The purpose of this economic and sector
work (ESW) is to support the Republic Forum for potable
water and sanitation (FOCARD-APS) member countries in
improving the resilience...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: AUS11011Date: June 22, 2015Author:
Rodriguez Serrano,Antonio Manuel
The South Asia region requires major new
energy resources to support its development goals.
Hydropower development, especially in mountainous areas, is
a largely untapped...
Type: Working PaperReport#: AUS11077Date: June 17, 2015Author:
Karki,Pravin
Fishing is a vital industry in Africa,
contributing both to livelihoods and food security,
especially in countries recovering from Ebola outbreaks.
Illegal trawling...
Forests cover about 40 percent of
Georgia’s and 12 percent of Armenia’s
territories. Inadequate harvesting and management practices,
uncontrolled grazing,...
Type: BriefReport#: 180760Date: June 9, 2015Author:
World Bank
Stabilizing climate change entails
reducing net emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) to zero. This
report outlines three principles to guide countries in their
efforts...
Type: PublicationReport#: 96410Date: June 9, 2015Author:
Fay,Marianne ;
Hallegatte,Stephane ;
Vogt-Schilb,Adrien Camille ;
Rozenberg,Julie ;
Narloch,Ulf Gerrit ;
Kerr,Thomas Michael
In spite of the techno-economic
potential to generate 43,000 MW of hydroelectric power,
Nepal is currently facing a crippling energy crisis. In the
fiscal year of 2013-14,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 96844Date: June 9, 2015Author:
Kumar,Priti
In order to meet the growing Indonesian
demand for electricity, while also constraining carbon
dioxide (CO2) emissions, future coal power plants may have
to include...
Type: Working PaperReport#: ACS14654Date: June 1, 2015Author:
Takahashi,Masaki
The country’s forest areas occupy 21.7
million ha (approximately 27.6 percent of its total surface
area), and are inhabited by close to 10 percent of its total
population....
Type: Working PaperReport#: 99517Date: June 1, 2015Author:
Erbas, Bahar C. ;
Xie,Jian ;
Arikan,Esra ;
Nemova,Vladislava I.
The concentrating solar power services
(CSPS) energy sector management assistance program (ESMAP)
project tier two meteorological station CSPS.MT.14.216 has
been installed...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 97627Date: June 1, 2015Author:
Kraas, Birk ;
Affolter, Roman
Launched in 2011, the Second Sustainable
and Participatory Energy Management Project (PROGEDE II) for
Senegal has been hailed for effectively mainstreaming a
gender...
In late 2006, Nepal was recovering from
a decade long conflict and was one of the poorest countries
in the world. The demand for firewood was identified as a
contributor...
Fast economic growth and significant
population expansion are causing a dramatic increase of
electricity demand in Vietnam. In order to attain such
ambitious target,...
The concentrating solar power services
(CSPS) energy sector management assistance program (ESMAP)
project meteorological station CSPS.MT.14.213 has been
installed and...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 97649Date: June 1, 2015Author:
Kraas, Birk ;
Affolter, Roman
The CSP Services (CSPS) ESMAP Project
Tier2 meteorological station CSPS.MT.14.218 has been
installed and tested for its correct operation by technical
staff of PITCO,...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 99407Date: June 1, 2015Author:
Kraas, Birk ;
Kamal, Muhammad Umer ;
Affolter, Roman
In 2010, the Municipality of Cuenca,
through its environmental management commission (EMC), and
the World Bank, through the environment and natural
resources department,...
The concentrating solar power services
(CSPS) energy sector management assistance program (ESMAP)
project meteorological station CSPS.MT.14.213 has been
installed and...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 97649Date: June 1, 2015Author:
Kraas, Birk ;
Affolter, Roman
Given its geographical advantage as the
capital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the city of
Urumqi has become the international trade center for the
middle and...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 102012Date: June 1, 2015
This third report in the Turn down the
Heat series covers three World Bank regions: Latin America
and the Caribbean (LAC); the Middle East and North Africa
(MENA); and...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 98222Date: June 1, 2015
With rapid urbanization, population
growth, and new economic activity, municipal solid waste is
increasing at alarming rates, and is expected to almost
triple in low...
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