In order to inform the 2010 Strategy,
and suggest what role the World Bank Group (WBG) can
realistically play in strengthening environmental
institutions and governance,...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 70219Date: November 3, 2010Author:
Mcintosh,Melanie Eltz ;
Narain,Urvashi ;
Orfie, Alessandro ;
Schneider,Robert R.
The worldwide carbon market is a
reality. It has contributed to the implementation of
projects that aim to reduce Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions
in many different sectors...
Type: Country Infrastructure FrameworkReport#: 69580Date: November 1, 2010
The six Central American countries of
Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and
Panama share a long tradition of regional integration,
including a...
Type: Energy StudyReport#: 55418Date: November 1, 2010
This report discusses the first phase of
a study to assess the baseline economic cost of current road
traffic congestion in the Greater Cairo Metropolitan Area
(GCMA),...
Type: Other Infrastructure StudyReport#: 71845Date: November 1, 2010
Cities and the people who live in them
account for more than 80 percent of the world's total
greenhouse gas emissions. In addition, more than 80 percent
of the overall...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 57859Date: November 1, 2010
The world's primary energy needs
are expected to grow rapidly over the next two decades, with
the largest incremental increase coming from developing
countries. This...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 77163Date: November 1, 2010
The objectives of this Country
Environmental Analysis (CEA) for the Central African
Republic, are to provide an analytical basis for the
development of policy recommendations,...
Type: Country Environmental Analysis (CEA)Report#: 70050Date: November 1, 2010
Egypt has an overall low efficiency in
using energy resources to create economic wealth. Egypt is
among the most energy intensive economies in the Middle East
North...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 69310Date: November 1, 2010
This press release announces that the
World Bank Board of Directors on October 26, 2010, approved
thirty million US dollars grant to Haiti to help residents
of some...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 170176Date: October 25, 2010Author:
World Bank
This Result Profile talks about
modernizing public water services in Uruguay. Given
Uruguay’s public utilities like water, electricity and
telecommunications were monopolies...
This report explores the answer to a
difficult question: what are the potential costs for coastal
adaptation from 2010 until 2050 in response to human-induced
climate...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 57475Date: October 1, 2010Author:
Nicholls, Robert ;
Brown, Sally ;
Hanson, Susan ;
Hinkel, Jochen
The main objectives of this short term
study are to provide a preliminary assessment of the
opportunities and challenges in strengthening electricity
dispatch and system...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 98830Date: October 1, 2010
In pursuing a decentralization policy
that sets out to devolve elements of state authority to
municipalities, the Government of Timor-Leste faces a key
challenge: how...
Type: Law and Justice StudyReport#: 56931Date: October 1, 2010Author:
Butterworth, David ;
Dale, Pamela
The overall objective of the Economics
of Adaptation to Climate Change (EACC) study is to better
understand what adaptation to climate change really is and
how-without...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 57558Date: October 1, 2010Author:
Schlosser,Courtney Adam ;
Strzepek,Kenneth
The objective of the study is to develop
a methodology to assess the net impacts of climate change on
mountain hydrology. The development of this methodology will
allow...
Type: Energy StudyReport#: 76296Date: September 28, 2010Author:
Vergara, Walter ;
Deeb, Alejandro ;
Leino, Irene ;
Hansen, Megan
This Results Profile focuses on
Bulgaria’s economy. Bulgaria has come a long way from its
difficult early years of transition to a market economy.
Country’s’ main challenges...
This results profile talks about
improving access to and quality of health services in
Lesotho. Lesotho’s challenges in the healthcare sector are
daunting and battling:...
This results profile talks about the
increasing access to basic energy services in Mali. The
objective of the Household Energy and Universal Access
Project (HEURA) was...
This results profile talks about the
Municipal Development and Flood Protection Project in Taiz,
Yemen. The city of Taiz and its surroundings in Yemen’s
interior highlands...
This results profile talks about the
Municipal Development and Flood Protection Project in Taiz,
Yemen. The city of Taiz and its surroundings in Yemen’s
interior highlands...
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