World Bank Group / GFDRR / GWSP

Immersive Stories Archive

A selection of 15 recent immersive stories (and StoryMaps) produced for the World Bank Group, documenting climate resilience, water security, disaster risk management, and fragile-state challenges across all regions.

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July 2026
Building a Resilient Future in Senegal — Protecting Lives, Infrastructure, and Livelihoods

Urban Resilience Coastal Erosion

Senegal's coastal and urban resilience agenda, from Dakar's flood management investments to community-level livelihoods protection on eroding shorelines.
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June 2026
Disaster's Multiplier Effect: How Conflict Amplifies Economic Downturn

Fragility & Conflict Rapid Risk Analytics

Rapid analytics on the compounding economic losses when natural disasters strike countries already weakened by conflict and institutional fragility.
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May 2026
Building a Resilient Future in Jamaica — Decoupling Climate Shocks from Economic Collapse

Caribbean Risk Financing DRM

Jamaica's strategy for breaking the cycle of climate-driven economic setbacks through parametric insurance and resilient infrastructure investment.
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April 2026
Cities Under Water — Charting a Resilient Future in an Urbanizing World

Urban Flood Risk Resilient Infrastructure

How coastal and inland cities can adapt flood management to rising urbanization and intensifying precipitation driven by climate change.
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February 2026
Resilient Learning Environments — A Global Pathway to Safer Schools

School Safety DRM

The global case for building school safety into disaster risk management, documenting retrofitting programs that protect children from earthquakes and floods.
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September 2025
Water Works — How Smarter Systems are Changing Lives in Benin and Pakistan

Water Systems Livelihoods

Field-level evidence from Benin and Pakistan showing how improved water governance and infrastructure directly lift household outcomes.
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September 2025
Our Planet, Our Prosperity — Rethinking Development for a Livable Future

Natural Capital Green Economy

The World Bank Chief Economist Office's case for integrating natural capital into development accounting and GDP measurements.
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July 2025
Treated, Trusted, Tapped — The Case for Water Reuse

Water Security Circular Economy

The global case for treated wastewater as a reliable water source, exploring trust barriers and successful reuse programs across regions.
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June 2025
A Decade of Partnership — Working Together for a More Resilient Tanzania

Disaster Resilience Urban Flood Risk

Ten years of GFDRR partnership in Tanzania, tracing how sustained engagement has strengthened flood and disaster preparedness in Dar es Salaam.
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June 2024
Transforming Lives Through Climate-Resilient Irrigation

Climate Agriculture

How modernized irrigation systems protect rural livelihoods from climate shocks while reducing water waste in water-stressed regions.
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May 2024
Closing the Financial Gap — The Quest for Water Security

Water Finance Investment

The investment gap between current water infrastructure spending and what universal water security would require, mapped across income groups.
ArcGIS StoryMap

December 2023
Head Above Water — São Tomé and Príncipe's Path to Flood Resilience

Urban Flood Risk DRM

The first navigable flood risk visualization for the archipelago, mapping neighborhood-level exposure for policymakers and urban planners.
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December 2023
IDA — A Catalyst for Development

Development Finance

Five decades of IDA lending documented through the lens of the communities and countries transformed by its investments.
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September 2023
Droughts and Deficits — The Impact of Water Scarcity on Economic Growth

Water Scarcity Climate

The economic cost of water scarcity is measured globally, linking drought patterns to GDP losses in water-stressed economies.
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April 2023
Water Security and Fragility — Insights from South Sudan

Water Security Fragility & Conflict

How water insecurity and state fragility interact in South Sudan, where chronic floods and droughts compound the legacy of conflict.

Immersive Stories Archive

Building a Resilient Future in Senegal — Protecting Lives, Infrastructure, and Livelihoods

Disaster's Multiplier Effect: How Conflict Amplifies Economic Downturn

Building a Resilient Future in Jamaica — Decoupling Climate Shocks from Economic Collapse

Cities Under Water — Charting a Resilient Future in an Urbanizing World

Resilient Learning Environments — A Global Pathway to Safer Schools

Water Works — How Smarter Systems are Changing Lives in Benin and Pakistan

Our Planet, Our Prosperity — Rethinking Development for a Livable Future

Treated, Trusted, Tapped — The Case for Water Reuse

A Decade of Partnership — Working Together for a More Resilient Tanzania

Transforming Lives Through Climate-Resilient Irrigation

Closing the Financial Gap — The Quest for Water Security

Head Above Water — São Tomé and Príncipe's Path to Flood Resilience

IDA — A Catalyst for Development

Droughts and Deficits — The Impact of Water Scarcity on Economic Growth

Water Security and Fragility — Insights from South Sudan