This Results Profile is about equipping
Moldova to respond to infectious disease outbreaks. In 2005,
a series of avian flu outbreaks near Moldova's western
border resulted...
This Results Profile tells a story on
clean, constant water in Yerevan, Armenia. Water is treated
as a precious commodity in Armenia. It is expensive and not
always...
This Country Partnership Strategy (CPS)
for FY2009-12 marks Indonesia's re-emergence as a
confident middle income country (MIC) that has graduated
from International...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 69193Date: January 1, 2012
Promoting energy efficiency on both the
supply and demand side is critical from the standpoint of
energy security, energy access and climate change
mitigation. Energy...
India's strong economic record
since the 1980's has been associated with a significant
reduction of poverty levels and important socio-economic
gains, including increases...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 71547Date: January 1, 2012
The publication was prepared as part of
the Russian component of the Regional Program titled
Improving Forest Law Enforcement and Governance in the
European Neighborhood...
Type: PublicationReport#: 71853Date: January 1, 2012
India's strong economic record
since the 1980's has been associated with a significant
reduction of poverty levels and important socio-economic
gains, including increases...
Type: Country Environmental Analysis (CEA)Report#: 69851Date: January 1, 2012
Agra is one of the world's great
tourist destinations, each year, millions travel to this
city in Uttar Pradesh to visit the Taj Mahal and other
Mughal monuments. There...
Over the coming decades, land policy and
administration, for urban as well as rural areas, will be
critical for Ethiopia's development. The vast majority
of people ...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 61631Date: January 1, 2012
Half of humanity-about 3 billion
people-are still relying on solid fuels for cooking and
heating. Of that, about 2.5 billion people depend on
traditional biomass fuels...
Type: Energy StudyReport#: 68277Date: January 1, 2012Author:
Ekouevi, Koffi ;
Tuntivate, Voravate
This report describes the pilot trial
introduction of efficient cookstoves into rural Cambodia,
and the strategy for a National Efficient Cookstove Program
for rural...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 70049Date: January 1, 2012
The objective of the Second Sustainable
Development of Natural Resources Project (SDNRP II) is to
assist the Ministry of Mines (MoM) and the National
Environmental Protection...
The way citizens and organizations have
been using Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in
the past decade has created dramatic new pos¬sibilities for
public...
Type: ReportReport#: 157230Date: January 1, 2012Author:
Schouten, Claire
Global concerns about climate change
have led to the development of new market based mechanisms
aimed at reducing the concentration of greenhouse gases
(GHGs) in the...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 69163Date: January 1, 2012Author:
Peskett, Leo ;
Seth, Prachi ;
Brodnig, Gernot
There is a large demand for bricks in
Bangladesh because the country doesn't have stone
aggregate. However, most brick-kilns use traditional,
coal-burning technology...
This paper is one of a series of
analytical studies commissioned by the World Bank's
Africa Region and Water Anchor which are intended to
identify and address the future...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 74235Date: January 1, 2012Author:
Bloch, Robin ;
Jacobsen, Michael ;
Webster, Michael ;
Vairavamoorthy, Kalanithy
The detrimental health effects of
environmental exposure to arsenic have become increasingly
clear in the last few years. High concentrations detected in
groundwater...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 71518Date: January 1, 2012
Mitigating climate change while
addressing development needs will involve a massive scale-up
of investments in Renewable Energy (RE) and Energy
Efficiency (EE). Most...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 73925Date: January 1, 2012Author:
Mani, Muthukumara
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