The Uranium Mining Environmental
Restitution Project consists on the Argentine National
Nuclear Energy Commission (CNEA) developing a comprehensive
environmental restitution...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 44394Date: January 1, 2006Author:
Argentina National Nuclear Energy Commission (CNEA);
Direct benefits and social impact of
rural electrification is the improvement in quality of life
and changes in living patterns among rural households. The
expected...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 175819Date: December 31, 2005Author:
World Bank
China has undergone a profound economic
and social transformation as it moves from a
centrally-planned to a market-oriented economy. Land issues
are implicated in this...
Type: Other Public Sector StudyReport#: 68930Date: December 19, 2005
Lagodekhi, the vast forest and wildlife
shelter here, in the southern foothills of the Caucasus, was
once a hunting reserve for 19thcentury Prince Demidov who
would...
This news release, dated December 15,
2005, announces the Board of Directors of the World Bank
approved a United States (U.S.) 60 million dollars loan to
support the...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 169697Date: December 15, 2005
This news release, dated December 15,
2005, announces the World Bank approved a United States
(U.S.) 160 million dollars package of assistance from the
International...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 169659Date: December 15, 2005
This news release, dated December 15,
2005, announces the World Bank’s Board of Executive
Directors approved a United States (U.S.) 100 million
dollars loan to the People’s...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 169695Date: December 15, 2005
The pilot program to conserve the
Brazilian rain forest (PPG7) is a multilateral initiative of
the Brazilian government, civil society, and the
international community...
This news release, dated December 15,
2005, announces World Bank’s Board of Executive
Directors approved a global environment facility (GEF) grant
in the amount...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 169962Date: December 14, 2005Author:
World Bank
During the 1980s, Ceara state's
urban population grew by 3.6 percent a year, exceeding both
the regional and national averages. The Ceara urban
development and water...
In urban areas of Brazil, such as Sao
Paulo, growing slums are major contributors to the pollution
of water sources. These slum dwellers, living on public land
and irregular...
Cyclical droughts have had a severe
impact on the socio-economic development of the Ceara State
in Northeast Brazil. In the 1980s, the State initiated an
ambitious program...
These reserves are based on the premise
that traditional communities that gather forest products,
such as rubber and Brazil nuts, can also be good stewards of
natural...
The vision of the Amazon Region
Protected Areas Project (ARPA) is to create a mosaic of
protected areas around productive landscapes to maintain the
ecological integrity...
The Brazilian Amazon is a major source
of tropical hardwoods, gross sales of which generate an
estimated $1 billion a year. However, most timber extraction
occurs in...
This news release, dated December 8,
2005, announces the World Bank Board of Directors approved
an International Development Association (IDA) grant of
United States...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 170155Date: December 7, 2005Author:
World Bank
This news release announces the World
Bank approved a United States (U.S.) 85 million dollars loan
for Colombia to improve and expand coverage of water and
sewage services...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 169454Date: December 1, 2005
The book presents estimates of total
wealth for nearly 120 countries, using economic theory to
decompose the wealth of a nation into its component pieces:
produced capital,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 34855Date: December 1, 2005Author:
Bolt, Katharine ;
Hamilton,Kirk E. ;
Lange,Glenn-Marie ;
Markandya,Anil ;
Ordoubadi, M. Saeed ;
Pedroso-Galinato, Suzette ;
Ruta,Giovanni ;
Silva,Patricia ;
Tajibaeva,Liaila
This news release announces the World
Bank approved a United States (U.S.) 14 million dollars loan
for the Real Estate Cadastre and Registration Project
(RECRP) for...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 169459Date: December 1, 2005
This news release, dated December 1,
2005, announces the World Bank Board of Directors approved
an International Development Association (IDA) credit of
United States...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 168802Date: December 1, 2005
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