To mark Energy Week 2011 at the World
bank, and to consider the issue of rising oil prices, the
Archives has chosen to highlight a drawing by Pedro-Pablo
Kuczynski,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 104707Date: January 1, 2016
The Boards of Governors of the
International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group meet
once a year in the fall to discuss the work of their
respective institutions....
Type: Working PaperReport#: 104698Date: January 1, 2016
This paper reviews evidence on the use
of 23 information and communication technology (ICT)
platforms to project citizen voice to improve public service
delivery. This...
Type: World Development ReportReport#: 102967Date: January 1, 2016Author:
Peixoto,Tiago Carneiro ;
Fox, Jonathan
This brief examines redefining health
through energy solutions. In the Lao People’s Democratic
Republic (PDR) household air pollution from the incomplete
combustion...
Type: BriefReport#: 105231Date: January 1, 2016Author:
Dave,Rutu ;
Balasundaram,Rema N.
Doing Business sheds light on how easy
or difficult it is for a local entrepreneur to open and run
a small to medium-size business when complying with relevant
regulations....
Type: Working PaperReport#: 103375Date: January 1, 2016
This report contains a description of
the study area and the constructed wetland design, as well
as design prints and BOQ details in the report and Appendices.
Type: Working PaperReport#: 125121Date: January 1, 2016
This guidance note, about Energy service
companies (ESCO), was prepared under the Energy Efficiency
Outreach activity of the World Bank’s Europe and Central
Asia region....
Type: BriefReport#: 103932Date: January 1, 2016Author:
Hofer,Kathrin ;
Limaye,Dilip R. ;
Singh,Jas
Big data can sound remote and lacking a
human dimension, with few obvious links to development and
impacting the lives of the poor. Concepts such as
anti-poverty targeting,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 107751Date: January 1, 2016Author:
Fernandes,Erick C.M. ;
Jimenez,Daniel Regis ;
Delerce,Sylvain ;
Harten,Sven ;
Kaiser,Kai-Alexander ;
Kelm,Kathrine M. ;
Krambeck,Holly ;
Lemieux,Victoria Louise ;
Gaba,Kwawu Mensan ;
Newhouse,David Locke ;
Rodriguez,Camila ;
Villaveces,Andres ;
Wang,Wei Winnie ;
Adelman,Melissa Ann ;
Gonzalez,Alvaro S. ;
Hernandez Ore,Marco Antonio ;
Khokhar,Tariq Afzal ;
Kilic,Talip ;
Lozano Gracia,Nancy
This handbook is the product of a
workshop held in June 2014 with about 25 environmental
regulators from over 10 FCV-affected countries (Burkina
Faso, Central African...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 103151Date: January 1, 2016Author:
Pohl,Wolfhart ;
Humphry,Ella Victoria
Energy efficiency is among the cheapest
and cleanest energy resources available. The World Bank,
together with its development partners and client
governments, is making...
Report#: 102680Date: January 1, 2016Author:
Singh,Jasneet
This report provides a summary of World
Bank Group (WBG) activities in the extractive industries
(EI) sector in FY15. The WBG’s objective in the extractive
sector is...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 112708Date: January 1, 2016
This knowledge note promots the equity
and shared prosperity calls for a closer look at the working
and living conditions of millions of mine workers in Africa,
where...
Type: BriefReport#: 112435Date: January 1, 2016Author:
Bocoum,Brigitte Marie Khadidja
The oil and gas sector in Ethiopia,
currently at a very early stage of development, shows good
potential for development on the long-run. The sector will
benefit from...
In July 1944, representatives from 44
nations met at the Mount Washington Hotel in Bretton Woods,
New Hampshire for the United Nations Monetary and Financial
Conference....
Type: Working PaperReport#: 104697Date: January 1, 2016
The Ministry of Power, Government of
India, defines Demand Side Management (DSM) as ‘actions of a
Distribution Licensee (Utility), beyond the customer's
meter, with...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 113214Date: January 1, 2016Author:
Sarkar,Ashok ;
Mukhi,Neha ;
Padmanaban, Padu S. ;
Kumar, Amit ;
Kumar, Kulbhushan ;
Bansal, Manoj ;
Ganta, Shuboday ;
Mukhitdinova,Farzona
Central Asia (CA) was impacted adversely
by significant economic shocks during 2015. The region
experienced a series of external shocks from late 2014
through 2015,...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 112964Date: January 1, 2016
The effect of oil and gas development on
local and regional water resources can profoundly change a
region’s economic possibilities, its water environment, and
the vitality...
Report#: 102679Date: January 1, 2016Author:
Sohns,Antonia Averill ;
Rodriguez,Diego Juan ;
Delgado Martin,Anna
This guidance note is about a recent
mining boom in Odisha, that accelerated and diversified
economic growth in the Indian state. However, the boom did
not reduce poverty...
Type: BriefReport#: 103934Date: January 1, 2016Author:
Kannan,Sridar Padmanabhan ;
Peter Van Der Veen
This appendix is an adjunct to the main
report. It is not intended as a free-standing Country
Program Evaluation (CPE) on the World Bank in Tonga. It
provides additional...
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 108537Date: January 1, 2016Author:
Charlier,Florence M. ;
Hutton,Stephen ;
Kavalsky,Basil G. ;
Rubbani,Swizen
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