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Managing Flood Risks : Leveraging Finance for Business Resilience in Malaysia
World Bank Group - 2024
Malaysia. Floods have been Malaysia's most frequent natural disaster, accounting for 85 percent of all natural disasters since … complementarity among the public sector, the financial sector, and the private sector efforts in managing flood risks. It does so by … for policy action to strengthen private sector resilience and enhance the management of flood risks for businesses …
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Flood Risk Management in Dhaka : A Case for Eco-Engineering Approaches and Institutional Reform
World Bank Group - 2015
The main objective of this study is to propose recommendations for addressing flood risks in Greater Dhaka. This is … based on an analysis of flood risks facing the city, historical analysis of decision-making about flood risk management, and … flood risk-green defense, eco-engineering, or ecosystem-based approaches- might inform the management of flood risk in Dhaka …
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Resilience or Resignation : Facing Droughts and Floods in Rural, Poor Bolivia
World Bank Group - 2017
Bolivia is a country with a vast geographical diversity, from a high plateau (altiplano) that reaches 3,000 meters above sea level to valleys at mid-altitude and tropical plains. During the last decade, the magnitude of Bolivia's weather patterns has undergone significant changes; extreme...
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Sierra Leone Rapid Damage and Loss Assessment of August 14th, 2017 Landslides and Floods in the Western Area
World Bank Group - 2017
Sierra Leone is situated on the West Coast of Africa and is one of the poorest countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and globally, with a per capita gross domestic product of USD 684 in 2015. It is ranked 179 out of 188 countries on the United Nations 2016 Human Development Index, and chronic...
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Hanoi - Toward A Water Pollution and Flood Free City
World Bank Group - 2020
Hanoi has grown rapidly into a modern, vibrant city. However, the development of infrastructure and services has lagged behind the growth of the population. In particular, two significant water-related problems have arisen. Water pollution has become a major issue, creating a huge environmental...
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Poverty and Floods in Cap-Haitien
World Bank Group - 2020
Nested in a bay, the Cap-Haitien, Haiti second largest city, is home to a large river basin characterized by rapid and uncontrolled urbanization and fears devastating floods during the rainy season. In Haiti, frequent and severe adverse natural events affect negatively households, and even more...
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Europe and Central Asia Country Risk Profiles for Floods and Earthquakes
World Bank Group - 2016
based on quantitative risk assessments derived using global flood and earthquake models.Flood and earthquake risk were …
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Chad Economic Update - Special Chapter : Improving Resilience to Floods
World Bank Group - 2023
). The second chapter offers a deep dive on Chad's disaster risk profile and the drivers that make floods an increasingly …
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Island Insights : Surging Seas and Increasing Rains -- Analyzing Flood Risks in Sao Tome and Principe, District by District
World Bank Group - 2024
This study's aim was to assess the growing flood risk Sao Tome and Principe (STP) faces due to climate change. It … high-resolution national flood hazard data for the present climate (2020) and two projected climates (in 2050 and 2080 … no additional climate policy under the SSP3 socioeconomic development narrative. This flood risk assessment examines the …
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A Review of Disaster Risk Management for Fragility, Conflict and Violence Countries in the World Bank Portfolio : Fiscal Years 2012-2022
World Bank Group - 2023
This portfolio review, led by the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery's (GFDRR) Disaster-FCV Nexus … trends in World Bank (WBG) Disaster Risk Management (DRM) activities in Fragility, Conflict and Violence (FCV) countries over … lessons and best practices, and iii) recommend ways to inform the GFDRR's work on the Disaster FCV Nexus and integrate the …
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