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Addressing Persistent Forest and Land Fires in Indonesia : Institutional and Expenditure Review of Fire Management

World Bank Group - 2021

Indonesia has experienced two major forest and land fire events in the past five years. According to government data …, the 2015 and 2019 fire episodes led to the burning of around 2.6 million hectares and 1.6 million hectares,1 respectively … environmental sectors. Unlike the wildfires in boreal forests of North America, land-based fires in Indonesia are man-made. Fire …

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Strengthening Forest Fire Management in India

Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, … - 2018

Fire has been a part of India's landscape since time immemorial and can play a vital role in healthy forests, recycling … on forest resources have grown, the cycle of fire has spun out of balance. Large areas of degraded forest are now subject … areas, and fire seasons are growing longer due to a warming climate (Jolly et al 2015). With growing populations in and …

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Reducing Wildfire Risk through Sustainable Forest Management : Lebanon Forest Note

World Bank Group - 2023

Lebanon's forest landscapes are unique in the Mediterranean region and, over the centuries, have provided multiple socioeconomic, cultural, and environmental benefits. However, societal changes have had a significant impact on these landscapes, putting them at risk of further degradation....

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Convergence : Five Critical Steps toward Integrating Lagging and Leading Areas in the Middle East and North Africa

World Bank Group - 2020

Policy makers across the Middle East and North Africa have for many years articulated plans to integrate their people spatially and economically. Wishing to bring communities together and narrow economic gaps, governments have made large capital investments in transport corridors and "new...

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Convergence without Equity : A Closer Look at Spatial Disparities in Russia

World Bank Group - 2017

Addressing regional disparities is key to unlocking Russia's potential to achieve stronger gains in growth and equity outcomes as well as to improve its institutional environment. While spatial disparities have been an important policy concern in Russia for a long time, inequalities across its...

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Rolling Back Russia's Spatial Disparities : Re-assembling the Soviet Jigsaw Under a Market Economy

World Bank Group - 2018

Russia's spatial disparities stem largely from its economic geography, which is unique and has no parallels even when compared to seemingly similar countries such as Australia and Canada. While Australia and Canada also have large land masses and even lower population densities than Russia, a...

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Disparate Outcomes : A Multisectoral Nutrition Assessment and Gap Analysis of Vietnam's Ethnic Minority Populations

World Bank Group - 2019

On average, Vietnam has achieved remarkable improvements in nutritional status in recent decades, but improvements in national aggregates mask wide disparities and a persistent 'very high' burden among disadvantaged ethnic minority groups. Between 2000 and 2010, national stunting rates dropped...

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Mind the Rural Investment Gap : Disparities in Access to Basic Infrastructure and Directions for Mozambique's Public Investment Program

World Bank Group - 2019

Against the backdrop of increasing income inequality, this report uses spatial analysis to assesses whether disparities in access to basic infrastructure between Mozambique's lagging and leading regions are growing or declining and whether the public expenditure program is effective in...

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Nepal Earthquake Post Disaster Needs Aassessment

World Bank Group - 2015

The post disaster needs assessment (PDNA) assesses the impact of the April 25, 2015 earthquake in Nepal and defines a …

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Vulnerability to Human Trafficking in Nepal from Enhanced Regional Connectivity

World Bank Group - 2021

, deception, or coercion for the purpose of exploitation. In Nepal, the most widespread forms of human trafficking are for forced …. The World Bank has extended technical and financial assistance to large-scale infrastructure projects in Nepal, some for …

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