The report presents an overview of
ambient conditions in air, water and soil, and the main
pollution sources, and related threats to health, and
natural resources. Its...
Type: Environment Working PaperReport#: 26333Date: January 30, 2003
This news release, dated January 23,
2003, announces the Philippine Government and the World Bank
signed a loan agreement for a United States (U.S.) 50
million dollars...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 162634Date: January 23, 2003
Without better policies and
institutions, social and environmental strains may derail
development progress, leading to higher poverty levels and a
decline in the quality...
Type: World Development ReportReport#: 24705Date: January 1, 2003
The Russian coal sector was in need of
reforms after beginning its transition from a planned
economy in 1991. In 1996 and 2000, the World Bank provided
two sector adjustment...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 51437Date: January 1, 2003Author:
Bhatnagar, Deepti; Rathore, Animesh; Magui,
Moreno Torres; Kanungo, Parameeta;
Without better policies and
institutions, social and environmental strains may derail
development progress, leading to higher poverty levels and a
decline in the quality...
Type: World Development ReportReport#: 24711Date: January 1, 2003
This two-volume report seeks to examine
key issues and strategic concerns regarding water resources
management (WRM) at the national and transboundary levels in
the...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 28295Date: January 1, 2003
Without better policies and
institutions, social and environmental strains may derail
development progress, leading to higher poverty levels and a
decline in the quality...
Type: World Development ReportReport#: 24705Date: January 1, 2003
This progress report summarizes the
activities, and achievements of the Clean Air Initiative in
Sub-Saharan African Cities, during its initial 1998-2002
phase, and previews...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 28450Date: January 1, 2003Author:
Bultynck, Patrick; Reliquet, Chantal;
Felicio, M
This two-volume report seeks to examine
key issues and strategic concerns regarding water resources
management (WRM) at the national and transboundary levels in
the...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 28295Date: January 1, 2003
The Water Supply and Sanitation for
Low-Income Communities (WSSLIC) project was jointly
initiated by the World Bank and the Government of Indonesia
(GOI) in 1993. The...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 51464Date: January 1, 2003Author:
Bhatnagar, Deepti; Dewan, Ankita; Torres,
Magui Moreno; Kanungo, Parameeta;
Papua New Guinea's (PNG) land, and
waters have provided sustenance, and shelter to its peoples
for thousands of years, yet, there are concerns regarding
the unsustainable...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 26396Date: December 31, 2002Author:
Currie, Linda [editor]
Papua New Guinea's (PNG) land, and
waters have provided sustenance, and shelter to its peoples
for thousands of years, yet, there are concerns regarding
the unsustainable...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 26396Date: December 31, 2002Author:
Currie, Linda [editor]
This news release, dated December 19,
2002, announces the World Bank approved a United States
(U.S.) 25 million dollars loan for a Forest Development
Project in Romania....
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 162029Date: December 19, 2002
The report updates the poverty situation
in Armenia, largely based on the Integrated Living
Conditions Survey conducted during 1998-99, and provides as
well, the foundation...
Type: Poverty AssessmentReport#: 24339Date: December 9, 2002
The panel rated the supervision of this
Second Community Water and Sanitation Project for Ghana as
highly satisfactory with the two subcategories - focus on
development...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 46478Date: October 31, 2002
The purpose of this review of
environmental and natural resource management in Belarus is
to highlight how environmental management can contribute to
a sustainable future...
Climatic conditions in Pakistan's
largest and least developed province, Balochistan, range
from merely dry to extremely arid. Soils are mostly thin,
low in organic matter...
In 1999, 40 percent of the deforestation
within the Amazon region took place in Brazil's Mato
Grasso agricultural state, which spans almost 91 million
hectares and is...
Since traditional coffee cultivation can
harm the ecosystem, efforts have been made to develop
methods that will help maintain biodiversity. Shade-grown
coffee seems...
More than 70 percent of Turkey's
land area faces soil degradation from erosion, resulting in
low productivity and low rural incomes. In 1993, the World
Bank approved...
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