Modern energy access is an important
determinant of human health, as it plays a critical role in
the capabilities of healthcare facilities and aids in the
development...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 115072Date: January 1, 2017Author:
Porcaro,Jem ;
Mehta,Sumi ;
Shupler,Matthew ;
Kissel,Sarah ;
Pfeiffer,Michaela ;
Dora,Carlos Francisco C. ;
Adair-Rohani,Heather
Investments in intelligent
transportation systems (ITS) are beginning to take place in
the context of smart city initiatives in many cities. Energy
efficiency and emissions...
African countries recognize the need for
bold vision, strong commitment, and impactful action on the
ground. The great green wall initiative, the African
resilient landscape...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 119759Date: January 1, 2017Author:
Agostini,Paola ;
Bea,Esther ;
Dardel,Philippe Eric ;
Kanungo,Gayatri ;
Oodally,Yasmina ;
Seck,Madjiguene
This annotated bibliography summarizes
papers identified by the author as providing relatively
recent and helpful evidence and thinking on the intersection
of gender...
Type: ReportReport#: 148135Date: January 1, 2017Author:
Kristjanson,Patti
IFC Asset Management Company invests
alongside IFC in high-potential companies and infrastructure
projects across Latin America and the Caribbean, Africa, the
Middle...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 134301Date: December 31, 2016
Forests play important provisioning and
supporting roles in the livelihoods of rural households and
many of those who live in extreme poverty are to some degree
reliant...
Type: PublicationReport#: 119495Date: December 31, 2016Author:
Kim Bakkegaard,Riyong ;
Agrawal,Arun ;
Animon,Illias ;
Hogarth,Nicholas ;
Miller,Daniel John ;
Persha,Lauren Michelle ;
Rametsteiner,Ewald ;
Wunder,Sven ;
Zezza,Alberto
This newsletter includes the following
headings : International Comparison Program (ICP) governing
board inaugural meetings; ICP Africa task force meeting;
national...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 113263Date: December 31, 2016
Working as One World Bank Group is
central to the WBG’s strategy of helping countries end
extreme poverty and promote shared prosperity sustainably.
Over the past 20...
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 112620Date: December 30, 2016Author:
Independent Evaluation Group
The objective of this review is to
analyze the current status on achievement of targeted
benefits from distribution privatization and identify the
gaps between expectations...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: ACS20668Date: December 28, 2016Author:
Orucu,Ayse Yasemin
Governance of fisheries and aquaculture
has been weak around the world, and this has resulted in an
excess of capacity in the fishing industry, overfishing‚ and
a vast...
The Executive Directors approved the
Second Fiscal Consolidation, Sustainable Energy and
Competitiveness Programmatic Development Policy Financing
(DPF) on the payment...
Type: Board SummaryReport#: 111406Date: December 20, 2016
This global weekly newsletter includes
the following headings: (i) taking stock; (ii) weekly
insight: how could negative interest rate policies affect
financial stability?;...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 113905Date: December 16, 2016
According to the Trust Fund Proposal
(TFP), the objectives of the Extractive Industries Technical
Advisory Facility (EI-TAF) are to: (i) assist Resource Rich
Countries...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 112322Date: December 15, 2016
Impact-based forecast and warning
services have been identified as a high priority by World
Meteorological Organization (WMO) members to increase the
relevance and utility...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 114351Date: December 15, 2016
The objective of the Extractive
Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) Multi-Donor Trust
Fund (MDTF) is to support the establishment of EITI
countries through programs...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 112320Date: December 14, 2016
Mediterranean given its long experience
in managing water scarcity is not currently the global
leader in water security, even though half of the
world's desalination...
Type: ReportReport#: 160621Date: December 14, 2016
The World Bank retained Garrad Hassan
America, Inc. (DNV GL) to provide a validated mesoscale wind
atlas for Tanzania, including associated deliverables and
wind energy...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 111187Date: December 14, 2016Author:
Simmons, Luke
This paper examines the economic and
social implications of the current system of residential
electricity subsidies in Pakistan, and assesses the
potential to improve...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS7912Date: December 13, 2016Author:
Walker,Thomas ;
Canpolat,Ezgi ;
Khan,Farah Khalid ;
Kryeziu,Adea
The relationship between political
violence and greenfield foreign direct investment is
contingent on the type of violence, characteristics of the
investment-receiving...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS7914Date: December 13, 2016Author:
Witte,Caroline T. ;
Burger,Martijn J. ;
Ianchovichina,Elena ;
Pennings,Enrico
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