This report was prepared in response to
a request by the government of Honduras for assistance in
the preparation of a power sector strategy for the country.
Specifically,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 72296Date: May 1, 2010
The carbon market endured its most
challenging year to date in 2009. The global economic
crisis, which started in late 2008 and intensified early in
2009, negatively...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 55419Date: May 1, 2010Author:
Kossoy, Alexandre ;
Ambrosi, Philippe
This report consists of four technical
papers that were prepared for the International Workshop on
Land Acquisition for Projects in the Public Interest (11
March 2010)...
This result profile talks about the Land
Administration Project in Ghana. Ghana is heavily dependent
on primary land-based products, notably agriculture, mining,
and...
This result profile talks about highway
improvements in Gujarat, India. Fast-growing Gujarat
Province faced economic decline, poor road conditions were
made worse by...
Starting small, 3 cities in northern
Karnataka demonstrated that a well-operated water supply
company could deliver affordable, reliable service in an
urban area. More...
This report consists of four separate
technical notes on climate change issues in India. They
were prepared in preparation to the Climate Change
conference in December...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 69996Date: April 6, 2010
The national power transmission utility,
Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID), has
tapped International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
(IBRD)...
The International Advisory Group (IAG)
on the Nam Theun 2 Hydropower Project visited Laos on its
9th field mission from 8 to 20 November 2009. The main
objectives of...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 70878Date: April 1, 2010
The release of 'Sunken billions:
The economic justification for fisheries reform' has
drawn renewed attention to the enormous loss of wealth
suffered in fisheries each...
Type: Other Agricultural StudyReport#: 83181Date: April 1, 2010
Successful economic and social
development in Latin America and the Caribbean, as in other
regions, hinges upon the availability of reliable and
affordable energy supplies....
This paper explains how climate change
may increase future migration, and which risks are
associated with such migration. It also examines how some of
this migration...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS5270Date: April 1, 2010Author:
Barnett, Jon ;
Webber, Michael
The extractive industries have been a
significant feature of the Guinean economy since the 1950s.
The country hosts some of the largest global resources of
bauxite and...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 72371Date: April 1, 2010
Environmental flows are central to
equitable distribution of and access to water and services
provided by aquatic ecosystems. They refer to the quality,
quantity, and...
This overview highlights the main
findings of a publication of the same name, specifically the
logic of low-carbon growth within the country's
development goals and...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 77182Date: April 1, 2010
This Results Profile talks about
improving the benefits from the mining industry to the
national budget and mining-affected communities in Papua New
Guinea. Papua New...
This Results Profile talks about
portable water that improves life for millions in Manila.
Over the past 15 years, Manila’s growing urban population
has demanded a significant...
The second Climate Investment Funds
(CIF) partnership forum took place at the headquarters of
the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Manila, Philippines, on
March 18-19,...
Type: Investment Climate Assessment (ICA)Report#: 70075Date: March 19, 2010
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