The Government of Pakistan's
(GoP's) 2011 framework for economic growth seeks to
place Pakistan on a sustained high economic growth path of 7
percent per year through...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 71812Date: December 1, 2012
Making existing buildings more energy
efficient is one solution to Moldova’s energy
issues that its government has been working on with support
from the World...
Type: BriefReport#: 180546Date: November 28, 2012Author:
World Bank
Reliable power supply is critical for
Tajikistan's economy and poverty reduction goals.
Without reliable, affordable electricity throughout the
year, Tajikistan's businesses...
Type: Energy-Environment ReviewReport#: 75198Date: November 27, 2012Author:
Besant-Jones,John E. ;
Fields,Daryl ;
Kochnakyan,Artur ;
Stuggins,Gary
The purpose of this handbook is to
provide guidance to stakeholders (including policy makers,
industry, and civil society) in countries currently
implementing, or seeking...
Type: Mining/Oil and GasReport#: 73831Date: November 26, 2012Author:
Kannan, Sridar P. [editor] ;
Ravat, Anwar [editor]
Adapting to climate change is not a new
phenomenon for the Arab world. For thousands of years, the
people in Arab countries have coped with the challenges of
climate...
Type: PublicationReport#: 73482Date: November 16, 2012Author:
Verner,Dorte
On November 6th and 7th, the World Bank
hosted the second riparian information sharing and
consultation meetings on the assessment studies of the Rogun
Hydropower Project...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 83360Date: November 7, 2012
This policy note is a preliminary effort
to present a body of knowledge on the state of disaster risk
financing and insurance in Sub-Saharan Africa. It aims to
contribute...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 75061Date: November 1, 2012
This paper outlines the contribution of
mobile sources to the urban air pollution problem in
Pakistan, particularly in Karachi, and examines a series of
options that...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 74769Date: November 1, 2012Author:
Sanchez-Triana, Ernesto ;
Afzal, Javaid ;
Faiz, Asif ;
Ali, Mir Hussain ;
Shuja, Asif
This paper examines the cost of
producing emission reduction credits under the Clean
Development Mechanism. Using project-specific data, cost
functions are estimated...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS6262Date: November 1, 2012Author:
Rahman, Shaikh M. ;
Larson, Donald F. ;
Dinar, Ariel
Notions of urban prosperity and
modernity have always been closely associated with urban
form and transport. The skyline of a city, the presentation
of its buildings,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 81985Date: November 1, 2012
This turn down the heat why a 4°C warmer
world must be avoided provides a snapshot of recent
scientific literature and new analyses of likely impacts and
risks that...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 63219Date: November 1, 2012Author:
Adams,Sophie ;
Coumou,Dim ;
Frieler,Katja ;
Hare,William Leslie ;
Martin,Maria Fernanda ;
Otto, M.Ilona ;
Perrette,Mahé ;
Robinson,Alexander ;
Rocha,Marcia ;
Schaeffer,Michiel ;
Schewe,Jacob ;
Serdeczny,Olivia ;
Wang,Xiaoxi ;
Warszawski,Lila ;
World Bank
This Results Profile talks about the
culture of feedback, key to boosting community participation
and building rural livelihoods in Nigeria. Increased focus
on generating...
This turn down the heat why a 4°C warmer
world must be avoided provides a snapshot of recent
scientific literature and new analyses of likely impacts and
risks that...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 63219Date: November 1, 2012Author:
Adams,Sophie ;
Coumou,Dim ;
Frieler,Katja ;
Hare,William Leslie ;
Martin,Maria Fernanda ;
Otto, M.Ilona ;
Perrette,Mahé ;
Robinson,Alexander ;
Rocha,Marcia ;
Schaeffer,Michiel ;
Schewe,Jacob ;
Serdeczny,Olivia ;
Wang,Xiaoxi ;
Warszawski,Lila ;
World Bank
Results-Based Financing (RBF) is a
concept comprising a range of public policy instruments,
whereby incentives, rewards, or subsidies are linked to the
verified delivery...
Type: BriefReport#: 74156Date: November 1, 2012Author:
Knight,Oliver ;
Zhang,Yabei
The Zimbabwe Water Forum provides a
platform for Government and Development Partners to share
international best practices in the water sector between
Zimbabwe and other...
Type: BriefReport#: 103565Date: October 31, 2012Author:
Macleod,Neil Alastair
In 2009, Armenia fell into what was to
be known as the nation's worst recession since early
1990s. The economy declined by 14%, and poverty rose from
28% to 36%, affecting...
Type: BriefReport#: 180314Date: October 25, 2012Author:
World Bank
This story highlights the global food
prices increased 10 percent between June and July 2012 with
staples such as wheat increasing 25 percent. In South Asia,
households...
The development objective of the
Adaptation of Water Supplies to Climate Change Project is to
enhance climate resilience of investments made in
Nicaragua's rural water...
From renewable energy to hydropower to
waste management, water is an inherent component of
Kosovo’s energy strategy and fundamental to the
World Bank Group’s...
Type: BriefReport#: 179756Date: October 9, 2012Author:
World Bank
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