The energy policy in Lao PDR focuses
making energy supplies affordable and reliable while also
ensuring the exploitation of energy resources is done in an
environmentally-friendly,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 135791Date: April 2, 2019Author:
Sedogo,Leopold
The hydropower and mining sectors are
core drivers of growth for the Lao PDR economy, together
accounting for over 21 percent of government revenue in
2013. While the...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 135789Date: April 2, 2019Author:
Kadono,Takafumi
Lao PDR is a mountainous and water rich
country located almost entirely within the Mekong River
Basin, which is one of the world's largest river
systems, and has significant...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 135788Date: April 2, 2019Author:
Mehta,Nishtha ;
Inthavong,Viengsompasong
This report presents results of the
solar resource assessment and mapping activity undertaken by
The World Bank in Zambia, as a part of a broader technical
assistance...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 136378Date: April 1, 2019
Minerals and metals are fundamentally
incredibly important to societies all over the world. The
activities required to extract minerals, however, often have
negative...
Type: ReportReport#: 137700Date: April 1, 2019Author:
Cooke,Andrew John ;
Panayides,Theodora ;
Tarras-Wahlberg,Hakan ;
Levin-Nally,Estelle ;
Gomez,Blanca Racionero ;
De Vries,Paul ;
Stacey,Jonathan R. ;
Ocker,Conrad ;
Gronwald,Victoria
Minerals play a vital role in society,
both in everyday life and in technologies required for a
greener economic future. While circular economic approaches
are developing...
The development objective of Improvement
of Solid Waste Management to Support Regional and
Metropolitan Cities Project is to improve solid waste
management services...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 137112Date: April 1, 2019
This report describes accuracy
enhancement of Solargis solar resource data for Zambia based
on the ground measurements collected at six solar
meteorological stations...
In response to a challenge from members
of the Carbon Pricing Panel for the world to expand carbon
pricing to cover 25 percent of global emissions by 2020,
Ethiopia...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 136762Date: April 1, 2019Author:
Mengistu,Andualem Telaye ;
Benitez Ponce,Pablo Cesar ;
Beyene,Seneshaw Tamru ;
Medhin,Haileselassie Amaha ;
Toman,Michael A.
2019 saw a further evolution of the
event’s positioning and coverage. The objective was to
further strengthen the overall 'climate and
environmental' credentials by...
Ratings for the Sao Paulo Sustainable
Rural Development and Access to Markets were as follows:
outcomes were satisfactory, the risk to development outcome
was low or...
This document is the result of research
into the development of short sea shipping. This research
was carried out by Wageningen Food and Biobased Research
(WFBR) researchers...
This is the second progress report and
final report combined of the research project on tomato
losses in Nigeria. It should be read as the third part of
the reports....
Type: ReportReport#: 135505Date: March 20, 2019Author:
Sibomana, Milindi ;
Quadt, Eruore Peace ;
Blessing, Frits ;
Akinwekomi, Emmanuel ;
van der Waal, Hans Willem ;
Clercx, Luud
This case study was led Smart Freight
Centre (SFC) in the Netherlands in partnership with the
Thammasat Business School, Centre for Logistics Research in
Thailand. Funding...
Type: ReportReport#: 135498Date: March 20, 2019Author:
Greene, Suzanne ;
Banomyong,Ruth
Currently 30-40 percent of the total
global food production is lost or wasted between field
andconsumer. These losses are expected to increase as the
changing diet patterns...
Type: ReportReport#: 135499Date: March 20, 2019Author:
Acquaye, Dan ;
Asante-Dartey, Juliana ;
Bartels, Papa Kow
In agri-logistics, the MDTF-SL aims to
assist developing countries in strengthening food security
and improving the competitiveness of agricultural exports
through reducing...
Type: ReportReport#: 135501Date: March 20, 2019Author:
Makhloufi, Abdel El ;
Mujica Mota, Miguel ;
Damme, Dick van ;
Langenberg, Victor
The state has a road network of 299,604
km, out of which 174,451 km is under Uttar Pradesh Public
Works Department (PWD). The roads under PWD comprise 7,550
km of National...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 135410Date: March 13, 2019
The fourth Africa climate resilience
investment summit (ACRIS IV) was conducted on March 5 to 7,
2019 at Sandton Conference Centre Johannesburg, South
Africa. The summit...
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