … supporting private investment and development impact in Fragile and Conflict-affected Situations (FCS) and identifies key factors …

themselves as partners, and increasingly as entrepreneurs, to catalyze - and reduce the risk for - the private sector's entry …

accounted for more than US$3.2 billion in investment commitments. In addition, a combined electricity and water project was … implemented, representing investment of US$600 million. The number of new projects involving the private sector returned to the … peak of 2005, while annual investment commitments grew by 18 percent, though from a low level in 2006. …

are the price of investment goods, distance to major world cities, and political rights. This suggests that growth …-promoting policy strategies should aim to reduce taxes and distortions that raise the prices of investment goods; improve access to … different prior assumptions on expected model size. "--World Bank web site …

risky, which is consistent with the demise of the U.S. investment banking sector. "--World Bank web site …"This paper examines the implications of bank activity and short-term funding strategies for bank risk and returns …-interest income generating activities such as trading increases the rate of return on assets, and it may offer some risk …