For many years, electricity supply in
Solomon Islands has been limited in its coverage, subject to
frequent interruptions in service, and expensive. The
Solomon Islands...
This report contains the World Bank
Group Boards' calendar for the period March to May
2014, specifying the Boards' engagements, such as
meetings and briefings, for...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 86099Date: March 18, 2014
Some of the headings included in this
issue of the Development Economics Prospects Group (DECPG)
daily economics and financial market commentary newsletter
are as follows:...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 87366Date: March 18, 2014Author:
Chen, Derek ;
Kambou, Gerard ;
Kim, Eung Ju
The objective of the Private Sector
Power Generation Support Project is to increase electricity
generation through Independent Power Producers (IPP) in
Kenya. OrPower4's...
This review examines the implementation
of the FY09-FY12 Djibouti Country Assistance Strategy (CAS)
of FY09, and assesses the CAS Completion Report (CASCR). The
CAS...
Type: CAS Completion Report ReviewReport#: 85994Date: March 5, 2014
The development objective of the Biomass
District Heating Project for Belarus is to scale up the
efficient use of renewable biomass in heat and electricity
generation...
Input-output analysis has been proven to
be a powerful instrument for estimating embodied (direct
plus indirect) energy usage through economic sectors. Using
9 economic...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 102461Date: March 4, 2014Author:
Lixiao Zhang ;
Qiuhong Hu ;
Zhang,Fan
Decision makers facing abatement targets
need to decide which abatement measures to implement, and in
which order. This paper investigates the ability of marginal
abatement...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS6808Date: March 1, 2014Author:
Hallegatte,Stephane ;
Vogt-Schilb,Adrien Camille ;
De Gouvello,Christophe
If there was one bold and timely policy
to transform Indonesia, this is it. In 2012, spending on
energy subsidies claimed more than one-fifth of the central
government's...
Type: BriefReport#: 86815Date: March 1, 2014Author:
Diop,Ndiame
The Land Governance Assessment Framework
(LGAF) is a diagnostic tool to assess the status of land
governance at country level using a participatory process
that draws...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 119628Date: March 1, 2014
The purpose of the CIWA Proposal is to
provide development partners with an overview of the CIWA
program for consideration of financial support. It is
complementary...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 93352Date: March 1, 2014
Recurring floods in the north of Ghana
called for an improved flood forecasting system to better
manage the situation, and find long-term solutions for
mitigation. However,...
Type: BriefReport#: 135390Date: February 28, 2014Author:
Dingel,Carl Christian
Morocco is the largest energy importer
in the MENA region, but it is also seeking to reduce its
dependence on imported fossil fuels, as well as its carbon
footprint....
This note is the first report of
energy-sector results indicators reflecting the World
Bank's broad lending patterns during FY2000-13. To
compile it, energy projects...
Since its launch in 2009, the
Sustainable Energy Finance (SEF) Program in the Philippines
has worked with four partner banksBank of the Philippine
Islands (BPI), BDO...
Many countries are scaling up their
investments in renewable energy. In 2010, electricity
production from renewable sources - wind, solar, biomass,
biofuels, geothermal,...
Type: BriefReport#: 85059Date: February 24, 2014Author:
Jordan Antoine,Rhonda Lenai ;
Madrigal,Marcelino
The energy sector contributes about 40
percent of global emissions of CO2. Threequarters of those
emissions come from six major economies. Although coal-fired
plants...
Type: BriefReport#: 85126Date: February 24, 2014Author:
Foster, Vivien ;
Bedrosyan, Daron
Mexico's 2010 national energy
strategy aims to promote sustainability and simultaneously
increase energy access by increasing the share of renewable
resources used to...
Type: BriefReport#: 85061Date: February 24, 2014Author:
Jordan Antoine,Rhonda Lenai ;
Madrigal,Marcelino
The note is based on an original work by
Marcelino Madrigal and Steven Stoft entitled,
"Transmission Expansion for Renewable Energy Scale-Up:
Emerging Lessons and Recommendations"....
You have clicked on a link to a page that is not part of the beta version of the new worldbank.org. Before you leave, we’d love to get your feedback on your experience while you were here. Will you take two minutes to complete a brief survey that will help us to improve our website?
Feedback Survey
Thank you for agreeing to provide feedback on the new version of worldbank.org; your response will help us to improve our website.
Thank you for participating in this survey! Your feedback is very helpful to us as we work to improve the site functionality on worldbank.org.