This is the fourth in the series of ten
good practice notes under the Energy Sector Reform
Assessment Framework (ESRAF), an initiative of the Energy
Sector Management...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 133685Date: January 1, 2019Author:
Canpolat,Ezgi ;
Georgieva,Sophia V.
In 2016, over one third of the Armenian
population lived in rural areas, with agriculture the
primary source of income. Significant poverty reduction and
food security...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 138283Date: January 1, 2019
Ethiopia is a low-income country with
ambitious plans to become Sub-Saharan Africa’s leader in
light manufacturing. The government of Ethiopia has embarked
on an industrialization...
Type: CorrespondenceReport#: 136377Date: January 1, 2019
Melaka State, situated roughly halfway
between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore, has unique importance in
the global dialogue around the sustainability of our shared
urban...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 136460Date: January 1, 2019Author:
Global Platform for Sustainable Cities ;
World Bank
Though the European Union (EU) is a
development conversion machine for national economies, it is
less so for subnational regions. EU accession countries have
been catching...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 134436Date: January 1, 2019
Chongqing Municipality, located in the
southwest of inland China and upstream of the Yangtze River,
is one of the largest cities in the world, with an area of
82,400...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 135225Date: January 1, 2019Author:
Salat,Serge ;
Wang,Xueman ;
Linjun,Zhou
Providing universal coverage and
barrier-free access to ID systems is one of the three
pillars of the Principles on Identification for Sustainable
Development and is...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 146410Date: January 1, 2019Author:
Junge,Nils
Lack of connectivity in African cities
is an important factor constraining the inclusion of the
poor in the growth process. Geographic disconnect and
inefficient, low-capacity...
Type: CorrespondenceReport#: 136382Date: January 1, 2019
Early in 2018, the European Commission
(EC) launched the Catching-up Regions Initiative (CURI) in
Prešov. While Prešov (PSK) is the largest region in Slovak
Republic...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 138049Date: January 1, 2019
This report presents updated poverty
estimates for Zimbabwe for April–May 2019. The Zimbabwe
National Statistics Agency (ZIMSTAT) conducted the Poverty,
Income, Consumption...
Type: ReportReport#: 157133Date: January 1, 2019Author:
Taruvinga, Nelson ;
Swinkels,Robertus A
The Liberia Forest Sector Project (LFSP)
is a grant-financed project supported by the Government of
Norway via a World Bank-managed Trust Fund. Under the LFSP
framework,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 134365Date: January 1, 2019Author:
Hooda,Neeta ;
Aldinger,Peter Eddie ;
Owen,Matthew Guy ;
Verheijen,Lesya
The report presents the findings of a
comprehensive study on the drivers and barriers to the
uptake of cleaner technologies for public transport in five
cities in Latin...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 133929Date: January 1, 2019Author:
Bianchi Alves,Bianca ;
Sethi,Kavita ;
Lopez Dodero,Abel ;
Hoyos Guerrero,Alejandro ;
Puga,Diego ;
Yeghyaian Valls,Eugenia ;
Perez Prada,Fiamma ;
De Freitas Miranda,Hellem ;
Porcidonio Silva,Monica Moura ;
Orbaiz,Pedro Jose ;
Bose,Ranjan K. ;
Vargas Molina,Roberto Abraham ;
Winkelman, Steven ;
Qiu,Yin
Globally, over 1.1 billion people,
including 502 million people in sub-Saharan Africa lack
recognized government proof of identification and
consequently face barrier...
Sustainable Mobility for all is an
umbrella platform that brings together 55 public and private
organizations and companies with shared ambition to
transform the future...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 144534Date: January 1, 2019Author:
Youssef, Frida ;
Georgiadis, George
Home- and community-based aged care
services (HCBS) are favored universally by the elderly
across countries and is considered more cost-effective than
institutional...
Type: ReportReport#: 139555Date: January 1, 2019Author:
Huang,Yang ;
Zhang,Yixing ;
Glinskaya,Elena E. ;
Wang,Dewen ;
Zhuang,Xiaowei ;
Hu,Linlin
The Development Impact Evaluation (DIME)
Group generates high-quality and operationally relevant
data and research to transform development policy, help
reduce extreme...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 134802Date: January 1, 2019Author:
Legovini,Arianna ;
Adjognon,Guigonan Serge ;
Bedoya Arguelles,Guadalupe ;
Bougna Lonla,Theophile ;
Campbell,Kayleigh Bierman ;
Christian,Paul J. ;
Coville,Aidan ;
Croke,Kevin ;
Daniels,Benjamin B. ;
Di Maro,Vincenzo ;
Duhaut,Alice ;
Fernandez,Chloe Monica ;
Holmlund,Marcus Erik ;
Jones,Maria Ruth ;
Karpe,Saahil Ninad ;
Khan,Nausheen ;
Kondylis,Florence ;
Milusheva,Svetoslava Petkova ;
Mvukiyehe,Eric ;
Orozco Olvera,Victor Hugo ;
Piza,Caio ;
Reichert,Arndt Rudiger ;
Rizvanolli,Besa ;
Rogger,Daniel Oliver ;
Roscitt,Michael Anthony ;
Siddiqi,Bilal Murtaza ;
Zwager,Astrid Maria Theresia
This report examines how to design
effective carbon pricing mechanisms (CPMs) for the
construction industry. As the world’s largest consumer of
raw materials, it accounts...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 137097Date: January 1, 2019Author:
Maheshwari,Aditi ;
Malik,Ayesha
In 2014, Iraq was in a transition phase
before facing a violent armed civil war which led to a weak
and underdeveloped infrastructure sector.The poor condition
of the...
Type: CorrespondenceReport#: 136379Date: January 1, 2019
To set the stage for an examination of a
low carbon growth path for Slovakia, the country’s
performance on greenhouse gas emissions, its obligations
under the Paris...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 135666Date: January 1, 2019Author:
De Rosa,Donato ;
Kasek,Leszek Pawel ;
Prihardini,Dinar Dhamma ;
Boratynski,Jakub Szczepan ;
Rabiega,Wojciech Pawel ;
Boratynska,Agnieszka ;
Jorgensen,Erika A.
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