The objective of this document is to
provide guidance for the development and implementation of a
national energy efficiency (EE) investment program for
public buildings...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 137736Date: April 1, 2019Author:
Mahler,Christian Daniel ;
Wu,Yun ;
Hofer,Kathrin ;
Gassner,Katharina B.
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.
Chronic underheating is commonplace
among poor households in cold-climate regions of developing
countries beyond the reach of district heating and gas
distribution networks....
The Jakarta Composite Index declined 0.9
percent over the week, in line with major markets in the
region. The Rupiah appreciated against the Euro by 0.7
percent but...
Like the East Germany's Trabant,
the Ukrainian-made Zaporozhets was meant to be the people’s
car, and as such it was the most affordable vehicle of the
Soviet Union.In...
Type: Country Economic MemorandumReport#: 135763Date: March 29, 2019Author:
Smits,Karlis ;
Favaro,Edgardo M. ;
Golovach,Anastasia ;
Khan,Faruk ;
Larson,Donald F. ;
Schroeder,Kateryna Goychuk ;
Schmidt,Gabriela ;
Nivievskyi,Oleg ;
Osmochescu,Eugeniu ;
Ponomarenko,Hanna ;
Cuaresma,Jesus Crespo ;
Oberhofer,Harald ;
Hrebeniuk,Yevhen ;
Ek,Colin Christopher
Electrification has been shown to
accelerate opportunities for women by moving them into more
productive activities, but whether improvements in economic
outcomes also...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8796Date: March 28, 2019Author:
Samad,Hussain A. ;
Zhang,Fan
This report provides a summary of the
proceedings and the conclusions from the workshop
“Open-Source Tools and Collaborative Platforms to Support
National Greenhouse...
Type: ReportReport#: AUS0000739Date: March 28, 2019
This report provides a summary of the
proceedings and the conclusions from the workshop
“Open-Source Tools and Collaborative Platforms to Support
National Greenhouse...
Type: ReportReport#: AUS0000739Date: March 28, 2019Author:
Espejo Minan,Andres Bernabe
This report presents the economic
potential of renewable natural resources (forests, wildlife
and fisheries), and identifies opportunities for enhancing
the sectors’...
Type: ReportReport#: 135808Date: March 27, 2019Author:
Aquino,André ;
Serkovic,Mirko Ivo ;
Ngouana Kengne,Cyrille Valence ;
Soto,Bartolomeu Filimao ;
Ravina Da Silva,Manuela ;
Tembe Bilale,Nadia Henriqueta Gabriel ;
Million,Julien Marie Francois ;
Matambo,Susan Tambi ;
Olmos,Santiago Estanislao
This brief contains the economic
highlights of Indonesia as of March 27, 2019. The government
will require all state agencies and ministries to use credit
cards in their...
The Lantau Group (TLG) is appointed by
the World Bank to provide technical assistance for the
facilitation of LNG-to-power developments in Vietnam (‘the
Project’). Phase...
Type: ReportReport#: 135658Date: March 26, 2019Author:
The Lantau Group (HK) Limited ;
The Lantau Group (Singapore) Pte Ltd
This report summarizes the results of
technical assistance and policy dialog delivered by the
World Bank Group (WBG) between March 2018 and March 2019.
The technical...
The Lantau Group (TLG) has been
appointed by the World Bank to provide technical assistance
to facilitate LNG-to-power developments in Vietnam (‘the
Project’). Phase...
Type: ReportReport#: 135659Date: March 26, 2019Author:
The Lantau Group (HK) Limited ;
The Lantau Group (Singapore) Pte Ltd
This paper evaluates whether mangroves
can mitigate the impact of hurricanes on economic activity.
The paper assembles a new, regionwide panel data set that
measures...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8795Date: March 26, 2019Author:
Del Valle,Alejandro ;
Eriksson,Mathilda ;
Ishizawa Escudero,Oscar Anil ;
Miranda Montero,Juan Jose
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 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
The Emerging Senegal Plan (PSE)
announces the implementation of a land reform for the period
2019-2023 and considers a series of priority actions in the
land sector....
Type: ReportReport#: AUS0000690Date: March 19, 2019
Investments in forest landscapes and
agroforestry will be critical in efforts to address climate
change and rural poverty challenges in many countries. While
it is the...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 135341Date: March 15, 2019Author:
Kristjanson,Patricia M. ;
Bah,Tamara ;
Kuriakose,Anne T. ;
Shakirova,Meerim ;
Segura Warnholtz,Gerardo ;
Siegmann,Katharina ;
Granat,Margaux
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