This Country Environmental Analysis
(CEA) has been developed by the World Bank in cooperation
with the Government of Jordan. It aims to integrate
environment into development...
Type: PublicationReport#: 62860Date: January 1, 2010Author:
Cervigni, Raffaello ;
Naber, Helena
Ukraine has the fastest de-population
rate in Europe. Here, declining fertility rates combined
with high mortality is resulting in declining life
expectancies. While...
Based on analysis of recent data on the
evolution of global temperatures, snow and ice covers, and
sea level rise, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change (IPCC)...
Type: PublicationReport#: 47604Date: January 1, 2010Author:
Torre, Augusto de la; Fajnzylber, Pablo;
Nash, John;
This case study is one of six
evaluations of the implementation of the World Bank's
1991 Forest Strategy. This and the other cases (Cameroon,
China, Costa Rica, India,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 20788Date: January 1, 2010Author:
Husain,Syed Arif ;
Lele,Uma ;
Perkins,Karin ;
Verissimo,Adalberto ;
Viana,Virgilio M. ;
Vosti,Stephen Anthony
This country assistance evaluation
assesses the outcomes of the World Bank's program in
Nigeria during the period 1998–2007. The Country Assistance
Evaluation focuses...
Type: PublicationReport#: 100006Date: January 1, 2010Author:
Kavalsky,Basil G. ;
Gwin,Catherine ;
Pearce,David ;
Sud,Inder K. ;
Lyasse,Omar
Published in association with Harper
Collins, the Atlas of Global Development vividly illustrates
the key development challenges facing the world today.
Social, economic,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 193305Date: December 31, 2009Author:
World Bank
This study provides an overview of
current and future bioenergy developments, describes the
impacts related to poverty and the environment, assesses the
opportunities...
Type: PublicationReport#: 52454Date: December 28, 2009Author:
Cushion,Elizabeth ;
Dieterle,Gerhard ;
Whiterman, Adrian
This book explores energy savings
performance contracts (ESPCs) as a means of overcoming some
of the more difficult hurdles in promoting energy efficiency
in public...
Type: PublicationReport#: 52456Date: December 17, 2009Author:
Singh, Jas ;
Limaye, Dilip R ;
Henderson, Brian ;
Shi, Xiaoyu
The development and business communities
involved in the African agriculture and agribusiness sectors
have recently experienced a strong resurgence of interest in
promoting...
Type: PublicationReport#: 52461Date: December 16, 2009Author:
Webber,Martin C. ;
Labaste,Patrick
One of the most compelling reasons for
pursuing low-carbon development is that the potential
impacts of climate change are predicted to be severe, for
both industrial...
Type: PublicationReport#: 52458Date: December 14, 2009Author:
Johnson, Todd M. ;
Alatorre, Claudio ;
Romo, Zayra ;
Liu, Feng
The world economy is emerging from the
throes of an unprecedentedly deep and synchronized recession
provoked by the bursting of a global financial bubble. The
consequences...
Type: PublicationReport#: 51862Date: December 11, 2009
The chapters presented in this volume
adopt a variety of these methodological tools in order to
explore the extent to which discrimination against women and
demographic...
Type: PublicationReport#: 52098Date: December 3, 2009Author:
Nopo, Hugo ;
Chong, Alberto ;
Moro, Andrea
This book aims to fill gaps in existing
knowledge about early childhood development (ECD) efforts in
Latin America and the Caribbean by reviewing a selection of
ECD...
Based on case studies of education
systems and practices in eight English-speaking African
countries, the publication closely examines issues of
teacher supply, deployment,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 52278Date: December 2, 2009Author:
Mulkeen, Aidan
Climate change is widely acknowledged as
foremost among the formidable challenges facing the
international community in the 21st century. It poses
challenges to fundamental...
Type: PublicationReport#: 52097Date: December 2, 2009Author:
Mearns, Robin ;
Norton, Andrew
The Europe and Central Asia (ECA) region
has been hit by a crisis on multiple fronts. Countries in
ECA are facing major, interrelated, external macro-financial
shocks....
Type: PublicationReport#: 52277Date: December 2, 2009Author:
Gueorguieva,Anna ;
Levin,Victoria ;
Subbarao,Kalanidhi ;
Sugawara,Naotaka ;
Sulla,Victor ;
Taylor,Ashley D. ;
Tiongson,Erwin H. R.
This study is part of the Africa
Infrastructure Country Diagnostic (AICD), a project designed
to expand the world's knowledge of physical
infrastructure in Africa. The...
Type: PublicationReport#: 52102Date: December 1, 2009Author:
Briceno-Garmendia,Cecilia M. ;
Foster,Vivien
The financial and economic crisis that
started in the United States has finally impacted all urban
communities and investment financing systems around the
world. Local...
Type: PublicationReport#: 80974Date: December 1, 2009Author:
Paulais, Thierry
Recent developments in the way financial
services are delivered have provided both opportunities for
economic development and prompted fears of their
attractiveness...
Type: PublicationReport#: 51836Date: November 30, 2009Author:
Zerzan, Andrew
Terrorism can endanger innocent human
life and tear the very threads that hold society together,
namely, trust and security. Governments have mobilized a
variety of...
Type: PublicationReport#: 51841Date: November 23, 2009Author:
Vaccani, Matteo
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