The paper compares the distribution of
energy and food subsidies across households and the impact
of subsidy reforms on household welfare in the Middle East
and North...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS7755Date: July 20, 2016Author:
Araar,Abdelkrim ;
Verme,Paolo
This paper documents how firms in Arab
countries issue equity, corporate bonds, and syndicated
loans in domestic and international markets to obtain
financing and grow....
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS7756Date: July 20, 2016Author:
Cortina Lorente,Juan Jose ;
Ismail,Soha Ismail Ahmed Aly ;
Schmukler,Sergio L.
This story highlights a recent review of
Zambia's mining sector governance and investment
attractiveness shows the country remains an appealing place
for investment...
This newsletter includes the following
headings: taking stock; weekly insight: monetary and
financial policy challenges in emerging market and
developing economies;...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 110523Date: July 15, 2016
Global growth prospects have
deteriorated in 2016. Emerging market and developing
economies are facing increased external headwinds, including
softer growth in advanced...
Type: PublicationReport#: 107216Date: July 14, 2016
This paper investigates the potential
for developing countries to mitigate greenhouse gas
emissions without slowing their expected economic growth. A
theoretical frame-...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS7742Date: July 11, 2016Author:
Sue Wing,Ian Newel James ;
Timilsina,Govinda R.
This newsletter includes the following
headings: taking stock; weekly insight: recent developments
and outlook in low-income countries; and tabular data on
major data...
This story highlights the mini grids
hold great promise for electrifying remote areas in regions
such as Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia, and help countries
reach their...
Lebanon is an upper middle income
country with average inequality for countries in the Middle
East and North Africa. At the outset of the Country
Partnership Strategy...
Type: CPF Completion and Learning Review ReviewReport#: 106799Date: July 6, 2016
The control systems of today’s smart
power-distribution grids have evolved significantly. Such
systems improve system reliability by reducing the frequency
and duration...
Type: BriefReport#: 107122Date: July 1, 2016Author:
Nangia,Varun Ravi ;
Oguah,Samuel Kwesi Ewuah ;
Gaba,Kwawu Mensan
The paper compares the distribution of
energy and food subsidies across households and the impact
of subsidy reforms on household welfare in the Middle East
and North...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 125510Date: July 1, 2016Author:
Araar,Abdelkrim ;
Verme,Paolo
Pakistan is facing a large deficit in
electricity supply. A report published by the government of
Pakistan (GoP) in 2013 showed that the electricity
supply-demand gap...
In response to a request from Central
Asian (CA) countries at the CAREC Energy Sector Coordination
Committee meeting, held in March 2015 in Ulaanbaatar,
Mongolia, the...
Type: Working PaperReport#: ACS21198Date: July 1, 2016Author:
Myroshnychenko,Yuriy ;
Owen,Kirby
The Extractive Industries Transparency
Initiative (EITI) is an international standard to promote
open and accountable management of natural resources. By
encouraging...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 107171Date: July 1, 2016
This Bangladesh PACT newsletter for the
month of July 2016 has the following sub-headings: welcome
note; Program ImPaCT; PaCTIVITIES; PACT and Partners; and
case study.
The Zambezi River accounts for half of
the installed hydropower capacity in southern Africa and
supports subsistence agriculture and fisheries for three
quarters of...
Pakistan is facing a large deficit in
electricity supply. A report published by the Government of
Pakistan (GoP) in 2013 showed that the electricity
supply-demand gap...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 107200Date: July 1, 2016
The paper takes stock of eight country
studies and a cross-country analysis to review the
experience with subsidy reforms in the Middle East and North
Africa region...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 125411Date: July 1, 2016Author:
Verme,Paolo
Advanced metering infrastructure (AMI)
provides significant benefits to utilities around the world.
Although it is entering the mainstream, technical concerns,
policy...
Type: BriefReport#: 107120Date: July 1, 2016Author:
Nangia,Varun Ravi ;
Oguah,Samuel Kwesi Ewuah ;
Gaba,Kwawu Mensan
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