Energy demand in Arab countries
continues to grow at a higher rate than economic growth.
Meeting national electricity demand and exploiting their
significant renewable...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 166033Date: October 1, 2021Author:
Deluque Curiel,Ilka Fabiana ;
Loksha,Victor B. ;
Alsuraih,Waleed Saleh I. ;
Huurdeman,Alexander Johannes ;
Py,Emmanuel ;
Qaradaghi,Mohammed ;
Chattopadhyay,Debabrata ;
Al-Shalabi,Abdulaziz ;
Bowman,Doug ;
Irving,John R. ;
Meier,Peter ;
Kazantseva,Alona
The Annual Report is prepared by the
Executive Directors of the International Bank for
Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and the International
Development Association...
Type: World Bank Annual ReportReport#: 164644Date: October 1, 2021
The Caribbean region’s exposure to
natural disaster and climate events combined with population
growth and urban development concentrated in highly risk
prone low elevation...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 165575Date: October 1, 2021Author:
Benavidez,Melody Joy
Interest Bearing Notes is a product of
the Finance and Private Sector Research Team in the World
Bank's Development Research Group. It reports on
research by the team,...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 165778Date: October 1, 2021Author:
Bruhn,Miriam ;
Cull,Robert J. ;
Zia,Bilal Husnain ;
Xu,L. Colin
This is a tip sheet for World Bank task
teams on Illustrative Climate Change Actions on Adaptation
Opportunities in Finance, Competitiveness, and Innovation
(FCI) Projects.
These remarks were delivered by by World
Bank Group President David Malpass and Panel Discussion in
Sudan Ahead of the 2021 Annual Meetings Full Transcript on
September...
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 164706Date: September 30, 2021Author:
Malpass,David
Offshore wind holds tremendous promise
for many emerging markets as a large-scale, clean, reliable
form of new electricity generation with the potential to
stimulate...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 164542Date: September 28, 2021Author:
World Bank
The Committee welcomed the evaluation
and Management’s constructive response, noting that while
the evaluation did not assess the effectiveness of the WBG
Fragility,...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 165868Date: September 27, 2021
Economic growth and shared prosperity in
Sub-Saharan Africa will be increasingly undermined if
vulnerabilities to climate change are not addressed. Climate
impacts,...
Type: ReportReport#: 150468Date: September 24, 2021
Measuring poverty is a core mandate of
the World Bank. The World Bank has traditionally measured
poverty using an absolute poverty line based on a minimum
expenditure...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 164409Date: September 24, 2021
Globally, wood production and processing
industries sub-thematic priority area (STPA13) cover a
sub-set of the bio-economy and an overlay between the
agro-processing...
Type: ReportReport#: 164455Date: September 24, 2021Author:
Lapres,Blair Edward ;
Bacic,Kazimir Luka
As the effects of climate change become
increasingly evident, the design and implementation of
climate-aware policies have assumed a more central role in
the macroeconomic...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9780Date: September 23, 2021Author:
Burns,Andrew ;
Jooste,Charl ;
Schwerhoff,Gregor
Rethinking urban water through the
circular economy and resilience lenses offers an opportunity
to transform the urban water sector and deliver water supply
and sanitation...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 163924Date: September 15, 2021Author:
Delgado Martin,Anna ;
Rodriguez,Diego Juan ;
Amadei,Carlo Alberto ;
Makino,Midori
The purpose of this manual is to provide
countries with practical advice and guidance for developing
a “nested” system for REDD+ implementation. Nested REDD+
systems...
Welcome to Mobility and Development:
Innovations, Policies, and Practices, an online periodical
launched by the World Bank's Transport Global Practice
to disseminate...
Women are underrepresented in jobs in
natural resources sectors. For example, only 5 to 10 percent
of those employed in large-scale mining projects globally
are women....
Type: BriefReport#: 163971Date: September 14, 2021
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