Pollution takes an enormous toll, both
in terms of impact on healthy lives and
environmentaldegradation—to the extent that it
jeopardizes progress made in poverty...
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 107394Date: July 19, 2016
This paper reviews the alignment of the
customs act of Jamaica to the World Trade Organization (WTO)
Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) and recommends changes
where...
Abundant water, along with high altitude
and geographic proximity to major demand centers in southern
Africa, is one of Lesotho’s most valuable renewable and
sustainable...
Type: PublicationReport#: 108018Date: July 6, 2016
Climate change imposes stark challenges
for the food-insecure Sahel and particularly for the Niger
Basin's already highly vulnerable population of 112
million. Six of...
To meet carbon emissions targets, more
than 30 countries have committed to boosting production of
renewable resources from biological materials andconvert
them into...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 107147Date: July 1, 2016Author:
Bjerregaard,Rasmus ;
Valderrama,Diego ;
Radulovich,Ricardo ;
Diana,James ;
Capron,Mark ;
Mckinnie,Cedric Amir ;
Cedric,Michael ;
Hopkins,Kevin ;
Yarish,Charles ;
Goudey,Clifford ;
Forster,John
This 2016 World Bank Global Reporting
Initiative (GRI) Index provides an overview of
sustainability considerations within the World Bank’s
lending and analytical services...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 108335Date: June 30, 2016
This story highlights the India’s plan
to ramp up solar power generation to 100 GW by 2022 is among
the largest in the world. It will help bring sustainable,
clean,...
Carbon pricing spurs diversification,
innovation and investment. Putting a price on carbon
pollution is seen as one of the most powerful and efficient
strategies governments...
With more than 100 right to information
(RTI) laws also called freedom of information or access to
information laws now in place globally, the groundwork has
been laid...
Type: PublicationReport#: 106580Date: June 29, 2016Author:
Lemieux,Victoria Louise ;
Trapnell, Stephanie E.
The Committee on Development
Effectiveness (CODE) met to discuss behind the mirror: a
report on the self-evaluation systems of the World Bank
Group (WBG) (ROSES) the...
The World Bank offers three main
categories of financing: investment project financing
directly finances specific investments; Program for results
financing uses country...
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 107278Date: June 29, 2016
This paper investigates possible impacts
of climate change on the poor communities of the Bangladesh
Sundarbans via changes in aquatic salinity and mangrove
species....
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS7736Date: June 29, 2016Author:
Dasgupta,Susmita ;
Sobhan,Istiak ;
Wheeler,David J.
In contributing to global climate change
mitigation efforts as agreed in Paris in 2015, China has set
a target of reducing the carbon dioxide intensity of gross
domestic...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS7735Date: June 29, 2016Author:
Cao,Jing ;
Ho,Mun-Sing ;
Timilsina,Govinda R.
On February 1, 2016, the Committee on
Development Effectiveness (CODE) met to discuss the external
review of the Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) of the
World Bank...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 114790Date: June 27, 2016
Climate change damage (or, more
correctly, impact) functions relate variations in
temperature (or other climate variables) to economic impacts
in various dimensions,...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS7728Date: June 23, 2016Author:
Roson,Roberto ;
Sartori,Martina
Access to adequate, reliable,
affordable, and safe water and sanitation services is
fundamental to human development and welfare. This in not
just a goal in its own...
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 106943Date: June 22, 2016
In this benchmarking report, a
comprehensive benchmarking analysis of the participating
Sub-Saharan African universities is conducted in terms of
the key indicators...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 107420Date: June 6, 2016
Little is known about innovation in
developing countries, partly because of the lack of
comparable and reliable data. Collecting data on firm-level
innovation is challenging...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS7696Date: June 6, 2016Author:
Cirera,Xavier ;
Muzi,Silvia
Vietnam has achieved impressive results
in increasing sanitation coverage. In 1990, only 31 percent
of rural households had access to improved sanitation. By
2015, this...
Type: BriefReport#: 108375Date: June 1, 2016Author:
Nguyen,Nga Kim ;
Nguyen,Hang Diem ;
Gerwel-Jensen, Lene ;
Nguyen,Minh Thi Hien ;
Nam, Doung Chi
This report discusses on FIAS FY17-21
strategy designed to help the private sector realize its
growth and development potential within client countries.
The FIAS FY17-21...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 106786Date: June 1, 2016
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