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#: 108464Date: December 23, 2015
The purpose of this learning product is
to provide a synthesis of findings, good practices, and
lessons from the Bank Group’s support for
off-grid electrification....
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 102650Date: December 23, 2015
This story highlights the Negawatt
Challenge convened winners from local challenge competitions
in Brazil, Ghana, Kenya, and Tanzania to compete at the
Smart City Expo...
This report contains the World Bank
Group Boards' calendar for the period of December 2015
to February 2016, specifying the Boards' engagements,
such as meetings and...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 102128Date: December 16, 2015
The transformational potential of new
information and communication technologies (ICTs) was on
display in Paris at the twenty-first Conference of the
Parties (COP21)...
Some of the headings included in this
issue of the Development Economics Prospects Group (DECPG)
weekly global economic newsletter are as follows: Eurozone
Gross Domestic...
This is a difficult CLR to review,
covering an unusually long period (FY06-FY14) for a country
strategy that spanned several years of entrenched political
stability,...
Type: CPF Completion and Learning Review ReviewReport#: 101735Date: December 9, 2015
The FY12-15 Country Partnership Strategy
(CPS) was prepared nearly two decades following Bosnia and
Herzegovina’s (BH’s) declaration of
independence from...
Type: CPF Completion and Learning Review ReviewReport#: 101778Date: December 9, 2015
This report discusses the remarks
delivered by Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank. He
discusses on the following topics: the Bank is helping many
countries manage...
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 129896Date: December 9, 2015Author:
Kim,Jim Yong
This story highlights a World
Bank-supported project will help shift heavy freight off
roads and on to rail in India. Moving freight to rail will
drastically cut greenhouse...
Located along the Pacific coast in
what’s known as the Central American Dry Corridor, Bajo
Lempa features everything from hillsides covered in coffee
plantations, to...
The Project Development Objective is to
expand both access to and adoption of cleaner and more
efficient cooking technologies. The project will: (i) foster
the large-scale...
This review covers both
Mali’s country assistance strategy (CAS,
FY08-FY11) and interim strategy note (ISN, FY14-FY15.). In
2007, the Malian economy had been...
Type: CPF Completion and Learning Review ReviewReport#: 101662Date: December 3, 2015
This report contains the World Bank
Group Boards' calendar for the period of December 2015
to February 2016, specifying the Boards' engagements,
such as meetings and...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 101543Date: December 2, 2015
Zambia faces its toughest economic
challenges in at least a decade. The economy has come under
strain in 2015 as external headwinds and domestic pressures
have intensified....
Type: Working PaperReport#: 101704Date: December 1, 2015Author:
Smith,Gregory ;
Chinzara,Zivanemoyo ;
Kapika,Joseph Mwelwa ;
Elahi,Raihan
This report provides the findings of an
administrative inquiry by the World Bank Group Integrity
Vice Presidency (INT) into allegations of misconduct in
relation to...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 102224Date: December 1, 2015
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