Can governments be held accountable for
spending by citizen organizations? In this issue the author
present the experience of two civil society organizations
(CSOs)...
Type: BriefReport#: 92726Date: September 1, 2014Author:
Zovighian,Diane
The World Bank's Innovation
Challenge, with its goals to surface, incubate and scale
game-changing ideas to end poverty and share prosperity,
selected a proposal...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 93367Date: September 1, 2014
The international community recognises
the need to join forces to avert dangerous climate change
and to adapt to unavoidable climate change. This requires
mobilising...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 144284Date: September 1, 2014
This report aims looks at efforts to
control black carbon emissions from diesel-based
transportation in developing countries. It presents a
summary of emissions control...
The China Utility-Based Energy
Efficiency Finance Program (CHUEE) was launched in 2006 to
stimulate investment in energy efficiency (EE) and renewable
energy (RE) projects...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 116584Date: August 15, 2014Author:
Lor,Charles ;
Domenech Porcar,Luis
Climate change can put the resources,
supply chains, and infrastructure that companies rely on at
risk, while also threatening to roll back decades of global
development...
This story highlights the handbook
brings attention to the unique complexities of natural
Resource Revenue Administration. Focus on natural resource
revenue administration,...
The report is organized as follows.
Chapter one sets out the strategic context for Iraq,
including the evolving political situation, macroeconomic
context, and poverty...
Type: PublicationReport#: 89916Date: August 6, 2014Author:
Al-Ghelaiqah,Ibrahim ;
Ekman,Bjorn Olof ;
Esen,Ferhat ;
Kulaksiz,Sibel ;
Laing,Andrew ;
Stolp,Simon J.
This study is part of a technical
assistance project funded by energy sector management
assistance program (ESMAP) and implemented by the World Bank
in Madagascar, which...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 111457Date: August 1, 2014
This study on Sharing Natural Resource
Revenues with Affected Communities: Policy Options for
Mozambique points out that following years of extensive
resource exploration...
Type: Working PaperReport#: ACS10342Date: August 1, 2014
Bhutan has recently made significant
progress in sustaining economic growth and reducing poverty.
Bhutan also has valuable deposits of primary materials
including dolomite,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 90413Date: July 31, 2014Author:
Dawes,Winston ;
Dogra,Pyush ;
Jiang,Zhiyun ;
Karki,Pravin ;
Khalil,Abedalrazq F. ;
Lokanc,Martin ;
Magrath,William B. ;
Mittal,Rohit ;
Narain,Urvashi ;
Pillai,Poonam ;
Toman,Michael A. ;
Wang,Shenhua
This report contains the World Bank
Group Boards' calendar for the period of August to
October 2014, specifying the Boards' engagements, such
as meetings and briefings.
Type: Board ReportReport#: 89826Date: July 31, 2014
Some of the headings included in this
issues of the Development Economics Prospects Group (DECPG)
weekly global economic newsletter are as follows: five
developing-country...
This report discusses the remarks
delivered by Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank. He
discusses on the new goverment of India. He talks about the
country that...
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 101942Date: July 23, 2014Author:
Kim,Jim Yong
Environment and natural resource crimes
threaten ecosystems, food security and livelihoods. The poor
are usually the most affected. The World Bank is a leading
financier...
This story highlights the Myanmar
officially recognized as a Candidate of the Extractive
Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI). EITI strengthens
civil society participation...
The study is divided into three main
sections. Section one presents the results of a
comprehensive desk review describing the problem of
utilities dealing with high...
Type: Working PaperReport#: ACS13221Date: July 13, 2014Author:
Vazquez Alvarez,Victor ;
Buchauer,Konrad
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