This study is part of a World Bank
effort intended, first, to help decision makers in
developing countries to better understand and assess the
risks posed by climate...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 56661Date: August 1, 2010Author:
Sedjo, Roger A.
This study has two objectives. The first
is to help decision makers, especially in developing
countries, to better understand and assess the risks posed
by climate change,...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 56663Date: August 1, 2010Author:
Cheung, William W. L. ;
Sumaila,Rashid Ussif
This paper attempts to assess the
economics of adaptation to extreme weather events. The
author address several questions that are relevant for the
international discussion:...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 56659Date: August 1, 2010Author:
Blankespoor, Brian ;
Dasgupta, Susmita ;
Laplante, Benoit ;
Wheeler, David
The Future of the Natural Gas Market in
Southeast Europe analyzes the role of natural gas in the
energy mix to meet future demand in nine markets in the
region: Albania,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 55833Date: July 20, 2010
During the past several months, the
Ministry of Environment, Housing and Territorial Development
of Colombia has been researching potential indicators that
would be...
Type: Development Policy Review (DPR)Report#: 70198Date: June 30, 2010
This report is an overview of the Gezira
Scheme up to the present day. The first part deals with the
history and evolution of the Gezira Scheme since 1925. The
second...
This policy note uses valuation tools to
evaluate environmental services to allow policymakers to
efficiently address sustainable economic development and
environment...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 68797Date: June 30, 2010
Sri Lanka's ten-year development
framework aims at accelerating economic growth while
ensuring a path of sustainable development and prioritizing
conservation of the...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 69084Date: June 30, 2010
Due to climate change and increasing
food prices, emphasis needs to be placed on addressing water
management as a key determinant for agricultural production
and productivity....
Type: Other Rural StudyReport#: 69613Date: June 29, 2010
Globally, an estimated 24 percent of the
disease burden (healthy life years lost) and an estimated 23
percent of all deaths (premature mortality) are attributable
to...
Type: Country Environmental Analysis (CEA)Report#: 67497Date: June 29, 2010Author:
Klytchnikova,Irina I.
Globally, an estimated 24 percent of the
disease burden (healthy life years lost) and an estimated 23
percent of all deaths (premature mortality) are attributable
to...
Type: Country Environmental Analysis (CEA)Report#: 67497Date: June 29, 2010Author:
Klytchnikova,Irina I.
Globally, an estimated 24 percent of the
disease burden (healthy life years lost) and an estimated 23
percent of all deaths (premature mortality) are attributable
to...
Type: Country Environmental Analysis (CEA)Report#: 67497Date: June 29, 2010Author:
Klytchnikova,Irina I.
Globally, an estimated 24 percent of the
disease burden (healthy life years lost) and an estimated 23
percent of all deaths (premature mortality) are attributable
to...
Type: Country Environmental Analysis (CEA)Report#: 67497Date: June 29, 2010Author:
Klytchnikova,Irina I.
This book provides a much needed look at
the impact of climate change on the poor. It convincingly
demonstrates that issues of poverty and livelihoods must be
integrated...
Type: Social AnalysisReport#: 55541Date: June 25, 2010Author:
Verner, Dorte
This report demonstrates that a
"climate-smart" energy strategy is possible for
countries in the East Asia region, with support from the
international community. In...
Type: Energy StudyReport#: 55551Date: June 24, 2010Author:
Wang, Xiaodong; Berrah, Noureddine; Mathur,
Subodh; Vinuya, Ferdinand;
This Results Profile talks about the
Albania Natural Resources Development Project. Forests cover
more than 50 percent of Albania’s surface area. Following
roughly two...
This document presents both the results
of the assessment and the concept note, as requested by the
terms of reference of the assignment. This output has been
based...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 69456Date: June 14, 2010
This Results Profile talks about
Infrastructure Asset Management Project in Samoa. As a small
island economy, Samoa's development was constrained by
the high cost of...
Pakistan has achieved impressive
macroeconomic results during the first half of the current
decade , with ambitious reforms resulting in an acceleration
of growth from...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 69561Date: June 5, 2010
The Petroleum Governance Initiative
(PGI) encompasses three general themes, or pillars, that
address issues issues of transparency and economic
responsibility, environmental...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 54930Date: June 1, 2010Author:
Mayorga Alba, Eleodoro;
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