The objective of the Additional
Financing for the Noor Solar Power Project for Morocco is to
increase: (a) installed capacity (megawatt) and (b)
electricity output (megawatt‐hour),...
This Global weekly newsletter includes
the following headings: (i) taking stock; (ii) major data
releases; (iii) activity and inflation; (iv) trade and
finance; (v)...
This issue of Indonesia daily economic
update for May 11, 2018 contains economic highlights,
including: the government plans to sell the Saving Bond
Retail (SBR) via...
This review of the Georgia Completion
and Learning Report of the World Bank Group (WBG) Country
Partnership Strategy (CPS) covers the CPS period, FY14-FY17,
including...
Type: CPF Completion and Learning Review ReviewReport#: 126176Date: May 10, 2018
This report aims to synthesize the
current theory and practice of the blue economy concept to
govern economic activity linked to the ocean, and to provide
a framework...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 126654Date: May 8, 2018Author:
Patil,Pawan G. ;
Virdin,John ;
Colgan, Charles S. ;
Hussain,M.G. ;
Failler,Pierre ;
Vegh,Tibor
This newsletter includes the following
headings: taking stock; and tabular data on major data
releases; activity and inflation; trade and finance;
financial markets;...
Business and politicians'
interaction is pervasive but has mostly been analyzed with a
binary approach, i.e. either a firm is connected to a
politician or not. Yet the...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8428Date: May 3, 2018Author:
Bussolo,Maurizio ;
Commander,Simon John ;
Poupakis,Stavros
The objectives of the Electricity
Restoration and Modernization Project for Gambia are to: (i)
improve the operational performance of the Project
Implementing Entity;...
Infrastructure is viewed as a crucial
ingredient to foster growth and productivity. Amid the post
-- global financial crisis slowdown, Sub-Saharan Africa is
in dire...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8425Date: May 2, 2018Author:
Calderon,Cesar ;
Cantu Canales,Martha Catalina ;
Chuhan-Pole,Punam
Global growth continued its 2017
momentum in early 2018. Global growth reached a stronger
than- expected 3 percent in 2017 — a notable recovery from a
post-crisis low...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 127254Date: May 1, 2018
Landlocked and mountainous, Tajikistan
has a young—and mostly rural—population of about 8.7 million
and GNI per capita of USD 1,100 in 2016, making it a lower
middle-income...
Type: Systematic Country DiagnosticReport#: 126209Date: May 1, 2018
This baseline diagnostic, takes an
in-depth analysis of a sub-sector, off-grid solar, which has
been identify as one with significant potential in Egypt by
a recent...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 127144Date: May 1, 2018
The overall Zambia ESMAP program
consists of providing a validated mesoscale wind atlas for
Zambia, including associated deliverables and wind energy
development training...
In a resilient city, environmental
considerations are effectively mainstreamed into sectoral
plans, programs, and investments (coordinated). Stability of
the urban ecosystem...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 126001Date: May 1, 2018
Indonesia’s economy expanded 5.1 percent
year-on-year (yoy) in the first quarter of 2018. Gross
domestic product (GDP) growth was recorded at 5.1 percent
yoy in the...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 129756Date: May 1, 2018
The theory-of-change narrative that
follows builds on STIR’s documentation as well as ID
insight's understanding of the program, built through
discussions and workshops...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 127797Date: May 1, 2018
The most cost-effective way to reduce
both particulate and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions is to
couple switching from noncompliant solid fuel boilers to gas
boilers,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 127331Date: May 1, 2018Author:
Wang,Xiaodong ;
Sarkar,Ashok ;
Subbiah,Anand ;
Wolszczak,Grzegorz Aleksander ;
Gula,Andrzej ;
Kochan,Filip Piotr ;
Cui,Celia Rong
In a resilient city, enforceable
regulations on land use, building design and construction,
and fire safety are critical (robust and coordinated). To
enhance the quality...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 125996Date: May 1, 2018
The 27th Report to the Government of Lao
PDR (GOL) of the Panel of Experts (POE) on its mission of
November-December 2017 reviews achievement of the
Resettlement Objectives...
Type: Working PaperReport#: POE27Date: May 1, 2018Author:
Mcdowell,David K. ;
Mann,Elizabeth ;
Talbot,Lee M.
Green growth aims to reconcile economic
growth and environmental sustainability, marrying
environmental objectives to productivity objectives, job
creation, adoption...
Type: Working PaperReport#: AUS0000297Date: May 1, 2018Author:
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