This summary report assembles and
distills the main finding and recommendations of five
separate policy notes that originated in a request from
Ukraine’s Ministry of...
Type: ReportReport#: 139242Date: June 24, 2019Author:
El-Hifnawi,Baher ;
Amos,Paul ;
Bulakh,Yevhen ;
Hagen,Anton ;
Bullock,Richard G.
As Swedish policymakers put together a
climate bill, they relied on economic models to pinpoint
policies that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions while
minimizing costs...
Type: ReportReport#: 141828Date: June 24, 2019Author:
Samakovlis, Eva
Myanmar's energy consumption is
among the lowest in the world. About 70 percent of the
population has no access to electricity, and the consumption
per capita is 160...
Type: ReportReport#: 138333Date: June 23, 2019Author:
Agha, Saad ;
Penglis, Evangelos ;
Roland-Holst,David W. ;
Rabbi, Faisal
According to UkrHydroPorject (UHP), a
local research institute, Ukraine has a major
under-developed hydropower resource in its nearly 63,000
small rivers; which accounts...
The Joint Report on Multilateral
Development Banks’ Climate Finance is an annual
collaborative effort to make public MDB climate finance
figures for developing and emerging...
This study analyzes the potential
impacts of a national emission trading scheme on provincial
economies in China of meeting China's emission
reduction pledges, the Nationally...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8909Date: June 21, 2019Author:
Pang,Jun ;
Timilsina,Govinda R.
Many countries have undertaken
market-oriented reforms of the power sector over the past
four decades. However, the literature has not investigated
whether the reforms...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8908Date: June 21, 2019Author:
Timilsina,Govinda R. ;
Pang,Jun ;
Yang,Xi
Top-down economic models, such as
computable general equilibrium models, are the common tools
to assess the economic impacts of climate change policies.
However, these...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8905Date: June 20, 2019Author:
Timilsina,Govinda R. ;
Pang,Jun ;
Yang,Xi
The Interim Report is the second
deliverable under this engagement comprising three country
reports. This report has been prepared for Nepal and covers
the following:...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 138357Date: June 20, 2019
Improving electricity access in
low-income countries is a challenging problem because of the
high costs of grid extension and low demand for grid
electricity in rural...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8906Date: June 20, 2019Author:
Sievert,Maximiliane ;
Steinbuks,Jevgenijs
Infrastructure—electricity,
telecommunications, roads, water, and sanitation—are central
to people’s lives. Without it, they cannot make a living,
stay healthy, and...
Type: PublicationReport#: 138046Date: June 19, 2019Author:
Hallegatte,Stephane ;
Maruyama Rentschler,Jun Erik ;
Rozenberg,Julie
The Grid Connected Solar Photovoltaic
Project to improve energy security and reduce Kiribati’s
dependence on imported petroleum by replacing their current
diesel-based...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 138464Date: June 19, 2019
For this policy, a subdivision is
defined as the division of an existing registered lease or
registration of a new lease into two (2) or more lots by way
of subleases,...
The World Bank has contracted with Gide
Loyrette Nouel (‘Gide’ or the ‘Consultant’) for the
provision of consultancy services with respect to the review
of the legal,...
This review examines the literature on
the welfare impacts of infrastructure disruptions. There is
widespread evidence that households suffer from the
consequences of...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8902Date: June 18, 2019Author:
Obolensky,Marguerite Anne Beatrice ;
Erman,Alvina Elisabeth ;
Rozenberg,Julie ;
Maruyama Rentschler,Jun Erik ;
Avner,Paolo ;
Hallegatte,Stephane
This paper provides a framework to
assess the impact of infrastructure investment expected
under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) on the debt
vulnerabilities of countries...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8891Date: June 17, 2019Author:
Bandiera,Luca ;
Tsiropoulos,Vasileios
The activity on ‘Enhancing Energy
Efficiency of Public Buildings in the Prešov Region’ is
designed to assess the existing regulatory framework and
financial alternatives...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 138000Date: June 17, 2019Author:
Franco Salazar,Janina Andrea ;
Subbiah,Anand ;
Macko,Milan
You have clicked on a link to a page that is not part of the beta version of the new worldbank.org. Before you leave, we’d love to get your feedback on your experience while you were here. Will you take two minutes to complete a brief survey that will help us to improve our website?
Feedback Survey
Thank you for agreeing to provide feedback on the new version of worldbank.org; your response will help us to improve our website.
Thank you for participating in this survey! Your feedback is very helpful to us as we work to improve the site functionality on worldbank.org.