Green bonds are mobilizing billions of
dollars a year for development projects that countries and
cities need, carried out in ways that are good for the
climate and...
This report contains the World Bank
Group Boards calendar for the period of January 2015 to
March 2015, specifying the Boards engagements, such as
meetings, briefings,...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 93711Date: January 15, 2015
Faith-based organizations can play an
important role in promoting conservation and sustainable
natural resources management to help ecosystems and
livelihoods more resilient....
This brief highlights CitiSense focuses
on open innovation and developing practical solutions based
on smart technologies. The CitiSense 2014 conference helped
attendees...
This report contains the World Bank
Group Boards' calendar for the period of January 2015
to March 2015, specifying the Boards' engagements, such
as meetings and briefings.
Type: Board ReportReport#: 93521Date: January 6, 2015
Some of the headings included in this
issue of the Development Economics Prospects Group (DECPG)
global daily economic news are as follows: high income
economies; and...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 95137Date: January 5, 2015
Indoor air pollution (IAP), caused by
the burning of solid fuels including biomass (mainly
firewood and agricultural residues), animal dung, and coal
in traditional...
The needs of World Bank Group (WBG)
clients have been changing with the private sector
increasingly becoming the engine of growth, and the
governments attention...
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 94977Date: January 1, 2015Author:
Kamezawa,Takatoshi ;
Ebiri,Kutlay
This toolkit aims to help World Bank
task teams working on energy subsidy and tariff reforms to
develop qualitative analysis tools. The tools that are
described in this...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 97388Date: January 1, 2015Author:
Georgieva,Sophia V. ;
Romanova,Ekaterina ;
Rebosio Calderon,Michelle P.
This year, PPIAF’s work
focused on developing strategic engagements that seek to
leverage PPIAF resources with partnerships for greater
effects. Programmatic...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 105780Date: January 1, 2015
The current study delves into the
Egyptian case to identify strategic challenges and provide
detailed recommendations for developing a local solar
industry for selected...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 95144Date: January 1, 2015
In spite of the techno-economic
potential to generate 43,000 MW of hydroelectric power,
Nepal is currently facing a crippling energy crisis. In the
fiscal year of 2013-14,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 96844Date: January 1, 2015Author:
Kumar,Priti ;
Yamashita,Tomoyuki ;
Karki,Ajoy ;
Rajshekar, SC ;
Shrestha,Ashish ;
Yadav,Abhishek
In FY15, the extractive industries
transparency initiative - multi-donor trust fund (EITI-MDTF)
provided more than United States (U.S.) 9.3 million dollars
to 37 countries....
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 103382Date: January 1, 2015
This brief showcases the challenges of
structuring and developing rooftop solar photovoltaic
projects using the public-private partnership model. The
case study focuses...
Type: BriefReport#: 100987Date: January 1, 2015Author:
Sinha,Pankaj ;
Sethi,Shaina
This South African Agricultural Public
Expenditure Review (AgPer) is one of a series of similar
studies undertaken in several countries in Sub-Saharan
Africa under the...
Type: Public Expenditure ReviewReport#: 106547Date: January 1, 2015Author:
Liebenberg, Frikkie ;
Makhura, Moraka Nakedi ;
Moloto,Kate Khethile
Results-based approaches (RBA) are
becoming increasingly important, in both developed and
developing countries. Within the energy sector, there are
already several large-scale...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 94567Date: January 1, 2015Author:
Vivid Economics ;
Savedoff,William D.
Although the payment models offered by
off-grid energy companies are less flexible than those
implemented with great success by mobile telephone
companies, they may...
Type: BriefReport#: 93786Date: January 1, 2015Author:
Bareisaite,Asta ;
Moreno,Francisco Alejandro
The objectives of the Energy Sector
Development Project are, through technical assistance, to
strengthen the policy development and strategic framework
for renewable...
Type: BriefReport#: 93490Date: January 1, 2015Author:
Aiello,Roberto Gabriel
Wind and solar energy is a fast-growing
share of the global energy mix. But integrating them into
power-system operations requires significant adaptations to
compensate...
Type: BriefReport#: 93785Date: January 1, 2015Author:
Chatopadhyay, Debabrata ;
Nikolokakis, Thomas
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