This model validation report presents
results of preliminary validation of solar resource and
meteorological modelled data, within phase one of the
project renewable...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 98876Date: January 1, 2015Author:
GeoModel Solar
In recent decades, many countries have
embarked on structural reform programs involving private
sector participation (PSP) across the entire value chain of
the power...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 99009Date: January 1, 2015
Worldwide, hydropower is a crucial power
supply option for several reasons. First, it is a renewable
energy resource that can contribute to sustainable
development by...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 99392Date: January 1, 2015Author:
Malovic,Dzenan ;
Engelmann Pilger,Hendrik ;
Arsenijevic,Nebojsa ;
Gassner,Katharina B. ;
Merle-Beral,Elena ;
Monti,Giovanna ;
Pooley,Justin ;
Inouye,Lauren Kiyoko ;
Levin,Jeremy ;
Kellenberg,John
The structure of the Ukrainian
biomass-to-energy market is taking shape. The supply side of
the market is represented by the forestry and wood
processing companies and...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 106066Date: January 1, 2015Author:
Turilova,Kristina ;
Feckova,Viera ;
Iakymenko,Olga ;
Kuznetsova,Maria ;
Novikov,Roman ;
Tavoulareas, Stratos
The Central Asian Power System (CAPS)
was created under the auspices of the Soviet Union in the
1970s and was constituted from the power networks of
present-day Uzbekistan,...
Type: BriefReport#: 101742Date: January 1, 2015Author:
Khosla,Sunil Kumar ;
Akuffo-Akoto,Abena
This report by the Independent
Evaluation Group (IEG) summarizes the experiences of and
draws lessons from the country program evaluations of four
natural resource-rich...
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 99365Date: January 1, 2015Author:
IEG
Since the 1990s, most states in Europe
and Central Asia (ECA) have embarked on energy sector
reforms. These have included removing subsidies, which has
resulted in increased...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 96945Date: January 1, 2015Author:
Rebosio Calderon,Michelle P. ;
Georgieva,Sophia V.
This issue of the MENA Quarterly
Economic Brief focuses on the implications of low oil prices
for eight developing countries, or the MENA-8 (oil
importers: Egypt, Tunisia,...
Enabling the Business of Agriculture
2015 is a pilot assessment report on the agribusiness sector
enabling environment in 10 countries. This progress report
covers the...
Type: Other Agricultural StudyReport#: 94033Date: January 1, 2015
The private sector can be a strategic
partner in building and maintaining transmission networks,
depending on how well its participation is structured to
achieve the...
Type: BriefReport#: 100989Date: January 1, 2015Author:
Sanchez,Pedro E. ;
Oguah,Samuel Kwesi Ewuah
The Partnership for South Asia (PFSA) is
an Umbrella Trust Fund set up by the Commonwealth of
Australia and the South Asia Region (SAR) of the World Bank
to contribute...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 119294Date: January 1, 2015
Knowledge exchange, or peer-to-peer
learning, is a powerful way to share, replicate, and scale
up what works in development. Development practitioners want
to learn...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 84397Date: January 1, 2015Author:
Kerby,Brigitte ;
Kumar,Shobha ;
Leonard,Aaron ;
Vovides,Yianna ;
Watkins,Ryan
Smart grids are an essential element in
improving efficiency that is relevant to utilities in all
countries - from advanced utilities with robust grids to
those whose...
Fuel switching replaces inefficient
fuels with cleaner and economical alternatives, such as
substituting coal or kerosene for natural gas. Complimented
by modern equipment...
Doing business 2016 is the 13th in a
series of annual reports investigating the regulations that
enhance business activity and those that constrain it. It
presents quantitative...
Type: PublicationReport#: 100885Date: January 1, 2015
Doing business 2016 is the 13th in a
series of annual reports investigating the regulations that
enhance business activity and those that constrain it. Doing
business...
Type: PublicationReport#: 100884Date: January 1, 2015
This paper focuses on the sluggish
growth of world trade relative to income growth in recent
years. The analysis uses an empirical strategy based on an
error correction...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS7158Date: January 1, 2015Author:
Constantinescu,Ileana Cristina ;
Mattoo,Aaditya ;
Ruta,Michele
This study seeks to understand how
materials scarcity and competition from alternative uses
affects the potential for widespread deployment of solar
electricity in the...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS7178Date: January 1, 2015Author:
Satija,Gaurav ;
Steinbuks,Jevgenijs ;
Zhao, Fu
Significant multiyear and multi decade
variations in intermittent renewable resources hold major
implications for power system investments. They have been
using extensive...
Type: BriefReport#: 95787Date: January 1, 2015Author:
Chattopadhyay,Debabrata ;
Jordan, Rhonda L.
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