The overall goal of this book is to
change the way urban policy makers think about urban water
management, planning, and project design in Africa. African
cities are...
Type: PublicationReport#: 73073Date: October 4, 2012Author:
Jacobsen,Michael Peter Steen ;
Vairavamoorthy, Kalanithy ;
Webster, Michael
Executive Directors approved the credit
to the Republic of Niger in the amount of SDR 132.6 million
(USD 200 million equivalent) and the Grant to the Niger
Basin Authority...
Type: Board SummaryReport#: 73165Date: October 2, 2012
After remarkable social and economic
reconstruction since 1994, Rwanda aspires to become a middle
income country by 2020 with a strong focus on inclusive
growth. In...
Type: BriefReport#: 73155Date: October 2, 2012Author:
Ali,Daniel Ayalew ;
Deininger,Klaus W. ;
Duponchel,Marguerite Felicienne ;
Ronchi,Loraine
Although recent developments have
increased interest in African land tenure, Rwanda's
nation-wide Land Tenure Regularization (LTR) program is one
of a few models to...
Type: BriefReport#: 73154Date: October 2, 2012Author:
Ali,Daniel Ayalew ;
Deininger,Klaus W. ;
Goldstein,Markus P.
The Florestas para a Vida project, which
is financed by a grant from the Global Environment Facility
(GEF) and is being implemented by the World Bank, was
designed to...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 87674Date: October 1, 2012Author:
Boni, Rafael ;
Costa, Raphael Jorge S. ;
Novelli, Fabiano Z. ;
Sossai, Marcos F. ;
de Souza, Sandro Rodrigo A.
Biomass is the most important source of
energy in Rwanda, especially for domestic cooking. Today
approximately 86 percent of primary energy comes from
biomass, mainly...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 83037Date: October 1, 2012
This study analyzes strategic
intervention options that can inform the implementation
process of Ethiopias national tourism development policy in
an effort to make...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 76576Date: October 1, 2012
The Republic of Congo covers an area of
342,000 square kilometers (km), of which forests occupy
three-fifths, the rest being dominated by savannah. Oil has
long been...
Type: Public Expenditure ReviewReport#: 74392Date: October 1, 2012
Trung Son is a $411.57 million
medium-sized hydropower and development project located in
Northwest Vietnam that will supply least-cost electric power
for domestic consumption...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 72891Date: October 1, 2012Author:
Gray, Meriem
China promulgated the Medium and
Long-Term Development Plan for Renewable Energy in 2007,
which included targets of 2010 and 2020 for various
renewable energy technologies...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS6243Date: October 1, 2012Author:
Chang, Shiyan ;
Timilsina,Govinda R. ;
Xiliang,Zhang ;
Zhao, Lili
Biomass is the most important source of
energy in Rwanda, especially for domestic cooking. Today
approximately 86 percent of primary energy comes from
biomass, mainly...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 83037Date: October 1, 2012
The proposed Jiangxi Wuxikou Integrated
Flood Management Project (JWIFMP) in China will be built in
the middle reach of the Changjiang River, about 40km
upstream of...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 74634Date: October 1, 2012
This report includes seven chapters. The
first chapter provides a macro view of how climate change is
impacting the Philippines. It highlights the enabling policy
and...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 73693Date: September 28, 2012Author:
Villaluz,Maya Gabriela Q.
The objective of the Energy Efficiency
Project for Tunisia is to scale up industrial energy
efficiency and cogeneration investments, and thereby
contribute to the Government's...
This country results profile briefly is
about Burundi growth for peace consolidation. With a history
of conflict and widespread poverty, Burundi has been working
with...
The objective of the Investment
Promotion and Financing Facility Project for Bangladesh is
to accelerate private sector-led growth through providing
term finance for...
This Results Profile talks about school
and hospitals in Montenegro. Boško Buha is in Pljevlja, in
Montenegro's north, where winters are fierce and
temperatures can...
This Results Profile talks about school
and hospitals in Montenegro. Boško Buha is in Pljevlja, in
Montenegro's north, where winters are fierce and
temperatures can...
Executive Directors approved the
Republic of India's Development Policy Loan (DPL) to
Promote Inclusive Green Growth and Sustainable Development
in Himachal Pradesh...
Type: Board SummaryReport#: 72357Date: September 6, 2012
In Bangladesh, growth needs to
accelerate to absorb the burgeoning labor force and continue
making dents in poverty. Such acceleration will require
sustained growth...
Type: Country Economic MemorandumReport#: 67991Date: September 1, 2012
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