This report discusses the remarks
delivered by Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank. He
discusses on accomplishments of Indonesia, including the
substantial reduction...
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 101780Date: May 20, 2015Author:
Kim,Jim Yong
This report, supported by the energy
sector management assistance program (ESMAP), applies the
tool for the rapid assessment of city energy (TRACE) to
examine energy...
Type: Working PaperReport#: AUS5783Date: May 19, 2015Author:
Cardenas Valero,Juan Carlos
This story highlights the China's
new Nanning-Guangzhou and Guiyang-Guangzhou high-speed
railway (HSR) lines connect economically advanced regions
with poorer and less-developed...
Transport infrastructure is deemed to be
central to development and consumes a large fraction of the
development assistance envelope. Yet there is debate about
the economic...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS7271Date: May 18, 2015Author:
Ali,Rubaba ;
Barra,Alvaro Federico ;
Berg,Claudia N. ;
Damania,Richard ;
Nash,John D. ;
Russ,Jason Daniel
This paper addresses an old and
recurring theme in development economics: the slow adoption
of new technologies by farmers in many developing countries.
The paper explores...
Report#: WPS7272Date: May 18, 2015Author:
Ali,Rubaba ;
Barra,Alvaro Federico ;
Berg,Claudia N. ;
Damania,Richard ;
Nash,John D. ;
Russ,Jason Daniel
Actions to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions to stabilize warming at two degrees Celsius, as
agreed by the international community in 2009, will fall
short if they...
Stabilizing climate change entails
bringing net emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) to zero. CO2
stays in the atmosphere for hundreds, if not thousands, of
years. As long...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 96411Date: May 11, 2015
Every year some 1.3 million people die
because of a road traffic collision, more than 3,500 deaths
each day. And up to fifty million people are injured
annually, resulting...
This story highlights every year,
approximately 1.3 million people die as the result of road
traffic collisions, more than 3,500 deaths per day. To raise
awareness of...
How citizens interact and collaborate
with accountability institutions has been the subject of
much careful review in recent years. This note highlights
key points from...
The World Bank Group partnered with the
cities of Rio de Janeiro and Belo Horizonte to support their
long-term strategies to build low-carbon cities, conducting
a study...
At a macro level, the Philippines has
made impressive progress in water supply provision:
nationally, 92 percent of individuals have access to
improved water sources,...
The Government of Senegal awarded SENAC
S.A. the concession to design, build, finance, and operate
the expansion of the existing Dakar toll road. This
expansion will...
Severe traffic congestion and
environmental degradation characterize Metro Manila,
particularly at the city center where high density
development continues. Urban sprawl...
The Queen Alia Airport is Jordan’s main
international airport and a key component of the country’s
transport, trade and tourism infrastructure. In 2007, IFC
served as...
Megacities in developing countries
suffer from serious traffic congestion, high levels of
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and heavy air pollution.
These urban areas...
InterMET Asia is the only international
exhibition and conference in the Asia-Pacific region
dedicated to the meteorology industry, its technology and
their applications,...
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