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16149: Earthquake Risk Insurance

Olivier Mahul and Emily White

16148: Transitional Shelter

Yoshimitsu Shiozaki, Yasuo Tanaka, Akihiko Hokugo and Sofia Bettencourt

16147: Risk Communication

Rajib Shaw, Yukiko Takeuchi, Shohei Matsuura and Keiko Saito

16146: Risk Assessment and Hazard Mapping

Junko Sagara and Keiko Saito

16145: Risk and Damage Information Management

Keiko Saito

16144: Reconstruction Policy and Planning

International Recovery Platform, Yasuo Tanaka, Yoshimitsu Shiozaki, Akihiko Hokugo and Sofia Bettencourt

16143: Measuring the Cost-effectiveness of Various DRM Measures

Masato Toyama and Junko Sagara

16142: Livelihood and Job Creation

Shingo Nagamatsu and Sofia Bettencourt

16141: Infrastructure Rehabilitation

Junko Sagara and Mikio Ishiwatari

16140: Hydro-meteorological Disasters Associated with Tsunamis and Earthquakes

Junko Sagara

16139: Evacuation Center Management

Toshiaki Keicho

16138: Ensuring Protection in Response and Equity in Recovery

Yoko Saito, Hironobu Shibuya, Margaret Arnold and Mikio Ishiwatari

16137: Private Activity in Water and Sewerage Continues to Contract in the First Semester of 2011

Andreea Militaru

16136: Debris Management

Shinichi Sakai and Sofia U. Bettencourt

16135: Building Performance

Tatsuo Narafu and Mikio Ishiwatari

16134: Transforming Arab Economies: The Knowledge and Innovation Road

Anuja Utz and Jean-Eric Aubert

16133: Supporting Innovation in SMEs in Lebanon through a Public/Private Equity Fund: The iSME Fund

Randa Akeel

16132: Experiential Tourism in Palestinian Rural Communities: 'Abraham's Path'

Ali H. Abukumail

16131: The Middle East and North Africa Community of Practice on Employment and Social Safety Nets

Amina Semlali, Diego Angel-Urdinola and Ines Rodriguez Caillava

16130: Supporting Job Creation and Innovation through MSME Development in MENA

Peter McConaghy

16129: Iraq's Tourism Potential

Hooman Dabidian, Mohammed Wafaa Al-Ani, Christopher Hassaan Francke and Ahmed Redwan

16128: Developing Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in Jordan: The Route to Shared Prosperity

Sahar Nasr and Yara El Abd

16127: Stimulating Business and Employment in Yemen

Nabila Assaf

16126: Supporting Access to Finance for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises with Partial Credit Guarantees: The Moroccan Experience

Teymour Abdel Aziz

16125: Business Continuity Plans

Takahiro Ono and Mikio Ishiwatari

16124: Kuwait: Fostering Sustainable Investment through Modern Commercial Law Systems

William Mako, Riz Mokal, Iulia Cojocaru and Gordon W. Johnson

16123: Can Trade Reduce Poverty in Africa?

Maëlan Le Goff and Rajun Jan Singh

16122: Another Piece of the Job Creation Puzzle: Developing the MSME Sector in Egypt

Sahar Nasr and Laila Abdelkader

16121: MENA Regional Brief

World Bank

16120: Justice Sector Services and the Poor in Jordan: Determining Needs and Priorities

Paul Prettitore

16119: Designing an Advanced Cash Transfer Program in the Palestinian Territories

Samira Hillis, Phillippe Leite, Laura McDonald and Lillian Frost

16118: From Noise to Signal: The Successful Turnaround of Poverty Measurement in Colombia

João Pedro Azevedo

16117: Can Disadvantaged Kids Ever Catch Up with Better-off Peers?

World Bank

16116: Asset Prices, Macro Prudential Regulation, and Monetary Policy

Matheus Cavallari and Otaviano Canuto

16115: A Changing China: Implications for Developing Countries

Philip Schellekens

16114: MENA and Public Consultations

Lida Bteddini

16113: Land Value Capture in Urban DRM Programs

Soumya Dharmavaram

16112: Improving the Reliability of Weather and Climate Services in Yemen

Lia Carol Sieghart and David Rogers

16111: Cost Benefit Studies on Disaster Risk Reduction in Developing Countries

Shyam Kc

16110: Community-based Disaster Risk Management

Rajib Shaw, Mikio Ishiwatari and Margaret Arnold

16109: Fairness and Accountability: Engaging in Health Systems in the Middle East and North Africa (Equité et redevabilité: S’engager en faveur des systèmes de santé au Moyen-Orient et en Afrique du Nord (MENA))

World Bank

16106: Iraq: A Multi-country South-South Knowledge Exchange on Social Safety Nets

Ghassan Alkhoja and Zaina Dawani

16105: Innovative Procurement Practices in Iraq's Social Safety Net Program

Nazaneen Ismail Ali, Andrew Jacobs, Rachel Lipson and Fabio Isoldi

16102: Tailoring Social Protection to Small Island Developing States: Lessons Learned from the Caribbean

Asha Williams, Timothy Cheston, Aline Coudouel and Ludovic Subran

16101: The Nuts and Bolts of Designing and Implementing Training Programs in Developing Countries

Maddalena Honorati and Thomas P. McArdle

16100: Developing Skills for Innovative Growth in the Russian Federation

World Bank and National Research University – Higher School of Economics

16099: Agriculture in Syria: Towards the Social Market

World Bank

16098: Environmental Valuation and Greening the National Accounts: Challenges and Initial Practical Steps

World Bank

16097: Understanding Access to Justice and Conflict Resolution at the Local Level in the Central African Republic

World Bank Group

16096: Assessing the Impacts and Costs of Forced Displacement: Volume 1. A Mixed Methods Approach

Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh, Isabel Ruiz, Carlos Vargas-Silva and Roger Zetter

16090: Adapting to Climate Change in Europe and Central Asia: Lessons from Recent Experiences and Suggested Future Directions

World Bank

16089: Poland - Environmental and Social Safeguards: Use of Country System

World Bank

16088: Turkey Green Growth Policy Paper: Towards a Greener Economy

World Bank

16087: Kyrgyz Republic: Minimum Living Standards and Alternative Targeting Methods for Social Transfers

Franziska Gassmann

16086: The Arab Republic of Egypt: For Better or For Worse, Air Pollution in Greater Cairo

World Bank

16085: Towards Better Expenditure Quality: Guatemala Public Expenditure Review (Hacia una mejor calidad del gasto: revisión del gasto público en Guatemala)

World Bank

16084: Republic of Moldova Enterprise Access to Finance: Background Note

World Bank

16083: Financial Sector Assessment Program Update: Egypt

World Bank

16082: Bulgaria Health Sector Diagnosis: Policy Note

World Bank

16081: Financial Sector Assessment: FYR Macedonia

World Bank

16080: Bulgaria: Options to Improve Security of Gas Supply

World Bank

16079: Increasing Social Inclusion through Social Guarantees: A Policy Note

World Bank

16078: Initiatives Supporting Demand for Good Governance Across World Bank Group Sectors and Regions

Robert S. Chase and Anushay Anjum

16077: Mexico Policy Notes

World Bank

16076: Basic Education Public Expenditure Review Phase II: School Based Management in the Philippines, An Empirical Investigation

World Bank

16075: The Kyrgyz Republic: Poverty Update, 2011

World Bank

16074: Analysis and Options for Namibia's Medium-Term Debt Strategy

World Bank

16073: Accessing International Climate Change Related Finance in Latin America and the Caribbean

World Bank

16072: Republic of South Sudan: Country Integrated Fiduciary Assessment Southern Sudan, Volume 1. Main Report

World Bank

16071: Regional Gender Action Plan for the Middle East and North Africa Region, FY13-FY16

World Bank

16070: Republic of South Sudan: Country Integrated Fiduciary Assessment Southern Sudan, Volume 3. South Sudan Procurement Assessment Report

World Bank

16069: Georgia Competitive Industries Preliminary Sector Diagnostic

Ifeyinwa Onugha, Mariana Iootty, Austin Kilroy and Vincent Palmade

16068: Indonesia: Toward Universal Access to Clean Cooking

World Bank

16067: Turkey: Managing Labor Markets Through the Economic Cycle

World Bank

16066: Expanding and Improving Early Childhood Education in Turkey

World Bank

16065: Islamic Republic of Mauritania: Financial Sector Development Strategy and Action Plan 2013-2017

World Bank

16064: Financial Sector Assessment Program Update: Republic of Kazakhstan - Bank Profitability and Competition

International Monetary Fund and World Bank

16063: Financial Sector Assessment Program Update: Republic of Kazakhstan - Investment Opportunities for Pension Funds

International Monetary Fund and World Bank

16062: Financial Sector Assessment Program: Malawi - Access to Financial Services

International Monetary Fund and World Bank

16061: Croatia: Railway Policy Note

World Bank

16060: Republic of Bulgaria: Alternative Dispute Resolution for Financial Services Options

World Bank

16059: Financial Sector Assessment Program Update: Philippines - Focused Update of the Basel Core Principles for Effective Banking Supervision

International Monetary Fund and World Bank

16058: Financial Sector Assessment Program Update: Philippines - The Insurance Sector, A Market and Risk Based Review

World Bank and International Monetary Fund

16057: Financial Sector Assessment Program Update: Assessment of Philippines Deposit Insurance Corporation

International Monetary Fund and World Bank

16056: Financial Sector Assessment Program Update: Republic of Poland - Credit, Growth, and Financial Stability

World Bank and International Monetary Fund

16055: Public-Private Partnerships: Reference Guide Version 1.0

World Bank Institute and Ppiaf

16053: Tourism in Africa: Harnessing Tourism for Growth and Improved Livelihoods

Iain Christie, Eneida Fernandes, Hannah Messerli and Louise Twining-Ward

16052: Financial Sector Assessment Program Update: Republic of Poland - Competition and Performance in the Polish Second Pillar

World Bank and International Monetary Fund

16051: Sri Lanka: Justice Sector Review

World Bank

16050: Mali: Poverty and Gender Notes

World Bank

16049: Promoting Excellence in Turkey's Schools

World Bank

16048: Agricultural Exports from Latin America and the Caribbean: Harnessing Trade to Feed the World and Promote Development

Nabil Chaherli and John Nash

16037: Support for Agricultural Restructuring Project: The Financial and Economic Competitiveness of Rice and Selected Feed Crops in Northern and Southern Vietnam

World Bank

16036: Reviving Romania's Growth and Convergence Challenges and Opportunities: A Country Economic Memorandum

World Bank

16035: Uganda - Diagnostic Trade Integration Study Update: Prepared for the Enhanced Integrated Framework

World Bank

16034: Pakistan - Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Public Expenditure Review

World Bank

16033: Republic of Honduras: Tegucigalpa Municipality PEFA

World Bank and Ppiaf

16032: Republic of Armenia: Accumulation, Competition, and Connectivity

World Bank

16031: Russian Federation Capital Markets: Analysis and Diagnosis of the Financial Regulatory and Institutional Policies Required for Becoming an International Financial Center

John D. Pollner

16030: Republic of Lebanon: Economic and Labor Force Impact of the Change in the Wage Structure of the Public Sector

World Bank