What is second-generation biofuel
technology worth to global society? A dynamic, computable
partial equilibrium model (called FABLE) is used to assess
changes in global...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS7142Date: December 1, 2014Author:
Hertel,Thomas W. ;
Steinbuks,Jevgenijs ;
Tyner,Wallace E.
The energy sector management assistance
program (ESMAP) is a global knowledge and technical
assistance program administered by the World Bank Group
(WBG) and supported...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 95825Date: December 1, 2014
The Amazon rainforest, the world's
largest and most biodiverse, represents a global public good
of which 15 percent has already been lost. The worldwide
value of preserving...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS7143Date: December 1, 2014Author:
Vincent,Jeffrey R. ;
Carson,Richard T. ;
Navrud,Stale ;
Ortiz Bobea,Ariel ;
Strand,Jon
The Extractive Industries Transparency
Initiative (EITI) is a global coalition of governments,
companies and civil society working together to improve
accountability...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 93292Date: December 1, 2014Author:
Alderson, Kelly [editor]
Risk-aversion has generally been found
to decrease in income. This may lead one to expect that poor
countries will be more risk-averse than rich countries.
Recent comparative...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS7137Date: December 1, 2014Author:
Beyene, Abebe ;
Bluffstone, Randall ;
Dissanayake, Sahan ;
Gebreegziabher, Zenebe ;
Martinsson, Peter ;
Mekonnen, Alemu ;
Vieider, Ferdinand M.
The objective of the report is to
provide in one place pertinent information on the current
performance of SOEs, their administrative landscape, legal
structure and...
The objective of this note is to provide
a high level assessment and areas of improvement of the
legal and regulatory framework for private participation in
the power...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 98547Date: December 1, 2014Author:
Alsuraih,Waleed Saleh I. ;
Ahmad, Aijaz ;
Moreno,Francisco Alejandro ;
Tavoulareas,Efstratios
Incorporating energy from renewable
resources into power system planning is an important issue.
As countries generate more energy from renewable sources,
that energy...
Type: BriefReport#: 94651Date: December 1, 2014Author:
Jordan Antoine,Rhonda Lenai ;
Madrigal, Marcellino
This report provides some practical
guidance on how utilities can define their own smart grid
vision, identify priorities, and structure investment plans.
While most...
Type: PublicationReport#: 93438Date: December 1, 2014Author:
Madrigal,Marcelino ;
Uluski,Robert William
The objective of the note is to inform
the government's policy thinking by identifying the
principal challenges that the power sector faces and
outlining solutions for...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 94187Date: December 1, 2014Author:
Kochnakyan,Artur ;
Larkin-Connolly, Brendan ;
Hankinson,Denzel J. ;
Balabanyan,Ani ;
Morgandi,Matteo ;
Olivier,Anne
This report contains the World Bank
Group Boards' calendar for the period of December 2014
to February 2015, specifying the Boards' engagements,
such as meetings and...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 92867Date: December 1, 2014
Climate change is expensive, and dealing
with it will only grow costlier the longer countries,
cities, and industries delay reducing greenhouse gas
emissions. About...
Thailand’s solar power market was at a
standstill in 2008, with solar energy accounting for less
than two megawatts (MW) of installed capacity. Technology
costs were...
This story highlights a new initiative
aims to improve the working conditions of small-scale miners
and improve relations between them and large-scale mining
companies....
This story highlights the readiness for
Investment in Sustainable Energy (RISE) is a tool that will
help countries understand what policies and institutional
instruments...
This brief examines planning for access
to electricity. That electricity for all campaigns around
the globe often fall short of their targets is partly a
failure of...
Report#: 92671Date: November 20, 2014Author:
Chattopadhyay,Debabrata ;
Jordan, Rhonda L. ;
Kitchlu,Rahul
This story highlights the Indonesia was
formally recognized as an EITI compliant country. The
country's EITI report captures over 90 percent of
payments and revenues...
Working with the Global Environment
Facility, the World Bank helped the Brazilian government
implement a series of protected areas that have reversed
deforestation in...
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