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The Fallout of War : The Regional Consequences of the Conflict in Syria

World Bank Group - 2020

As a region, the Mashreq has seen more than its share of deaths, economic losses, and instability for the last decade. The region has braved massive economic and social shocks that would challenge even the most advanced economies in the world. The conflict in the Syrian Arab Republic has...

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Syria Economic Monitor, Winter 2022/23 : Syria's Economy in Ruins after a Decade-long War

World Bank Group - 2023

The World Bank's teams have been resorting to the use of a mix of standard tools and innovative geospatial and remote-based data sources (e.g., nighttime lights, shipping-position data, traffic congestion data, aviation statistics, mobile phone location data, remote sensing vegetation indices,...

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A Country on the Move : Domestic Migration in Two Regions of Myanmar

World Bank Group - 2016

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Reshaping Urbanization in Rwanda : Internal Migration in Rwanda

World Bank Group - 2017

economic development, job creation, and poverty reduction. Note two examines internal migration in Rwanda, which is a recent … three years between 2011 and 2014. Rural-to-urban migration has increased slightly as a share of internal migration, and … with internal migration increasing overall, the absolute number of people moving from rural to urban areas has grown. The …

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Afghanistan's Forced Displacement Legal and Policy Framework Assessment

World Bank Group - 2017

), returnees, refugees and their host communities. One of the main activities under this joint initiative is Policy and …, including asylum seekers, refugees, and stateless persons. Furthermore, this assessment recommends reforms in the existing legal …

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Cities of Refuge in the Middle East : Bringing an Urban Lens to the Forced Displacement Challenge

World Bank Group - 2017

This policy note aims to advance our understanding of urban forced displacement, induced by conflict, by looking at the issue from the perspective of receiving towns and cities. It explores why we need a different approach to addressing urban forced displacement; how to "think differently" about...

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Mixed Migration, Forced Displacement and Job Outcomes in South Africa

World Bank Group - 2018

Southern Africa has a long history of human mobility centered around the migration of labor to farms and mines in the … region. Patterns of migration and displacement have since been transformed by the end of Apartheid, changing economic systems … contradictory legal frameworks. These complex patterns of migration and displacement, state responses to them, and the implications …

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Iraq Reconstruction and Investment : Damage and Needs Assessment of Affected Governorates

World Bank Group - 2018

The conflict inflicted by ISIS has forced over 5 million ordinary Iraqis to flee their homes, left schools destroyed and hospitals dysfunctional. Seven governorates have been fiercely affected while the entire country felt the shockwaves. During these times of despair, our neighbors and the...

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Iraq Economic Monitor, Spring 2018 : From War to Reconstruction and Economic Recovery

World Bank Group (contributor) - World Bank Group - 2018

The Iraq Economic Monitor provides an update on key economic developments and policies over the previous six months and presents findings from recent World Bank work on Iraq, placing them in a longer-term and global context and assessing the implications of these developments and other changes...

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Iraq Economic Monitor, Fall 2018 : Toward Reconstruction, Economic Recovery and Fostering Social Cohesion

World Bank Group - 2018

Iraq's overall security situation has notably improved after the defeat of ISIS, but significant challenges lie ahead. Iraq has witnessed major political and security transitions in 2017 when Prime Minister Al-Abadi announced in December the victory over ISIS after a war that lasted three years....

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