Ratings for the First, Second, and Third
Environmental Development Policy Loans Projects of Peru were
as follows: outcome was satisfactory, risk to global
environment...
Sri Lanka’s secondary cities
are growing rapidly and have an opportunity to further
contribute to the country’s competitiveness while
providing a high...
Type: BriefReport#: 179114Date: September 20, 2016Author:
World Bank
The development objective of the Mining
Environment Remediation and Improvement Project for Zambia
is to reduce environmental health risks and lead exposure to
the local...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 108349Date: September 16, 2016
The Cost of Air Pollution: Strengthening
the economic case for action, a joint study of the World
Bank and the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
(IHME), seeks...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 108141Date: September 8, 2016
Energy efficiency (EE) is critical for
Turkey to sustain its economic growth while meeting its
global commitments for climate change mitigation and
environmental sustainability...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 108856Date: September 1, 2016Author:
Singh,Jas ;
Limaye,Dilip R. ;
Melitauri,Joseph ;
Begolli,Rhedon ;
Örücü,Yasemin ;
Lukas,Aditya Alexander ;
Zahirovic,Selma ;
Velija,Dardan
The report is structured in four
chapters that together, responds to the fundamental
questions raised by decision-makers within finance
ministries and central banks...
Type: Working PaperReport#: AUS16344Date: September 1, 2016Author:
Patil,Pawan G.
This report responds to a request from
the Government of Lao PDR (GoL) to comment on an Action Plan
(AP) to close the Resettlement Implementation Period (RIP)
as defined...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 108522Date: September 1, 2016Author:
Mcdowell,David K. ;
Mann,Elizabeth ;
Talbot,Lee M.
Cooperation in International waters in
Africa (CIWA) assists riparian governments in Sub-Saharan
Africa in addressing constraints to cooperative water
resources management...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 110771Date: September 1, 2016Author:
Tront,Jacqueline Marie ;
Kim,Kyungsook Anna ;
Basnet,Anjali Lohani ;
Wilson,Alexandra Frances ;
Rehberger Bescos,Irene ;
Mekonnen,Dawit Tadesse ;
Wishart,Marcus J. ;
Burke,Eileen Rose ;
Fraval,Pierrick ;
Wijnen,Marcus Marinus Petrus ;
Verdil, Veronique ;
Fernandes,Patricia Maria ;
Namara,Regassa Ensermu ;
Harshadeep,Nagaraja Rao ;
Capdelia, Aleix Serrat ;
Ort,Rachel Lemay
This paper analyzes the impact of two
hurricanes and a tropical storm that affected Belize in
order to identify some key vulnerabilities in the power
system to extreme...
In 2010 the government of Tonga set a
renewable energy target of reducing fossil fuel imports for
power generation by fifty percent by 2020. On September 14,
2016, the...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 160804Date: September 1, 2016
The Republic of Kosovo, the youngest
country in Europe has experienced strong economic growth
performance since its formation in 1999. The economic growth
is expected...
Rapid urbanization has created increased
demand for more frequent public transport services. Many
city public transport companies globally are under constant
pressure...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 115427Date: September 1, 2016
Section one of this report opens with a
brief environmental history of Haiti, followed by an
analysis of the current state of environmental conditions,
and closes with...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 110737Date: September 1, 2016Author:
Tarter,Andrew Martin ;
Freeman,Katie Kennedy ;
Sander,Klas
On 14th September 2016 the Chief
Executive Officer of MEIDECC announced that Tonga’s target
is to reach 70 percent renewable generation by 2030 and that
by the year...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 160794Date: September 1, 2016
The report is structured in four
chapters that together, responds to the fundamental
questions raised by decision-makers within finance
ministries and central banks...
Type: Working PaperReport#: AUS16344Date: September 1, 2016Author:
Patil,Pawan G. ;
Virdin,John ;
Roberts, Julian ;
Singh, Asha ;
Diez,Sylvia Michele
The Kingdom of Tonga is highly dependent
on petroleum imports for electricity generation, with high
imported fuel prices presenting a major burden on the
economy, leading...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 160795Date: September 1, 2016
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