Biochar is the carbon-rich organic
matter that remains after heating biomass under the
minimization of oxygen during a process called pyrolysis.
There are a number of...
Type: PublicationReport#: 88888Date: June 12, 2014Author:
Lehmann,Johannes ;
Roberts,Kelli Griffin ;
Scholz,Sebastian Martin ;
Sembres,Thomas ;
Whitman,Thea ;
Wilson, Kelpie
This report summarizes the key themes
and findings from three in-depth case studies of EET
programs in Ghana, Kenya, and Mozambique. Each case study
produced rich information...
This report is the first to examine
tourism in Africa comprehensively and regionally and the
first to recommend practical, evidence-based measures
enabling the sectors...
Type: PublicationReport#: 88656Date: June 6, 2014Author:
Christie,Iain Thornton ;
Fernandes,Eneida Herrera ;
Messerli,Hannah R. ;
Twining-Ward,Louise D
External financing conditions for
developing countries have been remarkably favorable in
recent months, reflecting expectations of a more drawn-out
period of monetary...
Type: PublicationReport#: 93995Date: June 1, 2014Author:
Kim,Eung Ju ;
Stocker,Marc
This report assesses progress in
implementing the government of India's power sector
reform agenda and examines the performance of the sector
along different dimensions....
Type: PublicationReport#: 88906Date: June 1, 2014Author:
Banerjee,Sudeshna Ghosh ;
Pargal,Sheoli
There are significant economic gains to
be realized if the East Africa sub region improves the
overall integration of its markets. But infrastructure
development that...
Type: PublicationReport#: 88484Date: June 1, 2014Author:
Harris,Clive G. ;
Mousley,Peter J. ;
Delmon,Victoria Hilda Rigby
The global economy got off to a bumpy
start this year, but is expected to pick up speed more or
less in line with earlier expectations. Global growth is
projected to...
This report, consisting of a study
prepared by global project finance specialists Hunton and
Williams LLP and comments from six internationally reputed
economists and...
Type: PublicationReport#: 88485Date: May 29, 2014Author:
Beardsworth, John ;
Halland,Havard ;
Land,Bryan Christopher ;
Schmidt,James
Improving access to productive
employment is a key policy challenge, especially in
low-income countries (LICs), where the only asset in
abundance is labor. Building...
Type: PublicationReport#: 88483Date: May 29, 2014Author:
Falco,Paolo ;
Kerr,Andrew Nicholas ;
Paci,Pierella ;
Rijkers,Bob
The September 11, 2001, terrorist
attacks on the United States exposed the use of remittance
channels for financing terrorism. Acting on this, the
international community,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 88482Date: May 29, 2014Author:
Celik,Kuntay ;
Kulathunga,Anoma ;
Noor,Sheikh M. Wameek ;
Todoroki,Emiko
Enhanced transparency, accountability,
and government or donor responsiveness to people needs are
imperative to achieve better and more sustainable
development results...
This book analyzes skills demand and
supply in Sri Lanka and scrutinizes how skills are formed,
the factors shaping skills demand, and the responsiveness of
the system....
Type: PublicationReport#: 88269Date: May 15, 2014Author:
Aturupane,Harsha ;
Dundar,Halil ;
Millot,Benoit ;
Piyasiri, Tilkaratne A. ;
Savchenko,Yevgeniya
This book analyzes skills demand and
supply in Sri Lanka and scrutinizes how skills are formed,
the factors shaping skills demand, and the responsiveness of
the system....
Type: PublicationReport#: 88269Date: May 15, 2014Author:
Aturupane,Harsha ;
Dundar,Halil ;
Millot,Benoit ;
Piyasiri, Tilkaratne A. ;
Savchenko,Yevgeniya
In countries such as Azerbaijan, the
risks of climate change for the agricultural sector are a
particularly immediate and important problem because the
majority of the...
Type: PublicationReport#: 87947Date: May 15, 2014Author:
Ahouissoussi,Nicolas ;
Boehlert, Brent B. ;
Neumann, James E. ;
Okan,Cuneyt ;
Srivastava,Jitendra P. ;
Strzepek, Kenneth M.
For the past decade, South Asian
governments have been investing heavily to achieve the
education millennium development goals (MDGs). The region
has also made great...
Type: PublicationReport#: 88267Date: May 15, 2014Author:
Beteille,Tara ;
Deolalikar,Anil B. ;
Dundar,Halil ;
Riboud,Michelle
A trade and transport corridor is a
coordinated bundle of transport and logistics infrastructure
and services that facilitates trade and transport flows
between major...
Type: PublicationReport#: 87949Date: May 7, 2014Author:
Carruthers,Robin C. ;
Kunaka,Charles
In countries such as Georgia, the risks
of climate change for the agricultural sector are a
particularly immediate and important problem because the
majority of the...
Type: PublicationReport#: 87948Date: May 2, 2014Author:
Ahouissoussi,Nicolas ;
Droogers,Peter ;
Neumann, James E. ;
Okan,Cuneyt ;
Srivastava,Jitendra P.
This practice guide is primarily
intended as a reference and guidance for emerging market
economies in their migration to a formal macroprudential
policy framework....
Type: PublicationReport#: 87810Date: April 29, 2014Author:
Krishnamurti,Damodaran ;
Lee,Yejin Carol
Within any economy, agriculture is the
sector that is most sensitive to climate change. In Armenia,
however, the risks are even more pronounced because the
majority...
Type: PublicationReport#: 87811Date: April 29, 2014Author:
Ahouissoussi,Nicolas ;
Boehlert, Brent ;
Neumann, James E. ;
Sharrow, Steven ;
Srivastava,Jitendra P.
The unanticipated spike in international
food prices in 2007-08 hit many developing countries hard.
The World Bank (International Bank for Reconstruction and
Development...
Type: PublicationReport#: 87813Date: April 25, 2014
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