Guinea has exceptional subsoil
potential. The bauxite deposits of Guinea are estimated at
about one third of the world's known reserves. Guinea
has also about 3 billion...
Type: Other Infrastructure StudyReport#: 72373Date: February 1, 2010
Large and energy-intensive
infrastructure investments with long life times have
substantial implications for climate policy. This study
focuses on options to scale down...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS5208Date: February 1, 2010Author:
Strand, Jon ;
Miller, Sebastian
The project development objective of the
Turpan Water Conservation Project in Xinjiang, China is to
reduce the risk of flooding and groundwater overdraft, and
increase...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 53688Date: February 1, 2010
India is the largest groundwater user in
the world, with an estimated usage of around 230 cubic
kilometers per year, more than a quarter of the global
total. With more...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 51676Date: January 29, 2010
The climate is changing, and the Eastern
Europe and Central Asia (ECA) region is vulnerable to the
consequences. Many of the region's countries are facing
warmer temperatures,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 52862Date: January 28, 2010Author:
Fay, Marianne ;
Block, Rachel I. ;
Ebinger, Jane
Vietnam's gas sector is at a
critical point. Vietnam's gas industry, from the
producing field to the end-user, is already a vital
component of the nation's energy economy...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 52865Date: January 27, 2010
This Results Profile focuses on
Municipal Infrastructure Development Project (2010 – 2015)
in Bulgaria. The project supports the achievement of the
objectives of the...
This report describes the Ukraine
Investment Plan for the Clean Technology Fund. Ukraine is a
lower middle income country, with GDP per capita of US$1,940
in 2006. After...
Type: Energy StudyReport#: 68773Date: January 19, 2010
The objective of this is to provide a
framework for a sound economic approach to biodiversity loss
and its economic consequences in the context of climate
change and...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 76245Date: January 13, 2010
There has been increased interest
throughout the world in improving transit services through
the introduction of intelligent transportation systems
(ITS). ITS can be...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 69262Date: January 5, 2010
The Institute of Comprehensive Transport
(NDRC) and the World Bank jointly carried out a study of
urban rail development in China. The joint study team
visited several...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 55772Date: January 5, 2010
This document intends to facilitate
further discussion of the necessary steps to implement and
institutionalize the proposed business models and to
introduce the necessary...
Type: Other Rural StudyReport#: 69223Date: January 1, 2010
Bangladesh is one of the most vulnerable
countries in the world to climate risks. Two-thirds of the
nation is less than 5 meters above sea level and is
susceptible to...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 70266Date: January 1, 2010
Whether living in urban or rural
environments, humans tend to perceive the world around them
as being shaped by culture and industry more than by natural
history. Humans,...
Type: Other Agricultural StudyReport#: 50833Date: January 1, 2010
Livestock systems globally are changing
rapidly in response to human population growth,
urbanization, and growing incomes. This paper discusses the
linkages between...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS5178Date: January 1, 2010Author:
Thornton, Philip K. ;
Herrero, Mario
This paper uses municipality level data
to estimate the general relationship between climate,
income, and life expectancy in Chile. The analysis finds
that incomes are...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS5170Date: January 1, 2010Author:
Andersen, Lykke E. ;
Verner,Dorte
The report is organized as follows. The
next section puts the study into context by briefly
discussing the global EACC study and the EACC methodology,
which was applied...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 76242Date: January 1, 2010
This study aims to underpin
Brazil's efforts to explore methods for reducing total
emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) arising from all areas
of human activity. More...
Type: Energy-Environment ReviewReport#: 69858Date: January 1, 2010
This report synthesis the findings for
the waste sector of a broader study, the Brazil low carbon
study, which was undertaken by the World Bank in its
initiative to...
Type: Energy-Environment ReviewReport#: 69862Date: January 1, 2010
The objective of this study is to
develop an integrated basin planning framework for analyzing
and prioritizing water resources development options in
Afghanistan, and...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 52211Date: January 1, 2010
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