This paper provides background information for development practitioners in the water and other infrastructure sectors. It outlines the major challenges related to financing the gap in global water infrastructure, including those systems that provide urban and rural water supply, and sanitation and irrigation services.
This World Bank report is a stark reminder that climate change affects everything and spells out what the world would be like if it warmed by 4°C, which is what scientists are nearly unanimously predicting by the end of the century, without serious policy changes.
Developing countries are not yet well adapted even to current climate risks: floods, droughts and storm. Yet those risks are becoming harsher as the world warms, climate extremes become more intense, and the oceans rise – the consequences of human-caused greenhouse gas emissions.
The 2013 World Development Report on Jobs will help explain and analyze the connection between jobs and important dimensions of economic and social development.
With the long-term goal of promoting and accelerating the implementation of climate mitigation technologies, this study aims to facilitate the development of a policy framework for promoting sustainable investment climates for climate-friendly investments in South Asia and elsewhere.
One of the strong messages that came out of the recent United Nations Climate Change conference in Durban was that the private sector has to play an important role if we are to globally move toward a low carbon, climate resilient—or “climate compatible”—future.
Developing countries need to transition to a low-carbon transport sector now to avoid locking themselves into an unsustainable and costly future, says a report by the World Bank.
One of the key environmental problems facing India is that of particle pollution from the combustion of fossil fuels. This paper by World Bank analyzes some of the key tradeoffs between economic growth and environmental sustainability for India.
