Energy-intensive infrastructure may tie
up fossil energy use and carbon emissions for a long time
after investment, and thus be crucial for the ability to
control long-run...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 100265Date: March 31, 2015Author:
Framstad,Nils Christian ;
Strand,Jon
Shortly before the 2011 Libyan
revolution, consumers' subsidies were rapidly increased
by the regime in an effort to reduce social discontent. In
the aftermath of the...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS7225Date: March 30, 2015Author:
Araar,Abdelkrim ;
Choueiri,Nada ;
Verme,Paolo
Under increasing budget pressure,
Morocco carried out an extensive set of subsidy reforms in
2014 and is planning for further reforms for 2015–2017,
which will eliminate...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS7224Date: March 30, 2015Author:
Verme,Paolo ;
El Massnaoui,Khalid
United States inflation edged up in
February; Economic Central Bank increased the ceiling for
emergency liquidity assistance to Greek banksstance to greek
banks; Japanese...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 98952Date: March 27, 2015Author:
Trang Nguyen, Gerard Kambou and Xinghao Gong
The study represents a background study
for the proposed Uganda Country Economic Memorandum (CEM),
which seeks to address the issue of efficient use of oil
resources...
Type: Country Economic MemorandumReport#: ACS12528Date: March 25, 2015Author:
Goffe,Valeriya
Energy efficiency (EE) is critical to
help Turkey continue its trajectory of economic growth in a
sustainable manner. The Government of Turkey recognizes this
and has...
Type: Working PaperReport#: ACS12738Date: March 25, 2015Author:
Akcollu Oguz,Fatma Yesim ;
Algedik,Onder ;
Limaye,Dilip R. ;
Orucu,Ayse Yasemin ;
Singh,Jasneet
This story highlights the Petroamazonas
EP, Ecuador’s state-owned oil company, has enacted a
strategy to reduce CO2 emissions by five million tons and
reduce the overall...
This report contains the World Bank
Group Boards' calendar for the period of March to May
2015, specifying the Boards' engagements, such as
meetings and briefings.
Type: Board ReportReport#: 95268Date: March 24, 2015
This paper quantifies the misallocation
of manufacturing output and factors of production between
establishments across Indian districts during 1989-2010. It
first distills...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS7221Date: March 23, 2015Author:
Duranton,Gilles ;
Ghani,Syed Ejaz ;
Grover,Arti Goswami ;
Kerr,William Robert
Forests and trees provide many economic,
social and environmental services and values, from creating
jobs to providing housing, food and energy to delivering
carbon...
Some of the headings included in this
issue of the global daily economic news are as follows:
financial markets; high income economies; and developing
economies in Sub-Saharan...
This story highlights the New World Bank
report finds that with the right policies and investments,
countries can integrate high levels of variable renewable
energy...
Some of the headings included in this
issue of the global daily economic news are as follows:
financial markets; high income economies; and developing
economies in Europe...
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#: 108482Date: March 12, 2015
Seeking transformational engagements as
a means to increase development impact is a pillar of the
2013 World Bank Group strategy. Lessons from previous
experiences with...
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 95461Date: March 11, 2015
This paper explores the economic
implications of a potential free trade agreement between
India and the United States. A series of simulations is
conducted assuming...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS7212Date: March 10, 2015Author:
Fukase,Emiko ;
Martin,William J.
March 3 is World Wildlife Day. The World
Bank is a partner of the the International Consortium on
Combating Wildlife Crime (ICWCC) campaign urging people to
get serious...
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