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
Accelerating development in Sub-Saharan
Africa will require massive expansion of access to
electricity -- currently reaching only about one-third of
households. This...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS5193Date: January 1, 2010Author:
Deichmann,Uwe Klaus ;
Meisner,Craig M. ;
Murray,Siobhan ;
Wheeler, David
The fact that developing countries do
not have carbon emission caps under the Kyoto Protocol has
led to the current interest in high-income countries in
border taxes...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS5194Date: January 1, 2010Author:
Atkinson, Giles ;
Hamilton, Kirk ;
Ruta, Giovanni ;
Van Der Mensbrugghe, Dominique
The first major part of this paper
focuses on tracking, monitoring, and reporting various types
of flows, primarily from ODA (Official Development
Assistance) and other...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 55472Date: January 1, 2010
The social component of the Economics of
Adaptation to Climate Change (EACC) study aims to highlight
how vulnerability to climate change is socially
differentiated,...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 63912Date: January 1, 2010
The report is part of a broader study,
the Economics of Adaptation to Climate Change (EACC), which
has two objectives: (a) to develop a global estimate of
adaptation...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 68650Date: January 1, 2010
This report provides an overall
assessment of the status and challenges of forest law
enforcement and governance in Vietnam. It was prepared as
part of a program of...
Type: Other Agricultural StudyReport#: 54644Date: January 1, 2010
The objective of the Piloting Coping
Strategies for Rainfed Farmers Project for Yemen is to
provide a suite of options to poor and vulnerable farmers,
with direct focus...
Kenya's tourism product lines and
its source markets function in a cross-sectoral context,
which leads to cross-cutting public and private sector
issues. Tourism has...
Type: PSD, Privatization and Industrial PolicyReport#: 69687Date: January 1, 2010
The report is part of a broader study,
the Economics of Adaptation to Climate Change (EACC), which
has two objectives: (a) to develop a global estimate of
adaptation...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 68650Date: January 1, 2010
The world development report 2010
estimates that an additional $200 billion per year of
climate-related financing is needed in developing countries
between now and 2030...
This note highlights a major reason to
limit climate change to the lowest possible levels. This
reason follows from the large increase in uncertainty
associated with...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS5179Date: January 1, 2010Author:
Hallegatte, Stephane ;
Dumas, Patrice ;
Hourcade, Jean-Charles
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
This report is part of a broader global
study, the Economics of Adaptation to Climate Change (EACC),
which has two principal objectives: (a) to develop a global
estimate...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 70264Date: January 1, 2010
This report is part of a broader global
study, the Economics of Adaptation to Climate Change (EACC),
which has two principal objectives: (a) to develop a global
estimate...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 70264Date: January 1, 2010
Based on analysis of recent data on the
evolution of global temperatures, snow and ice covers, and
sea level rise, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change (IPCC)...
Type: PublicationReport#: 47604Date: January 1, 2010Author:
Torre, Augusto de la; Fajnzylber, Pablo;
Nash, John;
This final report describes the tasks
undertaken, and the methodology used, for the implementation
of the monitoring program on small scale mining in
Albania.The tasks...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 70196Date: December 31, 2009Author:
Cukalla,Martin
This study provides preliminary
recommendations on the development of liquefied natural gas
(LNG) to Lebanon, taking into account the projected global
market conditions...
Type: Energy StudyReport#: 70303Date: December 31, 2009
This report describes the implementation
process of the large-scale grid electrification project in
Cambodia. As it will need to be centrally co-ordinated and
planned,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 70116Date: December 31, 2009
This press release announces that the
World Bank approved eight million fifty-three thousand US
dollars grant from the Global Environment Facility (GEF),
to be implemented...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 167118Date: December 29, 2009
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