In South Africa, demand for energy has
outpaced national supply as there has been little investment
in energy infrastructure. Country-wide power outages and an
increasingly...
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
Region is home to 5.5 percent of the world's
population, 3.3 percent of its GDP and 48 percent of its
energy subsidies. Covering...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 91210Date: October 1, 2014Author:
Devarajan, Shanta ;
Mottaghi, Lili ;
Iqbal, Farrukh ;
Mundaca, Gabriela ;
Laursen, Maria ;
Vagliasindi, Maria ;
Commander, Simon ;
Chaal-Dabi, Isabelle
This report provides the most concise
and essential information about the mission, policies,
procedures, products, and services of the new World Bank
Group (WBG). With...
Type: PublicationReport#: 91162Date: September 30, 2014Author:
Fisher,Cindy A. ;
Lane,Dana ;
Mcfadden,Jewel Monique ;
Mcgroarty,Stephen ;
Pancholi,Rumit
Some of the headings included in this
issue of the Development Economics Prospects Group (DECPG)
weekly global economic newsletter are as follows: among
developing countries,...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 98934Date: September 26, 2014
By the late 1990s, the technical and
financial performance of the power sector in India had
deteriorated to the point where the Government of India had
to step in to...
Type: PublicationReport#: 91157Date: September 25, 2014Author:
Mayer,Kristin ;
Pargal,Sheoli
This story highlights a pilot solar
rooftop PPP launched with IFC support in Gandhinagar, the
capital of India’s Gujarat State, is now generating 5 MW of
power and saving...
Type: BriefReport#: 166744Date: September 25, 2014
This report discusses the remarks
delivered by Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank. He
joined on the call by Rachel Kyte, World Bank Group Vice
President and...
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 101948Date: September 22, 2014Author:
Kim,Jim Yong
More than one thousand companies and
over 70 countries are speaking out support of a price on
carbon. Several government leaders and CEOs who aligned with
the Put a...
Type: BriefReport#: 166565Date: September 22, 2014
Billions of cubic meters of natural gas
is flared annually at oil production sites around the globe.
Flaring gas wastes a valuable energy resource that could be
used...
Type: BriefReport#: 166598Date: September 22, 2014
Carbon pricing helps lower overall
emissions while giving businesses the flexibility to find
their own most efficient solutions. China leads a list of 73
countries,...
Type: BriefReport#: 166491Date: September 22, 2014
The International Bank for
Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), the International
Development Association (IDA), the International Finance
Corporation (IFC), and Multilateral...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 101096Date: September 19, 2014
The Pilot Auction Facility is an
innovative climate finance model developed by the World Bank
Group to stimulate investment in projects that reduce
greenhouse gas emissions...
Type: BriefReport#: 166313Date: September 15, 2014
This review examines the implementation
of the FY2011-14 Former Yugoslav Republic (FYR) of Macedonia
country partnership strategy (CPS) of FY2011 and the CPS
progress...
Type: CAS Completion Report ReviewReport#: 90719Date: September 12, 2014
This story highlights the over
two-thirds of 9.445 billion dollars for energy financing in
FY14 went to regions facing the largest energy deficits,
Sub-Saharan Africa,...
This review examines the implementation
of the FY10-FY13 Dominican Republic Country Partnership
Strategy (CPS) of FY10 and the CPS Progress Report (CPSPR)
of FY12, and...
Type: CAS Completion Report ReviewReport#: 90590Date: September 8, 2014
Obtaining consistent estimates on
poverty over time as well as monitoring poverty trends on a
timely basis is a priority concern for policy makers.
However, these objectives...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS7043Date: September 1, 2014Author:
Dang,Hai-Anh H. ;
Lanjouw,Peter F. ;
Serajuddin,Umar
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