This report provides an investment plan,
and associated funding plan, for the water and sanitation
sector in Malawi, from now until 2030. The aim is to
maximize the...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 80143Date: May 31, 2012
This Results Profile tells a story on
cleaning the ash and the chemical waste, the legacy of
coal-burning in Kosovo. Its oldest power plant has been
burning coal for...
The development objectives of the
Emergency Recovery and Disaster Management Project are to:
1) restore and strengthen priority, irrigation, electricity,
water, and...
At the request of the Government of
Moldova, the World Bank stepped in to coordinate a
multi-donor effort to strengthen Moldova's capacity to
respond and mitigate outbreaks...
Type: BriefReport#: 180414Date: May 23, 2012Author:
World Bank
The Eskom Investment Support Project
(EISP) is a project of highest strategic importance to the
Bank in its relationship with South Africa, its support of
sustainable...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 70860Date: May 16, 2012
The activities financed by this World
Bank project allowed the Government of Dominican Republic to
take important measures to re-launch reforms in the
electricity sector....
In seven arid districts of India’s
Karnataka state, a project supported by the International
Development Association (IDA) spurred a 25 percent increase
in crop yields...
As of December 31, 2011, the incremental
irrigated area resulting from rehabilitation of more than
750 irrigation schemes exceeded 800,000 hectares, which is
more than...
Drawing upon IDA funding and sector
expertise, Afghanistan has created a competitive,
transparent mining investment climate that has attracted
large foreign direct investment...
Irrigation is slowly changing the
landscape of Armenian agriculture and improving the lives of
Armenian farmers. Instead of growing wheat or barley,
thousands of the...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 93832Date: May 7, 2012
Burkina Faso has experienced continued
degradation of its natural resources (forests, farm and
grazing lands, lakes, and rivers) on which nearly 90 percent
of the population...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 70511Date: May 1, 2012Author:
Bonkoungou, Edouard ;
Kishor, Nalin
The global revolution in low cost
information and communication technologies can help address
some of the developing world's oldest challenges in
water and sanitation....
Type: Strategic Environmental Assessment/AnalysisReport#: 70975Date: May 1, 2012Author:
Anderson, Edward ;
Hirn,Maximilian Leo ;
Paradi-Guilford,Cecilia Maria ;
Raman,Vivek ;
Rop,Rosemary Chepkirui ;
Sabet, Elizabeth ;
Shemie,Daniel Naim ;
Simon,Yehude
Zambia is endowed with an abundance of
natural resources that include, water, forests and wildlife.
The country's wildlife resources are managed through
government-supported...
Type: Other Infrastructure StudyReport#: 72134Date: May 1, 2012
The total value of the carbon market
grew by 11 percent in 2011, to $176 billion, and transaction
volumes reached a new high of 10.3 billion tons of carbon
dioxide equivalent...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 76837Date: May 1, 2012Author:
Guigon,Pierre ;
Kossoy,Alexandre
This note summarizes findings from an
analysis of Vanuatu national leasing data drawn from the
Vanuatu department of lands databases for the period of
1980-2010. It...
Type: BriefReport#: 69994Date: May 1, 2012Author:
Naupa, Anna ;
Scott,Sue ;
Stefanova,Milena Petrova ;
Vurobaravu, Karaeviti
This report explores practical
approaches to building urban resilience. It focuses on tools
and methodologies that can facilitate the use of risk
information in public...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 71487Date: May 1, 2012
The concept of "Green Growth"
is a focus of much interest and considerable debate among
decision makers concerned with enhancing both nearer-term
economic progress and...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS6067Date: May 1, 2012Author:
Toman,Michael A.
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