Nepal has emerged from two decades of
significant social, political and economic disruption. In
2016, the electricity sector was in a state of crisis,
losing money and...
With development needs outstripping
public sector capacity, private sector finance and expertise
are becoming increasingly important. OBA and public-private
partnerships...
Growth prospects have weakened
throughout the world economy. Global growth for 2016 is
projected at 2.4 percent, unchanged from the disappointing
pace of 2015, and 0.5...
Type: PublicationReport#: 106262Date: June 1, 2016
This second World Bank Green Bond Impact
Report with the objective of providing transparency and
easily accessible information about the use of green bond
proceeds and...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 110904Date: June 1, 2016
Burkina Faso is a West African Sahelian
landlocked country covering 274,200 square kilometers. In
January 2015, the population was estimated at just over 17.9
million....
Type: Poverty AssessmentReport#: 115122Date: June 1, 2016Author:
Backiny-Yetna,Prospere R. ;
Batana,Yele Maweki ;
Nokho,Cheikh Ibrahima ;
Guene,Herve Jean Louis ;
Bougna Lonla,Theophile
Iraq is facing daunting challenges of
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) insurgency, political
upheaval, and profound economic and humanitarian crises.
Compound...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 108102Date: June 1, 2016Author:
Nishiuchi,Toru ;
Le Borgne,Eric ;
Kouame,Auguste Tano
In Ghana, where electricity grid access
is relatively high for Sub-Saharan Africa, millions of
people in small rural communities or on isolated islands
cannot be reached...
Over the last decade, Colombia has taken
important steps towards the strengthening of its economic
apparatus and its integration into the Global economy.The
Colombian...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 106858Date: June 1, 2016Author:
Ferro,Esteban ;
Higuera,Juliana Laura ;
Portugal Perez,Luis Alberto ;
Reyes,Jose Daniel
Forest accounts provide a more complete
way to measure the forest assets and flows of forest-related
services in a country, and how they change through time.
They show...
This document reports on the methods
used in Phase 1 of The World Bank wind mapping project for
Nepal. The interim mesoscale modelling results were
calculated from the...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 111157Date: May 25, 2016Author:
Badger,Jake ;
Hahmann,Andrea N. ;
Volker,Patrick J. H. ;
Hansen, Jens Carsten
In the context of the strategic
discussions on its Forward Look, the WBG is assessing how
its four arms – IDA, IBRD, IFC and MIGA – can best support
clients in meeting...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 106108Date: May 24, 2016
This report contains the World Bank
Group Boards' calendar for the period of May 2016 to
July 2016, specifying the Boards' engagements, such as
meetings and briefings.
Type: Board ReportReport#: 105829Date: May 23, 2016
Much of the power to reduce climate
emissions lies now with cities rather than national
governments. There is a window of opportunity to build
climate-smart cities in...
This issue of Indonesia MTI Economic
Note contains economic highlights, including: In Q1 2016,
GDP grew at 4.9 percent yoy, slightly below market and World
Bank staff...
The main objective of this report is to
provide an intermediate step toward building more
energy-efficient economies in the Middle East and North
Africa (MENA) region....
Type: Working PaperReport#: 109023Date: May 6, 2016Author:
Sinton,Jonathan Edwards ;
Dave,Rutu
These remarks were delivered by Jim Yong
Kim, President of the World Bank Group, at the 2016 Climate
Action Summit, in Washington, DC. He acknowledges an
unprecedented...
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 129878Date: May 5, 2016Author:
Kim,Jim Yong
This report contains the World Bank
Group Boards' calendar for the period of May 2016 to
July 2016, specifying the Boards' engagements, such as
meetings and briefings.
Type: Board ReportReport#: 105160Date: May 3, 2016
The public-private infrastructure
advisory facility (PPIAF) supported a prefeasibility study
to explore potential private sector participation options
for the supply...
In response to a series of humanitarian
crises, especially the drought-induced emergencies that
occurred in the Horn of Africa in 2011 and the Sahel in
2012, national...
Type: PublicationReport#: 105205Date: May 1, 2016Author:
Agostini,Paola ;
Brenton,Paul ;
Carfagna, Federica ;
Conchedda, Giulia ;
De Haan,Cornelis ;
Del Ninno,Carlo ;
Dingel,Carl Christian ;
Ericksen, Polly ;
Fallavier,Pierre Yves ;
Gerber,Pierre Jean ;
Guo, Zhe ;
Ham,Frederic Francis Paul ;
Henninger,Norbert Eugen ;
Ickowicz, Alexandre ;
Koo, Jawoo ;
Manssouri, Mohamed ;
Mottet, Anne ;
Nash,John D. ;
Place,Frank M. ;
Ringler, Claudia ;
Syroka,Joanna ;
Toure,Ibra ;
Walker, Tom
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