Three decades of conflict have left
Afghanistan’s power system battered. More than half of the
population has no access to electricity and those connected
to the grid...
The comments are on the outline of the
national program on energy efficiency and conservation (EE
and C) prepared in April 2018 by the Vietnam Energy
Conservation and...
Government subsidies for liquefied
petroleum gas (LPG) can be an important source of support
for the poor, ensuring access to clean fuel. But in India,
gas illegally...
Type: ReportReport#: 139453Date: January 1, 2019Author:
Pena Nelz,Michelle Stephanie
This case study reviews thematic areas
of the World Bank (WB) implemented Forest Investment Program
(FIP) sustainable forestry for rural development - Scaling
Up (SUFORD-SU)...
Type: ReportReport#: 139637Date: January 1, 2019Author:
Bolondi,Arturo
InfoDev - innovation and
entrepreneurship report green sectors, such as renewable
energy and sustainable agriculture, are some of the most
important economic sectors...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 138678Date: January 1, 2019Author:
Ganesh,Usha ;
Sinha,Saurabh ;
Gokhale,Amar ;
Kaushal,Anuja ;
Gupta,Ankit-000493354 ;
Thukral,Charu
Many developing countries are well
endowed with fossil fuel and non-fuel minerals. Fuel
minerals contribute more than ninety percent of exports for
major oil and gas...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 138779Date: January 1, 2019Author:
Rozhkova,Anastasiya
Over half the world’s population cooks
primarily with wood, charcoal, coal, crop waste, or dung.
This share is currently increasing or stagnant in most
regions. Dependence...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 136895Date: January 1, 2019Author:
Freeman,Katie Kennedy ;
Seppala,Juha Antti Kalevi
Honduras is the country most affected by
extreme meteorological phenomena in the world according to
the global climate risk index (CRI). Bridging the gap of
meteorological,...
Knowledge exchange - or peer-to-peer
learning is a powerful way to share, replicate, and scale up
what works in development. The direct results from knowledge
exchange...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 135609Date: January 1, 2019
This report describes the findings of
the survey on olive oil value chain in the North West of
Tunisia, focusing particularly on the current and potential
jobs landscapes....
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 149980Date: January 1, 2019Author:
Weber,Michael ;
Salhab,Jade ;
Tsatsimpe,Keratilwe Thebe ;
Sanchez Quintela,Sonia
Nepal’s economic performance in the past
three decades has resulted in significant poverty reduction.
The current Government of Nepal recognizes this challenge,
and...
Reforming electricity subsidies is a
complex challenge in Rwanda, a landlocked country with
limited energy resources and a small industrial base.
Expensive and historically...
Fisheries are important for Cambodia.
Inland fisheries account for about eight to ten percent of
the country’s gross domestic product (GDP). About five
percent of the...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 141388Date: January 1, 2019
Banjul has the highest number of primary
school graduates, well above the national level. Kuntaur
recorded the highest increase of school attending children
(from 79...
Type: ReportReport#: 150924Date: January 1, 2019Author:
Mungai,Rose ;
Okiya,Stephen Shisoka
With the Paris Agreement and most of its
detailed rulebook now finalized, countries and subnational
actors face the challenge of translating climate targets and
strategies...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 134832Date: January 1, 2019Author:
Bodnar, Paul ;
Ott,Caroline Downes ;
Matsuo,Tyeler Marissa ;
Meisel, Julia ;
Rogers,Stephanie ;
De Bienassis,Tanguy ;
Mazariegos Orellana,Maria Alejandra ;
Besley,Daniel James
Doing Business in Kazakhstan 2019
focuses on business regulations and their enforcement across
four Doing Business areas. It goes beyond Almaty City to
benchmark the...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 137958Date: January 1, 2019
Chongqing is at a crossroads where its
gross domestic product (GDP) per capita will reach a level
at which cities typically decouple economic growth from
energy and...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 135227Date: January 1, 2019Author:
Salat,Serge ;
Wang,Xueman ;
Zhou,Linjun
The natural environment in Poloniny
National Park (NP) in northeastern Slovakia at the Polish
and Ukrainian borders is spectacular and central to the
Park’s offers,...
Ideas for Action is a youth competition
on initiatives to implement the Sustainable Development
Goals launched in November 2014 by the World Bank Group and
the Zicklin...
Type: PublicationReport#: 142710Date: January 1, 2019Author:
Mohieldin,Mahmoud ;
Petkoski, Djordjija
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