The World Bank in collaboration with the
Alternative Energy Development Board (AEDB), government of
Pakistan is implementing Renewable energy mapping project.
In total...
Type: ReportReport#: 138076Date: March 1, 2018Author:
Yilidrimar,Olgu ;
Adiloglu,Baris
This report is presenting the key
findings of the Energy Efficiency Transformation in Astana
and Almaty study, a project financed by the World Bank’s
Energy Sector Management...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 124484Date: March 1, 2018Author:
Zhang,Yabei ;
Mot,Ana Maria Manuela ;
Behnke,Reiner ;
Kushanova,Askulu ;
Iskhakova,Aliya ;
Liu,Feng
This note provides guidance on how to
ensure that agricultural investments respect existing land
rights, both formal and informal, and thereby avert land
disputes. Failure...
The World Bank (the "Client")
has retained Garrad Hassan America, Inc. ("DNV
GL") to provide avalidated mesoscale wind atlas for the
Maldives, including associated deliverables...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 124195Date: March 1, 2018
The cities of Japan are an exceptional
source of learning on competitiveness of cities. They have
recovered from disaster, dealt with population influx,
industrialized...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 125928Date: March 1, 2018Author:
Levine,Daniel ;
Mukim,Megha ;
Jordan,Luke Simon ;
Imoto,Haruka ;
Zhu,Juni ;
Murakami,Nozomi
This IFC Good Practice Note on
Environmental, Health, and Safety Approaches for Hydropower
Projects is a technical reference document with
industry-specific examples...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 125172Date: March 1, 2018Author:
Indorf,Alexander Wolf ;
Cardinale,Pablo ;
Gregoire,Gael
Historically, countries in Latin America
and the Caribbean have prioritized investments in water
supply, achieving good coverage in the past years. However,
it is estimated...
Inclusive and sustainable growth
requires innovative methods and policies to overcome
unsustainable development practices. Breaking from the
historic development model...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 124526Date: March 1, 2018
The practice of burning unwanted
vegetation to prepare land for sowing crops or other farming
activities is a worldwide and long-standing practice. Its
tenacity, despite...
Type: BriefReport#: 124342Date: March 1, 2018Author:
Cassou,Emilie
This report provides the findings of an
administrative inquiry by the World Bank Group Integrity
Vice Presidency (NT) into allegations of misconduct in
connection with...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 123897Date: March 1, 2018
Power demand in West Bank is fast
outpacing supply and Gaza is already experiencing severe
shortage with electricity supply of less than 6 hours per
day, affecting homes,...
Indonesia’s real sector recorded mixed
outcomes with the Manufacturing Purchasing Manager’s Index
(PMI) rising, but high frequency indicators, such as car
sales growth,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 129745Date: March 1, 2018
To better assess the water-energy nexus
challenge in China, the Thirsty Energy initiative engaged
the China Institute for Water Resources (IWHR) and
Hydropower Research...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 124523Date: March 1, 2018
The objective of this report is to
identify policies, financing and delivery mechanisms with
the view of scaling-up thermal retrofit of existing
residential and public...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 124578Date: March 1, 2018Author:
Vasquez Suarez,Claudia Ines ;
Liu,Feng ;
Peszko,Grzegorz
This IFC good practice note on
environmental, health, and safety approaches for hydropower
projects is a technical reference document with
industry-specific examples...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 125192Date: March 1, 2018Author:
Indorf,Alexander Wolf ;
Cardinale,Pablo ;
Gregoire,Gael ;
Conzo,Lori Ann ;
Savy,Conrad Eddie ;
Alonso, Leanne ;
Grigoryeva,Ekaterina ;
Hildebrand, Larry
This publication aims to contribute to
relevant knowledge for achieving Sustainable Development
Goal Target 6.5, which recognizes that coordination among
countries in...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 124326Date: March 1, 2018Author:
Leb,Christina ;
Henshaw,Taylor Warren ;
Iqbal,Nausheen ;
Rehberger Bescos,Irene
In order to understand a country as
large and diverse as Russia, it is extremely important to
consider spatial patterns of economic development. As Russia
looks for...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 124327Date: March 1, 2018Author:
Sivaev,Dmitry ;
Cineas,Grace ;
Milentey,Alexandra ;
Gosnell,Yuliya Yevgenyenva ;
Shadrunova,Tatyana ;
Dalgleish,Eleanor Claire ;
Pryadilnikov,Mikhail V. ;
Steshenko,Anton ;
Silchuk,Alexandra
Vulnerability significantly compounds
hardship in the Pacific. More than twenty percent of people
in most Pacific Island Countries (PIC) live in hardship,
meaning they...
Type: BriefReport#: 123790Date: March 1, 2018Author:
Sharma,Manohar
Bosnia and Herzegovina (B&H) has
been suffering increased flooding and landslide events in
recent years due to the impact of global climate change. In
2014 a 1 in 500...
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