Reports

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report employs an innovative methodology that geolocates more than 30,000 transport and energy infrastructure assets in the Asia and Pacific region and then individually evaluates them for the degree and characteristics of existing and…

FOREWORD In 2021, humanitarian needs surpassed record levels yet again with 250 million people in need of humanitarian assistance across 59 countries. 432 disastrous events relating to natural hazards affecting 101.8 million people were recorded. Persistent discriminatory…

Taylor Lemmon; Lorenzo Fellycyano (ed.) Indonesia is ranked in the top third of countries in terms of climate risk, with high vulnerability to extreme weather events such as floods and droughts, and long-term changes from sea level…

**WASHINGTON, DC, December 20, 2022 -- **On December 19, 2022, the World Bank's Board of Executive Directors approved a US$400 million loan to support the Government of Indonesia in protecting an estimated 6.3 million people in…

Climate change has adversely impacted all aspects of human life, including in the context of disaster and displacement. In 2021, Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) reported 28.6 million new displacement cases caused by hydrometeorological disasters, such…

Overview: In East Africa, harvesting of main season cereals is nearing completion in the north with below-average yields expected in parts of South Sudan and Ethiopia due to persistent dryness and in parts of Yemen, South Sudan, and Sudan…

“First came the rain. It did not stop for several days. The waters filled areas around our home. Then came the mosquitos. I was bitten but did not think much of it. Not long after my…

The monthly risk briefing reports on new, emerging or deteriorating situations; therefore, ongoing events that are considered to be unchanged are not featured and risks that are beyond the scope and scale of the Start Fund…

Government Should Confront Growing Threat of Tropical Diseases (New York) – Nepali authorities should urgently bolster public health systems that struggled during a dengue fever outbreak in recent months, Human Rights Watch said today. Dengue and other…

Introduction Download the report as a PDF. Genocide and related crimes against humanity are devastating in their scale and scope. They leave enduring scars for survivors and their families, as well as long-term trauma in societies. Moreover, the…