China's increasingly serious water
crisis threatens to become a potentially limiting factor of
future economic growth and national development. Turpan
Prefecture, located...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 80108Date: April 1, 2012
In 2003, following a long and costly
selection process, City Water Services (CWS), a private
operator was engaged under a lease contract with the Dar es
Salaam Water...
Type: Other Public Sector StudyReport#: 69032Date: April 1, 2012
Armenia's economy has undergone a
profound transformation since independence in the early
1990s. Today, it is market oriented and highly receptive to
trade, capital,...
Energy poverty is a global problem:
access to energy services is crucial to meet basic household
needs, deliver and access public services, and generate
income. Less...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 76382Date: April 1, 2012Author:
Golumbeanu, Raluca Georgiana
Ratings for the Esprito Santo Water and
Coastal Pollution Management Project for Brazil were as
follows: outcomes were satisfactory, the risk to development
outcome...
This study was funded by the Carbon
Capture and Storage (CCS) capacity building trust fund, and
administered by the World Bank. The main objectives of the
study were:...
Type: Energy StudyReport#: 76046Date: March 1, 2012
The World Bank oil, gas and mining unit,
in its capacity as a driver for best practice related to
extractive industry contributions to poverty alleviation,
has a strong...
Type: Mining/Oil and GasReport#: 71299Date: March 1, 2012Author:
Bocoum, Boubacar ;
Sarkar, Sunrita ;
Gow-Smith, Alastair ;
Morakinyo, Tunde ;
Frau, Roberto ;
Kuniholm, Matthew ;
Otto, James M.
Economic growth in Central America has
increased rapidly over the past 20 years. Currently, the
gross domestic product (GDP) per capita for the six Central
American...
This study reviews the experience of
cooperation in five international river basins, focusing on
the perceptions of risks and opportunities by decision
makers in countries...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 71748Date: March 1, 2012Author:
Subramanian, Ashok ;
Brown, Bridget ;
Wolf, Aaron
The World Bank oil, gas and mining unit,
in its capacity as a driver for best practice related to
extractive industry contributions to poverty alleviation,
has a strong...
Type: Mining/Oil and GasReport#: 71299Date: March 1, 2012Author:
Bocoum, Boubacar ;
Sarkar, Sunrita ;
Gow-Smith, Alastair ;
Morakinyo, Tunde ;
Frau, Roberto ;
Kuniholm, Matthew ;
Otto, James M.
The World Bank oil, gas and mining unit,
in its capacity as a driver for best practice related to
extractive industry contributions to poverty alleviation,
has a strong...
Type: Mining/Oil and GasReport#: 71299Date: March 1, 2012Author:
Bocoum, Boubacar ;
Sarkar, Sunrita ;
Gow-Smith, Alastair ;
Morakinyo, Tunde ;
Frau, Roberto ;
Kuniholm, Matthew ;
Otto, James M.
With support from the World Bank's
Hydropower Rehabilitation Project, UkrHydroEnergo, which
manages the Ukrainian power grid, is increasing the safety
and efficiency...
Type: BriefReport#: 180567Date: February 29, 2012Author:
World Bank
Cities contribute an estimated 70
percent of the world's energy-related greenhouse gases
(GHG). Their locations, often in low-elevation coastal
zones, and large populations...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 67226Date: February 29, 2012Author:
Baeumler, Axel ;
Ijjasz-Vasquez, Ede ;
Mehndiratta, Shomik
This paper describes the three learning
events, hosted by the MENA Water Department, under the
Seminar Series, H2KNOW: Innovation in the Science,
Technology, and Economics...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 70015Date: February 28, 2012
This Report (the Report) summarizes the
findings of an administrative inquiry (the investigation) by
the World Bank Group’s (the Bank’s) Integrity Vice
Presidency (INT)...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 155020Date: February 21, 2012
Armenia's government has strived
over the past decade to improve access to reliable and safe
drinking water. Two projects, financed with $50 million in
World Bank funds,...
Type: BriefReport#: 180099Date: February 14, 2012Author:
World Bank
The mayor of Polatli, a suburb of
Ankara, Turkey, argues that clean water is a basic human
right. With support from the World Bank, Turkey has
connected almost one million...
With funding from the Global Environment
Facility (GEF) and other donors, a cleanup project supported
by the World Bank tackled the chemicals and polluted
equipment...
Type: BriefReport#: 180433Date: February 7, 2012Author:
World Bank
The GEF China Dioxin Reduction from the
Pulp and Paper Industry Project was approved on March 29,
2012 and became effective on June 12, 2012. After project
launching,...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 93327Date: February 1, 2012
The purpose of this report on enhancing
the role of women in water user associations in Azerbaijan
is to provide guidance for mainstreaming gender in
irrigation management...
Type: Public Expenditure ReviewReport#: 75966Date: February 1, 2012Author:
Merkle,Rita Pauline ;
Meerbach,Pieter David ;
Akhmedova,Kamola ;
Bagirza
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