Improved sanitation is high on the
priority list for rural Egypt, where less than 20 percent of
households are covered by public sewers. The sustainable
rural sanitation...
Among emerging economies, the region of
Latin America and the Caribbean has been the hardest hit by
the great global deceleration that started six years ago. In
fact,...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 168509Date: March 1, 2017Author:
Fien-Helfman,Samantha Abigail
Recent years have seen renewed and
growing interest in carbon taxes that put a price on
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. This resurgence in interest
has come as over...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 129668Date: March 1, 2017Author:
Conway,Darragh ;
Richards,Kenneth ;
Keenlyside,Paul ;
Mikolajczyk,Szymon ;
Streck,Charlotte ;
Ross,Justin ;
Liu,Antung Anthony ;
Tran,Ahn
Southern Palawan is one of the two test
sites in the Philippines for the wealth accounting and the
valuation of ecosystem services (WAVES) project. Southern
Palawan...
Type: Working PaperReport#: AUS0000126Date: March 1, 2017Author:
Rawlins,Maurice Andres
The objectives of the Teresina Enhancing
Municipal Governance and Quality of Life Project, approved
in 2008, were to modernize and improve the financial, urban
environmental,...
This policy brief presents the findings
of a recent study focusing on two important aspects of
forest ecosystems: how forest ecosystems help enhance
people’s resilience...
This report is an implementation focused
document that proposes a solution for addressing the problem
of unexploited potential in the Podkarpackie R&D
ecosystem (in...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 115349Date: March 1, 2017Author:
Wolszczak,Grzegorz Aleksander ;
Wiatr,Dariusz Krzysztof ;
Toborowicz,Jerzy Jakub ;
Malicki,Krzysztof Michal ;
Kaznowski,Andrzej Jerzy ;
Żukowski, Michał ;
Panayotova, Elista ;
Aridi,Anwar ;
Kriss,Paul ;
Ionescu-Heroiu,Marcel
The report presents results of the solar
resource mapping and photovoltaic power potential
evaluation, as a part of a technical assistance for the
renewable energy development...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 123705Date: March 1, 2017
The Royal Government of Bhutan (RGOB)
recognizes the need to enhance its preparedness and response
capacity, firstly to reduce loss of lives and livelihoods
and secondly...
Type: Project Concept NoteReport#: 130455Date: March 1, 2017
Increasing Resilience to Climate Change
and Natural Hazards (IRCCNH) Project newsletter is a
quarterly newsletter whose initiative is to share
information on the project's...
Agriculture, the primary source of
livelihood for over half the country's population has
seen slow and sporadic growth in recent years, raising
concerns about its long...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 113501Date: March 1, 2017
This Regional Partnership Framework
(RPF) outlines the World Bank Group (WBG) strategic program
for nine Pacific island countries (PIC9): Kiribati, the
Republic of the...
Type: Country Assistance Strategy DocumentReport#: 100997Date: February 28, 2017
Ratings for the Business Environment
Development Policy Loan Project for Bosnia and Herzegovina
were as follows: outcomes were satisfactory, the risk to
development...
This is a summary of six CLR reviews
covering the World Bank Group (WBG) programs for the Pacific
Island Countries (PICs) of Kiribati, Marshall Islands,
Micronesia,...
Type: CPF Completion and Learning Review ReviewReport#: 113116Date: February 21, 2017
The new Gender Strategy emphasizes
measurable results based on data and evidence of whatworks.
It raises the bar and positions the WBG to be a more
effective actor in...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 112956Date: February 17, 2017
This report updates previous studies
that measured in economic terms the extent of biological
losses attributable to overfishing globally. The new
estimates assess these...
Type: PublicationReport#: 112848Date: February 10, 2017
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